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Call for projects - Exhibition ‘Prototypes of the future’ in May
Do you or your team have a project that reflects your goals for building a better future, in the spirit of the Millennium Technology Prize? Apply by Jan 27 to participate in the exhibition.
Pattern Lab 20 designers present new collection in Heimtextil Messe Frankfurt 7–10 January
Pattern Lab has an impressive history of more than twenty years of selling successful designs to Scandinavian and international markets. A number of today’s top textile designers in Finland are Pattern Lab alumni.
Aalto University Travel Support Services 2020
Aalto University joint travel service team offers various travel support services to staff, guests and students in 2020.
Skype for Business will be shut down, transition to Teams begins – join Teams Only
Skype for Business will be shut down by July 2021. The successor for the tool is Microsoft Teams and transition at Aalto will be done gradually during this year. Read more about the transition below and see how to join Teams Only mode now.
Shaping a sustainable future – new strategy published
The new strategy was published at the university’s 10th anniversary celebration on 8 January.
Anna Valtonen's portrait was revealed
The portrait of Anna Valtonen, former Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University, was unveiled at Aalto University's 10th anniversary on 8 January. The portrait was created by the artist, Doctor of Art Maija Tammi.
Service break on Aalto Wiki on Monday, 30 December 2019 at 12-12.30
There will be a short service break on Aalto Wiki (wiki.aalto.fi) on Monday, 30 December, from 12:00 to 12:30.
School of Electrical Engineering Dean's Christmas letter 2019
Dean Jyri Hämäläinen's Christmas letter to the School of Electrical Engineering
Jenna Isokuortti talks about renewing the rental process
"We greatly improved the visibility and transparent communication."
Print in City – a public print, scan and copy service replaces Magnacards / cardboard copycards by the end of this year
Customers will be able to use Print in City-service instead, where one can upload the amount of balance through online bank credentials or via credit card combined with a PayPal-account. The new service requires only a personal pin-code for usage and therefore a separate printing card is no longer necessary.
Short breaks in file services on Monday, 30 December starting at 4 pm
Service breaks last between 1-3 minutes. No need for any customer actions, services return to normal when the
breaks are over.
breaks are over.
Puumiehenkuja street works completed
Street renovations, which started in spring 2019, are nearly completely done. Landscaping work will be carried out during spring 2020.
Information security reminder of attachments in aalto.fi, Update on single sign-on in Drupal
An information security reminder of what kind of attachments can be added to Drupal, and what cannot.
Single sign-on coming for the website.
Single sign-on coming for the website.
Martti Hetemäki appointed professor of practice at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
The professorship is shared equally by Aalto University and the University of Helsinki as of 1 October 2020.
Teaching and learning evaluation exercise, TEE2020
The target of TEE2020 is to make visible and evaluate the achievements in education during the 10 Aalto years.
Dutch inspiration for future-led learning
The team for Learning Challenge Aalto joint strategic initiative visited Utrecht University, TU Eindhoven, TU Delft, and the University of Amsterdam during a benchmarking trip.
The Bachelor’s Programme in International Business turned 30 years this year
The BBA Programme offered in Mikkeli was the first English-taught bachelor's level programme in the School of Business.
Aalto.fi 1st in Scandinavia, 3rd in Europe in accessibility
Our website has ranked extremely well in university rankings on accessibility. Read on what else was discussed at web editor meet-up late Autumn.
Virtual avatars, AI and mobile platforms – new inventions designing the future of digital education
DigiEduHack winning teams are from Italy, Spain and Mexico. The winners were chosen by public vote and announced on 2 December 2019 at the Global DigiEduHack Awards
