ProDE game opens the way to the world of directed evolution
30. lokakuu 2017
Master’s students Lassi Vapaakallio and Laura Laakso constructed a game about last year's Millenium Technology Prize winner Frances Arnold’s directed evolution technology. The game was commissioned and funded by TAF, Technology Academy Finland.
Science and art Cooperation
Director Aku Louhimies studies the practices of film directing
27. lokakuu 2017
The new film version of the novel The Unknown Soldier has its premiere last week. For the film's director Aku Louhimies, the film also serves as a research subject at Aalto University.
Science and art
Riitta Silvennoinen appointed Chief Human Resources Officer
25. lokakuu 2017
Silvennoinen will start at Aalto in February.
Press releases
Finland's largest career fair in the ICT field is coming
25. lokakuu 2017
More than 100 exhibitors participate in TalentIT 2017.
Cooperation Press releases
Aalto University implements the art percent principle: Dipoli's new art collection
24. lokakuu 2017
The artists of the works are Aalto University alumni and represent numerous different fields of art.
Press releases
Günther H. Filz appointed Associate Professor of Structures and Architecture
24. lokakuu 2017
Filz´s research and teaching is oriented trans‐ and interdisciplinary, and centers on the intersection of architecture, structure and geometry.
Science and art
Kokoon nominated as Wood Award candidate
23. lokakuu 2017
The Kokoon house of Aalto University students is among the 15 Wood Award 2017 nominees. The house provides a compact solution for the challenges of temporary accommodation.
Honored
Creative and smart digital services for public sector organisations developed at PSHACK100 course
17. lokakuu 2017
Students are expected to bring forward innovations to support a client-centred approach.
Studies
Finnish design that conquered Burning Man can be utilised even in human settlements in Mars
17. lokakuu 2017
The Cosmic Egg was built to the Nevada desert with the help of more than fifty volunteers.
Cooperation Science and art Studies
Sari Baldauf and Karel Ch. A. M. Luyben to Aalto University Board
17. lokakuu 2017
New members bring strong competencies in international leadership.
Other
Aalto finishes 90th in Times Higher Education (THE) Computer Science ranking
17. lokakuu 2017
Our engineering and technology field is also among the world's top 100, with its 99th place finish.
Other
A night at the galaxy – students of IDBM Challenge created a multisensory space journey
16. lokakuu 2017
Have you ever dreamt about exploring space? Or simply wondered if you will be able to spend a night up there during your lifetime? These were the questions that the students of IDBM Master’s programme asked – and the end result was a space odyssey.
Studies
Welcome to the Island of Trojan Horses!
16. lokakuu 2017
An exhibition, or rather an island for reading and discussing questions about working life, is brought to the Aalto University Learning Centre Lobby by the Trojan Horse collective.
Laser scanning and augmented reality to enter theatres
13. lokakuu 2017
The objective of the Virtual Adventure into the World of Theatre project is to increase the interest of young people in particular in culture.
Science and art Press releases
Media students ready for space festival in India
11. lokakuu 2017
After a year of developing, testing, sharing and experimenting, the Aalto University Media students are ready to move their space-related installation to India.
Contribute to the Dipoli Living Room Housewarming
11. lokakuu 2017
There is an accumulative exhibition project going on in Dipoli that grows across three weeks, until October 27.
Design students and staff discussed ceramics in Ceramic Values conference
10. lokakuu 2017
Students and staff presented their work and ideas about ceramics at an international conference in Stoke-on-Trent – a historical center of ceramics production.
Science and art
Kristiina Mäkelä appointed as Aalto University Provost
9. lokakuu 2017
The Provost leads the processes related to teaching, research, innovation and societal impact.
Press releases
Documentary of citizens activism in Helsinki
6. lokakuu 2017
“Not all the activists go on the streets with flags”, is a short film produced by Luca Acito as part of his master thesis at Aalto University, Master in Collaborative and Industrial Design.
Science and art
Extractor of dreams
5. lokakuu 2017
Service designer Mikko Koivisto is shaking up how we shop at pharmacies and creating soulful soup meals. Last spring, he received the Ornamo Award for his pioneering work in a field that barely existed just ten years ago.
Other
Aalto Magazine #20 examines work in the new age
4. lokakuu 2017
The just-released Aalto University Magazine 20 explores the changing nature of work and considers how the University can prepare students for it.
Other
Alumni Elina Brotherus on exhibition in Paris
3. lokakuu 2017
Aalto University alumni, photographer Elina Brotherus has an exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. The exhibition "Règle du jeu" (Game Rules) presents a renewed Brotherus.
Other
Janne Pärssinen second in Helkama cargo bicycle design competition
2. lokakuu 2017
Electrically assisted “Kaari” bike is a variant of the traditional two wheeled cargo bicycle.
Honored
Winner of the Finlandia Prize for Architecture supports new ways of learning
2. lokakuu 2017
Learning is fun in the Harald Herlin Learning Centre, designed by Alvar Aalto.
Campus
Kick scooters available to speed up getting around on campus
29. syyskuu 2017
The foldable scooters can be brought on the bus and even indoors, and their availability can be checked conveniently by phone.
Campus Cooperation