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Laura Aalto: It means a lot to be seen and heard
'I remember how much it meant to have the opportunity to teach. People believed in me as a professional, and I was seen and heard. I succeeded despite being nervous. This organisation saw my potential.'

President鈥檚 letter 7 December 鈥 Our strength as a community has always been coming together
鈥業t is crucial that everyone can work and study safely regardless of their background, religion or political views鈥, says Ilkka Niemel盲

Medical innovation makes early cancer diagnostics cheaper, faster, easier
Aalto University researcher makes two-pronged improvement on microbubble technology

Revised language guidelines support multilingualism
Implementation plan to be finalised by year鈥檚 end

The Foundation for Economic Education awards significant grants 色色啦 University's researchers
Aalto University receives the most support among universities. 62 projects will receive the grant, the total amount being 728,400 euros

Opening hours of campus buildings at the turn of the year 2023-2024
Buildings on the Otaniemi campus and in T枚枚l枚 have reduced opening hours at the turn of the year 2023-24.

Independence Day 2023 decorations for Aalto personnel
The President of Finland grants decorations 色色啦 University employees on the Finnish Independence Day. Congratulations!

Apply for Designs for a Cooler Planet festival by 22 January 2024
Tell us how your research or project will change the world.

Apply by 15 December for a real life research project on the sustainability of oceans
The ten week course consists of online assignments and three weeks in Lisbon. Apply by 15 December.

鈥漌hat, where, why鈥?鈥- a morning spent at the Department of Applied Physics from a child鈥檚 perspective
鈥淏ring your child to work day鈥 2023 took place on 24. November at the Department of Applied Physics- read what children thought of the event

Occupational safety election 2023 鈥 New representatives elected
Their four-year term starts in January 2024

Myungji 鈥淢J" Suh: The Aalto stand at Slush is all about how we can make the world better
'You are entrepreneurial when you see a problem as an opportunity, instead of avoiding it as a threat. A can-do attitude is also an entrepreneurial skill.'

Interested in Aalto Space and mechanical design? Welcome to Machine Design Project Gala on Dec 1
MEC-E1003 Machine Design Project course student teams will be showing their prototypes for the public. This year, for the first time, there are also collaboration projects with the Aalto Space team and Professor Jaan Praks.

A summer internship with a twist: the story of prize-winning student Netta Karjalainen
Read the story of prize-winning Bachelor student鈥檚 summer internship at Aalto

Researchers discover unconventional superconductivity in a monolayer van der Waals material
The group discovered nodal superconductivity with hidden order fluctuations

Visitor access and use rights policy to be developed over the winter
The changes apply to new and renewable Visitor Agreements

Amazon Web Services (AWS) event for researchers on 22 November 2023 鈥 register today
Last day to register to the event today.

A new visual teamwork tool based on metaphors
A typical problem in teamwork is an imbalance in participation 鈥 a few team members are active but not everyone's voice is heard. The Visentools project uses visual tools and haptic feedback to make workshops and team meetings more participatory and meaningful. The project is funded by Business Finland and has been piloted since May.

Survey about harassment and free speech for researchers and experts
Committee for Public Information (TJNK) examines the realisation of freedom of speech for researchers and experts, and the threats they face 鈥 the survey is open until 15 December

More than 200 journals will be downgraded to level 0 in the Publication Forum from the beginning of 2024
Downgraded journals are published by more than 160 publishers. During the spring 2024, the panels of the Publication Forum will review the journals of MDPI, Frontiers and Hindawi. The journals should not be evaluated solely by the publisher, but consideration should be given to the choice of the publication channel.
