School news
'Mentoring is inspiring and fun' - Aalto International Talent Program offers a meaningful way to support international students
This year the group mentoring initiative brought together over 180 international students and 17 companies.
Professors got together to reflect on the future
The themes of this year's Professors' Summit included a preliminary idea of a cross-disciplinary bachelor's programme and the changing campus
The first draft of quality audit self-evaluation report is ready – read and comment!
The report is written based on discussions and materials gathered during the University Review
The participatory budgeting project culminated in a happy planting workshop
One Euro for Every Student project culminated in a planting workshop in mid-May on the new garden benches
Back to the future products
The 25th anniversary gala of the PDP course took place on the 13th of May at Design Factory. Many interesting future products such as electric wooden boat, extremely precise factory crane and edible packing material were presented at the Gala.
Thank you for being part of the Aalto community – here’s your Aalto Kit!
Aalto Kit with a special edition hoodie and water bottle is offered to all current and new employees.
Your invitation to Life 1.5
Save the date/planet: Welcome to our fourth Designs for a Cooler Planet festival, 7.9–12.10.2022 in Otaniemi, Espoo.
Ascending Investigator Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation awarded to Maria Sammalkorpi for computational biosynthetic materials research
Senior Scientist Maria Sammalkorpi has been awarded the highly competed Ascending Investigator 2022 Grant from Novo Nordisk Foundation for a total of ca 9 million DKK (1.2M€).
TAPPI awards Professor emeritus Patrick Gane “Outstanding Educator”
TAPPI awards Professor emeritus Patrick Gane “Outstanding Educator”
International academic - A survey on societal engagement
A research project asks for your insights by a survey, answers are requested by 31 May.
Aalto University becomes a founding partner in Ioncell Oy
The new company will commercialise and develop ecological textile fibre technologies.
Introducing the university's art collection and the A Grid community - take a tour!
I love campus tours for Aalto community began in May 2022
President’s letter 17 May – We defend truth, critical thinking, equality and human rights
We need to pay attention to our online behaviour and how we handle different messages
New Academy Research Fellows and postdoctoral researchers
Funding granted by the Academy of Finland brings six new Academy Research Fellows, and 14 postdoctoral researchers ʵ University – congratulations to all!
Melina Nummi enhances student mobility between Unite! universities
Melina Nummi is the planning officer for international mobility at Aalto University. Melina's interest in enabling internationalisation for everyone, comes from her own background as she has studied and worked outside Finland for quite many years.
Aalto awards 2022 – Propose nominees
Which person, team or act should be recognised as playing a role in our university’s success? Share your views by 25 May!
Interruption to water supply in Otaniemi 9.5.2022
Water supply was cut before noon but returned to normal by midday
Open Access Publishing Is the Predominant Publishing Method at Aalto University – From 13% to 82% in Eight Years
We have come a long way since Aalto University published its first open access recommendation in 2014.
Nominate a winner for Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award
The award is given to teams that do pioneering work in the areas of education development, improvement of the excellence and impact of research and artistic activity; or the international success of the Aalto community.
Space 21 is now officially open – come visit and explore!
Radical Creativity team will be hosting monthly morning coffees at Space 21, the living room of Radical Creativity
