News: Archive 2010
Professor Kalevi Ekman selected as the ‘Otaniemi Person of the Year 2009’
15.01.2010 Professor Kalevi Ekman from the Aalto University School of Science and Technology has been awarded the title of ‘The Otaniemi Person of the Year 2009’.
Luukku House of Aalto University victorious in Solar Decathlon Europe 2010
21.06.2010 Having received the maximum number of points, Aalto University Finland was one of the three winners of the Architecture Prize in the Solar Decathlon Europe on 20 June 2010, with the two other winners being Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña and Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.
The Venice International Film Festival will feature a film by Elina Talvensaari
10.08.2010 The Venice International Film Festival will be held between 1 and 11 September 2010. One of the two competition series at the festival, Orizzonti, will feature How to Pick Berrie (Miten marjoja poimitaan) 19 min., by Elina Talvensaari, student of Aalto University School of Art and Design.
Aalto on Tracks wins the first annual Student Initiative of the Year
01.09.2010 In May 2010 the Aalto on Tracks project, an entirely student-run initiative, took over 80 people from the Aalto community by private train from Helsinki to the Shanghai World Expo in China. The trip included everything from lectures, case workshops and reading circuits on the train to university and company visits in Beijing and Shanghai. The students showed great initiative, creativity and responsibility in designing and implementing this project.
Matti Keloharju wins the EFA 2010 Best Conference Paper Award
06.09.2010 Professor Matti Keloharju has won the Best Conference Paper Award at the 2010 European Finance Association Meeting in Frankfurt. The title of the winning paper is “Do Smart Investors Outperform Dumb Investors?” and it is a joint work with Professors Mark Grinblatt (University of California in Los Angeles) and Juhani Linnainmaa (University of Chicago).
School of Economics 30th in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2010
20.09.2010 The Master’s degree program of the Aalto University School of Economics has been ranked within the top thirty on the "Masters in Management Ranking 2010" list published by the Financial Times. The School of Economics was ranked 30th this year, up by one from 2009. The Financial Times ranking lists the best Master’s degree programs in the economic sciences from all over the world.
The first ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees of Aalto University
01.10.2010 The ceremonial conferment of doctoral degrees of the Aalto University School of Science and Technology is organized on 1 October 2010. The ceremony is the first in the new Aalto University and the 21st in the field of technology. 365 Doctors of Science in Technology and Doctors of Philosophy will be conferred upon in today's ceremony. Watch live webcast at 1 p.m.
Profile magazine was awarded in the most significant customer magazine contest in USA
12.11.2010 Aalto EE's Profile magazine was awarded in Custom Content Council's customer magazine contest The Pearl Awards on Thursday November 11, 2010 in New York. Aalto EE ranked on the top in three categories: best cover, most improved publication and best column.
Neuroscientist, Academy Professor Riitta Hari new Academician of Science
26.11.2010 Academy Professor Riitta Hari will become Academician of Science. Riitta Hari is an internationally recognised and respected neuroscientist. She has developed methods and applications of human brain imaging and thereby contributed decisively to the progress of this branch of science.
