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Zemlyachestva: Bridging Cultures and Reviving Traditions at ITMO
…ome from the Balkans. I help them settle down in St. Petersburg and make new friends. Moreover, I help them overcome a lot of challenges that they face in the early days, both inside and outside the university." Cultural celebrations and inclusivity National Days are one of the club’s prominent activities. During these events, students from different cultural b…
31.10.2023
Chemists Move One Step Closer to Artificial Cells
…t self-sustaining synthetic units of life capable of growth and reproduction. To make it happen, they disassemble living cells and examine the biochemical reactions that occur inside them. However, none of the experiments tried so far have succeeded. According to the primordial soup theory, formulated by Alexander Oparin, the first forms of life originated from co…
31.10.2023
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #42
Songs That Keep Us Warm
…e, I just turn on Tom Rosenthal’s Z-Sides album and in particular the song Morning O, and it’s such an eye-opener every time. Heart-warming, soul-soothing, and definitely hope-inspiring, it feels more like a musical hug than anything else. Elizaveta My loose coat and thick scarf are great for fighting the fall freeze, but they are of no use for keeping the…
27.10.2023
ShanghaiRanking’s Global Ranking 2023: ITMO in Global Top 100 and Best in Russia
…he Global Ranking of Academic Subjects is based on bibliometric indicators from the Web of Science and analytics platform InCites. In the ranking, universities are measured against several indicators, including the number and citation rate of publications featured in the world’s leading journals, international co-authorship, and the number of laureates of prestigious…
27.10.2023
Student Spotlight: Siraj Farhan, India
… Hollywood movies played a big role in sparking my interest in sci-fi and fantasy. Films like The Matrix and Pirates of the Caribbean introduced me to imaginative concepts and inspired me to think about exploring what's possible with technology. Studying abroad is definitely one way of fulfilling your dream. When did you start pursuing it actively? After finish…
26.10.2023
Why to Apply and How to Prep for Programming & Information Technologies Track at I Am a Professional
…ars, they can go for the position of senior developers or lead technical teams at IT companies. Web Scale Systems (Master’s program, in partnership with VK). The program trains specialists who can secure the entire life cycle of large-scale, fault-tolerant distributed web services. Throughout their training, students work on real-life cases under the eye of VK’s l…
25.10.2023
Well-Known but Never Observed: Dark Matter Explained
…interact with light and thus can’t be spotted. At the same time, dark matter builds up a range of cosmic phenomena such as stars and galaxies with the help of gravity. For instance, it increases the rotation speed of stars at the periphery of galaxies, thus making them move as fast as those in the center of the galaxy. How was it discovered? Back in the 193…
23.10.2023
ITMO Fellowship Stories: Kirill Bronnikov on Mie-Tronics, Resonance Effects, and the Future of Photonics
…aces, in particular the formation of laser-induced periodic structures. I picked this field for my PhD thesis and still remotely collaborate with my former colleagues from the Institute of Automation and Electrometry. When I got into ITMO, I wanted to do something different. I found myself drawn to join Mikhail Limonov’s team, which specialized in resonance effect…
20.10.2023
Gaming Sessions Every Saturday: Play Board Games with GEEKMO Student Club
…meant for ITMO first-years, was developed by Anastasia Bogacheva, a recent graduate of the Bachelor’s program Computer Technologies in Design and now a Master’s student at the Institute of International Development and Partnership. The board game is meant to help newcomers to adapt to their studies at ITMO and learn about all the extracurricular activities. Just l…
19.10.2023