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Negotiations on collective agreement continue – discussions concern the salary system

Negotiations regarding the new terms and conditions for the general collective agreement for universities have been continued between the employer party representative Association of Finnish Independent Education Employers and the employee party representatives Pardia, JHL and JUKO.
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The first installation talks of 2018 now available on video

Aalto University's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of carbon nanomaterials for health applications and origins and beneficiaries of invention, among other things.
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Restaurant Alvari at Otaniemi campus closed 16. - 25.2.2018

The restaurant Alvari is closed due to the renovation 16. - 25.2.2018.
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A 1-year agreement with IEEE

FinELib-consortium and IEEE have signed a 1-year license agreement regarding the online use of the IEL-database.
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Aalto 10K is coming again! Registration begins 12 February at 9:00 am

Aalto 10K sports event is coming again on Sunday 16 September 2018!
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New Into to be opened in February

The Aalto official student portal Into (into.aalto.fi) is being redesigned, based on student feedback and the results of the student service design project.
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Learning Centre organisational change put users in the centre

The services of the Learning Centre were reorganised at the end of 2017.
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Negotiations for a collective agreement continue

The validity of the general collective agreement for universities expired on 31 January 2018.
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Second bIoTope Open Call launched

The second Open Call of bIoTope project was launched on 1st of February 2018. Through this Open Call, bIoTope invites organisations from outside of the consortium to join the project and contribute to the evolution of the bIoTope ecosystems.
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Love and fear are visible across the brain instead of being restricted to any brain region

The brain mechanisms of basic emotions such as anger and happiness are fairly similar across people. Differences are greater in social emotions, such as gratitude and contempt.
Research & Art
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An emotional state mainly activates wide, overlapping neural networks. When comparing groups of emotions, positive emotions activate the anterior prefrontal cortex, negative basic emotions tend to activate the somatomotor and subcortical regions, and negative social emotions activate brain areas that process motor and social information. Image: Heini Saarimäki.

Finnair innovates its operations in China based on a student’s research

Finnair has started flight ticket sales directly via the social media WeChat.
Studies, Cooperation
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Finnair was the first European airline to have flight ticket sales directly via its official WeChat account in China.

Master's thesis on the development of Helsinki meadow network wins Lappset prize

The Lappset scholarship for 2017 has been awarded to Landscape Architect Anni-Mari Anttola.
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Lamp exhibition Light! displayed at Aalto Studios

Exhibition by the first year design students is the first one at Aalto Studios in Otaniemi.
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The first installation talks of 2018 now available on video

Aalto's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of carbon nanomaterials for health applications and origins and beneficiaries of invention.
Research & Art
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From left: Professor Günther H. Filz, Professor Otto Toivanen, President Ilkka Niemelä and Professor Tomi Laurila. Photo: Lasse Lecklin

The first installation talks of 2018 now available on video

Aalto's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of carbon nanomaterials for health applications and origins and beneficiaries of invention.
Appointments
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Kuvassa vasemmalta professori Günther H. Filz, professori Otto Toivanen, rehtori Ilkka Niemelä ja professori Tomi Laurila. Kuva: Lasse Lecklin. Aalto-yliopisto

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship to HYBER

Bo Peng received a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship
Research & Art
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Machine Learning for Materials Science Workshop in May

The International Workshop on Machine Learning for Materials Science 2018 will be held on 03.-04.05. on the Otaniemi campus.
Research & Art
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Young Finnish scientists: “Millennium winners gave us fresh ideas and motivation”

The Global Young Scientists Summit gave the next generation of the scientific world a chance to meet and learn from Millennium Technology Prize and Nobel Prize winners in Singapore.
Research & Art
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Finnish PhD students Robert Pylkkänen (Aalto University), Armi Tiihonen (Aalto University), Jenni Raitoharju (Tampere University of Technology), Nora Wilson (Åbo Akademi) and Dhirendra Singh (Oulu University) in Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore. Photo: Technology Academy Finland

LeGroup portfolio 2018

Portfolio of our highlights.
Research & Art
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People of the LeGroup

Startup community A Grid opened on campus

The Finnish startup culture helped A Grid's Community Manager Leigh Ewin in adopting to his new home country.
Campus, Cooperation
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Leigh Ewin is leading the new startup community on Otaniemi campus.