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Space 21 monthly morning coffees in Autumn 2023

Start your day with the best coffee on campus in the living room of radical creativity. The entire Aalto community is invited – check the schedule for Autumn 2023 below.
Campus, University
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White coffee cup with Space 21 logo, space's common room on the background.

People.aalto.fi service to be replaced by People Hub on aalto.fi – check your profile

The people.aalto.fi service will be replaced by the People Hub on Aalto.fi this fall. The new People Hub is already live and the process to take the old people.aalto.fi offline will begin in early September.
For Aalto community
University
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Aalto blue background with black text that reads people.aalto.fi right arrow aalto.fi/people

Keynote speaker, Business Director Kaisa Hietala: We lack a definition of the value of nature

About 300 invitees and alumni took part in the lecture bearing the name of Chancellor Jaakko Honko
University
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Jaakko Honko -luennon 2023 pääpuhuja Kaisa Hietala

Team of Interior Architecture and Contemporary Design students won the Habitare Design competition 2023

The Habitare Design Competition is intended for students studying art, design, and architecture in Finland. This year ‘s theme of the competition was “Tools for togetherness”, which required the teams to design and implement new types of tools to promote togetherness and interaction on a human scale or more widely.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art, Studies, University
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Lennart Engels, Karolin Kull, Ágnes László, Julia Postrzech and Valenti Soler won the Habitare Design competition 2023.

Occupational health and safety precautions ensure a safe workplace

Elections for both the Industrial Safety Delegate and shop stewards are coming this autumn
For Aalto community
University
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Opiskelijoita tekemässä tehtäviä.

Pärttyli Rinne: My work is both internally rewarding and economically fragile

'Academics without a permanent post experience uncertainty and stress, mainly related to financial fragility. It is not just my experience.'
University
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Pärttyli Rinne, photo by Nora Rinne

Where do we feel love?

New research sheds light on where and how we feel different kinds of love
Press releases
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The types of love form a gradient in intensity and in how widely they're felt throughough the body. Image: Philosophical Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2252464.

Transparent wood-based coating doesn’t fog up

Coatings made from a wood by-product can keep our glasses and windshields clear
Press releases, Research & Art
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Värikkäitä ja läpinäkyviä pinnoitenäytteitä puupölkyn päällä.

New collaboration targets the mine-to-market value chain

FCAI, Metso and partners address sustainability in mining with artificial intelligence.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Open pit mining machines

Answer the personnel wellbeing survey starting from 20.9. – your input is valuable

The wellbeing survey for Aalto University personnel is open 20.9.–8.10.2023 - on 20 September, you will get the survey link via email from the address yliopistot@eezy.fi
For Aalto community
University
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Students talking and working

Six of nine planetary boundaries now exceeded

A new study updates the planetary boundary framework
Press releases
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Englanninkielinen grafiikka planetaarisista rajoista.

Summer School alum story: Personal Growth and Renewal course revealed the interplay between design, adaptability, and visionary leadership

Julia Zambrzycki shares how the Personal Growth and Renewal course can help us become visionary leaders in constantly changing times.
University
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Photo of Julia Zambrzycki

Unique opportunity for Professor Hele Savin to carry out academic research at company premises

The Finnish Research Impact Foundation funding allows professors to concentrate on research and utilize the practical expertise of companies.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Professori Hele Savin ja tuotannon kehitysinsinööri Katja Mustonen valitsemassa piikiekkoja Okmeticin tuotantolinjalta yhteiseen tutkimukseensa. Kuva: Anniina Ojanperä.

New opportunity to receive funding for projects supporting equity and diversity

The School of Business prioritises an operating environment where equity and diversity atmosphere predominate. The members of our community can now propose how our values can be reflected in our activities more extensively than before
For Aalto community
University
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Piece of Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition 2021.

Suggest how you would use 13,000 eur for the wellbeing of Aalto University students!

Submit your proposal by September 29, 2023, for a participatory budgeting project to improve student wellbeing on campus. A winner will be voted on from the feasible ideas within the year 2023.
Campus, University
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Otaniemi - kuva Unto Rautio

A finer picture of global migration reveals complex patterns

New research shows that socio-economic factors play a larger role than climate
Press releases
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A map with regions of countries colour-coded to show net migration levels. There's a lot of variability, and many countries have some subregions with positive net migration and other subregions with negative net migration.

Innovative metal recovery technique: turning low-concentration solutions into valuable resources

EDRR: a recent review article explores latest developments of a novel method for efficient precious metal recovery and creation of high-value-added materials
Press releases, Research & Art
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Recent developments of EDRR

Schedule your autumn My Dialogues conversation

Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion.
For Aalto community
University
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Two people talking and smiling

New loss mitigation technique paves the way for perfect optical resonators

Aalto researchers demonstrate how to create high-quality resonators using optically absorbing materials
Press releases
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Red waves intersect above a rectangular slab with golden squares layered throughout.

New Aalto Distinguished Professor Riitta Salmelin traces the brain’s own ‘fingerprint’

Riitta Salmelin believes that her field of brain imaging has matured to a stage where questions ignored in the early days can now be addressed
Appointments, Campus, Research & Art, University
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Riitta Salmelin