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• ‘I Want to Create Something that Really Matters’: ITMO University’s First-Year Student On Developing Socially Significant Apps

  …n the tenth grade, each teacher’s meeting included discussions on to punish me for such trespasses. The computer science teacher, who was my only ally, told me that the other staff used to really dig up on me to bring me to book. There were even threats of expulsion. Why would teachers treat me that way? I studied in a small, provincial school that didn’t want…

  02.10.2018

• Fighting Talk: Management Sparrings Participants Discuss their Experience

  …ts’ backgrounds: top company executives can find themselves pitted against project managers and students. These contests prove very popular among companies as they give their staff the invaluable opportunity of practicing their negotiation skills, which isn’t so easy to find in other management competitions,” comments Natalia Lukovnikova, head of ITMO University’s Sc…

  01.10.2018

• Art-Tir: Unleash Your Inner Pollock

  …ge group, or book a visit via its Art-Tir’s website. It’s ok to test any ideas you come up with, leave messages on the walls, or even bring snacks in case you get hungry. The staff are always ready to give you a tour or provide tips on using whatever tools you choose, yet they don’t hover over you, which is often a problem with many arts studios. A creative mess all …

  28.09.2018

• Founder of Surprise Me: Managing a Startup is Like Running in the Dark

  …uch; our market remained rather small and niche, and we wanted more than that. At the same time we began to be approached by companies wanting to organize quests for their staff. They were big companies, too, like the restaurant chain ‘Eurasia’, cosmetics chain ‘Podruzhka’, and Lakhta Center. This meant that we finally started making decent money, but we weren’t t…

  28.09.2018

• Want to Be Successful in Business? Learn to Communicate

  …k we are not taught to exist within communities. Of course, some understand that this is a problem. Companies, mostly Western ones, are hiring facilitators and training their staff accordingly. But these topics are discussed only among the higher-ups, and the coaches are asked to work with those who have issues, when in fact we need to work with everyone in general. …

  28.09.2018

• ITMO Researchers Receive Grant to Create Urban Development Centers in Russia and Finland

  …nranta. The project’s authors explain that the choice of locations was determined by their desire to implement their plans in two metropolitan cities and one border town. The staff of these centers will closely collaborate with local municipal authorities, for example, to test technologies in select areas. Goals “CroBoDDIT is not a scientific project; its goa…

  27.09.2018

• THE World University Rankings-2019: More Russian Universities Join the Top List

  …Russian institutions included in this year’s list (in 2017, ITMO ranked ninth out of 27). ITMO has seen its most positive dynamics in teaching reputation, papers per academic staff, and the number of international students indicators; however, the industry income criterion remains the university’s strongest point: ITMO resides in the category’s first quartile in rega…

  26.09.2018

• Science Fest: Future is Here

  … freely moved to and fro, which partially explains the popularity of these locations. But their creative programs full of wow-inducing spectacles take the most credit. The staff of Yotalab center challenged guests to an unusual game of air hockey which pitted humans against robots. The playground was jam-packed with rooters watching the match with bated breath and…

  25.09.2018

• Boundless Science: Interdisciplinary Meeting for ITMO Fellowship and Professorship program

  …n an informal setting. “At some point we realized that our fellows and professors are often not familiar with other university divisions, and mostly communicate with the staff at their host department. So we decided to create a possibility for interdisciplinary exchange for all participants of the ITMO Fellowship and Professorship Program, and let them meet othe…

  25.09.2018

• Signal Peptides as Means to Increasing Longevity

  …entist.   In another research, a team of scientists which Vladimir Khavinson was part of studied the effect of peptide bioregulators on the morbidity of Gazprom’s staff members aged from 35 to 60 who work in hazardous conditions. The test group of 11,000 employees received six peptide bioregulators for improving the functions of the immune system, brain, …

  24.09.2018