News from the School of Science
Remember to apply for Internal Seed Funding before February 17
Aalto Internal Seed Funding is targeted for the preparation of major interdisciplinary consortia proposals seeking funding from external funding agencies or industry. The call closes 17th of February 2023.
Quality together - More than 150 Aaltonians participated in the quality audit team's visit to the campus
The preliminary feedback can already be read. The final results will be available at the end of April.
Rent a holiday apartment in Vierumäki for a week – application period to all Aalto personnel 3 - 23 March, 2025
The Aalto Vierumäki holiday apartments' application period for the season 2025-2026 is on 3-23 March, 2025. The season is 25.4.25 - 24.4.26. The renting opportunity is available to all Aalto personnel working with at least a 20 percent employment contract as of the start of the season.
Remember to take advantage of Aalto University open access agreements with publishers!
Free of charge or discounted open access option for Aalto affiliated submitting corresponding authors.
Mandatory courses for all employees on Code of Conduct, information security and cyber security
Online courses available in Workday are to be taken by the beginning of April
Maari building's new address Sähkömiehentie 5 will change as of January 30, 2023
Sähkömiehentie 3 (Maari building) address will change, the new address is Sähkömiehentie 5 as of January 30, 2023.
Napping pods and energy saving - welcome to participate!
Wellbeing on a Sustainable Campus event brings together campus main themes in sustainability, energy saving, and also all campus users wellbeing.
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Stay up to date on research-based information, events and services on wellbeing and inclusion at Aalto University by following @aaltowellbeing on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok.
Aalto University ranks among the top 50 globally for international outlook
Times Higher Education lists Aalto 47th in the world and 3rd in the Nordics
Answer the personnel survey on multilocational working by 3 February
The results of the survey will be used both for scientific research and for the development of practices for flexible, multilocational working in Aalto
Aalto University transitions to flexible and multilocational work
After a trial period lasting about a year, the common practices have been established
Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!
Coating bubbles with protein results in a highly stable contrast agent for medical use
Researchers developed bubbles that are safe, highly stable, and function as contrast agent in medical applications. They could be used to diagnose, for example, cardiological issues, blood flow, and liver lesions.
The AllWell? study wellbeing questionnaire opens again in February 2023
The questionnaire is conducted every spring among second-year bachelor’s students and first-year master’s students. This spring, the questionnaire will be open from 15 February to 1 March 2023, and it will be emailed to the target group.
English bachelor’s programmes attract both international and Finnish applicants
The number of applications É«É«À² University’s English-taught bachelor’s programmes grew by 20%
Big savings in campus' energy consumption
Aalto community took up energy conservation measures covering the entire Otaniemi campus on 10 October 2022.
Dissertation: "Slowing-down efficiency" could increase well-being of older people – as well as prevent chaos at emergency rooms
The management of Finnish social and health care is often fragmented, says doctoral researcher Olli Halminen from Aalto University's Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. He has examined how older people’s services in Finland function as a whole, and formulated suggestions for improvement.
By detecting tiny flashes of heat, scientists pave way for more stable quantum computers
An international collaboration between quantum scientists resulted in a new way to measure heat dissipation in superconducting quantum circuits.
