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• ITMO Joins Hult Prize Hosts List Alongside Oxford, Harvard, Others

  …ance to participate in was Territory of Senses by Rosmolodezh: “I represented our team at the forum’s second session, titled Civil Society. Getting in there is a separate story, as the current situation with mass events is very complex. For this reason, the selection was harsh, plus we had to get lots of medical certificates. But at the university, they advised …

  12.08.2020

• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About St. Petersburg

  …was also renamed. Now, the Botanical Garden with its rich and beautiful plant collection, is one of our favorite places to visit!  3. Elephant street. Throughout its history, Saint Petersburg has often been home to… elephants. The first one came to the city in 1714 – a mere decade after its founding. Such a gift to Peter the Great was made by the Persian Shah…

  11.08.2020

• Sam Innes: The Way Russian Writers Get Inside the Human Soul Is Incredible

  …he West at the moment, which is a real shame.  Another reason I took this course was that I find Russian literature fascinating. Their treatment of different aspects of the story grips me. There’s a lot of psychological background in them. The way that Russian writers manage to sort of get inside the human soul, it’s incredible. Who is your favorite writer? …

  06.08.2020

• OverPro: ITMO Graduate On Launching Business in Esports

• ITMO Graduate on Doing His Master’s 20 Years into His Career and What Came of It

  …State Pedagogical University’s Faculty of Physics and Astronomy in 1995. That said, he’s had to master the lion’s share of technologies and methods on his own. With his long history of collaboration with the Speech Technology Center, as well as extensive expertise, knowledge and skills, Alexander nevertheless decided to get another degree and applied for the Speech I…

  05.08.2020

• This Mostly Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 8-9, 2020

  …icated to one of the most famous opera houses in the world — the Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna State Opera). Available on Rosphoto’s website free of charge, the exhibition tells a story that unfolds beyond the auditorium and shows the inner workings of the theater.  Geek Picnic Online 2.0 Geek Picnic is one of Russia’s largest open-air festivals dedicated to scienc…

  05.08.2020

• Digging Deeper: Literary Origins of St. Petersburg Metro Stations

  …r 1, 1958 Named after the Russian 19th century philosopher Nikolay Chernyshevsky (1828-1889), the Chernyshevskaya station’s simplistic design marks a key point in Russian history: unlike the Metro’s first 8 stations, its design is decidedly more austere, a reflection of the sudden political shift in architectural aesthetics that followed the death of Joseph Stalin…

  04.08.2020

• ITMO Student Alexander Berestennikov Becomes Recipient of Zhores Alferov Scholarship

  …aster’s student, he would give annual lectures during which he’d tell us about the achievements of Soviet and Russian science, about making heterostructure lasers, about the history of the Ioffe Institute and the Soviet nuclear program. It was interesting to find out how it all developed historically. Perovskite nano-pancakes What research have you been wor…

  31.07.2020

• ITMO University Students Launch a Digital Medicine Project

  ….” After we complete each iteration and before we update our service, we make sure to consult with lawyers and gather feedback.  The telemedicine market is a whole other story because in Russia, this field hasn’t been fully regulated yet. This is a gray market: it seems not to be prohibited, but at the same time, doctors, for example, can’t provide conclusions …

  31.07.2020

• This Mostly-Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: More Parks

  …place to be the source of Russia’s carvel pine. Later, the territory was given to the Forestry College (now St. Petersburg State Forestry University) – and that was when its history properly started. It, too, changed its owners quite a few times before becoming a public space with many opportunities for leisure activities that it is now. The park is located over two …

  29.07.2020