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Aarni Kapanen illustrates Dudes & Feelings podcasts
Fighting toxic masculinity with a podcast and the help of Visual Communication Design.
Feedback reveals high satisfaction among exchange students
According to feedback from exchange students both teachers and students made a very successful digital leap in the spring of 2020.
Universities organise entrance examinations with strict safety arrangements
The majority of entrance examinations will be held in May–June. Changes to the manner of administering the examinations are made onlyif required by regulations issued by the authorities.
Silja Sormunen and Erik Härkönen received the prestigious School of Science Master’s Thesis Awards
Only about 1% of Aalto School of Science graduates received such an award
Cooperation creates value for students and the City of Mikkeli
Students of the Aalto University Mikkeli Campus worked on seven projects for the City of Mikkeli related to sustainable development. This gave the students an opportunity to combine theory and practice in a meaningful way, and the cooperation provided the City of Mikkeli new insights on how to tackle current challenges.
Aalto ENG's Teaching Forum encouraged teachers to co-teach and interact in teaching
Samuel Cross, winner of the 2020 Award for Achievements in Teaching, held a presentation on the development of challenge-based learning and co-teaching in distance education.
Website opens up the world of lifewide learning at Aalto University
Aalto University’s site for Lifewide Learning (LWL) will launch by mid-March.
Key problems regarding equality have been recognized - A pilot to promote solutions
As a result of Aalto participating in the Equal career paths (NOW!) project, Learning Services are piloting a service concept where students share their experiences on e.g. working in teams and teachers get to walk in the students' shoes. The expected outcome is that the participants become more aware of their unconscious biases, learn how their behavior affects other people, and ideate on how the experiences of the students in (gender) minority can be better acknowledged in teaching.
Entrepreneurs build the future instead of predicting it
Get behind the scenes with the teachers behind this year’s courses at Aalto University Summer School. Lidia Borisova, Head of Education, Aalto Ventures Program and Simo Lahdenne, university teacher, dig deeper into their course Entrepreneurial Path.
Students developed a product portfolio optimization tool for SOK
According to the Sales Director of SOK, the outcomes of the project are significant for the company.
Tutor Oskari Ponkala: Tutoring experience makes you grow
Electronics and Electrical Engineering student Oskari found introducing Finnish sauna culture to international students and interesting conversations unforgettable
Aalto ENG: The newsletter for period IV is available
The current Study Affairs Newsletter of the School of Engineering has been published and sent to students by e-mail.
Alumna Hanna Hovi: Meaningfulness in working life is extremely important
'For me, meaningfulness comes from the fact, that I feel that I am doing good things that change the world for the better in small steps, but also from the various encounters and atmosphere I create in my workplace every day,' says our finance alumna Hanna Hovi, who currently works as the Director of Mental Health Services at Mehiläinen.
The ideas of the Award for Achievements in Teaching winner in distance learning will be heard at Aalto ENG's Teaching Forum on 8 March 2021
At the School of Engineering's Teaching Forum, Samuel Cross, who has just received the Award for Achievements in Teaching together with Annukka Santasalo-Aarnio, will give a presentation on “Challenge-based education in an online environment”. In February 2021, Cross and Santasalo-Aarnio were awarded the Dean’s recognition for developing challenge-based learning and co-teaching in distance education.
Annual Review 2020: Alumna of the Year is film director Zaida Bergroth
In the annual review of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture success enablers were awarded and the 150th anniversary of higher education in art and design in Finland was launched.
'A valuable and meaningful task' – alumni from 20 different countries attended the Alumni Agents kick-off
By becoming an Alumni Agent, you will find a meaningful way to create an impact in our community.
Welcome to the 3rd online Unite! Dialogue event, hosted by INP Grenoble
Unite! is an European University Alliance of Aalto University and 6 other high-level European technical universities. Every six months, all staff and students from the seven universities gathered within Unite! meet for a dialogue and cooperate around the various themes and activities of Unite!. The 3rd Dialogue is organized, from March 8th to 10th, by Grenoble INP - UGA in a 100% online format and offers for the 1st time, a session open to the general public.
Tutor Minh Duc Pham: Let the experience live on!
Electrical and Automation Engineering student Duc decided to get more involved in student activities during his Master’s studies and became a tutor
From Mars to machine learning
Aalto PhD student Tuomas Kynkäänniemi did summer- and part-time work at the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) calibrating sensor of a Mars rover, but his research is now worlds away
