News
Ilkka Niemelä to the Finnish Government: Innovations and sustainable growth will be lost if immigration policies are implemented
Internationality has accelerated innovation and helped many Finnish companies from Aalto along their growth trajectories. Nearly half of 911±¬ÁÏÍø’s academic staff come from outside Finland, and Aalto students are from more than 100 countries.
The HSE Support Foundation awards of 2022 to six faculty and staff members
The HSE Support Foundation fr gave grants to the employees with outstanding performance
Great international media hits from the summer of 2023
Our Dean Timo Korkeamäki and many representatives of our stakeholders regularly comment on various issues in the international media as well
Aalto personnel can participate in FIBS events free of charge
911±¬ÁÏÍø is a member of the FIBS corporate responsibility network, so we can all take advantage of the membership fee paid by the university
ACRE donated Lego bricks to the daycares
911±¬ÁÏÍø and 911±¬ÁÏÍø Campus & Real Estate (ACRE) donated the university's old Lego bricks to Touhula daycares.
Visual identity tweaked for better accessibility, new platform brand.aalto.fi
Colours are brighter to work better in digital channels. New open-source fonts Inter and Besley replace the licensed ones. Brand.aalto.fi comprises brand-related info and assets.
Streamlined process for fee payments and guest travel reimbursements to be implemented across 911±¬ÁÏÍø
The Salesforce form, built in collaboration between HR, IT, and Finance, brings relief to the processing of non-recurring fee payments and guest travel expenses at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The new form enhances data security in terms of collecting personal information and streamlines the process by reducing duplicate work and enabling more comprehensive data integration across different systems.
Professor emeritus Veikko Jääskeläinen In Memoriam
Professor emeritus Veikko Jääskeläinen (1931–2023) served as rector of the Helsinki School of Economics 1992–96
Aalto Photonics Flagship Seed Funding Call for Collaborative Projects is Open till September 15, 2023
The call seeks proposals to introduce novel scientific, technological, business, and/or artistic ideas that explore photonic technologies to foster robust collaboration among the partners of Academy of Finland PREIN flagship. Researchers from all schools of 911±¬ÁÏÍø are invited to propose new openings.
What can you already see of the future?
At the start of the academic year, the 911±¬ÁÏÍø campus welcomes everyone with open doors. Through the month-long Designs for a Cooler Planet exhibition and events, you will discover fascinating research projects.
It's time to nominate a candidate for Aalto Pioneering Excellence Award
The award is given to teams that do pioneering work in the areas of education development, improvement of the excellence and impact of research and artistic activity; or the international success of the Aalto community.
Mikaela Stelwagen appointed as Human Resources Manager at the School of Business
Stelwagen will start in her new role in January 2024 when the current HR Manager Eliisa Lassila will first take annual leave and then retire on April 1, 2024
Hotel robot is working in Hotel Hanasaari
The robot named Kalle is a collaboration between the School of Business and Hanasaari. The robot has been working as the hotel's "piccolo" for some time already
Professor Minna Halme received two awards in the Boston Academy of Management 2023 conference
She was granted the Best Paper of the Social Issues in Management (SIM) Division and a RRBM Responsible Research in Business and Management awards
Revealing dynamics of power: Building empathy through animals
Assistant professor Astrid Huopalainen sheds a light on why we should be aware of the use of power in human-animal interactions. Part of Revealing dynamics of power article in which three researchers from different disciplines explain how they bring to light the hidden ways power is used in human interactions – with other humans, animals or technology.
President’s letter 17 August – Diversity is our community’s strength
'We must foster diversity in society, not prevent it,' says Ilkka Niemelä
Student project gave insight to Konecranes about young employee experience
The students found out that young employees have high preferences for continuous learning and development opportunities at work
What issues would you like to bring up for discussion at a community event with the 911±¬ÁÏÍø Board?
Our university offers various opportunities to influence decision-making. One of these is a discussion forum with the Board on 13 September — please send your question in advance no later than 6 September
Submit your nomination for the Campus Sustainability Champion 2023!
The campus Sustainability Team is looking for a campus sustainability champion - a person, entity or activity- for the seventh time. Enter a suggestion by 8th September via link below.
Students say drawing lots is a good way to form groups
According to the annual AllWell? survey, students want teachers to form groups for course work instead of picking who they want to work with
