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Business students have a positive attitude towards sustainable development
According to researchers, awareness of students鈥 values and attitudes is crucial for the development of teaching.
Data management instructions for Academy of Finland applicants
In the Academy of Finland鈥檚 September 2020 call data management plans will be submitted to the Academy in two stages. Research Services of Aalto University help researchers with data management plans and other issues related to research data management.
Fully virtual IWA Nutrient Recovery and Removal Conference brings together the experts of wastewater treatment
The conference is organized by Aalto University Water and Environmental Engineering research group and Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority HSY in collaboration with International Water Association.
Doctor鈥檚 career path: Assistant Professor Mikko H盲nninen
In my opinion, personal learning and development are more important than course grades or assignments.
Quantum-mechanical interaction between two time crystals has been experimentally demonstrated
An international team of researchers have demonstrated that a new phase of matter which has, until recently, been mere speculation, obeys basic quantum mechanics laws
Aalto ARTS initiates a new Summer School with support from Jane and Aatos Erkkos Foundation
Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture wants to create new forms of internationalization with an extended Summer School.
Engaging with materiality and colour through biocolourants
The BioColour project organizes a broad audience event on Monday 17.8, concentrating on different points of view on materiality and colour. Julia Lohmann, designer and Professor of Practice in Aalto University, is one of the project鈥檚 researchers and a speaker in the event.
Academy of Finland鈥檚 Ask & Apply info sessions related to the September call 2020
Find out all about the September call from the webinars that start to roll on 26 August.
Aalto University granted seed funding for ten innovative and collaborative photonics research projects
The projects explore photonic technologies in strong collaboration with other partners of the Academy of Finland鈥檚 Photonics Flagship PREIN.
Circular Design Challenge Competition seeks new solutions
Finnish research organisations are looking to pool resources to create new, sustainable and significant business opportunities in the circular economy.
The story of a fabric
Matilda Palmu, who will graduate from the Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design master's programme in autumn 2020, describes her artistic process.
Travel survey on Central Railway Station, J盲tk盲saari, Otaniemi, Kera and Matinkyl盲
Answer and enter the raffle to win a prize!
Designs for a Cooler Planet 鈥 Helsinki Design Week 2020
Helsinki Design Week at Otaniemi showcases inspiring future designs related to the UN鈥檚 Sustainable Development Goals.
School of Business Alumni Advisory Board member's story: Norbert Juh谩sz
The School of Business Alumni Advisory Board member Norbert Juh谩sz studied in International Business and CEMS MIM master鈥檚 programmes. Aalto student community, business case competitions with fellow students and the possibility to study and live completely in English in Finland are very memorable to him. 鈥淏eing an alumnus means being part of a community and being part of a shared history with that community.鈥
A road to frustration
Aalto University theorist part of a team that opens up a new route to design exotic frustrated
quantum magnets.
quantum magnets.
Greenhouse gas emissions from permafrost area larger than earlier estimated
Plant roots in soil stimulate microbial decomposition, a mechanism called the priming effect. A recent study published in Nature Geoscience shows that the priming effect alone can cause emission of 40 billion tonnes carbon from permafrost by 2100.
Intensive course looks for sustainable design solutions following COVID-19
Health and Wellbeing Architecture Summer Intensive gathers multi-disciplinary perspectives to create new interventions, designs, and policy recommendations for pandemics.
How vaping companies exploit Instagram for youth-oriented marketing?
Researchers use artificial intelligence to analyse hundreds of thousands of Instagram posts about vaping
During the COVID-19 crisis, nearly half of Finnish SMEs have applied for public financing, while less than one sixth have applied for a bank loan
Researchers from Aalto University, Erasmus University (The Netherlands) and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland) have studied Finnish SMEs' financing options and prospects in the covid-19 crisis.
Stopping the unstoppable with atomic bricks
Aalto University theorist part of a team that developed a method for trapping elusive electrons