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On 8 October, 17-year-old Asa-Marie Kultima assumes the role of Aalto University President in the Girls Takeover campaign
At the beginning of October, the ‘Super Week’ for girls, young people and technology will also host a Shaking up Tech event open to all and select the winner of the youth innovation competition.
Open webinars for staff during Aalto Talent Expo Virtual Week
Aalto Talent Expo fair is organised this fall as a virtual event in JobTeaser.
Meet the data agent: Clemens Icheln
Clemens Icheln has positive experience with opening data and encourages his colleagues to publish their data as well. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
The German Society of Material Science awards Professor Mady Elbahri the DGM prize of 2020
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde e.V. (DGM) has recognized Professor Mady Elbahri at the School of Chemical Engineering, for his outstanding scientific achievements in the field of Nanoscience and nanotechnology.
Doctor’s career path: CEO Sami Itani
‘Doctoral studies consist of team-based project work in which you can act as your own project manager.’
Awards were given to distinguished School of Business faculty and staff members
The HSE Support Foundation fr gave grants to six persons.
What can we learn from the pandemic?
Aalto University's studio discussion focused on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about the importance of the environment for health and wellbeing.
Commuter ticket as a payment method in HSL mobile application
HSL (Helsinki Regional Transport) has improved their payment methods. Eazybreak commuter ticket can now be used to buy tickets in the HSL mobile application.
Machine Learning Coffee Seminars continue with a great lineup of speakers
MLCS gathers together people from different fields of science who have at least one thing in common, interest in machine learning
Meet the data agent: Anish Philip
Anish Philip wants to help researchers make their data more precise and accessible for everyone. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
Join the challenge to get outside and move!
Aalto community member, on Sunday 20 September, we will run or walk in the spirit of Aalto 10k sports event wherever we are and however we like!
'I felt welcomed even though I’m not in Aalto physically' – new School of Business Master’s students got to network remotely with alumni
Aalto University School of Business alumni and new Master’s students gathered to network in Zoom platform. The alumni provided useful tips and advice for studies, career and employment.
A student team studied young people’s consumption, Finnishness and work
The project carried out for the Association for Finnish Work provided the student team with a versatile learning experience.
Professors Markus Linder and Tapani Vuorinen invited to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Professor of Biomolecular Materials Markus Linder and Professor of Wood Chemistry Tapani Vuorinen from the School of Chemical Engineering at Aalto University have been elected as new members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
EU funding for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degrees
Aalto University succeeded again in its bid to obtain funding from the European Commission for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's Degree programme.
Doctor's career path: Assistant Professor Petra Vokata
‘Top conferences in my field were great opportunities for networking and receiving valuable feedback on research.’
Changes to travel services
In July 2020 KDS UK Limited and Aalto University signed an agreement on the delivery of a new travel and cost management system.
UPM offers 10 000 surgical masks to the School of Chemical Engineering
UPM has actively acquired face masks due to the COVID-19 epidemic, and also contributed them to purposes of general interest. “The School of Chemical Engineering educates professionals in the fields of sustainable use of natural resources and new materials, and therefore contributing to the continuation of teaching is important to UPM,” says Pirkko Harrela, Executive Vice President, Stakeholder Relations, UPM.
Pulse Survey on hybrid working mode to start again
We’ll launch again a biweekly Pulse Survey at Aalto University on September 10, 2020. We aim at getting feedback from all Aalto employees on how well it works. All employees will receive a link to this biweekly survey by email every second Thursday.
Meet the data agent: Abraham Woubie Zewoudie
Abraham Woubie Zewoudie hopes that researchers cooperate to create awareness of the importance of research data management. In this article series Aalto University data agents, researchers experienced in research data management are introduced.
