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• Top Five: TV Shows to Binge on

  We may all be stuck at home self-isolating – but what better way to take your mind off things than a good old binge on a great TV show or two (or five)? Here are our suggestions. Enjoy, stay safe, and don’t forget to wash your hands!

  20.03.2020

• Caio Alvares De Angelis: We Need to Have Free Time to Enjoy Our Lives to the Fullest, Robots Will Help

  Caio Alvares De Angelis comes from São Paulo, Brazil. He is currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s there in Automation and Robotics Engineering. He came to ITMO University for an exchange semester this spring.

  19.03.2020

• This Stay-At-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: March 21-22, 2020

  Self-isolation doesn't mean getting bored. With St. Petersburg cultural landmarks closed until further notice, we'd like to take you on a no-expenses-needed tour of Russia’s unusual regional museums. Pour yourself that cuppa – and let’s go!

  18.03.2020

• 12 Simple Tips on How to Protect Yourself and Others During the Coronavirus Outbreak

  Every day, we are being overwhelmed with the news about the fast spread of COVID-19. In such conditions, it can be hard to track down verified information and not give in to panic. That’s why, drawing on reliable sources, ITMO.NEWS decided to enlist the help of cats to once again remind everyone that the most important thing today is to keep calm and protect yourself and others. Follow these simple tips – and keep your head up!

  18.03.2020

• Get to Know the Student Services Office

  By now you must know that ITMO University has a Student Services Office, a one-stop location where students can go to ask any question about their life as a student at the university. You can learn more about the structure of the Office and how it came about here. We asked the staff and also some international students who used its services about their experience with the new Office. And we want to tell you all about it!

  17.03.2020

• ITMO in Top Ten of Russia’s Most Influential Universities According to RAEX

  The RAEX agency has, for the first time, ranked Russian universities based on their influence. The list features the higher education institutions that hold the most weight in forming the country’s elite, as well as among the scientific community, youth, and internet audiences. The defining feature of this research is that as per the agency’s working approach, it is based on objective statistics from Russian and international resources. 

  17.03.2020

• Russian Spring Foods You Have to Try

  If you see a guy taking a drill to a birch tree, don’t freak out. All he is doing is collecting the birch tree juice, one of the spring favorites in Russia.

  16.03.2020

• ITMO’s R&D Project Results and Their Applications

  Year after year, dozens, even hundreds of ITMO’s students and PhD researchers conduct their research. Their topics are set, teams are formed, projects are created and developed, their results are defended, – but what happens next? Are these results left on a dusty shelf somewhere, or do they find their application in the real world? ITMO.NEWS talked to three project leaders, PhD students and staff members at ITMO’s Faculty of Secure Information Technologies, and found out what’s in store for their PhD theses. 

  16.03.2020

• ITMO University Transferring Students to Online and Distance Learning

  As a means of preventing the spread of the coronavirus infection, the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education has recommended all higher educational institutions in Russia to switch to distance learning. An associated decree was signed on Saturday, March 14 by Valery Falkov, the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation. Starting on March 16 and until the end of the academic year – or until the stabilization of epidemiological conditions – ITMO University will conduct its educational activities online. To that end, the university will employ a full range of educational technologies for online and distance learning. If needed, students will be provided with individual curricula.

  16.03.2020

• At the Intersection of Biology, Chemistry, and IT: New Participants of ITMO Fellowship & Professorship Program on Their Research at ITMO

  How to make scientists, constantly cooped up in their laboratories, communicate more and find new points of contact for joint work at the intersection of several fields of knowledge? This question is especially topical for those who work on fixed-term contracts or as part of an exchange and are thus especially intent on spending all their time on work. It is for supporting communication between different scientists coming to ITMO that the university’s Internationalization Department organizes meetups for participants of the ITMO Fellowship & Professorship program. ITMO.NEWS attended this year’s first gathering to find out more about the research pursued by the new members of the community.

  12.03.2020