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• Colorful Language: Describing Shades in Russian

  …hat you can pretty easily make nouns out of colors! Some that you may or may not be familiar with include: Краснуха (krasnukha) stands for measles – a nasty virus you never want to experience, especially when abroad. Hence, be sure to follow the vaccination guidelines for international students at ITMO! Оранжерея (oranzhereya) is the word for an orangery, which…

  27.04.2026

• Discovery of the Month: Running, Russian Classics, and More

  …Running Blame it on the 30s marathon craze or a right-sport-wrong-time situation, but this month I finally got what the fuss is about running. I’ve always wanted to add cardio (and some active recovery) to my workout routine, but I haven’t really gotten around to it – partly because I saw cardio as a monotonous and physically punishing activity and I’d trade a tre…

  24.04.2026

• Student Spotlight: Alexander Gregory Carlos Nuñez Taype, Peru

  …s, and richness of flavors make it something very special and deeply rooted in our culture. When it came to studying abroad, how did ITMO stand out among your options? I wanted to challenge myself, experience a new culture, and access better educational opportunities. ITMO stood out to me because of its strong reputation, especially in programming and technolog…

  23.04.2026

• ITMO Students Win IT Project Grants and Scholarships From Ozon

  …test is the open dialogue. Experts don’t look down upon the students; they treat them as colleagues, offering honest and on-point feedback to help them grow professionally. We want our students to not be afraid of such communication, believe in themselves, and know that initiative matters,” notes Elena Boldyreva, a manager of ITMO’s Design and Development of Big Data…

  21.04.2026

• Project Hail Mary: In Conversation With ITMO Physicist

  … and expectations. In a sense, it’s a question of faith. It’s like in The X-Files, of which I used to be and still am a fan; Mulder, the main character, had a poster saying “I want to believe.” Are there other projects, apart from SETI, dedicated to this topic? How popular is this research? My impression is that this is now a niche rather than a mainstream fiel…

  21.04.2026

• Russian Scientists Help Recommendation Systems Understand Users Better

  …etter. Streaming services will offer a smarter choice of recommended movies and marketplaces will learn to show the right products, even when a user doesn’t yet know what they want. As for companies, they will obtain a ready-made method that will improve the quality of recommendations without having to increase computational costs, remodel architectures, and maintain…

  20.04.2026

• How To Make Six Figures as a PhD Student in Russia

  … at the EnergyLab. Develops high-efficiency, eco-friendly sorbents for removing heavy metals from wastewater. Why do a PhD? After completing my Master’s at ITMO, I wanted to further pursue my academic career and work on new solutions for fundamental and applied problems. Thanks to my PhD program, I was able to switch my focus from nanomaterials and photon…

  15.04.2026

• This Week in St. Petersburg: April 16-22, 2025

  …ir Sokolov also worked at the studio. Discover this piece of St. Pete history at the unique exhibition. The event is quite popular, so don’t hesitate to get the tickets if you want to go! Friday, April 17 Bach and Elgar by Governor’s Symphony Orchestra 7 pm St. Petersburg Philharmonia (Small Hall) 1,000-1,600 rubles (tickets here) Spend a Fri…

  15.04.2026

• Five Paintings: Spring in Russian Art

  …spring landscape, the painting demonstrates scrupulous attention to detail: finely-drawn vegetation, muted, soft tones, and spring mist in the back. The author was part of the Wanderers – just as Savrasov (a founding member) and Levitan – who set themselves against the academically-accurate art and claimed to be people’s artists. A frequent “hero” of Volkov’s landsca…

  14.04.2026

• ITMO-Made 3D Map of Bitter and Umami Flavors Will Improve Food Sensor Accuracy

  …ch Center of Food Systems, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (USA) have developed a 3D spatial map for the bitter and umami flavors. First and foremost, the scientists wanted to learn how flavor receptors interact with their corresponding ligands: how the different molecules bond to receptors and which signals occur during that time, how the strength and leng…

  09.04.2026