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Studio 44 Wins Zodchestvo Architectural Festival's Grand Prix for ITMO Highpark Project
…her purpose is to help establish a dialog between government officials and members of the professional community. |s=1,center| ITMO Highpark project is ITMO University’s new science, education, and innovation center in the Pushkinsky District of St. Petersburg, situated over an area of 100 hectares and including nearly 260,000 sq.m. of infrastructural objects. …
14.11.2020
ITMO Experts Rank Regional E-Participation Platforms
… administration, whereas the Kaluga Oblast is in the third (and lowest) category. “The Kaluga municipality is a classic example of a region developing its center, where new approaches are practiced and the best practices of local governance are implemented. At the same time, Kaluga makes use of all six channels of e-participation. All in all, our study identif…
13.11.2020
ITMO’s International Council On University’s 2030 Development Strategy
…main focus of the meeting were approaches to interdisciplinarity, which will be one of the cornerstones of ITMO University’s development strategy for 2021-2030, tying into the new national Strategic Academic Leadership Program as it replaces the 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project. An official decree outlining the start of the Leadership Program is expected to …
13.11.2020
How Not to Fall For Fake News
…Fake news is a phenomenon found in every sphere – from the entertainment industry to politics and science. And while some of it may simply give us a laugh, other times it may harm someone’s health or ruin their reputation. It became a hot topic long before the pandemic. For some years now, scientists have been looking into the effectiveness of fact-checking and th…
13.11.2020
Games to Play Remotely Together
… over till the next cleanup under the sofa, rest assured it will never happen online. Moreover, such board games are easier to set up, and the scoring here is automated – good news for inattentive players. Needless to say, it’s quite easy to arrange the meeting online: no more acting like a perfect host, who would feverishly serve snacks and die tidying up the apartm…
13.11.2020
Art Project as Thesis Initiative Launches at ITMO
… different majors can team up and create a thesis project that fuses art and science. The results of their work will be presented at an exhibition of thesis projects at AIR, a new art space at ITMO University. “Each student comes to ITMO University with their own background, objectives, and ambitions. That’s why all of them should have an individual learning tra…
12.11.2020
ITMO University Transferring Students to Distance Learning Until February 6
…In this ITMO.NEWS article, you will find the latest information on the studying process, research, as well as useful sources to keep yourself updated. For how long will we study remotely? ITMO University will conduct classes using e-learning and distance learning technologies from November 13, 2020 to February 6, 2021. Do I need to submit an application for …
12.11.2020
Familiar Things in a New Light: Art & Science Graduate Laura Rodriguez's Open Lecture on BioArt
…r potential,” comments Lyudmila Tsoi, a manager at ITMO University’s Creative and Corporate Projects Planning Center. What is BioArt? Many assume that BioArt is a new field, but it actually goes back all the way to the 1930s. The first organisms displayed in a museum were delphiniums and they were a part of an installation at the Museum of Modern Art in …
12.11.2020
Student Spotlight: Moustapha Nour, Djibouti
… your first impressions of St. Petersburg? How did you feel in the beginning? Frankly speaking, I was a little bit disappointed because I expected St. Petersburg to be like New York or London or as some other major city: full of large and tall buildings and modern towers. But then I strolled through the streets, saw amazing historical places, and my perception of …
12.11.2020
ITMO PhD Student Joins Nobel Winner Konstantin Novoselov's Smart Membrane Research
…n absorb useful substances and protect themselves from many harmful ones; there are immensely complex metabolic processes taking place inside them, and they can divide to form new cells. That is why researchers try to work step by step, creating separate elements. For instance, an international team of researchers in Singapore is developing “smart” membranes that…
11.11.2020