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• Paint Like a Russian

  If isolation has you doodling, how about trying some traditional Russian patterns? Flowers and berries and all sorts of vines, colorful, joyful and just elaborate enough to bring out your calm, happy, inner artist.

  27.04.2020

• What Is Biotechnology?

  Food manufacturers all over the world strive to produce food of better quality while also making if affordable. This problem is tackled by specialists in the field of biotechnology – a research area bringing together many disciplines. What is biotechnology exactly? How does one study it at ITMO? And where do biotechnology graduates work? Let’s delve right into it with our new illustrated series.

  27.04.2020

• ITMO University Graduates Become Forbes 30 Under 30 Nominees

  Forbes Russia has released its second annual 30 Under 30 ranking. According to the authors, to get a mention in the list, by the age of 30 you need to have earned professional acclaim nationally or even globally. This year, two ITMO University graduates are among the nominees – Greg Tkachenko, co-founder of the startup AI Factory and manager at Snap, and Daniel Galper, founder and CEO of Grow Food. 

  22.04.2020

• ITMO University Gains Positions in THE University Impact Rankings

  THE University Impact Rankings is the world’s only ranking to assess universities based on their contributions to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Participating universities must contribute to at least four SDGs, including the 17th – development of global partnerships. This year, ITMO University was included in four categories, all named after the corresponding goals: no poverty (SDG 1), industry, innovation and infrastructure (SDG 9), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11), and partnerships for the goals (SDG 17). In the general ranking, ITMO was included among the global top 400 and received numbered positions in all four categories; in one category, the university was ranked among the top 100.

  22.04.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St.Petersburg: Celebrating the Great Outdoors

  Happy Earth Day! Usually, it would only be natural to celebrate this day outdoors by doing something good for the environment, but, of course, nothing is better than staying indoors these days. No worries, though – we’ve got a few ideas on how to safely show your love for the great wild world without the need to leave your house! 

  22.04.2020

• ITMO.DigitalCareerWeek’20 Goes Online

  On April 6-10, 2020 ITMO University’s Career Center hosted the ITMO.DigitalCareerWeek’20 online event. Over the course of the week, the organizers hosted six webinars and two Q&A sessions with 14 companies and raffled off several personal career consultations by top-tier professionals. Read on to learn more about how the new online format changed the event. 

  20.04.2020

• RAEX Ranking 2020: ITMO University Rated Russia’s First in Computer Science

  The RAEX rating agency has published its latest annual subject rankings of scientific productivity and invention (patent) activity among Russian universities. ITMO University is included in the top 10 of both rankings. The University also came first out of all Russian universities in the subject ranking for computer science and in a narrower field of hardware architecture.

  20.04.2020

• Top Five: Podcasts to Self-Isolate With

  Real life has been put on hold, so why not live vicariously through the podcast one? From personal experiences of attempting to change the world and relationship heart-to-hearts to mental health pep talks, light-hearted movie banter, and a history podcast-tuned-insomnia cure, here are some of our picks for you!

  17.04.2020

• Russian and Dutch Researchers on What’s Holding Back a Revolution in Data Storage

  Almost all of us store data on cloud services and use social networks. Some know that servers hosting that data occupy whole buildings and require significant resources to maintain. The world’s best researchers are at work trying to make data hosting more affordable, secure and user-friendly, but no revolutionizing changes have happened so far. Recently, Alexandra Kalashnikova, a physicist at the Ioffe Institute and ITMO University, along with colleagues from Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands) and the Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences have published a paper in Physics Reports. In the article, researchers explain why the industry hasn’t yet begun recording data on HDDs with lasers, or dropped disk drives altogether. Alexandra told ITMO.NEWS more about the paper. 

  16.04.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Concerts and Live Shows

  Itching to feel the drive of seeing your favorite band or musician play live as you responsibly stay inside during these uneasy times? Well, we’ve got some good news for you – luckily, it’s not only theaters and concert halls that are broadcasting their performances straight to your chosen place of self-isolation. Read on to learn all about our best picks for live shows to see from your home. 

  15.04.2020