News
Access control practices are changing - read the instructions on how to proceed
The changes will take effect during December 2020, and will apply to everyone on Otaniemi campus.
Challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize announced
The challenges of the Millennium Youth Prize 2021 are related to genetic engineering, recycling of battery metals and food waste in stores.
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.
Coronavirus exposure in Food & Co A Bloc and Startup Sauna
A person in the Food & Co A Bloc Restaurant in A Bloc on 9–12 November and in Startup Sauna on 10–12 November between 8.00 and 16.00 has been confirmed to have contracted coronavirus (COVID-19).
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.
Photography & VCD Master's Thesis Presentations Autumn 2020
Welcome to the MA thesis presentations of the Photography & Visual Communication Design programmes.
Aalto Talent Expo Online organized virtually between 12th - 14th of January 2021
Due to the situation regarding COVID-19, the physical event Aalto Talent Expo (which was postponed to January 2021) will be organized virtually. The name of the new event is Aalto Talent Expo Online.
A Choreography of Violence
Photographer Harri Pälviranta collected pictures of violence for two decades and didn't know what to do with them. Get to know how he chose to dissect violence and combine old pictures with new ones.
What would you like to ask the Aalto University Board?
Members of the Board will answer questions related to the long-term development of the university at a community event on 24 November – you can propose questions in advance and tell us about weak signals you may have noticed!
Corporate partners are very satisfied with the collaboration with Aalto University
Our corporate partners would like to develop new models for encountering students, networking, and multidisciplinary research collaboration.
Artificial intelligence and education: let's hack that!
Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Let's co-create new ways to teach, learn assess with AI. Hop on board!
Iwatemo, launched by Ville Kokkonen and Harri Koskinen, wins the Good Design Award
Good Design Award is the most significant design award in Asia.
Parallel paths: Designer and materials scientist conjure up glimmering colours out of wood
Designer Noora Yau and materials scientist Konrad Klockars have used wood to conjure up a colour, which is transparent yet glows like a copepod in shallow water. The pair’s good chemistry and open attitude towards asking silly questions is a great help in their work.
My tip for you: Remember to take breaks and calm down
Anna supports the Aalto community through different life situations and works as an expert for well-being and crisis work at Aalto University.
Precision solutions for healthcare
Biodesign Finland projects utilise biomaterials to repair tissue damage and support the recuperation of mental health patients with environmental design. Identifying needs correctly forms the point of departure for all this.
Keep your facility reservation information up to date
It is important for the reservation situation for facilities to be correct if contact tracing for coronavirus exposure becomes necessary.
Winners in the campusart competition rooted in bioart and quantum physics
Laura Piispanen, Noora Heiskanen, Jenna Ahonen and Ayda Grisiute convinced the jury with their creativity.
Technology to guide rehabilitation patients by the hand
Smart gloves, virtual goggles and artificial intelligence will be part of the health care of the future.
Building European cities with wood would sequester half of cement industry’s current carbon emissions
Model shows that slowly increasing the use of wood in European construction could increase the carbon storage of buildings by 420 million CO2 tons over the next 20 years
New supercomputer LUMI - Road show 17 November
Welcome to hear about the new flagship supercomputer to an event organised by CSC.
