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Maarit Korpi-Lagg: I have so few female colleagues that sometimes it’s difficult to maintain self-esteem
'Both in physics and computer science there are very few female researchers and professors. Last year we had a celebration because the first female student passed my course. It was a big thing for me.'
Metsähovi Radio Observatory turns 50 and gets new telescopes
Students helped design and build the new telescopes, which expands the opportunities for multidisciplinary space research and education
Chemical engineering student Ronja Korhonen became interested in Aalto University after being inspired by her sister
Ronja Korhonen moved from Jyväskylä to Espoo, inspired by her sister who studied at Aalto University.
Bachelor’s and master’s students: Remember to pay your healtcare fee no later than 15 March
Students pay a healthcare fee to Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
Genuine networking is about meeting people as people
For School of Business alum Jude Kokkonen, people and doing things together is a matter close to his heart
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching
Nominate your choice for the Award for Quality Teaching
Significant Grant for Greener Semiconductor Technology from Business Finland
Aalto University, in collaboration with the industrial partners Applied Materials in Finland (Picosun), PiBond and Volatec has been awarded a major Business Finland grant.
AI-powered personalized medicine is on the horizon
People have to be in the loop when machine learning is adapted for medical use.
‘If we make informed and thoughtful choices, it can catalyse diversity in our community’
On 27 February 2024, Assistant Professor Jaana Vapaavuori hosted a breakfast event to catalyze all kinds of diversities, in conjunction with the U.N. Day of Women and Girls in Science. Different diversities can be, for example: ideas, identities, representations, backgrounds, experiences, and bodies.
Pitching in ice cold water and childbirth are both leaps into the unknown
The Natal Mind research team won the Polar Bear Pitching competition last weekend in Oulu. Obstetrician Aura Pyykönen tells us what it was like to pitch in the ice-cold water. Annika Järvelin, Riikka Lemmetyinen and Henni Tenhunen are other members of the winning team at Aalto Department of Industrial Engineering and Management.
Rofice Dickson has been appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
Ph. D. Rofice Dickson has been appointed five-year fixed term Assistant Professor position at the Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering as of 1 September 2024. The field of the professorship is Circular and Sustainable Chemical Engineering.
Humans have driven the Earth’s freshwater cycle out of its stable state
New analysis shows that the global freshwater cycle has shifted far beyond pre-industrial conditions
Inspiring encounters in the US with alumni and friends highlighting radical creativity
Inspiring encounters in the US: alumni and friends are important in fostering collaboration and radical creativity
Saban Ramadani: Is it radical to create a rocket in a week?
‘When you are expected to come up with something quickly, for instance, in visual arts, is the purpose itself lost in the creative process? Is it radical to create a rocket in a week?’
Study languages and communication – register for KiViTa courses now!
KiViTa is a selection of language and communication courses offered through a collaboration between several higher education institutions in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.
Alum Maija Keskinen: I enjoy learning new things and trying out different roles
Our alum, Maija Keskinen, knew from the start that she wanted to study economics. "Meaningful work to me means being able to serve society and do my part to ensure that decisions made in public administration are based on the highest quality information possible," Keskinen explains.
Bridging gaps in reactor damage modelling and embracing diversity in academia
With a keen interest in electron-ion interactions, doctoral researcher Evgeniia Ponomareva describes her experience in the Nuclear Materials and Engineering (NuME) research group led by Assistant Professor Andrea Sand in the Department of Applied Physics.
Aalto Open Science Award Winner 2023 – Aalto Materials Digitalization Platform (AMAD)
We interviewed the AMAD team, winners of the first Aalto Open Science Award.
New cosy bar Otapas opens in shopping centre A Blanc
Bar Otapas opens on Friday 1st of March in shopping centre A Blanc. Cozy new meeting place is open from afternoon until late at night.
Sparks of curiosity: two professors share what they wonder about
Two newly tenured Aalto professors talk about what drives them
