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A story of courage and empathy on Otaniemi campus
Finland鈥檚 president awards Doctoral Candidate Jaakko Korhonen the Life Saving Medal for heroic action

Fixing back problems and improving hygiene at music festivals: innovative ideas by this year鈥檚 undergraduate student projects
The theme of this year鈥檚 annual SCI course project was health and well-being

Entrepreneurship education takes a leap forward - Lauri J盲rvilehto appointed as Professor of Practice
Thousands of students have already completed the program that鈥檚 designed to inspire and educate entrepreneurs to build new ventures. J盲rvilehto aims to develop the program further.

Digital solutions and artificial intelligence improve the quality of health care
Technology can be used, among other things, to improve the accuracy of dispensing medicines and to enhance wound care competence.

Self-taught relationship virtuoso
Karla Nieminen gives courses on relationship skills and networking. She tests her theses in practice, too, because she used to be 鈥渟o bad鈥 at being social.

What the Finnish concept of sisu can offer the world
First study dedicated to the world-famous concept: sisu can help people exceed preconceived limitations, but can be detrimental when used unwisely

Prodeko Purpose Hackathon aims to save the planet
As well as aiming to fix the programmer shortage, topics on the 5 April event will also include the accountability of the construction industry, climate change, and the net impact of companies.

International Women's Day alumni seminar stirs up discussion of neural networks and peace
The topics covered in the alumni seminar also included new business models and the societal impact of AI and digitalisation.

World-leading neuroscientists gathered on Twitter for online research conference
Scientific conferences are expensive, time-consuming and often involve a heavy carbon footprint. Luckily, there are alternatives.

More recycling and business worth billions to the battery sector
The main objective of BATCircle is to generate added value to sectors manufacturing battery metals and chemicals, and their circular economy.

Surgify aims to make bone surgery safer around the world
These young entrepreneurs have already convinced doctors and investors. Their innovation is coming to operating theatres this year.

Alumni are getting more involved in Aalto University鈥檚 development
A new alumni network board gives alumni a stronger voice in the university.

Artificial intelligence brings 14% savings on average patient treatment costs
The savings generated by using artificial intelligence-based patient flow management system are a significant demonstration of AI鈥檚 capability in making healthcare more efficient.

SCI award for Siavash Khajavi鈥檚 doctoral dissertation
Siavash Khajavi鈥檚 research has great practical relevance because how digital operations of manufacturing firms are managed, is increasingly important for survival and growth in global markets.

Jukka Luoma appointed as Assistant Professor in strategic management
The Department of Industrial Engineering and Management welcomes Jukka Luoma with his research interest and expertise in the use of data analytics and quantitative methods in strategic management and decision making.

Innovators like to connect people in their social networks
Innovators actively share knowledge in their networks and, at the same time, they know how to pump information from people.

Prodeko Alumni society takes on the challenge of life-long learning with the help of peer power
Peer learning can give you a better understanding of your own strengths and those of your organisation.

Intelligent materials make the manufacturing ecosystems and companies鈥 business models more sustainable
Better use of information and materials requires intense and more open cooperation between companies.

Sustainable ideas and inspiring people presented with Aalto SCI Alumna of the Year and SCI Awards 2018
SCI Alumna 2018 Annu Nieminen is an entrepreneur with a passion to encourage companies in maximizing the positive impact on the society. SCI awardees are described as inspirational, helpful, patient, and knowledgeable persons in the community.

HENRY awards Anna Nousiainen for Best HR thesis 2018
Aalto University student investigates the humanizing of workplaces in her thesis work.
