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Astronomers image a black hole’s shadow and powerful jet together for the first time
Aalto’s Metsähovi Radio Observatory took part in capturing the new image.
Metsähovi Radio Observatory helps reveal the secrets of black holes
Together with other observatories around the world, Aalto University’s Metsähovi Radio Observatory has captured an unprecedented image of a black hole.
Studies of vibration-sensitive sites along the Jokeri Light Rail route
Measurements of vibration-sensitive sites will be carried out along the Jokeri Light Rail route between 3 and 5 May 2023. The measurements will be carried out with two trams during test runs.
Suggest the School of Electrical Engineering Alumnus or Alumna of the Year 2023!
Submit your suggestion by 13 August 2023.
Tapio Lokki: You can always find another way
'If I look at my own career, the skills I learned in the Student Union’s Representative Council and as a chairman and artistic misleader at Retuperän WBK are the skills I need as a department head: how to get along with people, how to lead a group, and how to motivate people. A role model is important.'
Register for the remaining Open Science & Research Data Management webinars this spring
All events include a Q&A, so you can get help for your specific questions.
Aalto University to host Nordic Five Tech (N5T) alliance annual meeting in May 2023 
Aalto University will host the Presidents' and Annual Meeting of the Nordic Five Tech (N5T) Alliance on May 23-24, 2023. The meeting aims to foster dialogue amongst the N5T alliances and address collaboration, mobility, and innovation. 
It’s not as difficult as you think to shout upwind
Researchers unveil and explain a common-sense misunderstanding
Alum Carmen Fuentes Soria is working for a more sustainable use of space
Carmen graduated from the SpaceMaster joint programme. She thinks that the internationality is one of the best things of the programme, and she is grafeful that she made friends from all over the world.
Returning to the roots
Arnevi Rautanen and Juha Utriainen gave up their careers to take up farming in the village of Joroinen in Eastern Finland. At their family farm, values are more than just empty words — they are principles that the couple lives by every day.
Honorary doctors in technology 2023
Aalto University has granted seven Honorary Doctorates of Science in the field of technology. The new honorary doctors have all made significant impact in science, technology and society.
Aalto University partnering with the World Circular Economy Forum WCEF2023
The World Circular Economy Forum WCEF will bring together the world's leading circular economy professionals in Helsinki in May-June 2023.
Student proposal on a charity event wins the Unite!4Future competition
Aalto student Santeri Kokkonen won a trip to the Unite! Student Festival in Portugal.
EIT Manufacturing Call for Innovation proposals (2024/1) - Apply by 19 JUN 2023
Call for proposals 2024 / Innovation / EIT Manufacturing
Call opening: 18.4.23 / Call deadline: 19.6.23
Call opening: 18.4.23 / Call deadline: 19.6.23
A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost
The researchers created photonic time crystals that operate at microwave frequencies, and they showed that the crystals can amplify electromagnetic waves.
Award-winning director Emilia Hernesniemi at the helm of documentary on radical creativity for Aalto University
Brain researchers, satellite developers, seaweed artists, students, startup entrepreneurs, fashion designers and ice researchers will be among those featured in the film
EIT Culture & Creativity's first round of calls is out!
EIT Culture & Creativity Call launched, info events for Aalto staff (14.4. & 25.4.2023)
Record number of Aaltonians attended wellbeing & sustainability event
The program included topical speeches about the sustainable development of the campus, with a focus on wellbeing
EIT Digital Innovation Factory (Apply by 15th May 2023)
Are you planning to boost your early-stage digital deep tech startup?
Number of applicants to bachelor’s programmes increased in the national joint application
Over 12 600 applied ÄûÃʵ¼º½ University’s bachelor’s programmes in Finnish and Swedish
