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Researchers develop a digital therapy to alleviate the symptoms of depression

The research team is currently looking for participants. In the study, the participant plays the game Meliora remotely from their home, and they can also take part in a brain study or a game-experience interview.
Research & Art
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Meliora is a combination of first-person shooter and strategy game. Photo: SoihtuDTx.

Student, are you looking for a space to pilot or test your business idea?

Shopping centre A Bloc's pop-up space is rented to students at an affordable price.
Campus
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A Bloc pop-up space

Tapping hidden visual information: An all-in-one detector for thousands of colours

A new chip from Aalto researchers puts photonic information at our fingertips.
Research & Art
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A fingertip-sized on-chip spectrometer in the foreground compared to a commercial benchtop-size spectrometer in the background. Photo: Aalto University

Closing the university campus would be the most effective energy action? True or false: eight claims about saving energy

We found out answers to eight claims about saving energy
Campus, University
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Students at the campus

26 kg of film plastic waste is generated in the construction of one apartment building – a new, free tool helps with recycling

For the first time, researchers at Aalto University examined how much film plastics is produced in the construction of apartment blocks.
Press releases
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Vihreä jätesäiliö, joka on täynnä kirkasta kalvomuovijätettä.

A radio telescope follows the partial solar eclipse even through clouds

Solar maps provided by Aalto University's Metsähovi Radio Observatory will be available for viewing online almost in real time during a partial solar eclipse taking place on Tuesday, October 25.
Research & Art
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Aalto-yliopiston Metsähovin radio-observatorion aurinkokartat ovat nähtävillä verkossa lähes reaaliajassa osittaisen auringonpimennyksen aikaan tiistaina 25. lokakuuta.

Veganism as an advantage in choosing the Campus Sustainability Champion 2022

The Campus Sustainability Champion was chosen for the sixth time already. The winner was released on ACRE Day 13th October.
Campus
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Sustainability champion logo

Professor Matilda Backholm: Between the micro and the macro

Driven by curiosity, new Department of Applied Physics professor Matilda Backholm studies the physics of the mesoscale.
Appointments, University
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Professor Matilda Backholm facing the camera

Designing with empathy

Empathic engineers need to know what happens inside a user’s head, and research shows how that can be done accurately
Press releases
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Antti Surma-aho ja Jie Li pitämässä empatiakoulutusta videolla

The Squirrel’s Nest / Oravan Pesä Podcast 2018-2022

A new season and previously archived episodes of The Squirrel's Nest / Oravan Pesä Podcast co-created in Ariel Bustamante’s 'Conversation Room' now available online.
Campus, Research & Art, Studies
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Conversation Room, by Ariel Bustamante, Otaniemi, 2018. Photo: María Villa

Jenny Hytönen wins the Hyères International Fashion Competition

In addition to the main prize the unisex collection won also the audience prize
Awards and Recognition
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Jenny Hytonen's fashion collection with black leather and spikes

Aalto student team won gold at the 6th European Students 3D audio competition

Pietari Nurmi, Kamila Kondraciuk, Mia Savo and Teodors Kerimovs won the gold medal in the Audio Drama / Documentary / Soundscapes category. The winning project was the Spatial Audio Book "Hansel and Gretel".
Studies
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Aalto team Pietari Nurmi, Kamila Kondraciuk, Mia Savo and Teodors Kerimovs

Women imitate masculine traits to be taken seriously as gamers

Women working in the gaming industry feel required to imitate stereotypically masculine personality traits if they want to gain recognition in gaming communities, reveals new research from Aalto University School of Business.
Press releases
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Tummasävyinen kuva peliohjaimesta

Over 300 species identified in a citizen science event, the Otaniemi Campus Bioblitz

Bioblitz at Aalto University was organised in Otaniemi on 8 September by Aalto University, AYY student union and Symbioosi ry, the student association of biology students in the University of Helsinki
Campus, University
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Two hands hold a smart phone while taking a close-up of a tree trunk on campus.

Alexander Henn wins the Marcus Wallenberg Young Scientists Competition

The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation organises an annual event for young researchers to promote collaboration, inspire research and create networking opportunities.
Awards and Recognition, Studies
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Alex Henn

Maintenance break in ACRIS on 18 October 2022

Maintenance break in ACRIS in October from 10am to 8pm.
Research & Art
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ACRIS service break

AYY and Wellbeing Ambassadors cooperate to tackle harassment

Wellbeing Ambassadors from OASIS of Radical Wellbeing have been cooperating with The Aalto University Student Union (AYY) to prevent harassment and other inappropriate conduct within the Aalto community.
University
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Pink background with text "Ambassadors and AYY tackling harassment". OASIS logo in the left down corner. A photo of a woman writing on a whiteboard on the right side of the picture.

Former economics student Soila Höijer ended up in IT and enjoyed her work

‘I want to encourage girls to partake in the diverse IT sector’
Cooperation
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Lahjoittajien seinäteos /  Donors Wall at Aalto BIZ. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Russell Lai is at the vanguard of cryptography

Aalto University’s new Assistant Professor Russell Lai is a cryptography researcher, who wants to bring the fruits of his academic work to the use of everyday citizens, without sacrificing robustness.
Appointments
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Assistant Professor Russell Lai wants to solve practical problems with his strong theoretical background in cryptography.

Kalle Airo: "For an entrepreneurial mind, a problem is an opportunity, not a threat”

Kalle Airo leads Entrepreneurial Mindset at Aalto
Appointments
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Kalle Airo