Search by tag «Main» 2286 results

• This Mostly Stay-At-Home Weekend In St. Petersburg: September 5-6, 2020

  Excited to start this new school year? Join the club! In our guide for this weekend, you will find events of all sorts – from organ music concerts to online art lectures, to suit any kind of celebration you might have planned to kick off this September with. 

  02.09.2020

• From the Peter and Paul Fortress to Five Corners: a quick guide to St. Petersburg for First-Year Students

  St. Petersburg is the cultural capital of Russia, the largest IT center in the country, and, of course, the home of ITMO. Hello, first-years! Now, you are officially a part of ITMO Family. And if you haven't had time to get to know the city yet, we made these five maps for you. On them, we have collected key attractions and the most interesting places worth visiting. And all of them are very close to the university’s buildings. We will start from the University’s main building on Kronverksky Pr. 49, let's go!

  01.09.2020

• ITMO University Avatar Project is Now in Beta Testing

  The testing of this project will undergo two phases. At first, 30 students will get access to the Avatar app in early September and use it for the entire month. Then, the next version will be tested by 500 volunteers.

  01.09.2020

• Door Into the Future: ITMO’s Academic Council Meeting at ITMO Highpark

  This year, ITMO’s Academic Council meeting took place in a new place and a new format. Right here, in the Pushkinsky District of St. Petersburg, is the future location of ITMO’s Highpark – an international level research, education and innovation center. In this ITMO.NEWS article, you will find out what ITMO Highpark will be like, how work on the project is conducted and how ITMO is planning to develop in the coming decade. 

  31.08.2020

• New Academic Year: Resources to Get Ready

  Welcome to a decidedly different, but nevertheless exciting new academic year! As you probably know, it’s kicking off in a blended format – both online and in-person. Whether you’re in St. Petersburg or learning from home, here’re some resources to help you get off to a great start:

  31.08.2020

• Sinith Withanage: ITMO Provides an Extraordinary Atmosphere for International Students

  From Sri Lanka to China and later to Russia, Sinith undoubtedly has an interesting story to tell. He is currently in his second year of studies at the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Master’s program and works as a manager at the Academic Writing Laboratory (AWL), which aims to support and coach students, researchers, faculty, and staff to deal with the academic writing process.

  27.08.2020

• One Summer and Three Schools: ITMO Master’s Student Wins Poster Session At Biophotonics Summer School

  Anastasia Lazareva has presented a report on the generation of reactive oxygen species with hybrid structures based on CdSe quantum dots and thermally annealed titanium butoxide. She received positive feedback from experts as well as offers to collaborate. 

  26.08.2020

• Meet the New Radiophysical Lab at ITMO's Faculty of Physics and Engineering

  ITMO University now has a new experimental complex: an anechoic chamber for testing antennas and studying the electrodynamic characteristics of the latest artificial materials. Andrey Sayanskiy, a Research Associate at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering, told ITMO.NEWS about the new complex and what its means for the university.

  25.08.2020

• What Our Eye Movements Can Tell Us – And How It’s Changing The World

  By now you must have surely heard of eye tracking, whether it was in countless online challenges or in the description of one of ITMO’s own Master’s programs, but we bet this technology still has many surprises in store. In this article, we delve a little into how it works, where it is applied and what insights the researchers have gained into the way our brain works. 

  25.08.2020

• New Academic Year Begins at ITMO: What to Expect (Pt. II)

  The new academic year at ITMO University begins on September 1, 2020. Classes will take place in the blended format – both on-site and via remote technologies. What is distance learning? How can you opt for it? The university’s Department of Academic Affairs has prepared answers to questions commonly asked by students and staff. Find the first part of this article here.

  21.08.2020