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• Rukami Fest 2020: ITMO’s TECHNOHISTORY Project Highlights Digital Loneliness and Bacteria Representation in Media

  … based on interdisciplinary research or a small-scale project at the intersection of social and natural sciences. “When we launched the TECHNOHISTORY project, we not only wanted to make humanities more interesting for students and involve them in the creative process, but also to expand their understanding of the world in its entirety and diversity; to show them…

  27.11.2020

• Song of the Month: November 2020

  … all pseudo-philosopher singers, filled with genius puns from head to toe. This hilarious piece of post-ironic wisdom literally saved my blue November days (which I don’t even want to describe as it’s going to sound quite lifeless), making me unconsciously give my widest smile to passersby every time the song came on. Actually, among these layers of humor there’s a t…

  27.11.2020

• Beneath the Pavement, Not the Beach: First Art & Science Conference on Soil

  … uses natural heat produced by composting. Oron Catts got his inspiration from the Australian malleefowls, which build enormous egg-incubating compost-mounds. Thus, the artist wanted to demonstrate how science can draw from nature. Cemetery garden The Berlin-based artists Stefan Schwabe and Jannis Hülsen are also exploring tech changes and humans in their proje…

  27.11.2020

• Scientists Propose Method of Assessing the Gene-Disease Connection

  …hip and Professorship program. “We might say that some gene is important, and in reality, it isn’t, we might say that another is unimportant, and that is also not true. So, we want to propose a probabilistic approach that would show our level of confidence in every gene. So that we’ll see that one gene is important with a probability of 35%, another – 75%, and the th…

  27.11.2020

• Digital Art and Opera: Winners of Digital OPERA Performance on Contests’ Benefits and Media Content Trends

  …nts an opportunity to take part in stage performances. But this is a real chance for them to try their hand at something completely new yet relevant and popular. That’s why we want to keep on working with the organizers of Digital Opera,” says Aleksandra Irisova. Three architects and one roboticist The three students of the Lighting Design program, Elena …

  26.11.2020

• Student Spotlight: Allison Ascanio, Colombia

  …his year is to successfully adapt to the education methods of each teacher, improve my Russian language, and be a better student each day. When it comes to my degree, I really want to have the opportunity to join a research group or start my own project in ecology. Also, I’d like to get to know more students who can share with me more about their cultures and, if the…

  26.11.2020

• Beginner’s Guide to Brainstorming and Writing Articles for Scientific Journals

  … to use a conceptual image – pictures or graphs of the experiment’s results – and structure your article around this visual content. It is better to think ahead about what you want to say in the introduction and the abstract, which results you want to demonstrate, and so on. Such planning will let you write your article not in three …

  25.11.2020

• Our Mood-Boosting Strategies for the Winter Season

• ITMO Launches a Series of Scientific Meetups With the Vice Rector for Research

  … in a mixed format in the future: a speaker and guests will meet at one of ITMO Univesity’s coworking spaces, but others will be able to watch the live stream online. “We want participants to speak about just one or two projects per meeting rather than 10-15, so that there would be enough time to discuss their scientific aspect,” emphasizes Alexey Slobozhanyuk. …

  24.11.2020

• Russia on Film: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  …is still hiding somewhere (and we all know where). But the USSR is for sure thriving in Red Sparrow (2018). The school’s interior with faded red curtains and mosaics makes you want to grab your hammer and sickle and complete your five-year plan in just three years. Vodka, matryoshka dolls, bears, and ushankas Do you remember Arnold Schwarzenegger in a wonderful…

  23.11.2020