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• ITMO Hosts Digital Local History Conference 2020

  The conference was organized by ITMO’s Digital Humanities Center and brought together local history researchers and enthusiasts, as well as representatives of cultural institutions and specialists in digital humanities. 

  21.12.2020

• ITMO University In Top 40 of Latest QS EECA Ranking

  This time, ITMO was ranked 36th – 10 positions higher than last year. Since the ranking’s introduction in 2014, ITMO has managed to get up by 64 positions. 

  16.12.2020

• ITMO University in 2020: A Year in Review

  This year was a year like no other. We started it ready to celebrate ITMO’s 120th anniversary, but before we knew it, our entire digital infrastructure was put to the test. Though it was not an experience anyone could be prepared for, our staff and students handled it like champs. Truly, it was a jubilee year to remember. So, let’s look back at some of 2020’s top news and what we’ve achieved here at ITMO University!

  15.12.2020

• ITMO University Team Comes Second in Online Stage of ICPC Northern Eurasia Finals

  On December 13, the online stage of the ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Northern Eurasia competition took place. The team from ITMO University placed second and will now go on to participate in the offline stage of the competition. Its ultimate prize will be the opportunity to represent their university in the finals of the international student programming competition ICPC-2021.

  15.12.2020

• ITMO’s Researcher Marina Dukhinova on Viral Pneumonia and Ways to Treat It

  Recently, ITMO University scientists have published an article in Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews that reviewed global studies of viral pneumonia over the past years. ITMO.NEWS talked to Marina Dukhinova, one of the authors of the article, about this illness, its causes, and ways to study it. 

  14.12.2020

• Sparkle and Shine: Five Holidays to Celebrate at Home This December

  If you are decking your home with shimmering lights for the holidays you're likely to spend well... at home and it just doesn't feel festive yet – despair not! Turns out you can celebrate all sorts of holidays around the world this month to get you in the mood. Bring on the saffron buns and soba noodles!

  11.12.2020

• A Necklace of Resonators: How Scientists Efficiently Control Light in Nanoscale

  ITMO University researchers and their collaborators presented a new principle of creating laser resonators. It will allow them to create light generating elements right on silicone chips. In this ITMO.NEWS article, you will learn how it can be used and how it can improve data transfer rate.

  11.12.2020

• NTI FoodNet: How Food Science and New Technologies Can Save the Planet

  On November 27, the team of the National Technological Initiative presented a vision statement of a roadmap for the development of the  FoodNet market in Russia. On the team was Olga Orlova, head of the Digitalization of Food Technologies group at ITMO’s Infochemistry Scientific Center and head of the FoodTech Entrepreneurship specialization at ITMO’s Innovative Entrepreneurship Master’s program. In this article, we tell you all about FoodNet and its development in Russia.

  09.12.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 12-13

  Newsflash: there are only three weekends left in 2020! Now, we don’t know what the next year will bring us, but what we can surely do is see this one off in style. Here’s our guide on how to do it this weekend with lots of movies and an open-air exhibition – plus some ballet recommendations!

  09.12.2020

• A Breath of Fresh Air in Science: ITMO Graduate on Finding Herself in Science, Interdisciplinarity and Bioinformatics

  This year, Natalia Petukhova graduated from ITMO’s Master’s program Bioninformatics and Systems Biology. She was also recently named the head of the Bioinformatics Research Center of Pavlov University. In this ITMO.NEWS article, she talks about her decision to get a Master’s degree after acquiring her PhD. 

  08.12.2020