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• UniverSum Summer School: Competitive Hacking for School Students

  …The UniverSum summer school for Russian school children was held for the first time. A peculiar feature of this school is that there is no common educational plan, but every participant can choose for themselves what they’d like to study. There were several educational tracks to choose from, such as web development, industrial programming, algorithms, programming lan…

  23.07.2018

• Sun, Sea, and Computational Science: YSC-2018 Participants Discuss Their Conference Experience

  …he best it can be, the organizers have had to experiment with its format, which changed from an academic presentation with a Q&A session thrown in at the end to a full-fledged summer school combined with international and interdisciplinary team project work. Participants’ papers are published in leading scientific journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science. “…

  23.07.2018

• Drink (Mineral) Water like a Russian

  …ct. Essentuki, a town in the same region, is home to several springs, the most famous being Ессентуки - 4 and Ессентуки - 17. The first one is mild and perfect for that hot summer day, while the second one is seriously salty, as in drink a glass of baking soda and salt solution and stay close to the bathroom. Those looking to experience the full “spectrum of miner…

  22.07.2018

• ITMO Graduates Participate in School of Science Journalism in Erice

  …The International School of Science Journalism in Erice is a summer school organized by Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (EMFCSC) with support from the Centro Fermi Institute of Nuclear Physics and Le Scienze science magazine. Each year, the school offers 35 scholarships to young journalists and science communicators. This year, the school…

  20.07.2018

• Movie Fridays: Summer in the City

  … cinematography and atmospheric storytelling makes it a perfect rainy evening movie. Musicals There’s something about musicals that lends itself particularly well to summer. Whether it’s a good-ol’ classic like The Umbrellas of Cherbourg or Singin’ in the Rain (which, by the way, is also great for boosting your morale when the everlasting rainy nothingness …

  20.07.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: July 21-22

  …ayakovsky Central City Public Library on July 21. Guests will get an opportunity to listen to contemporary music and learn about the poet’s life and work. Entrance is free. Summer is probably the best time for historical reenactments of all kinds. While last week we told you about the Knights’ Castle Festival in the Vyborg Castle, and the Sentinel on the Neva Fest…

  18.07.2018

• Surviving a Hot Day: Beaches in and around St. Petersburg

• Drink (Soda) Like a Russian

  …cipe with raisins, berries, and mint, just to name a few flavors, and a couple of centuries ago many homes had their own version. I first tried it with my granddad. In the summer, we’d walk together to a “bochka,” literally a metal barrel parked on the sidewalk, and buy two full glass mugs for 6 kopecks. The cold, slightly sour drink left me with a foam mustache.…

  16.07.2018

• Children Develop Robots at ITMO.KIDS Technopark

  …rt in various educational events and competitions. For one, I regularly take part in national competitions for school kids. I once bumped into a post on VK about the ITMO.KIDS summer school and decided to give it a try. I’m interested in programming and robotics. When thinking about the idea for our project, we were choosing between a quadcopter and an automatic clim…

  16.07.2018

• Vacations, Business Trips and Mushroom-Picking

  …How do you spend your summers? I work for most of the summer. So, while it might sound strange, I spend most of the season here. And when you were a student? When I was in university and in school before that, I spent my summer vacation at sports camps. For me, summe…

  13.07.2018