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‘I feel that I have received a lot from the School for life, and without Kauppis, I certainly would not be in that place in life where I am now.’
Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation grants awarded for 2021
In 2021, the foundation awarded nine grants, worth 26 000 euros in total.
Silja Sormunen and Erik Härkönen received the prestigious School of Science Master’s Thesis Awards
Only about 1% of Aalto School of Science graduates received such an award
CEO World Magazine ranking: Aalto University is the fourth best Fashion School in the world
Aalto's fashion programmes are ranking higher than Central Saint Martins and Parsons this year!
The H2020 project of the European University Alliance Unite! officially launched
Aalto University and the other 6 partner universities will develop a joint Research&Innovation agenda in synergy with their education dimension contributing to the European Research Area together with the European Education Area
Academy of Finland’s April 2021 call open 1.-28.4.
The Academy of Finland’s April 2021 call texts are available on the Academy’s website. Funding can be applied for from the ICT 2023, for Critical Materials in Circular Economy of Cities, and for research infrastructures.
‘It's worth a peek behind the familiarity: atypical actions bring joy to everyday life’
'I claim' series presents our researchers and the results of their work. Oona Tikkaoja examines everyday anomalies.
Cooperation creates value for students and the City of Mikkeli
Students of the Aalto University Mikkeli Campus worked on seven projects for the City of Mikkeli related to sustainable development. This gave the students an opportunity to combine theory and practice in a meaningful way, and the cooperation provided the City of Mikkeli new insights on how to tackle current challenges.
Cloud computing for research - free 3-hour online workshop on March 24
Microsoft is offering a free, hands-on, cloud computing training workshop in partnership with the Aalto University IT Services
New Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program
Regina Casteleijn-Osorno is the new Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program at Aalto University.
A recent study "Collaboration and Innovation in the Northern Dimension Countries" by the ND Partnership on Culture
A recent study published by the Northern Dimension Partnership on Culture (NDPC) suggests, amongst other findings, that there are seven important cross-sectoral innovation elements that should be taken into account when developing policy in this area.
Aalto ENG's Teaching Forum encouraged teachers to co-teach and interact in teaching
Samuel Cross, winner of the 2020 Award for Achievements in Teaching, held a presentation on the development of challenge-based learning and co-teaching in distance education.
Academic co-operation on the boreal forest belt launched to accelerate innovation and adoption of bio-based solutions
University of British Columbia (UBC), Aalto University and VTT are joining their strong expertise on bio-based materials by launching the Boreal Alliance. The collaboration is realized via the Finnish FinnCERES Flagship and the BioProducts Institute at UBC.
The new research integrity adviser at the School of Chemical Engineering is Veikko Linko
The research integrity advisers communicate on research integrity in general, help to prevent scientific misconduct, act as contact persons towards TENK (Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity) and in general act as first contact points.
Service break in ACRIS Research Information system on 16.3.2021
ACRIS (Aalto Current Research Information System) unavailable 16 March 2021 at 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
International Women's Day 2021 - celebrating the women of PHYS!
Article highlighting the accomplishments of the women from the Physics Department
New Marketing Specialist for Summer School
Johanna Fagerström is the new Marketing Specialist for Aalto University Summer School.
Key problems regarding equality have been recognized - A pilot to promote solutions
As a result of Aalto participating in the Equal career paths (NOW!) project, Learning Services are piloting a service concept where students share their experiences on e.g. working in teams and teachers get to walk in the students' shoes. The expected outcome is that the participants become more aware of their unconscious biases, learn how their behavior affects other people, and ideate on how the experiences of the students in (gender) minority can be better acknowledged in teaching.Â
Alumna Juulia Suvilehto is studying how coronavirus is affecting social behaviour and touching
The research targets Nordic countries, and it is still possible to participate in the study. On International Women's Day Suvilehto wants to thank inspiring female role models and to draw attention to the fact that women tend to be the ones who take care of community well-being.
Entrepreneurs build the future instead of predicting it
Get behind the scenes with the teachers behind this year’s courses at Aalto University Summer School. Lidia Borisova, Head of Education, Aalto Ventures Program and Simo Lahdenne, university teacher, dig deeper into their course Entrepreneurial Path.
