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Student pop-up exhibition KATTAUS renews tableware

Aalto University's first-year design students introduce altogether 34 variations for a table setting.
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Table setting by Heidi Kulmala.

Professor Antti Räisänen awarded an honorary doctorate from a Spanish university

The Rector of the Carlos III University of Madrid praised Räisänen's desire to share his knowledge with doctoral students.
Awards and Recognition
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Antti Räisänen

Parallel computing to assist in the control and quality control of steel furnaces

The results of Christian Westerlund's Master's thesis promote the productivity of the steel industry. The thesis is based on multidisciplinary studies at Aalto University.
Studies, Research & Art
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Photo: Antti Karkinen

Online map application could help find water just right for swimming in the future

The winner of the Water Hackathon was YourDayOut app that offers a way to find the nearest beach where water temperature, visibility, and the algae situation make it suitable for swimming.
Cooperation, Awards and Recognition, Studies
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Toggle Muikkus group presents the YourDayOut application.

Short breaks in teamwork services on Monday, 12 February at 4 pm

Aalto ITS will do updates in hardware of teamwork services on Monday, 12 February starting at 4 pm.
University
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Recruiting and Matching morning 6 March, registration is open

Recruiting and Matching morning is here again on 6 March 2018, at 9:00-12:00.
Cooperation
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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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Security of Aalto network will be improved

Aalto ITS will install a centralized Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) solution in order to improve the security of Aalto IT environment.
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Seven proposals funded to support Aalto’s International Partnerships

The seven proposals funded represented promising initiatives for partnership development
Cooperation
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Olli Ilpo Salonen's MA film as a Jussi nominee

Indie comedy "Wendy and the Refugee Neverland" is competing for a Jussi Award in best film music category.
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Minka Kuustonen is Krisu, the band leader.

Exhibition: “Whose History is it Anyway?” demolishes history

Who writes our national history? Whose voice does it have? Who are visible and who not?
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Photo by Mikko Raskinen.

Entrepreneurship can improve older workers’ quality of life

This may happen even if this change lowers their income and increases the hours they work.
Research & Art
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The strong growth of the Finnish economy will continue

The guest lecture of Governor Erkki Liikanen highlighted the present economic outlook and monetary policy.
Cooperation
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Professor Matti Pohjola has high-level speakers with social influence giving guest lectures on his courses on a regular basis. On Monday 5 February was Erkki Liikanen's, Governor of the Bank of Finland, turn.

DIEM Master's thesis wins Strategy Award

The Strategy Award of the The Strategic Management Society of Finland (SSJS) in the Master’s thesis award category goes to DIEM student Max Knuts
Awards and Recognition
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Serious shortcomings in aging tests of new solar cell materials

Researchers at Aalto University have found that only a fraction of stability tests done on new types of solar cells meet proper requirements. Tests lack common standards and should have been done in real-world conditions and in groups of several cells.
Press releases, Research & Art
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In studies on the ageing of perovskite solar cells and the dye cells in the picture, a sufficiently large number of samples is one of the prerequisites for quality. Photo: Valeria Azovskaya, Materials Platform, Aalto University.

Additional application period for the School of Business Doctoral Programme

The application period continues until 15 February, 2018 at 14:00 o’clock (Finnish time).
Studies
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Building miniature optical antennas using DNA as a guide

A new fabrication technique combines programmable DNA origami shapes and conventional lithography methods to create metallic nanoantennas and chiral shapes for diverse applications.
Research & Art
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Exhibition: “Winter Portraits” presents sites of significance

The art project is made specifically for the TUAS building.
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Several measures to address inappropriate conduct and balancing workloads

Based on the results of the personnel survey, Aalto University Board has confirmed that preventing inappropriate conduct and balancing workloads are the university's common development areas.
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The shuttle bus operates normally on Friday, 2 February

Metro and tram services will not operate on Friday 2 February due to the strike.
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