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Call for doctoral student tutors, June 2024
Sign-up to be a tutor for new doctoral students as part of the Doctoral Orientation Days 5-6 June 2024!

Preparing Aalto Graduates to be Responsible and Influential Sustainability Experts
Aalto equips faculty with strategies to integrate sustainability into programmes, courses and individual competence development.

Researchers develop a new way to instruct dance in Virtual Reality
The researchers started by experimenting with visualisation techniques familiar from previous dance games. But after several prototypes and stages, they decided to try out the audience wave, familiar from sporting events, to guide the dance.

Scientists harness the wind as a tool to move objects
New approach allows contactless or remote manipulation of objects by machines or robots.

Study languages and communication during autumm – register for KiViTa courses now!
KiViTa is a joint project between four universities in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area to offer a selection of language and communication courses to students in the area.

Min-Kyu Paek has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Min-Kyu Paek has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering

Teamwork First-Aid Kit supports students in project-based courses
This online resource offers tools to support student teams throughout project courses.

Camilla Hollanti elected as a member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Camilla Hollanti leads a prominent research group on applications of algebra and number theory. The central topic of her research is to apply the methods of algebra and number theory to problems encountered in communication systems. Applications include wireless security and secure distributed computation.

Aalto ARTS alum Vidha Saumya’s artwork featured at the Venice Biennale 2024
The Pavilion of Finland presents ‘The pleasures we choose’ at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia until 24 November 2024.

Mikkeli campus alumni celebrate the 35th anniversary of the International Business programme
More than 200 alumni of the BBA/BScBA programme attended the celebrations at the School of Business in Otaniemi.

IoT Forge donates EUR 1 million to the School of Engineering
The donation will be used for research and education on the Industrial Internet and digital twins.

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!

Donor story - Yrjö Sotamaa: ‘Supporting the university is about building our own future’
Professor Emeritus is still an active design influencer both at home and internationally. He is now also a monthly donor to School of Arts, Design and Architecture.

Summer School Teacher Interview: "Human-centered UX design places people at the forefront of technological advancements."
Learn how to design human-centered solutions in the Human-Centered UX Design course by Aalto University Summer School.

Doctoral education pilot arouses wide interest among applicants and corporate partners
The doctoral education pilot has got off to a fast start.

Activities from Maarintalo to move to the Undergraduate Centre
Maarintalo will be closed at the end of May.

Milja Mieskolainen: The Schuman internship at the European Parliament exceeded my expectations
Milja Mieskolainen, a Master's student in Accounting at the Aalto University School of Business, had already considered applying for an internship in the European Union, but thought it would be too challenging to get an internship. In spring 2023, however, she noticed an advertisement for internships and decided to give it a try, as there was an interesting vacancy in the Economic governance and EMU Scrutiny Unit. Applying did not prove difficult either. Milja applied, got the job and started her internship at the European Parliament in October.

Announcement of data collection in Väre building: Indoor occupancy detection using machine learning methods and CO2 sensors
In some of Otaniementie 14 rooms, data on the number of occupants will be collected for research purposes from 15.4.2024 to 27.9.2024.

More than 60 undergraduate students received a scholarship
Ilkka Kontula Foundation personal scholarships are worth 1 000 euros
