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ITMO.OPEN: Educational Practices Conference Sheds Light on New Understanding of Uni Administration
…us making the staff’s work easier.” It’s important to remember, stresses Pavel Kustarev, that communication with the students is important for the dean, too. “If you want to speak your students’ language, you need to talk to them,” he says. “To attract them to the university and motivate them in their studies, you need to be accessible to students. You can’…
01.06.2021
How To Be Vegan in St. Petersburg
…nice bonus, there are three cafes in different parts of the city so you can choose one that is closer to you. Jiva Burgers (@jiva_project) Are you a picky eater and want to customize your burger? That’s the place to go! At Jiva Burgers, you can choose a bun (apart from regular ones with different flavors there also is a lettuce leaf — definitely a diet-fri…
01.06.2021
Artificial Emotions and Synesthesia: Science & Technological Art Graduate Exhibition Launches at AIR Gallery
…cts a heartbeat, images appear in front of the visitor's eyes, their dynamics changing along with the observer’s heart rate. With her Sense Mode, the artist Dina Zotova wants to introduce viewers to the experience of synesthesia – a neurological phenomenon in which the stimulation of one sense causes the automatic reaction of another. In simple terms, synesthe…
31.05.2021
Song of the Month: May 2021
…rsburg becomes a paradise, and I always remember the chorus of the song Paradise City by Guns N' Roses, which perfectly describes the city at this time; a city you would never want to leave. I hope I can enjoy the coming summer with this song that constantly reminds me that I am living in a paradise. Marina For some reason, it feels like this spring was he…
28.05.2021
ITMO Scientist Andrey Bogdanov Receives Euler Prize from the Government of St. Petersburg and the Russian Academy of Sciences
…ol of electromagnetic radiation at subwavelength scales. As the scientist explains, this is an advanced and vibrant field of research both in Russia and abroad. “Everyone wants the fastest possible internet connection, cutting-edge computers, and smartphones with the best battery life. Yet today’s gadgets are electrode-based, that is, the information is processe…
28.05.2021
ITMO.OPEN: Educational Practices – Results of the Conference
…y uses gamification. “You can start small by dividing students into teams or adding elements of chance or raffles into classes. You can also let students decide what they want to study today and in which order,” shares Antonina Fedorova, a lecturer at ITMO University. “You can use metaphors, too. This way, students can study physics theorems while, for example, …
26.05.2021
ITMO Holds Open Education Conference
…ersities belong to the type of organization that exists in order to exist – we’re doing science to do more science. We provide education so that the next generation would also want to receive education so that we would grow and develop as biological species.” Practice from experts The practical part of the event included a series of workshops by various exper…
25.05.2021
Student Startups: ITMO Hosts Meeting With XAMK University and Patteri Entrepreneurship Society
… successful business and had to give up their studies to further develop it. Niko Arola confirmed that this is rather common because “if you’re passionate about your idea, you want to give it your full and undivided attention and forget about everything else.” As Olesya Baranyuk noted, ITMO supports its students’ desire to combine work and study. That’s why it int…
25.05.2021
St. Petersburg by Water: Boat Tours Guide
…e careful purchasing tickets weeks before the trip – the weather with her usual unpredictability can easily foil your plans. We also recommend avoiding street promoters who wander the city center and tout the “best cruises on the planet.” It’s highly likely that companies working this way are unreliable and sell overpriced tickets, making money off unaware tourist…
25.05.2021
ITMO Graduate Maksim Latkin on His Experience of Working as a Systems Engineer
…aculty of Infocommunication Technologies in the field of network and cloud technologies. Why this field in particular? To tell the truth, there was no particular field I wanted to study. Like many applicants, I didn't know what exactly I wanted. When I began to explore possible subject areas, I felt like I opened a new book. I …
21.05.2021