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Lauri Saarinen Teacher of the Year 2024
Assistant Professor Lauri Saarinen has been honored as the Teacher of the Year by the Industrial Engineering and Management students.

Aalto awarded Quality Label for Excellence
Label is a recognition of exceptional quality in development activities

Survey on interdisciplinary science research – please answer by 31 May
Times Higher Education is preparing a new ranking list and asks for responses from Aalto’s research staff

Aalto Open Science Award ceremony brought together Aaltonians to discuss open science
Last week we gathered at A Grid to celebrate the awardees of the Aalto Open Science Award 2023 and discuss open science matters with the Aalto community.

Seed funding available to boost collaboration between Aalto, KU Leuven and University of Helsinki
Aalto University, KU Leuven and the University of Helsinki launch the 2nd exploratory seed funding call to explore research collaboration possibilities. The funding call is open until 10 September 2024.

Professor Peter Hans Matthews works as a Fulbright-Aalto Distinguished Chair scholarship holder at the Department of Economics
Fulbright programmes and scholarships are highly appreciated in the United States

Aalto leaps up global ranking of young universities
The Times Higher Education ranking lists the world’s best new universities – those 50 years old or younger

Just believing that an AI is helping boosts your performance
People perform better if they think they have an AI assistant – even when they’ve been told it’s unreliable and won’t help them

Personal Impact for University Educators in academic year 24-25
Two courses available for teachers academic year 2024-2025.

Third pulse survey on My Hour in 15. - 17.5.
Each employee will receive an email with a link for feedback

@aaltowellbeing in IG!
Stay on top of the latest research-based wellness information and Aalto University events and services related to wellness and inclusion by following the @aaltowellbeing account.

"Keep an open mind and step outside of your comfort zone"
Read what double award winner Kukka-Emilia Huhtinen wants to share about her doctoral studies in theoretical physics

"My PhD was great from every single point of view"
Read how Viliam Vaňo, Aalto thesis award winner, experienced his doctoral studies

Aalto awards 2024 – Propose nominees
Which act, project, or team should be recognised as playing a role in our university’s success? Share your views by 22 May!

Researchers develop a new way to instruct dance in Virtual Reality
The researchers started by experimenting with visualisation techniques familiar from previous dance games. But after several prototypes and stages, they decided to try out the audience wave, familiar from sporting events, to guide the dance.

Teamwork First-Aid Kit supports students in project-based courses
This online resource offers tools to support student teams throughout project courses.

Camilla Hollanti elected as a member of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Camilla Hollanti leads a prominent research group on applications of algebra and number theory. The central topic of her research is to apply the methods of algebra and number theory to problems encountered in communication systems. Applications include wireless security and secure distributed computation.

Join us for the first Aalto Open Science Award Ceremony
All Aaltonians are welcome – no registration required!

5 ways to train your creativity this Spring and Summer
To celebrate the United Nations World Creativity Day on April 21, we made a list of five tips to boost your creativity this Spring/Summer

Wellbeing route on Otaniemi campus
The themes of the five-point welfare route are observation of emotions, fostering the relationship with nature, bodyliness, calming down, and reflection on moderation.
