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Lifting columns become a Mummotunkki (Granny jack) and a space divider that opens up into steps

Aalto University presents fresh and inventive student design at Helsinki Design Week.
Cooperation, Press releases, Studies
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Mummotunkki and Fold,  photos by Aleksi Tikkala.

Teknologia 15 fair features Aalto's researchers

Teknologia 15 fair at 6-8
October at Messukeskus features well known names from Aalto and elsewhere. Free entrance!
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What does justice mean?

The public lecture series aims to encourage discussion on the state of justice in people's everyday thinking and in political decision making.
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President Tuula Teeri at the opening ceremony: Finland must make a wise choice

Prime Minister Juha Sipilä too spoke at the opening ceremony for the academic year at Otaniemi campus.
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Bruce Oreck to teach at Aalto University

Oreck will coach students in marketing, developing customer experience, and storytelling.
Studies, Press releases
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The world is changing fast, and education needs to lead, Oreck says. Photo: Mikko Raskinen / Aalto University.

Endowment portfolio returns 5.5% in the first half of 2015

The purpose of the Aalto University endowment is to generate additional funding for world-class research and education.
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Solar energy creates Finnish work

Over half of the return of value in solar energy supply will remain in Finland.
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Professor Olli Varis appointed to the Matti Pursula professorship at Aalto University

Professor Olli Varis is an internationally distinguished and recognised researcher in water and environmental issues.
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Sirkku Linna appointed Development Director at Aalto University

Sirkku Linna, M.Sc. (Econ.), M.Soc.Sc., starts in her new position on 1 August 2015.
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Aalto University to build Finland’s Centenary Satellite

Finland will celebrate it’s 100 years as an independent country by sending a special satellite to orbit in 2017.
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Aalto University researchers predicted existence of new quantum matter theoretically

The results are important in the search for new quantum states and possible use in future electronics applications.
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Jyri Hämäläinen appointed Dean of Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering

His five-year period as dean starts on 1 August 2015.
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Professor Jyri Hämäläinen has been appointed Dean of Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering.

Data transfer speed of memory tags can be increased tenfold

Fast transfer of data with very low consumption of electricity allows for the use of greater recording capacity in memory tags, according to a fresh.
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Weather Station exhibition features 10 Finnish sound and performance artists

The Weather Station exhibition is an exhibition of events for new performative forms of Finnish sound art.
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The Sound of Music (in a box) / a performative intervention reflecting the four seasons and instruments tuned to the weather. Soidinsalo-Laine-Salo-Seppänen. Photo by Uupi Tirronen

ERC Advanced Grant funding for Professor Pertti Hakonen

Aalto University also given four other ERC grants.
Awards and Recognition, Press releases
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Aalto University appoints new professors to the Tenure Track Career System

The following persons have been appointed tenure track professors:
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Similarities between aurorae on Mars and Earth

An international team of researchers has for the first time predicted the occurrence of aurorae visible to the naked eye on a planet other than Earth.
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Efficiency record for black silicon solar cells jumps to 22.1%

Aalto University’s researchers improved their previous record by over three absolute percents together with Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
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Independent innovativeness diminishes with evolution

As an industry develops, customers and the market replace research and science as the sources of innovation.
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Putting a new spin on plasmonics

Researchers at Aalto University have discovered a novel way of combining plasmonic and magneto-optical effects.
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Magnetic nanoparticles arranged in arrays put a twist on light: depending on the distance between the nanoparticles, one frequency of light (visible to the human eye by its colour) resonates in one direction; in the other direction, light (induced by quantum effects in the magnetic material) is enhanced at a different wavelength.