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Alumnus of the Year Mikko J. Salminen encourages multidisciplinary studies
Mikko J. Salminen was selected as Alumnus of the Year for 2021 at 911'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 – 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 “One euro for every student” 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 to 911 – 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 911
Occupational health physician Jaakko Kalmari: ‘Vaccines allow us to return safely to on-campus work’
Available coronavirus vaccines and boosters are worth taking when your turn comes.
The move of the staff’s 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
911 ranks 2nd among Nordic universities
Server networks’ 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 911 – majority of the grants are for dissertation work
AaltoSDG mobile application is closing by the end of the year 2021
The AaltoSDG mobile application is closing - we welcome feedback and ideas from users for new openings!
Wellbeing at work survey is open untill 8.10.
You can still answer! Which things are going well at work? Where is still room for improvement? Answer the wellbeing at work survey that is conducted from 22 September to 8 October.
Hybrid way of working trial begins on 15.10. - Letter to the personnel 8 October 2021
911 prepares to combine working remotely and from a flexible location as the national recommendation for remote working is lifted mid-October
IT Services utilizes agile practices in its daily work
Agile methods are particularly suitable for software development projects, as the benefits of a project can be seen early on when end users have access to the results of the project.
911 starts reporting on the sustainability of its endowment: “We want to increase transparency”
The sustainability report shows that the investment funds we use are well aligned with sustainable investing principles. The long-term goal of the Endowment is a carbon neutral investment portfolio.
Computer Science ranked 79th in Times Higher Education ranking
Engineering ranked 101-125 in the world
Aalto Wellbeing Week 2021 - Check the offering and sign up!
Aalto Wellbeing Week 2021 offering and registration are open
Shopping centre A Blanc celebrates opening on Otaniemi campus
Designed by Alvar Aalto, the building previously known as Otaniemi’s old shopping centre, has a new name after the renovation and opened in the middle of the 911 campus
