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Summer School Alum Story: 'Working with living materials gives you new perspectives every day'
Students are taking action for a sustainable future with natural materials at the Aalto University Summer School course Nordic Biomaterials.
Group donations for international student exchange
The classes of 1964 and 1974 closed their bank accounts and donated the remaining funds.
Aalto Creative Demo Day: Inspiring Pitches and the Future of Creative Industry Incubation
Pre-incubator participants from Aalto Digital Creatives pitched their startup ideas on Marsio Stage. Aalto Digital Creatives will continue as the Aalto Creatives program in 2025.
A dress that combines modular design and seaweed research was seen at the Independence Day Reception
Landscape architect Anni J盲rvitalo designed a festive outfit for the President's Independence Day reception that combines modular design and seaweed research in collaboration with designer Sofia Ilmonen and Professor Julia Lohmann.
Creativity supported boxing and vice versa
Eva Wahlstr枚m, an Aalto alum who has boxed for 25 years, shared her memories of the people and experiences that were ultimately more important to her than success and medals
Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki donates 250 000 euros 色色啦 University Junior
Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki, a long-term supporter of Aalto University, donates 250 000 euros 色色啦 University Junior. The donatio will be used to develop and scale-up workshops on water and water technology.
New origami packaging technology creates sustainable and eye-catching alternatives to conventional packing materials
Origami packaging enables completely new properties for cartonboard, making it an excellent alternative to, for example, plastic and expanded polystyrene in packaging. The aesthetics of the material have also garnered interest from designers.
Nominate your candidate for the 2024 Award for Achievements in Teaching at the School of Engineering
Nominate candidates for the 2024 Award for Achievements in Teaching at the School of Engineering
Difficult economic situation highlights the importance of networking in job search
Aalto Talent Expo, Aalto University's largest recruitment event, brought together 90 employers and thousands of students.
Summer School Alum Story: 鈥淎ny idea is possible within these walls鈥
Aalto University Summer School alum Judith Gilbrich was impressed with how Aalto University truly lives up to its reputation as a supporter and facilitator of innovation and creativity.
Alum Elina Valtonen: 鈥楽tudy broadly everything that interests you鈥
Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs, and alum of the School of Business majoring in financial economics Elina Valtonen would do the same now as she did 20 years ago while studying: she would study a wide range of subjects that interest her and would also boldly venture into areas outside her comfort zone, as that is where the most learning happens.
Alumn Emily Johnson works with community engagement, a topic that led her to choose Master鈥檚 Programme in Aalto
Emily Johnson chose Aalto University after finding out that the Master鈥檚 programme director at the time specialized in her exact area of interest. In her Master鈥檚 studies she wanted to pursue skills to involve the community in the designing and planning process. Since graduating she has worked in a company that provides a community engagement platform made for planners.
Unite! Research School: A Week of European Collaboration in Research
The first Unite! Research School brought together almost 200 doctoral and master's students as well as researchers from all nine Unite! universities.
The alumni of Aalto University gathered for the first time at alumni events in Vietnam
A total of over 70 alumni and friends of Aalto gathered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City in November for alumni events hosted by Timo Korkeam盲ki, Dean of the School of Business.
The QUORUM project addresses urban water and climate challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration within Unite! universities
The project has received funding from Unite! Seed Fund.
Summer School Alum Story: Teaching innovations through the approach of game design
This August, H茅ctor Merino travelled to Finland from Almassora, Spain in order to take part in the Game Design course at Aalto University Summer School.
Why should everyone study creativity right now?
Chief Human Resources Officer Riitta Silvennoinen is encouraging employees to be radical by taking time for learning. All staff at Aalto have the opportunity to take a basic course in radical creativity during their working hours.
Summer School Alum Story: The impact of data is not underestimated in the Data Visualisation summer course
Meet Mrinal from New Delhi, India. With a bachelor鈥檚 degree in design and six years of professional experience in user experience and user design, Mrinal decided to enhance his skills by joining the Data Visualisation course at Aalto University Summer School.
Product Development Path Maker awards handed out for the first time
The new national Product Development Path Maker awards were handed out at Aalto University Design Factory. The grand prize was awarded to KONE Veturi, a project that develops sustainable urban housing for the future.
Students carried out a study for the EY on gender representation in transaction services
The students analysed the future attractiveness of transaction services by interviewing female students of Industrial Engineering and Management, Finance and Accounting
