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• This Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: April 4-5

  As you’re staying safe and at home responsibly, it’s hard not to crave something exciting to happen on the weekend. Well, we’ve got you covered: here are our top choices of professionally-oriented and hobby-related events you can tune in to to make this week end on a high. 

  01.04.2020

• ITMO University’s Accelerator and MTS Launch an Online Program for 5G Developers

  ITMO University and MTS, one of the largest Russian telecommunication companies and a digital services provider,  are launching a new program for the 5G track. It’s meant for the residents of ITMO University’s Accelerator: for technological entrepreneurs who, after completing the program, can become MTS 5G Center’s residents in Moscow and receive a grant for the development of solutions in this field.

  31.03.2020

• A Guide to Food Delivery in St. Petersburg

  Food delivery is one of the best inventions of the modern age, if you ask me. It’s a great option when you’re tired (or lazy), busy, or simply bored with what you usually eat. It may also come in handy during these troubling times when you shouldn’t leave the house too often. We have compiled a guide to food deliveries available in St. Petersburg based on personal experience.

  31.03.2020

• Love Canned Goods Like a Russian

  Think Andy Warhol’s soup cans were iconic? Russia has its own cans that are just as famous, with their contents inspiring midnight pantry raids.

  30.03.2020

• STAY HOME > GO ONLINE: Going Virtual, St. Petersburg-Style

  As the national week off begins, we must remind you again that this is the time to do the best for you and yours by staying home. But isolation doesn’t have to be boring, so join us as we GO ONLINE. And to help you stave off any loneliness, we’ve created a series of special self-isolation cards which show our city’s top landmarks – the Bronze Horseman, the sphinxes, the titans, and others – adapting to life in the online realm. Soon, a time will come when we shall once again take walks past Peter the Great’s striking visage; but for now, stay safe and take care of your loved ones.

  29.03.2020

• Song of the Month: March 2020

  In these hard times, we listen harder! To scientific advice and to music, that is. Refer to the trusty WHO for the former, and as for the latter, here’s what has been the ITMO.NEWS editorial team’s music escapism of choice this month.

  27.03.2020

• ITMO University’s Work and Study Schedule from March 28 to April 5

  In accordance with the order of the Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, Valery Falkov, over the next week, all universities in the country will go on vacation. The measures are to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection. For ITMO University students, the holidays will last from March 28 to April 5, 2020. The dates from March 30 to April 3, 2020 will be non-working days for all staff. The corresponding order was signed today, March 26, by ITMO University’s Rector, Vladimir Vasilyev.

  26.03.2020

• ITMO’s 120th Anniversary: Scientists Look Back on the University’s History Through the Prism of Their Fields

  ITMO University is celebrating its 120th birthday anniversary – it was on March 26, 1900, that a Mechanics, Optics and Watchmaking Department, which ITMO traces its history to, was opened in the Prince Nicholas Vocational School. Today, Russia’s first non-classical university is among the country’s higher education leaders and is constantly reaching new heights in international rankings. ITMO spearheads the development of both traditional subjects and new ones, and the contribution of its scientists can hardly be overestimated. It’s impossible to describe the variety of education and research areas present at the university, but ITMO.NEWS contacted several scientists so that they share the past, the present and the future of their fields at ITMO University. 

  26.03.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Online Opera Performances

  Being a good egg and staying at home to protect yourself and others during the pandemic? Here’s your reward: now and on this weekend, tune in to watch first-class performances by the world’s best opera houses from the comfort of your couch! Here’s a short overview of what’s on offer.

  25.03.2020

• First ITMO Highpark Objects Successfully Pass Public Hearings

  The ITMO Highpark JSC has successfully passed its first public hearings for the conditionally authorized use of a site for the construction of phase-one objects of the new science, education and innovations-focused center ITMO Highpark in St. Petersburg’s Pushkinsky District. This site will be used for the phase-one construction works, housing a study building, dormitories, research centers, and a sports and recreation center with a swimming pool. 

  25.03.2020