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Tapio Lokki: You can always find another way
'If I look at my own career, the skills I learned in the Student Union’s Representative Council and as a chairman and artistic misleader at Retuperän WBK are the skills I need as a department head: how to get along with people, how to lead a group, and how to motivate people. A role model is important.'
HR Service renewal - certain functions are being centralised
The HR Service is being renewed in the School of Electrical Engineering, and a of new operating model is launched as of May 2, 2023. In the new model, certain operative inquiries will be transferred from school’s HR É«É«À² Shared HR Services.
Towards a more equal community: Parental leave
Academic personnel's parental leave is viewed positive, but the organising work is challenging, say Professors Yu Xiao and Heikki Nieminen.
Register for the remaining Open Science & Research Data Management webinars this spring
All events include a Q&A, so you can get help for your specific questions.
Aalto University to host Nordic Five Tech (N5T) alliance annual meeting in May 2023 
Aalto University will host the Presidents' and Annual Meeting of the Nordic Five Tech (N5T) Alliance on May 23-24, 2023. The meeting aims to foster dialogue amongst the N5T alliances and address collaboration, mobility, and innovation. 
It’s not as difficult as you think to shout upwind
Researchers unveil and explain a common-sense misunderstanding
Alum Carmen Fuentes Soria is working for a more sustainable use of space
Carmen graduated from the SpaceMaster joint programme. She thinks that the internationality is one of the best things of the programme, and she is grafeful that she made friends from all over the world.
Returning to the roots
Arnevi Rautanen and Juha Utriainen gave up their careers to take up farming in the village of Joroinen in Eastern Finland. At their family farm, values are more than just empty words — they are principles that the couple lives by every day.
How does your researcher fingerprint look like in ACRIS?
The Fingerprint Engine in ACRIS mines the text documents to create an index of terms which define the text, known as a Fingerprint visualization. You can choose which fingerprint concepts to show in your personal profile.
Honorary doctors in technology 2023
Aalto University has granted seven Honorary Doctorates of Science in the field of technology. The new honorary doctors have all made significant impact in science, technology and society.
Cloud computing, Azure and AI, online workshop 21 April 2023
A free, hands-on cloud computing workshop for Aalto University teaching staff. researchers, IT specialists and post-graduate students by Microsoft.
Generate ideas and apply for funding from ELEC Diversity and Inclusivity Fund
The School of Electrical Engineering prioritises an operating environment where equality and diversity atmosphere predominate. The members of our community can now propose how our values can be reflected in our activities more extensively than before.
Aalto University partnering with the World Circular Economy Forum WCEF2023
The World Circular Economy Forum WCEF will bring together the world's leading circular economy professionals in Helsinki in May-June 2023.
Student proposal on a charity event wins the Unite!4Future competition
Aalto student Santeri Kokkonen won a trip to the Unite! Student Festival in Portugal.
EIT Manufacturing Call for Innovation proposals (2024/1) - Apply by 19 JUN 2023
Call for proposals 2024 / Innovation / EIT Manufacturing
Call opening: 18.4.23 / Call deadline: 19.6.23
Call opening: 18.4.23 / Call deadline: 19.6.23
A new type of photonic time crystal gives light a boost
The researchers created photonic time crystals that operate at microwave frequencies, and they showed that the crystals can amplify electromagnetic waves.
Award-winning director Emilia Hernesniemi at the helm of documentary on radical creativity for Aalto University
Brain researchers, satellite developers, seaweed artists, students, startup entrepreneurs, fashion designers and ice researchers will be among those featured in the film
Internal call for InstituteQ doctoral positions
With funding from Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, the Finnish quantum community InstituteQ is opening a call for five doctoral positions
EIT Culture & Creativity's first round of calls is out!
EIT Culture & Creativity Call launched, info events for Aalto staff (14.4. & 25.4.2023)
Record number of Aaltonians attended wellbeing & sustainability event
The program included topical speeches about the sustainable development of the campus, with a focus on wellbeing
