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Expectant mothers’ pregnancy-related anxiety may alter how infant brains respond to sad speech
Study shows correlation between mothers’ self-reported pregnancy-related anxiety, and babies’ blood flow to brain areas responsible for emotional responses when listening to sad speech
Creative Sustainability included in Financial Times’ list of best practices for sustainability in business schools
School of Business was included among the best practices for sustainability in teaching and student projects.
Adobe installations and licenses will change starting 15 November
Adobe user, go to the Adobe Creative Cloud management application to select and install the products you need.
Call for Projects 2021 - Regional Innovation Scheme (EIT RawMaterials)
Annual call - Pre-submission: 17 JAN; Final-submission: 28 FEB
Call for EIT RawMaterials Projects 2021 is open!
Developing raw materials into a major strength for Europe
Call for Projects 2021 - Education (EIT RawMaterials)
Annual call - Pre-submission: 17 JAN; Final-submission: 28 FEB
Call for Projects 2021 - Lighthouses (EIT RawMaterials)
Lighthouses (hereafter ‘LH’) are large-scale and long-term coordinated innovation initiatives that address critical and specific raw materials challenges for Europe.
Call for Projects 2021 - Innovation (EIT RawMaterials)
Annual call - Pre-submission: 17 JAN; Final-submission: 28 FEB
What if you didn’t have to own anything?
Rentle is leading the charge on a new sustainable consumption model based on renting, and their approach is to make it much easier for businesses to run a rental business model with a simplified, modernised and powerful platform.
Wärtsilä sponsors a lecture hall in Maarintie 8
Companies can support Aalto University and promote their employer image to students by sponsoring lecture halls. For an annual fee, the company gets a named lecture hall and may influence its interior.
At Aalto ENG Teaching Forum teachers were encouraged to co-teaching, collaboration and take care of their wellbeing
In the Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering took place on October 28, 2019 participants discussed teachers´ wellbeing, cooperation and co-teaching. The event was interactive and inspiring.
The Finnish Organic Association, Tapola Camphill Organic Farm and Fat Lizard Brewing Co. provide challenges to be solved on a hackathon course focusing on the digitalisation of services
Nearly 100 students will conceptualise and implement digitalisation projects related to real-time economy.
One million euros to research of radiation detection
Academy of Finland funds projects to develop highly sensitive imaging and measurement techniques.
Social media design that seeks to mitigate polarization could increase ideological distance
In a study by Matti Nelimarkka and his colleagues, interviewees brought up the fact that content recommendation models on social media may be poor solutions for reducing polarization in discussions. In another recently published article, Nelimarkka looks into how political science and HCI researchers could move toward an improved trading zone.
Nominate someone for the School of Science awards 2019
The deadline is approaching for the 2019 awards, so get nominating!
Pedagogical training in spring 2020
The Aalto University pedagogical training offers faculty members a possibility to familiarise yourself with teaching, learning and educational development.
Most Finns very satisfied with 4G network quality
Instead of network speed and coverage, perceptions of service quality are frequently driven by app quality and the quality of the smartphone.
Finnish Post and Logistics Union strike will cause problems in mail delivery
Service Sector Employers Palta and the Finnish Post and Logistics Union PAU continued the collective agreement negotiations on Thursday, November 7, led by the National Conciliator. As the negotiations did not lead to a solution, the strike announced by PAU will start on Monday 11 November.
Four views of construction process Waste
Waste in construction comes in many forms and at every stage of the process. Four master’s theses from Aalto University used real-life process data to make the waste visible, measurable, and analyzable
What if a software could foster world peace?
Inforglobe has created a participatory decision software which assists organisations, both in the private and public sector, and in participatory risk management, and strategy process, and it will come in handy for a significant number of challenging situations.