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Theory U - How to lead from the future while it emerges?
Creative people, like artists and scientists, invent and create the new by stepping from the visible world into the invisible world of imagination, and then returning back into the visible. We all can develop our sensitivity, intuition and leadership capabilities to increase creativity.
Photography Online Course for Scientists – now open to all
Photography Online Course for Scientists (POCS), an independent self-study course in the basics of photography, is now open to all at Aalto
A record number of applications to English bachelor’s programmes
Aalto University received altogether 7 362 applications to these programmes.
Groundbreaking light sources can increase effectiveness and security of transferring quantum information
Researchers at Aalto University plan to build a revolutionary LED light source to generate entangled photon pairs. The research group led by Professor Pertti Hakonen has received three-year funding from the Future Makers Funding Program of Technologies Finland Centennial Foundation and Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Aalto University strong in ranking for international outlook
Times Higher Education’s listing ranked Aalto 40th in the world and 3rd in the Nordics
2022 brings new opportunities for the future of Unite!
In 2022 Unite! alliance is preparing for the new Erasmus+ call for European Universities Initiative and will be strengthened by two new partners.
Use of WhatsApp considered problematic by the Data Protection Supervisor
In his decision in December 2021, the Data Protection Supervisor issued a notice to the company about the transfer of customers' personal data to employees' personal phones on WhatsApp.
Student Reetta Kälvälä wants to use technology to develop better cancer treatments
Reetta studies bioinformation technology, and she thinks university seems easier than upper secondary school because she can study according to her own schedule.
Two linden trees near Otaniementie to be renewed
The trees will soon be given a new life as decaying wood art.
Register for Research Data Management and Open Science Training in Spring 2022!
Aalto Research Data Management Network organises training in research data management and open science in spring 2022.
Three flagships receive continued funding
Materials Bioeconomy FinnCERES, Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence FCAI and the platform for photonics research PREIN have received the Academy of Finland’s funding for second flagship term
Learning for the future: systemic solutions require new ways of learning and collaborating
Aalto offers its staff a chance to experiment with transformative learning method, that can initiate changes in mindsets and remove invisible barriers to creativity
Aalto University announces two art competitions for a campus block under construction
Proposals can be sent 4.1.-4.4.2022 for the competition open to all artists, arranged for the first time
Seed funding call for major multidisciplinary research proposal planning is open
Aalto seed funding call closes 10 February 2022.
Finding experts will be easier in 2022 – information on researchers to be made available in Research.fi
The new version of Researcher's profile tool is available for testing until January 31, also in English now.
New Reference Management Software EndNote available to install
The Aalto University subscription to RefWorks ended on 31st of December 2021. EndNote subscription has been acquired as reference management software for all Aalto University’s students, teaching staff, researchers, and other staff members.
Water supply renovation on campus starts with rock blasting
The water supply renovation site on Otakaari and Rakentajanaukio area starts with mining and blasting on Monday 10th January.
Challenges with Neo system
We have had some challenges with the approval workflow in Neo system this week.
Maintenance work in Neo system on 22.3.2022
The Neo system provider will perform maintenance on our Neo site on Tuesday, March 22, 2022. The system will remain available during maintenance.