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• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Unleash Your Creativity with Journaling

• ITMO's 2030 Development Strategy: Open Call for Projects

  …Our university’s new Development Strategy introduced four strategic projects: ITMO.Impact, Scientific Breakthrough, Highly Personalized Value-Based Education, and Well-Being. The implementation of the strategy will focus on projects – and every staff member and student can propose their own. Projects will be categorized into four groups focused on: ITMO’s ke…

  02.11.2021

• Second Life: 5 Russian Upcycling Brands

  … the lack of recycling plants. But despair not, for there are successful cases, too! One of the most creative ones is upcycling – the practice of transforming by-products into new, high-quality, and valuable items.  99recycle Do you fancy a skateboard or a pin badge made from ground bottle caps? What about a spacy backpack that used to be a tent? The St. Peters…

  02.11.2021

• How Scientists Prove Vaccine Efficacy and Safety

  …irus. The question is, how low the risk is after the vaccination. Secondly, the results of a randomized trial can differ from the ones acquired in practice, especially because new variants of the virus appear. However, now there’s even information on the efficacy of the currently available vaccines against new variants of the virus. Eit…

  02.11.2021

• From Theory to Practice: How ITMO Scientists Created a Wireless Compact Device for Breast Screening

  … have made a series of discoveries and experiments and as a result, came up with MetaCoil – a wireless, ergonomic, compact (and aesthetic!) device for breast screening. In our new longread, we’ll discuss the path towards a device, as well as its efficiency and potential practical applications.  …

  01.11.2021

• Historical Flashback: The Story Behind Unity Day in Russia

  …w St. Petersburg) in 1917 put an end not only to the Russian monarchy: the tradition of celebrating the country’s unity and diversity faded into oblivion and was replaced by a new one. From 1918 on, the peoples of the Soviet Union, a socialist state officially established in 1922, started to commemorate the October Revolution on November 7 (Ne…

  01.11.2021

• Song of the Month: October 2021

  …o heart-melting songs when it’s getting all gray and rainy (not in a depressive way!). So, no wonder that my soundtrack of this October is Weather by Novo Amor – hands-down my new love. This is a hauntingly beautiful combo of touching lyrics and a soothing tune that fits perfectly for when you want to get lost in your thoughts and emotions. Subhrajit The mo…

  29.10.2021

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Antonina Fedorova: Public Speaking Can Change Our Reality

  …aning in my work. It’s demotivating when you can't get along with your students. In spring, I went through burnout and even thought about quitting teaching. This victory was a new turn in my career that gave me a boost to move forward and showed me once again that I’m on the right path.  As a professional psychologist, you prefer to turn to self-reflection and ana…

  28.10.2021

• Student Spotlight: Le Trong-Minh and Võ Minh Thien Long, Vietnam

  …all but beautiful country with spectacular landscapes. My country has a rich history and we take pride in it. We also have a lot of festivals like the Tet festival (Vietnamese New Year) and the Mid-Autumn festival.  Long: In a nutshell, Vietnam is a country with a rich cultural heritage. It is considered to be one of the fastest developing countries in the world. …

  28.10.2021

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Halloween Movie Marathon in Lockdown

  …ng that Interview with the Vampire (1994) has no interviews with vampires. The movie takes the form of a mockumentary that captures the lives of a friend group of immortals in New Zealand trying to get by here and now. See for yourself how they manage to do mundane things like paying bills or having a social life.  Donnie Darko (2001) Scary rating: ** Do…

  27.10.2021