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• PI School Participants Share Their Stories

  …xpectations,” says Polina Khapaeva, one of the event’s organizers. “Many thanked us for inviting scholars from various fields. The school has set the ground for bringing forth new ideas and projects. Yet we’ll be able to fully observe its results only in the near future.” On the last day, the school’s participants presented their roadmaps and described how they …

  28.06.2021

• Summer in St. Petersburg: Best Places by the Water

  …y. Luckily, St. Petersburg has all sorts of waterfronts – from slow-flowing rivers and man-made canals to peaceful lakes and even an immense gulf – and while Sevkabel Port and New Holland Island, with its new beach-like vibe, are all the rage now, there are some other by-the-water spots worth checking out. Hare Island In the heart…

  28.06.2021

• Lighting Designer Jari Vuorinen on His Projects, Teaching at ITMO, and Importance of Communication

  …proaches. For example, we realize that there’s a standard, conventional, almost traditional approach to lighting. But we don’t always want to go with it, so we try to bring as new a vision as possible. At the same time, it’s not only about using new technologies, it’s also about fresh ideas on how we approach a project, make it valuable…

  25.06.2021

• Song of the Month: June 2021

  …This June, after five years of silence (thanks, it was enough for me to enter the university and graduate from it), my favourite standup comedian, Bo Burnham, has released his new special Inside. Besides brilliant jokes, the musical comedy show filmed within four walls by Bo himself took me with the songs. The tunes are so fresh and thoroughly made, bet if you didn’t…

  25.06.2021

• ITMO University Recognized as Best St. Petersburg University by Forbes

  …quality of education was evaluated by assessing the level of lecturers’ salary (five points) and lecturers-to-students ratio (five points). Moreover, this year, Forbes added a new category that helps evaluate the staff capacity of a university – the percentage of young (under 40 years old) lecturers (five points). This parameter is especially important given the chan…

  24.06.2021

• Cutting Perovskite: Scientists Succeed in Shaping Microscopic Monocrystals Without Loss of Quality

  …t the quality of a diamond, but the way it’s cut, too,” explains Sergey Makarov, dean of the Faculty of Photonics at ITMO University. “You need to treat the stone, giving it a new shape while preserving its qualities. It’s the same with perovskites – they need to be processed before being turned into, say, a microlens or any other optical element. But we also have to…

  24.06.2021

• ITMO.EduLeaders Winners: Alexey Peregudin on His Student Life, Teaching Career, and Competition

  …e lively interaction. But I have no exact formula.    What should teachers avoid in their practice? Students cut classes that are boring. I think that it’s high time for new teaching methods that go beyond typical lectures, notes, and tests.  My course has always been theory-oriented and I think that it'd be great to use robots, videos, and all sorts of stuf…

  24.06.2021

• New Research Highlights History and Importance of Preserving the Lesser-Known Chinese Mountain Cat

  …gers, cheetahs, and mountain lions. Less familiar are the 38 distinct species in the family Felidae, many with strange names like Pampas cat, kodkod and rusty-spotted cat. The new field of genomics – which engages in the unravelling of DNA genomes of separate species – is resolving old conundrums and revealing new secrets across the his…

  23.06.2021

• ITMO Lecturer Konstantin Pravdin Takes Home Gazprom Neft Educational Award

  …specialists for the economy of the future. This time, the conference took place both online and offline. The experts gathered at the Zifergauz Digital Transformation Center on New Holland Island. Apart from round-table discussions, and strategic and foresight sessions, the program included the We Are in the Future 2021 award. The awards were presented in four cate…

  23.06.2021

• New X-Ray Detectors, Innovative Skincare and Meditation in VR: ITMO Students Defend Startups as Theses

  …rding to different studies, 50% to 90% of women all over the world face the problem of stretch marks, most commonly after pregnancy. The project Inspiré du vin revolves around new skincare products that will help prevent and remove stretch marks.  According to Olga Sokolovskaya, a student at ITMO’s ChemBio Cluster and founder of the project, a team of ten brought …

  23.06.2021