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Aalto Wellbeing Week 2021 - Check the offering and sign up!
Aalto Wellbeing Week 2021 offering and registration are open

Helsinki Brain & Mind utilises digitalisation and develops AI-based brain imaging analysis
In the coming years, the network in neuroscience research will focus its efforts on the development of digital solutions and innovations. The network鈥檚 new project, with a budget of over 鈧880,000, has received substantial EU funding for the term 2021鈥2023.

BeWell-project expands to support student wellbeing
Aalto University Business Students (KY) and Aalto University School of Business are making a joint effort to improve student wellbeing. BeWell is a student-driven project that aims to enhance mental health and wellbeing in a broad sense. A project coordinator is recruited to lead and expand the project.

Supporting students鈥 well-being and the ability to study: Starting Point of Wellbeing
Introducing Starting Point of Wellbeing! What should teachers, coordinators or academic-advisers know about the student well-being-and study-support-services available to the Aalto students?

Aalto Distinguished Professor Risto Ilmoniemi and his team are developing a new kind of brain stimulator
In the future, artificial intelligence-enabled 鈥渟elf-driving鈥 brain stimulators can ameliorate the condition of millions of patients suffering from brain disorders, says Professor of Applied Physics Risto Ilmoniemi. He also thinks that his best research results may still be in the future.

Schedule your autumn My Dialogues conversation
Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion with your supervisor in Autumn.

Academic Autumn My Dialogues check-ins and Spring Feedback
Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion with your supervisor in Autumn.

Creativity is an important future skill - this symposium will help you understand creativity in a new way
Thriving in today鈥檚 fast-changing world requires creativity. The Aalto Creativity Symposium (September 10鈥11, 2021) welcomes everyone who wants to better understand the science of creativity.

Helsinki GSE Situation Room study: Coronavirus pandemic particularly challenging for higher education students - number of appointments to mental health services is on the rise
Appointments to mental health services have been steadily increasing among both higher education students and other representatives of the same age group since autumn 2020.

A free moment of conscious presence on Thu 17.6. at 14.15 - 14.45
You are welcome to join a moment of conscious presence (in Finnish)!

Fitness trackers available for Aalto employees in a study about returning to work after covid
Research team needs volunteers to help study on how return to work affects physical activity and sleep

Aalto School of Science celebrates five new Academy Research Fellows
Manohar Kumar studies quantum information, Ivan Lomakin 3D atomic data reconstruction, Kezilebieke Shawulienu exotic materials, Arno Solin probabilistic principles and neural network models and Marijn van Vliet the visual and auditory language systems in the brain

Covid-19 vaccines also protect unvaccinated family members
New findings from Finland show benefits from Covid-19 vaccines extend beyond recipients

Regional and adaptive targeting of vaccinations can be advantageous 鈥 Researchers examine effective vaccination strategies for coronavirus pandemic
New study models the age structure of those being vaccinated and contact between Finnish regions during the pandemic

Open Call for Projects: Arts and Culture for a Better and Healthier Life
The project 鈥淭he Art of Staying Healthy鈥 aims to develop collaboration between the arts and health sectors and to pilot arts interventions on the health and well-being of people and communities in the Northern Dimension area.

The Aalto ENG Teaching Forum discussed well-being and resilience
The Teaching Forum of the School of Engineering on 10 May 2021 presented ideas and tips that support well-being. The ideas raised by the themes of the day were also discussed together.

One euro for every student鈥攈ow should Aalto University spend it? Submit your ideas by 30.5.2021
This year, Aalto University is trying something new: Inviting students to decide how to use 12 000 euros of the university budget.

Researchers develop better way to determine safe drug doses for children
New research on organ maturation models could lead to improvements in drug development

Self-management makes work more engaging, reduces stress, and speeds up recovery
Responses from 2,000 Finns show that being able to influence the way they work increases wellbeing, whereas controlling hierarchies likely lead to burnout

Researchers developing safe and affordable way to produce antibodies with aim of global access to treatment
New method uses yeast to grow antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses.
