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• Getting to Know Russian Literature: Soviet Sci-Fi, Part 2

  …eds of the state to social philosophy and the distant future. A good example of that is Andromeda: A Space-Age Tale by the already mentioned Ivan Yefremov and its sequels: the story The Heart of the Serpent and a dystopian novel The Bull's Hour. Well, I guess this works for a short introduction to the Soviet mid-20th century sci-fi. Next time, we’ll be exploring t…

  24.09.2019

• Participate in Multimedia Challenge Competition and Learn to Create the Best Digital Content

  …ian), for which they are automatically scored 300 points. All the tasks in the competition are split into five categories: information search, content creation, communication, storytelling, and presentation. Each category has several subdivisions; for example, in the storytelling category, there can be two tasks: to repackage a

  24.09.2019

• ITMO.STARS 2019 Winners: Who They Are and Why They Chose ITMO

  …hnology. Especially to bioprosthetics. I already have the experience of working at Motorika, where I develop 3D models of bionic traction prostheses. There’s an interesting story behind how I got there. In my tenth grade, I already knew what I wanted, so I was looking for a way to developmy skill set. After studying the bioprosthetics market, I realized that it is…

  19.09.2019

• ITMO Scientists’ Research Featured by Nature Photonics

  …A few months ago, a group of ITMO University researchers made an important scientific discovery: they managed, for the first time in history, to directly measure the nonlinear refractive index of matter in the terahertz range. Published in Optics Express, their article has become so popular that it was even reviewed by Nature Photonics, a journal in the Nature Publis…

  19.09.2019

• Participants of Russian-Japanese Youth Exchange Discuss Accessibility in St. Petersburg

  …The history of Russian-Japanese Youth Exchangecan be traced to twenty years ago when the program was launched in 1999. Topics of the exchanges have been changing ever since; in these years, they’ve focused on sports, culture, arts, cosplay, anime, and education. In 2018, a group of 14 ITMO University students visited Japan to find out about the support system for per…

  16.09.2019

• Tourism by Numbers: ITMO University Presents Projects at Saint Petersburg Travel Hub Expo

• We Want To Make Podcasts Better: ITMO Master’s Students Launch St. Petersburg-Based Podcast Studio

  …e you can record your podcast in the best studio in the world with fancy mics and everything, but if you have nothing to say it’s useless. Therefore, you first need an idea, a story that you want to tell, and then you can start thinking about its implementation,” explains Golovin. Making money with podcasts “I’ve been working on this project for over a …

  10.09.2019

• Vaccines: Everything You Need to Know

  …dies. A vaccine contains antigens – the minimum amount of material needed to start the domino effect of immune reactions that results in the organism’s newfound immunity. History of vaccination Before vaccines, people fought smallpox using the method of inoculation. First records of it come from 15th century China. Its main idea is to infect healthy patients wi…

  09.09.2019

• Unexplored St. Petersburg: Pulkovo Observatory

  …History Founded in 1839, Pulkovo Observatory, or Imperialis Primaria Rossiae Specula Academica as it was known at the time, had once been home to the world’s largest refractor telescope. Established during the reign of Emperor Nicholas I, it has operated ever since and even survived two wars at its very doorstep. In that time, its staff has been expanded from eigh…

  06.09.2019

• 2019 Presidential Scholarship: ITMO Winners on Their Research and Internships

  … the scholarship. Without their support, I wouldn’t have put up with such an enormous amount of paperwork. Right now I feel relieved and at peace that this several-months-long story is over. And of course, I’m very happy to have this opportunity to work abroad and make use of all the prospects for conducting research at the highest level. Ksenia Oreshkina, Master’…

  06.09.2019