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Kalle Keinonen was nominated the Ceremonial Garland Weaver for the School of Arts, Design and Architecture
For the first time in the school’s history the position is held by a male student. The piece of jewerly for the Ceremonial Garland Weaver was designed by Theo Weckström.
Dinner tables instead of dumpsters
When a consumer movement in Germany started to develop ways to reduce food waste, a large number of usable food products closing their expiry date ended up on consumers’ plates instead of the landfill.
Imagining a future without carbon
With a changing climate, our future is uncertain. Design can help us create the future we want to become reality.
Shaking up Tech – a runaway success in 2018 – is expanding across Finland
Last year Shaking Up Tech, which encourages women to enter the field of technology, was fully booked in an hour. Thanks to the event’s expansion, more than 400 high school students can attend this year.
Graduates from the School of Electrical Engineering are happy to offer their expertise to students
At the ELEC Career Café, students at the School of Electrical Engineering had a unique opportunity to meet with business leaders and experts over a cup of coffee.
CS Dissertation: Tuomo Lempiäinen increases understanding of capabilities and limitations of distributed systems
During his doctoral studies, Tuomo Lempiäinen studied the theory of distributed computing and participated in the organization of the ALGO conference.
Something new and something old: Critical thinking, empathy and communication skills
Hertta Vuorenmaa and Eero Vaara's insights on central work-life skills.
Alumni Ambassador Miikka Huhta: The Aalto University Mentoring Programme benefited me a lot
“I applied to the Aalto University Mentoring Program, and I’m glad I did, since it benefited me a lot!” says the School of Business Alumni Ambassador Miikka Huhta. He emphasizes that the Mentoring Program is a good chance to get peer support from the other mentees.
Mikko Nisula’s research into lithium-ion batteries resulted in a Dissertation of the Year award and a researcher’s position at Ghent University
Prizes were awarded to the best master’s theses and doctoral dissertations at the graduation ceremony of the School of Chemical Engineering
Changing how a country types
France adopts new keyboard standard created with state-of-the-art algorithm
Aalto Magazine focuses on continuous learning
The just-published Aalto University Magazine 24 examines lifelong, or continuous, learning, which a recent legislative amendment made the fourth mission of Finland’s universities.
Educational changes are made in the School of Business to meet future needs
A student project set a goal of identifying the most important future trends, the needs future business school graduates will have for skills and knowledge, and the best practices for the programme reform.
Helsinki Graduate School of Economics gets new professorship in data sciences
New professorship at the Aalto University School of Business made possible by joint 2.5 million euro donation from the Saastamoinen and Jenny and Antti Wihuri foundations
Cooperation between students and companies produces open-minded ideas
Study projects are being arranged with the aim of finding fresh solutions to challenges facing companies, and to amass skills that stand out in working life.
Nominations for the 2020 Millennium Technology Prize open
The prize is Finland's tribute to innovations for a better life. Nomination period for one of the world’s most important awards for a ground-breaking innovation runs until 31 July 2019.
‘Good enough’ is often ‘just fine’
Group mentoring event brings School of Business alumni and students together to talk about matters relating to work.
Prodeko Purpose Hackathon aims to save the planet
As well as aiming to fix the programmer shortage, topics on the 5 April event will also include the accountability of the construction industry, climate change, and the net impact of companies.
Virtuality becoming part of everyday studies
New learning methods will transport students into a world of games, augmented reality and videos.
Sustainable mindset as a competence of future Aalto graduate?
Annukka Jyrämä's insights on sustainable mindset.
A lifelong curriculum
A legislative reform made continuous learning the fourth mission for universities in Finland. Who will draft the lifelong curriculum and what will it lead to?
