Aalto Platform activities continue as a new merged service
Aalto Networking Platform will begin operating as of 1 January 2021.
Aalto ENG: December newsletter is available
The current Study Affairs Newsletter of the School of Engineering has been published and sent to students by e-mail.
Aalto participates in The Year of Research-Based Knowledge
The year aims to make research-based knowledge even more visible. Maybe your own project could be included in the programme?
Book a session with a digispecialist to continue in spring 2021!
Are you puzzled by how to change your course to an online course? Book your online personal session with a digipedagogical specialist to get help with remote teaching.
The application period for Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020 has been extended until 22nd December 2020
The staff and students of the School of Engineering are asked to submit proposals for the winner of the Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020. The deadline for proposals is 22nd December 2020.
The application period for Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020 has been extended until 22nd December 2020
The staff and students of the School of Engineering are asked to submit proposals for the winner of the Award for Achievements in Teaching 2020. The deadline for proposals is 22nd December 2020.
The Design Process Management course is truly multidisciplinary
In the Design Process Management course, organised for master's and doctoral students for the first time this autumn, students design and manage real-life construction projects in cooperation with companies of the field.
New technology makes telepresence seem almost authentic
Aalto University, the University of the Arts Helsinki, and Tampere University are collaborating to develop a virtual meeting which looks and feels as if all participants were sharing the same space. In addition to the senses of sight and hearing, a feeling of authenticity can also be created through touch and smell.
Petri Ala-Laurila recognised as the Neuroscientist of the Year
NBE researcher honoured for work on how the retina processes light
Three perspectives to service design: students researched the municipality of Sipoo’s employment services
Three Master's students from the School of Science, School of Arts and Design and School of Business took part in the Aalto Thesis collaboration project with the municipality of Sipoo.
School of Business student story: Kaisar Bilal
For Kaisar Bilal, a 2nd year student, studying in the Bachelor's Program in International Business has been an eye-opening experience: "Mikkeli community has taught me that studying is indeed fun and manageable."
MyCourses maintenance postponed to 7.1.2021, service out of use
MyCourses is updated to a new version January 7th 2021, service out of use.
Tuomas Sandholm applies game theory in his companies and encourages everyone to study AI
Sandholm, the Alumnus of the Year at Aalto University School of Science 2019, was recently named among the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of the year in the United States
Professor Mikko Möttönen wins Väisälä prize
The Väisälä Prize is awarded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters to a young researcher for achievements in the field of mathematics and science. It is the 21st time that the prize has been awarded, and this year there are two winners
The use of Aalto's current online travel booking tool will end
The use of Aalto's current online travel booking tool will end on 31.12.2020. Starting from 1.1.2021, all travel reservations are made directly through Aalto's contracted travel agency GBT by phone or e-mail, or by contacting Aalto Travel Services.
How to prevent disruption in Zoom and Teams meetings
How to prevent disruption in Zoom and Teams meetings
Global Coordination and Local Action Needed – The ND Future Forum 2020: Curbing Black Carbon Emissions
The ND Future Forum on Curbing Black Carbon Emissions in the Northern Dimension Area was held as an online event on November 24, 2020. It brought together over 60 participants from 15 countries.
Finns working remotely still happy and productive, though they do miss their colleagues
91% of Finnish knowledge-workers now work remotely at least 4 days a week.
Sheets of carbon nanotubes come in a rainbow of colours
Study: Nanotube films come in 466 colours, could be used in electronics, solar panels
Save the date: Sustainability Science Days, Finland’s largest event in sustainability science, highlights the need for radical change
The theme of the next conference is destruction and creativity. Sustainability challenges cannot be solved without radical changes in human activity.
