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Take movement as part of your New Year routines – choose a suitable way from the compilation to add movement to your daily life.

Have you already figured out how to add movement to your daily life and studies? The joint University on the Move by UniSport and universities has produced materials this autumn to promote physical activity in everyday life.
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Veera Repka: It's easy to get immersed in the Otaniemi bubble

'If someone were to walk in my shoes in the same way at the beginning of the studies, I would hope that they would not try to achieve everything right away. You can give yourself time and work through things on your own.'
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Veera Repka, photo by Veera Repka

How to use the AllWell? results in programme development - new video released!

Three teachers explain how the results of the AllWell? questionnaire on study wellbeing have been used to develop their school and study programme.
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University
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Koos Zevenhoven: The scientific world doesn't know this kind of unusual path very well

'There have also been PhD students in my group, and I haven’t been able to officially act as their advisor. Some of my students have finished their PhD before me.'
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Koos Zevenhoven, photo by Oona Hilli

Digital virology pipeline brings AI’s expert eye to identifying infections

Microscopy plus machine learning equals a quick, cheap and automated way to detect coronavirus and other pathogens.
Research & Art
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Stylized image of circuits inside a cell with antibodies and virus floating nearby

It is not too late to add more activity to the end of the year!

Add more movement to your everyday life.
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University
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Unisport liikuntaa

Online games use dark designs to collect player data

The privacy policies and practices of online games contain dark design patterns which could be deceptive, misleading, or coercive to users, according to a new study from Aalto University
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Illustration of a gamer dressed in yellow, playing a video game on the right side of the picture. Big green hands controlling a massive controller on the left side, with green lines connecting to the player from behind.

Hi teacher! Participate the project examining pedagogical competence and well-being

Interested in developing your teaching in such a way that it would support your well-being?
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Thewellbeing hankkeen ja suomen akatemina logot

Sports services only for personnel available during Autumn - new time for gym training at 15-16 on Wed

Services intended exclusively for the university’s personnel will be available during the autumn period from 1 September to 17 December.
For Aalto community
Campus, University
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ihmisiä istumassa Unisportin tiloissa

How to add more movement to teaching, see 6 tips!

In the University on the Move project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, UniSport has produced videos to give teaching staff tips for tools to increase movement in teaching.
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Opettaja joka liikkuu opetuksen aikana

HUS performs the first biopsy in human with an ultrasonic medical needle developed at Aalto

The Aalto researchers developed a novel needle instrument that concentrates ultrasound energy at the needle tip to improve sample collection.
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From left: Mira Naukkarinen, Yohann Le Bourlout, Katri Aro, Kristofer Nyman, Minna Rehell and Sanjeev Ranjan. Photo byt Kalle Kataila.

Occupational health and safety precautions ensure a safe workplace

Elections for both the Industrial Safety Delegate and shop stewards are coming this autumn
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University
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Opiskelijoita tekemässä tehtäviä.

Pärttyli Rinne: My work is both internally rewarding and economically fragile

'Academics without a permanent post experience uncertainty and stress, mainly related to financial fragility. It is not just my experience.'
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Pärttyli Rinne, photo by Nora Rinne

Where do we feel love?

New research sheds light on where and how we feel different kinds of love
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The types of love form a gradient in intensity and in how widely they're felt throughough the body. Image: Philosophical Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1080/09515089.2023.2252464.

Answer the personnel wellbeing survey starting from 20.9. – your input is valuable

The wellbeing survey for Aalto University personnel is open 20.9.–8.10.2023 - on 20 September, you will get the survey link via email from the address yliopistot@eezy.fi
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University
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Students talking and working

Schedule your autumn My Dialogues conversation

Check out these key tips for having a quality 1-1 discussion.
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University
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Two people talking and smiling

A touch of darkness

More balanced public lighting would support life’s natural rhythms
Research & Art
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A video being played on a large, wrap-around screen. The video has a rocky coastline in the foreground and a blurry city skyline in the background, with water in between. The sky is bright, and the image has been distorted to enhance the edges of the coastline and a copse of trees on the left.

Riitta Hari: The exploration of the human brain and mind is captivating

'According to Olli Lounasmaa, ten meters is a distance where half of the information gets lost: the further you are from another researcher, the fewer unexpected conversations arise, and the more refreshing science gossip goes unheard. This is food for thought for remote workers as well.'
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Riitta Hari by Ville Malja, Ateneum-lehti

New course "Mind & Study – toolbox for being well in studies" in Finnish

Online course developed by Aalto's study psychologists for Aalto-students in Finnish (2nd period).
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Yoga on Wednesdays starting 6.9.2023

Yoga calms your mind while improving physical strength and flexibility.
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Campus, University
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students outdoors on campus streching in the park