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ITMO Top Graduate 2021 Anna Voloshina Shares Her Success Story
… spoke English. However, after a few years, they improved their skills. Then, classes became more interesting. We started to study jargon and translation peculiarities in a certain field. We often worked individually, read specialized books, and prepared reviews. As a result, we enlarged our vocabulary and learned to express ourselves in our professional sphere. D…
07.07.2021
Top 3 Science Myths Busted
…ocess every second. If that’s not enough, let’s look at some famous examples of people who suffered substantial brain damage to various sections of that organ – and still retained all or most of their mental capacities. If we only use 10% of the brain, then do these 10% somehow constantly fluctuate in the billions of neurons inside our heads? Speaking of those bi…
06.07.2021
Everything You Need to Know About COVID-19, Pandemic, and Vaccination
…g in the environment because they heavily rely on the cells of other organisms to produce viral proteins and multiply. At the same time, the specificity of a given virus to certain cell types, known as viral tropism, is an important factor in determining the nature of the disease and the transmission of the virus. “Coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19…
06.07.2021
ITMO.LiVE 2021 Returns to Its Roots
…radition, Vladimir Vasilyev, the Rector of ITMO University, addressed both current and future members of ITMO.Family and spoke about the university’s values. “Today, a certain chapter in your life ends. It’s just a chapter as you now have an excellent background to continue moving forward. And I’m sure that you will keep developing both personality- and career-w…
05.07.2021
ITMO Launches First-Ever Project-Based Master’s Programs for Future IT Specialists
…Audience and features The program is specifically designed for students with a solid background in IT wishing to enhance their knowledge in certain fields and gain experience in project activities, including team management. Unlike other programs, it allows students to take only those courses that are essential for their projects and professional development. …
02.07.2021
Student Spotlight: Menard Phiri, Malawi
…O University contributed to my prior decisions. Suffice it to say, the delivered program content exceeded my expectations and I am glad I chose ITMO. Was it difficult to obtain all the documents necessary to come here? In my case it was not. The international admissions manager and the program coordinator were so supportive in every part of the process. I furt…
01.07.2021
From Evidence-Based Medicine to Neuroscience: Nine Most Popular Books on Health
… people have already gone through a variety of emotional experiences, from panic to acceptance, since the outbreak of the pandemic, many still can’t escape the feeling of uncertainty. How can the same virus that kills so many go entirely unnoticed in others? Is the vaccine safe? Will people ever find a cure? And when will it happen? There are so many questions, and I…
29.06.2021
ITMO.LiVE 2021: The Show Will Go On!
…In light of the current epidemiological situation, we can only conduct ITMO.LiVE under certain conditions. We’ll be canceling the entertainment segment of the event program and we’ll also ask you to be mindful of all safety measures and requests made by event staff: please come on your assigned time, use personal protective equipment, a…
29.06.2021
ITMO.EXPERT Project Wrap Up: Portrait of a Modern Educator
…’s kind of like educational marketing: you have to sell your subject at the highest possible price evaluated in the currency of students’ attention, respect, and love. I am certain that any usual lecture can be made interesting if you add your personal touch to it in the form of real-life examples or stories. Personally, I try to be honest with my students and share …
29.06.2021
ITMO Researcher Ekaterina Noskova Becomes Winner of Skoltech’s Fellowship Program 2021
…s Ekaterina Noskova. At the moment, there are two commonly used simulators for building demographic histories from AFS data: dadi and moments. Both, however, have certain limitations. Based on a mathematical model, they don’t perform well with overlapping generations and generally give less accurate results. The GADMA program, in turn, allows scientists to …
29.06.2021