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The Best of Summer in St. Petersburg
…oncert, take part in some peculiar workshop, make their own ceramic mug, or just drink a cup of coffee and enjoy the atmosphere of art and freedom. Birzhevaya Liniya, 20 Summer Activities There is always something fun going on in the city. For example, the annual Sand Sculpture Festival on the beach near the Peter and Paul Fortress is open for the public fro…
19.06.2018
ITMO Summerschool: Nanostructures, Experiments and Chemical engineering
…cope and so on. Obviously, we had to come up with new ideas for the process optimization”. Mikhail Zhukov of the Faculty of Physics and Engineering who supervises the summer school project notes that focus is on independent work as the students need to learn how to plan and conduct scientific activities. “This year our project was creating an ordered na…
19.06.2018
ITMO University and JetBrains Launch New Master’s Degree Program
…n the IT industry. Practical training will play an important role, as students will get the chance to use their newly-acquired knowledge immediately, as well as spend their summer holidays doing short-term internships. In addition to regular assignments, students will work on projects for JetBrains and partner companies, presenting their results at the end of each…
14.06.2018
International Students Share Experiences from ITMO's Summer Camp in Photonics
…Three students from the University of Rochester (the USA) and a PhD student from the University of Bordeaux (France) took part in the Summer Camp. Over the course of two weeks, they listened to lectures on femtosecond and terahertz optics, quantum communications, digital holographic microscopy, nonlinear properties of semiconductors, and terahertz lasers. The lecture…
14.06.2018
How to Become Successful: Tips From Boris Solopov, CEO of Opticom St. Petersburg
…and those attended by just everyone. In the USA, they've conducted a study in order to check what knowledge is left with children from different schools when they return after summer holidays. Children from well-to-do families returned with the same or even a better level of knowledge; children from troubled families lost about 30% of knowledge they had. Seemingly, t…
14.06.2018
Five-Minute Fan Guide to FIFA World Cup 2018 in St. Petersburg
It’s Time to Celebrate Russia Day
…ains a popular question to anyone who has completed a high school history course. Most Russians simply consider this holiday an additional day-off, a good opportunity to enjoy summer days and go out of the city for picnics or to work in their country houses and gardens (dachas). In 2002, the holiday was renamed “Russia Day”. This name is better accepted by the publi…
12.06.2018
Exploring the St. Petersburg Metro
…e city with a travelator, or moving walkway, which takes passengers through a 300-meter tunnel under the Neva river, connecting the Petrogradsky and Vasilevsky islands. In the summer, and especially on the weekends, Sportivnaya is often working all night long, serving as the only connection. Did you know: the St. Petersburg Metro pioneered several constructi…
11.06.2018
ITMO Researchers Create Optoclones of Unique Historical Treasures from the Russian Diamond Fund
… Russia and abroad. The idea of “touring” the optoclones across the country belongs to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The first exhibitions are planned for spring and summer of 2018. Part of the optoclone collection is currently held at ITMO University – the university’s staff were granted permission to display five holograms of the more famous object…
09.06.2018
Insights into Nanophotonics and Metamaterials from around the World
…What makes this year’s Summer School in Nanophotonics and Metamaterials truly special is its format. The first two summer schools were launched in collaboration with the Russian Science Fund, while this year’s school was sponsored and organized solely by ITMO University. Apart from that, participants from other countries were invited to…
08.06.2018