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  • Yimer Getnet: Food Biotechnology is a Promising Field and I Want to Be Part of It

    All the way from sunny Bahir Dar in Ethiopia, Yimer Getnet came to ITMO University last September to enroll in our Master’s program in Food Biotechnology. He loves this field and hopes to contribute to its future, particularly back in Ethiopia. 

    30.01.2020

  • This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 1-2

    It’s hard to believe that this weekend will already be in February, right? Time seems to be flying by and it’s all we can do to enjoy ourselves as much as we can. And speaking about time, this weekend brings plenty of opportunities to time travel – from the 1970s to the ‘80s and ‘00s, and even to a parallel universe with cat statues coming to life… Intrigued? 

    29.01.2020

  • Soft Skills For Anyone: ITMO Stand Up Comedy

    The LADЫ sound cafe recently hosted a “serious” stand-up performance on soft skills in the 21st century.  Mikhail Kurushkin, an associate professor at the ChemBio Cluster, shared some of his personal stories and discussed some actual soft skills one might need in their career. 

    29.01.2020

  • A Tour Around ITMO University's “Functional Materials and Devices of Optoelectronics” Lab

    Today we’re taking you inside ITMO University’s  “Functional Materials and Devices of Optoelectronics” Lab to learn about its equipment and projects. 

    28.01.2020

  • How to Teach in English: EMI Teacher Training Course for Lecturers of Russian Universities

    ITMO University just completed the results of a 13-week English as a Medium of Instruction Teacher Training professional development course. 15 specialists from different Russian universities took part in the course. For the first 12 weeks, the lecturers studied online: they watched lectures and completed relevant tasks. The last week of the course was devoted to practice and was held at ITMO University. 

    28.01.2020

  • More Cool Vegan Places in St. Petersburg

    Want to introduce more plant-based food in your diet this year, or have planned a full-on vegan transition? With an abundance of vegan cafes and dineries in St. Pete, you’ll never look back; here are some of the new ones!

    24.01.2020

  • FAQ: Registering Ownership And Protecting Intellectual Property

    Intellectual property and the many issues connected with it are receiving a lot of coverage these days. A court in China has even ruled that an AI-created text had to be protected by copyright. Until neural networks have learned to write their own research papers, it is the scientists themselves who have to protect their work from the hands of their less trustworthy colleagues. ITMO.NEWS got in touch with Yulia Lyubchenko and Anastasia Makarova, specialists from ITMO’s Office for Legal Support of Activities in the Fields of Information, Science and Technology, to answer the most frequently asked questions about copyright and patent laws in science.

    24.01.2020

  • This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 25-26, 2020

    Weekend can’t come too soon, so why not start planning it now? In the program: an exhibition of exquisite Dutch tiles, the art of Leningrad Expressionism, a mouth-watering mountain of cheese, and a secret hoard of family silver of the Naryshkin dynasty made public!

    22.01.2020

  • Daniil Sharov on Being a Physicist and a Science Communicator

    Daniil Sharov received his Bachelor’s degree as a teacher of physics, but decided to continue his studies after graduation and got into ITMO’s Master’s program in science communication. These days, he is working at ITMO University’s Museum of Optics, teaching at ITMO.KIDS while also developing a system for evaluating the efficiency of exhibitions at science museums. Read on to learn how Daniil manages to combine his research with doing PR in science, while also succeeding at both teaching and doing his own studies. 

    22.01.2020

  • ITMO’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev: Science Can’t Be Measured in Square Meters

    The recent decision of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation to offer ITMO University free use of the vacant spaces at the Institute of Silicate Chemistry on Makarova Embankment has caused a lot of discussions. ITMO.NEWS spoke to Vladimir Vasilyev, ITMO’s Rector, to get to the bottom of the matter. 

    21.01.2020