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• How ITMO's Advance Program is Helping Young Russians Jump Start their Careers

  …ccessful entrepreneurs. “The highlight of the Spring School,” Anton shares, “was getting to meet owners of medium and small businesses. The owners told us about the history of their businesses, their mistakes and their successes.” During the seminar, they also had a chance to develop their fundraising and negotiating skills, learn marketing strategies o…

  21.05.2019

• Social Animals: What Makes Us Human

  …and the director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center. When psychologists try to understand what exactly is a “human”, I think of a story about the Ancient Greek philosopher Diogenes. Upon hearing of Plato describing a human as a “featherless biped”, Diogenes plucked a live chicken and showed it to his students, saying:  “B…

  17.05.2019

• Avengers and Time Travel: Scientific Perspective

  …e turned into dust. In order to remedy that, the remaining superheroes concoct a plan to travel back in time and retrieve the powerful Infinity Stones from various points in history before the villain Thanos destroys them. Though they did their best to do a neat job, their plan falls apart and they get noticed multiple times, talk to strangers in the past and even fi…

  16.05.2019

• Master's Students from Mexico on Studying in Russia and ITMO's Art&Science Program

  … With ITMO University’s program being one of the few such programs worldwide, both students considered it important to pursue their studies in Russia because of the rich history of Russian science and art. “In Russia, you can go on a tour of Pavlov’s lab and get that incomparable feeling that history was made there. St. Petersb…

  16.05.2019

• Master’s Degree ++: Experts, Organizers and Participants on the Formula for an Ideal Master’s Program

  …the issues in fulfilling this growth potential. This implies permanent and long-term work. Anton Fortunov, professor at the Institute of International Relations and World History at the N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, developer of the Master’s program “Media management in Politics and Business”, expert at the conference   One of the somew…

  15.05.2019

• FAQ on Life in Russia

• New Master’s Program ‘Data, Culture and Visualization’ at ITMO University: Digital Humanities for Everyone

  …ategic partners are Huawei, the European University at St. Petersburg, and a number of the city’s museums, including the State Museum of City Sculpture and the Museum of the History of Religion. The staff of the program also plan to collaborate with the Alexandrinsky Theatre’s New Media Laboratory. “In the next 20 years we can expect an incredible increase i…

  13.05.2019

• May 9: Today We Celebrate Victory Day

  …with the news of the war coming from the radio and learn how people not only survived, but contributed to the front lines and even held sports competitions. At the Submarine History Museum, you can climb into a real submarine that fought in the War; at the Lenreserv, you can browse a large collection of wartime military vehicles. Today, St. Petersburg will come to…

  09.05.2019

• Stanford U.S.-Russia Forum: How Science Communication Helps Bridge Divide Between the Nations

  …a in Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of Texas at Austin, and others. During their visits to Russia and the US, the participants learn about the other country’s history and culture and attend conferences where they meet various government officials, entrepreneurs, and scientists from both countries. Among some of the topics examined by this year’s tea…

  07.05.2019

• Gennady Korotkevich Wins Sobaka.Ru Magazine Award

  …till feels incredibly happy about each and every victory. It often happens with champions that they change their attitude towards competitions, but it’s a completely different story with Gennady. He never gives up and every time does his best to win.” …

  06.05.2019