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FinnCERES and the joint Nordic research project on smart textiles are showcased at the World Circular Economy Forum in Brussels

The exhibition features innovative bioeconomy products and prototypes of textiles responsive to temperature and light.
Research & Art
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Kaksi perhosen muotoon taivutettua neuletekstiilinäytettä rinnakkain: toinen on harmaanruskea, toinen sähköisen vihreä.

The Saastamoinen Foundation is active in promoting science and art internationally

Social impact and support for young people is important to the Foundation
Cooperation
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Saastamoisen säätiön edustajat

The New European Bauhaus festival brought together European decision-makers and experts in cross-sectoral sustainable development

Aalto University participated in the New European Bauhaus Festival with its sustainable construction exhibition, Time out! Rethinking construction.
Cooperation, Research & Art
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Ursula von der Leyen in her opening speech

Football team KY United will play against Käpylän Pallo in a sensational match on Tuesday 16.4.2024

KY United will play against KäPa, a second highest tier team in Finland, in the 3rd round of the Suomen Cup.
University
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KY United -jalkapallojoukkue, 2024. Kuva: Eemil Kari

Fabian and Jaakko Ahvenainen Foundation grants awarded for 2023

In 2023, the foundation awarded four grants, worth 15 000 euros in total.
Awards and Recognition
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Award photo

Bioinspired colours and adaptable materials - Professor Olli Ikkala's third EU project builds on living systems

Department of Applied Physics Professor Olli Ikkala received his third Advanced Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) on 11 April 2024. The funding amounts to €2.5 million and the project will run for five years.
Research & Art
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Olli Ikkana in Otaniemi, photo by Lasse Lecklin.

Researchers investigate how AI could better understand humans

Antti Oulasvirta has received a EUR 2.5 million Advanced Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for the study of user models.
Press releases, Research & Art
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Professor Antti Oulasvirta. Photo: Aalto University / Jaakko Kahilaniemi

How to put education policy to the test

Finland is testing changes in national education before committing to them – and showing how randcomized controlled trials can take the guesswork out of policy-making
Research & Art
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Kuvituskuva, jossa kirkkain värein piirretty tyttö katsoo graafista kuviota.

Congratulations to the 50 year old Metsähovi Radio Observatory

Exactly 50 years ago on April 11, 1974, the radio telescope in Kirkkonummi moved for the first time, and since then it has gathered data from outer space 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Research & Art
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Metsähovi 50 years

Olli Ikkala and Esa Saarinen found a common thread in baroque music and lecturing

Olli Ikkala will continue his research on nature-inspired materials and will find himself again as an organist after his busy research career. Esa Saarinen, on the other hand, continued to lecture the Philosophy and Systems Thinking (Filosofia ja systeemiajattelu) course to packed halls this spring. When they met, they discussed the organ and the atmosphere of the lectures.
University
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Olli Ikkala ja Esa Saarinen

Languages, culture and communication courses in period V

The Language Centre offers a wide range of courses in period V.
Studies
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Student guide illustration, language and communications studies

Aalto’s art & design ranks in the top 10 globally

Aalto University also ranked in the top 100 in five other subjects in the prestigious QS ranking
University
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Infographics of the result

AllWell? student survey of 2024 reaches 36% of target group

The survey was emailed to all Aalto University's second-year bachelor’s students and first-year master’s students.
University
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AllWell SQ

Alexander Henn received the Finnish Natural Resources Research Foundation's Doctoral Dissertation Award

Alexander Henn developed two new applications for lignin that create opportunities for value creation from forest industry by-streams. The research promotes the use of the added value of Finnish wood material in accordance with the principles of the bio- and circular economy.
Awards and Recognition
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Alex Henn

New method of measuring qubits promises ease of scalability in a microscopic package

Aalto University researchers are the first in the world to measure qubits with ultrasensitive thermal detectors
Press releases
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An artistic rendering of two chips on a circuit board, one is blue and the other is orange and light is emitting from their surf

MyCourses service break 2 May 2024, 10.00-17.00

During the break, MyCourses is not in use.
Studies
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MyCourses activity

Supporting your study wellbeing, April 2024

Dear student! Remember that Aalto University provides various services to support your study ability and wellbeing. For more information, please see our current services.
Studies
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Groupwork

AllWell? student survey of 2024 reaches 36% of target group

The survey was emailed to all Aalto University's second-year bachelor’s students and first-year master’s students.
Studies
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AllWell SQ

Refining the plan

To test Kide's shape and size, we mocked up a full scale layout outside.
Studies
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Students walking around the mockup of the stage layout, made with tape in a parking lot

Aalto Open Science Award Honorary Mention 2023 – Professor Riikka Puurunen leads by example to foster sustainable open science

We interviewed professor Riikka Puurunen, head of Catalysis research group at the School of Chemical Engineering, who received an honorary mention in the first Aalto Open Science Award.
Awards and Recognition, Research & Art
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Professor Riikka Puurunen, Catalysis Research group, Aalto Open Science Award, Honorary mention