News
Sweaty relief from acne
The Aalto-Helsinki iGEM team seeking a solution to acne won silver in Boston.
PhD Mari Lundström appointed as Assistant Professor in the field of Materials Science and Engineering
Dean Janne Laine has appointed Mari Lundström, PhD, as a four-year fixed-term Assistant Professor (2nd term) position from 1 December 2017.
Azimatu Seidu awarded Doctoral Grant by Väisälä Fund
Azimatu Seidu is awarded Väisälä Grant for doctoral study.
Students planned a rooftop sauna in the centre of London
A Finnish sauna has opened London, shimmering on evening light on the banks of the River Thames. The sauna is the result of Aalto's and Southbank Centre's co-operation.
Art of Research conference 2017 focuses on artist-researcher as catalyst
Aalto University is organizing the sixth Art of Research conference November 29-30 by theme “Catalyses, interventions and transformations”.
New book about Design Factory way of developing organisations’ activities has come out
DF Global Network has grown to 21 locations around the globe.
Now you can take the Metro to Otaniemi
The Metro line provides Aalto University with even better links to the rest of the capital region.
Biodesign team receives funding to commercialize their innovation
The innovation that will make open heart surgery safer has been developed within the Biodesign Finland 2017 project together with heart surgeon Tommi Pätilä.
Europe’s largest hackathon Junction takes over Aalto University
Aalto’s main building Dipoli will turn into a giant hackathon community on 24–26 November. Over 1400 coders and designers from all over the world will come together to solve real-life challenges.
Slush builds on volunteer strength
More than 2000 volunteers will once again take part in organising Slush, the world-famous startup event. Students Johannes Tervo and Niklas Jalonen tell us why they are excited to be on board.
Almost three million euro Erasmus Mundus funding for information security master’s programme
The European Commission has granted €2.9M funding for SECCLO – Master’s Programme in Security and Cloud Computing starting in 2018.
Personnel survey 2017: Heading in right direction, but still work to do
The survey was carried out in October and 2 327 Aalto employees (61%) responded.
Department of Design well established in the Global Grad Show in Dubai
Four projects from the Department of Design have been curated to be exhibited at the Global Grad Show 13-18 November 2017 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
Kela's new maternity package is designed by Robert Lönnqvist
New look for the 2018 edition of the Finnish maternity package is Day Dream, designed by Aalto University Master's student Robert Lönnqvist. The maternity package will turn 80 years next year and is given out by Kela.
Breaks in some software 27 November 2017 from 5 pm
Due to the move of the license servers there will be breaks in the following software on Monday, 27 November 2017 from 5 pm.
Aalto University's cleaning service provider changes in Otaniemi and Töölö
Palmia will start as the new cleaning service provider from the beginning of 2018.
Jan-Mikael Rybicki wants technology to provide real added value for teaching
Learning comma rules online has become surprisingly popular.
Increased and broader legal support on LES agreements available
Increased support and broader legal expertise on Learning Services (LES) agreements is now in place.
New portal WGSN - Lifestyle & Interiors
WGSN - Lifestyle & Interiors
Avery - Index to Architectural Periodicals back in use
Avery - Index to Architectural Periodicals (ProQuest) Via Aalto-Finna Portal: