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Real estate in service of crisis management – Academy of Finland grants funding to enhance crisis preparedness 

'The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the impact real estate and the built environment have on our wellbeing in a crisis', says Assistant Professor Saija Toivonen.  
Research & Art
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Saija Toivonen

Kaie Kubjas: It is important to encourage girls and young women to study mathematics

Mathematician Kaie Kubjas has done research around the world and has noticed that some places have few female professors, lecturers, or students. Now amid the coronavirus pandemic she is appealing on behalf of women, young researchers, and those with families.
Research & Art
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Photo: KukkaMaria Rosenlund.

AI predicts which drug combinations kill cancer cells

A machine learning model can help us treat cancer more effectively
Research & Art
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Some medicine capsules and equations

The legendary director Francis Ford Coppola visits Finland at the invitation of ELO and KAVI

During his visit to Finland Francis Ford Coppola will be working together with ELO film school students.
Research & Art
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Francis Ford Coppola.

Better to do things you like than to do something you must

Alumni and students discussed career paths, work and studies at a Group Mentoring event organised by Aalto University School of Business on 18 November.
Cooperation, Studies
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Groups of students sitting in work lounge inside the School of Business / Photo by Aalto University, Mikko Raskinen

Applications now open ʵ International Talent Programme – initiative brings companies and international students together through group mentoring

Aalto International Talent Programme applications is now open. The programme brings together companies and international students through group mentoring.
For Aalto community
Cooperation, Studies
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International students at Aalto University

Tenured Professors' Installation Talks with a new concept

In short videos, Professors talk about their field and research.
For Aalto community
Research & Art
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Installation Talk -kuvaukset, kuva: Minna Pajari

Nitin Sawhney receives an Academy of Finland grant for analyzing and reconstructing crisis narratives

Professor Sawhney hopes that his collaborative research will offer insights into how crisis narratives emerge in society during the global pandemic
Research & Art
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Nitin Sawhney standing outdoors with his bike, green grass and trees on the background

Alumna Minna Kuusisto: The most beneficial aspects of my studies were the continuous challenging of oneself and learning to learn

Our Economics alumna Minna Kuusisto, who works as an Economist at Finnfund, has gained experience from banking, sustainable business consulting and development financing in her career, among other things. “My advice is: be curious and network with those people whose career paths you find interesting, already during your study time. Almost everybody will be delighted by a coffee or lunch invitation”.
Cooperation, Studies
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School of Business alumna Minna Kuusisto

Towards Oasis symposium reached 200 participants

Ways to define and build holistic well-being in higher education sparked widespread interest outside Aalto University.
For Aalto community
Cooperation, Studies, University
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Merita Petäjä Towards Oasis. Photographer:Atte Leskinen

Museum of Impossible Forms wins State Art Prize 2020

ViCCA congratulates its students and alumni who have been active (and often founding) members of the Museum of Impossible Forms (est. 2017) – an anti-racist and queer-feminist cultural center in the suburb of Kontula – for the 2020 State Art Prize that they received from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Research & Art
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museum of impossible forms

Going beyond cotton

Aalto University part of a consortium that harnesses collaboration and cutting-edge technology to create circular fashion.
Research & Art
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New Cotton Project

Funding for strategic research

Projects funded by the Academy of Finland study the importance of urban green spaces in carbon sequestration and the reliable utilization of social and health services data
Research & Art
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Blue sea, golden grass and green woods in a view to Laajalahti nature reserve

Alumnus Asad Awan awarded for the best doctoral thesis in the field of technology

Awan’s doctoral research deals with the control methods for more efficient electric motors, which could replace traditional induction motors in industrial applications and help reduce the carbon footprint of motor driven systems
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Aalto University alumnus Asad Awan.

Fibre made from recycled cloth towels and hemp stronger than cotton

The tensile strength of fibres created with the Ioncell method is up to 2.5 times more than that of cotton, while an Ioncell knitted fabric made from recycled hemp withstands abrasion for twice as long as normal hemp fabric.
Research & Art
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Ioncell-kuituja kierrätysmateriaalista

Open access materials data in NOMAD

The NOMAD (Novel Materials Discovery) Repository and Archive is a repository specialized in materials science. It distributes both raw and processed data under a Creative Commons license.
Research & Art
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The background is white and the resolution is high

KY Alumni association welcomes all former students of Aalto University School of Business to join their activities

Through KY Alumni association alumni can meet with each other and current students, hear about latest happenings at KY, and participate in selected KY events.
Cooperation, Studies
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KY Alumni association banner

Finland will benefit from energy transition by participating actively in technology and market development

In the Smart Energy Transition project, energy transition gradually changed from being a gradually increasing signal of change into a part of everyday public debate. A discussion on the results of the project, which is open to the public, will be held on 1 December.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Aalto ENG solar panels student Image: Unto Rautio

A six-meter wide seaweed installation takes over Finnish shopping centre

Julia Lohmann's globally acknowledged seaweed pavilion is on display around the clock at A Bloc in Otaniemi, Finland.
Campus, Research & Art
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Julia Lohmann's Hidaka Ohmu seaweed pavilion at the A Bloc shopping centre. Photo: Mikko Raskinen

Photography & VCD Master's Thesis Presentations Autumn 2020

Welcome to the MA thesis presentations of the Photography & Visual Communication Design programmes.
Studies
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karl ketamo