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How is the use of data changing our society?
KAUTE talks x Aalto University webinar discussed the societal impacts of technological development and who can influence it. The speakers highlighted the need for a deeper understanding of issues related to the ethics and responsibility of the use of data and other technologies.
Alumna Mari Sederholm: In life and business it is all about teamwork and continuous learning
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumna Mari Sederholm has had a long career in the pharmaceutical industry. Business studies helped her to pursue her dream career: “You will learn general skills that are useful in life no matter what you will do in your career and in which ever field.â€
School of Business Alumni Advisory Board member's story: Alexei Koveshnikov
Alexei Koveshnikov, who is our alumnus and Associate Professor in Management and Organization at the School of Business, became also a member of our School’s Alumni Advisory Board in fall 2020. He encourages students to obtain meta-skills and meta-competences, which are invaluable in today’s business life.
‘The atmosphere at Aalto is comfortable and you can do things at your own pace’
Thong Tran, the first graduate with a major in Data Science, shares his experiences on studying at Aalto University
Funding for research infrastructures from Academy of Finland
Funding is extensively allocated to several different infrastructures at Aalto University, and there are also those who have not previously received national infrastructure funding.
Metsähovi Radio Observatory awarded for its open solar data
The solar activity radio data collected over the course of 40 years is one of the most extensive data sets of its kind. The open data is utilised by researchers, students and artists alike.
Virtual exchange studies provide international experience for European students
What if you could go on a study exchange virtually? This might be possible if the ideas and plans of two Aalto University students are realised.
As our life becomes more digital, so does violence too
What is online abuse? As part of the Digital Service Design course, students interviewed people from key user groups who today are a target of this type of abuse and made their user needs visible for Naisten Linja.
Online training helps quantum researchers get new tech from the laboratory into commercial products
The idea for commercialization starts from the researcher's own skills and knowledge, but interest in entrepreneurship is much greater if the path from an idea to a product is clearly visible.
Alumnus Niko Marjomaa: International Business Program prepares you for the real business world
School of Business, Mikkeli Campus alumnus Niko Marjomaa found a way to combine the fields of business and security: “Through my experiences I saw the opportunities to think about security little bit differently than the majority in the industry.â€
Neste and Aalto University are working together to develop cleaner traffic
Research collaboration creates, for example, new types of transportation fuels with the help of bio-based materials.
Kaie Kubjas: It is important to encourage girls and young women to study mathematics
Mathematician Kaie Kubjas has done research around the world and has noticed that some places have few female professors, lecturers, or students. Now amid the coronavirus pandemic she is appealing on behalf of women, young researchers, and those with families.
The legendary director Francis Ford Coppola visits Finland at the invitation of ELO and KAVI
During his visit to Finland Francis Ford Coppola will be working together with ELO film school students.
A glimpse of the future through lenses of today
With the coronavirus pandemic still impacting our lives in different areas, Aalto created an opportunity to know future perspectives through its alumni community's lenses.
Better to do things you like than to do something you must
Alumni and students discussed career paths, work and studies at a Group Mentoring event organised by Aalto University School of Business on 18 November.
Applications now open to Aalto International Talent Programme – initiative brings companies and international students together through group mentoring
Aalto International Talent Programme applications is now open. The programme brings together companies and international students through group mentoring.
Collaboration between Nokia and the CEMS programme results in several strategic business projects every spring
CEMS as a unique global community delivers a leading Master’s in International Management programme, which educates responsible future leaders to contribute to creating a more open, sustainable and inclusive world.
Nitin Sawhney receives an Academy of Finland grant for analyzing and reconstructing crisis narratives
Professor Sawhney hopes that his collaborative research will offer insights into how crisis narratives emerge in society during the global pandemic
Alumna Minna Kuusisto: The most beneficial aspects of my studies were the continuous challenging of oneself and learning to learn
Our Economics alumna Minna Kuusisto, who works as an Economist at Finnfund, has gained experience from banking, sustainable business consulting and development financing in her career, among other things. “My advice is: be curious and network with those people whose career paths you find interesting, already during your study time. Almost everybody will be delighted by a coffee or lunch invitationâ€.
Museum of Impossible Forms wins State Art Prize 2020
ViCCA congratulates its students and alumni who have been active (and often founding) members of the Museum of Impossible Forms (est. 2017) – an anti-racist and queer-feminist cultural center in the suburb of Kontula – for the 2020 State Art Prize that they received from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
