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Aalto community members awarded at the opening of the academic year
  The pioneers of Aalto's satellite research were awarded with the new Innovation Award
      
      
     
  Take a break! -break exercises on campus in Autumn 2025
  UniSport welcomes all aaltonians to participate and enjoy relaxing breaks in the free sessions of Take a break! -break exercises.
      
      
     
  Across the world by land? Fewer emissions, more experiences
  Minna Halme and Hanne Savolainen explain why they decided to travel to the conference by means other than flying.
      
      
     
  Done: Short breaks in file services on Monday, 1 September starting at 4 pm
  Short 1-3 minutes breaks per service in home.org.aalto.fi, work.org.aalto.fi and teamwork services
      
      
     
  President Sauli Niinistö: ‘The future is brighter than it appears right now.’
  Approximately 600 invited guests and alumni attended the event named after Chancellor Jaakko Honko at Aalto University Töölö
      
      
     
  Money for student wellbeing: how would you spend 14 000 euros?
  Submit your proposal for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus by 21st September 2025. The winner of the feasible ideas will be voted on during 2025.
      
      
     
  Fixed: Aalto network services unavailable in Otakaari 5 and Otakaari 7
  Issue fixed 27 August 2025 at 13.17
      
      
     
  Aalto University Rules of Conduct to enter into force on 1 September 2025
  Rules of Conduct promote a safe and accessible environment for all community members and visitors.
      
      
     
  Nearly 8 500 schoolchildren had the chance to program Aalto Junior's friendly robots
  The robotics workshops project, funded by the Weisell Foundation, has been the most impactful of Aalto Juniors' school projects to date in terms of figures, reaching the largest number of students so far.
      
      
    The School of Electrical Engineering celebrated its 27th Elojuhlat party
   The School of Electrical Engineering staff gathered in central Helsinki on Thursday, August 21, 2025. 
      
      
     
  Multifactor authentication (MFA) required less often from now on
  Usability improved based on feedback
      
      
     
  Eloseminaari themes were creativity, meaningfulness, and visions for the future
  The annual get-together event brought together the Aalto ARTS community and provided inspiration for the start of the academic year.
      
      
     
  Fixed: Issues with logging inºÚÁÏÍø services from outside the Aalto network
  Issue fixed at 12.45 on 25 August
      
      
     
  Keys to growth: Internationalisation brings talent, innovation and economic growth to Finland
  Talent is fuel for the future — and Finland also needs it from abroad. Aalto and VTT have been internationalising rapidly, but the nation still has room for improvement in supporting international experts to put down roots. 
      
      
     
  LibreOffice Word and PPT templates available on Linux workstations
  The official Aalto templates (Writer and Impress) are available in Finnish and English.
      
      
     
  Unite!Energy Conference – Shaping the Future of Sustainable Energy
  The annual Unite!Energy Conference 2025 will take place in Espoo, Finland, bringing together researchers, industry experts, and academics to explore energy storage, hydrogen technologies, and the future of clean energy.
      
      
     
  Done: Changes to email system cyber security on 22 Aug from 7.00 onwards
  Changes done on 22 August 2025
      
      
     
  Login issues with Microsoft services on the morning of 21 August 2025, now fixed
  We apologise for the inconvenience
      
      
     
   
           
           
           
           
           
           
        