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IMAP and submission protocols will be closed 8 November
The use of IMAP and submission protocols will end on Monday, 8 November in Aalto university鈥檚 centralized email service. This improves information security, e.g. brute force attempts which block user accounts temporarily, will fail after the change.

Submit questions to the Aalto University Board for the November community event
What would you like to ask the members of our board about the university's long-term development or our operating environment? Submit questions in the discussion area by 16 November.

Degree regulations and General regulations on teaching and studying amended
AAC approves changes to master's thesis supervision, effective 26 October.

Allocation of local amounts of the collective agreement in 2021
Locally agreed allowance (鈥榣ocal amount鈥) has been agreed in the university collective agreement. The local amount is 0.5 % of the salaries paid in September 2021. Aalto University has agreed with employee representatives to allocate this year's local amount.

The School of Engineering Award for Achievements in Teaching: Deadline for proposals December 3rd 2021
The staff and students at the School of Engineering are asked to submit proposals for the winner of the Award for Achievements in Teaching 2021.

Four Aalto subjects rank in top 100 globally
Economics and Business, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Polymer Science are the best performers among Aalto鈥檚 fields in the US News ranking

Leap for Learning 鈥 Process owners鈥 quarterly review included an overview of the LES process development work
Process owners鈥 quarterly review was held 5 October. The session included an overview of the LES process development work.

Find trainings for hybrid way of working
Hybrid work trial period gives us the opportunity to meet each other. Workday Learning offers support for effective hybrid work

Alumnus of the Year Mikko J. Salminen encourages multidisciplinary studies
Mikko J. Salminen was selected as Alumnus of the Year for 2021 at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering. The selection was made public at the SIK100 seminar of the Guild of Electrical Engineering on Saturday, 23 October.
The vote on the participatory budgeting was decided 鈥 the garden benches were chosen as the winner
In spring 2021, we asked students how they would like to spend 12 000 euros of the university budget. The community discussion was based on the 鈥淥ne euro for every student鈥 participatory budgeting pilot project launched in May.

Vice President Janne Laine's portrait was revealed
The portrait was created by Aalto alumna Erica Nyholm.

The source of profile images for the service personnel at aalto.fi is primarily Microsoft Office 365
Please add your image to Office 365, if your image is not showing e.g. in your email.

A change in procedure regarding corrections on withheld taxes
Starting from November, the payroll office will not make corrections to withheld taxes.

Two new Centres of Excellence 色色啦 University 鈥 the university is also involved in two consortia
Electromechanical Energy Conversion and Transfer and Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials were chosen as Centres of Excellence led by Aalto University

Occupational health physician Jaakko Kalmari: 鈥榁accines allow us to return safely to on-campus work鈥
Available coronavirus vaccines and boosters are worth taking when your turn comes.

The move of the staff鈥檚 general purpose Linux-servers behind firewall on 14 Oct 2021 at 10-12 am
SSH-connections to the servers may get disconnected and you have to reconnect. We are sorry for the inconvenience this may cause.

Business & Economics places 60th in Times Higher Education ranking
Aalto University ranks 2nd among Nordic universities

Server networks鈥 move behind firewall 18 October at 6.30-9.00 am
Existing SSH-connections will disconnect during the change. Affected IP addresses are 130.233.248.0-255

Grants for Aalto people from the Wihuri Foundation
The Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation grants were awarded to 35 people in Aalto University 鈥 majority of the grants are for dissertation work
