Aalto University News
Multiple awardees from the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Päivi Helander has been chosen as the Graphic Designer of the Year 2025, and Man Yau as the Young Artist of the Year 2025.

Koneen Säätiö Grant for the Centre for Text Margins
Significant Koneen Säätiö grant awarded to the project led by Associate Professor of Visual Communication Arja Karhumaa and their team.

Urban Travel Machines: Cosmos Met Poetry
Unique fusion of poetry and immersive digital art at the Brussels Planetarium

Last chance to nominate for 2024 Aalto University Open Science Award
The deadline for submissions is 3 Dec, 2024.

Call for nominees for Aalto University’s Open Science Award 2024
Nominate yourself, your colleague, a research group, a department, or a project for the award.

Improve your Data Management Plan and Privacy Notice for safe and ethical practices
Join a pilot project to derive a Privacy Notice from your Data Management Plan with Aalto AI assistant.

Training in open research, including AI, ethics, data visualisation, and more – register now
New topics included! Registrations for autumn 2024 are open.

New event concept: Aalto ARTS Student Show 2024
The Aalto ARTS Student Show brings together a selection of student projects from all over the School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Reetta Ranta: ‘I try to think about how to make the world a better place’
Alum story: Alum of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture believes that everything we do should involve ethical reflection.

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 gathered open science experts from all over Finland
Over 90 participants attended in person and 90 listened in Zoom a range of presentations on artificial intelligence, legal and security issues and data management, alongside the latest news on open science activities in Finland. The event was organised by Aalto University, VTT and Open Science Coordination in Finland.

Publication Forum seeks new panellists for term 2025-2028
If you are interested in becoming a panel member of the Publication Forum (Julkaisufoorumi, Jufo), apply by 15.6.2024.

Doctoral Researcher Solip Park's Paper Receives Honorable Mention at CHI 2024
Doctoral researcher Solip Park's paper has recently garnered attention at the prestigious CHI 2024 conference, earning an "honorable mention" distinction.

Aalto Open Science Award ceremony brought together Aaltonians to discuss open science
Last week we gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2023 and discuss open science matters with the Aalto community.

Aalto ARTS Summer School explores the significance of water through the lens of art
The theme of School of Arts, Design and Architecture’s Summer School this year is water, and its significance is explored in a multidisciplinary way through the perspectives of art, film and digital.

Minna Tuusa appointed as Human Resources Manager of Aalto ARTS
The Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture Tuomas Auvinen has appointed HR partner Minna Tuusa as Human Resources Manager of the School from 1 June 2024.

Preserving intangible cultural heritage through immersive XR experiences
Aalto University’s Department of Art and Media is coordinating a European wide project on preserving intangible cultural heritage and using it to address societal challenges with the help of immersive XR environments.

Aalto ARTS alum Vidha Saumya’s artwork featured at the Venice Biennale 2024
The Pavilion of Finland presents ‘The pleasures we choose’ at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia until 24 November 2024.

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!

Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be hosted by Aalto University
Open Science and Research Summer Conference 2024 will be held at Aalto University’s Otaniemi campus and in Zoom 3.–4.6.2024. Please register by May 3.

Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science
We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.
