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Intercultural Nights, Legends and Movies: Erasmus+Youth Exchange Program
Daria Zvyagintseva is a third-year student at ITMO’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty. Last month, she took part in the Secret Library student exchange program coordinated by Erasmus+Youth. In the course of ten days, students from Estonia, Macedonia, Jordan, Turkey, Italy, Georgia and Russia shared their countries’ legends and traditions, and even shot a movie. In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, Daria talks about the program and who can participate in it.
16.11.2018
ITMO Students Take First Place in Physics Competition
For the first time ever, ITMO University students won the annual regional student competition in physics. Denis Sedov and Anton Shubnik, second-year Bachelor’s students at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering, took first place in both team and individual championships. The competition was held at St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”. In this interview with ITMO.NEWS, the winners share their advice on how to solve competitions tasks to succeed.
15.11.2018
ITMO Student Picked as Torchbearer of 2019 Winter Universiade
Roman Kozlov is a student of the Master’s program Bioengineering and Biotechnical Systems, as well as the captain and manager of the University’s boxing team. This fall he was also chosen to be one of the torchbearers of the 19th International Winter Universiade. In an interview for ITMO.NEWS, Roman explained what it’s like to carry the torch and discussed the stereotype of less-than-athletic scientists.
14.11.2018
Young Scientists Share Experience from Sirius School in Sochi
The Sirius Art & Science Park in Sochi has recently hosted a four-day Conference School on Photonics, Radio Physics and Nanotechnologies. More than 60 students from Russian universities attended lectures and workshops, competed in a hackathon, and visited their first “real” science conference, METANANO-2018, which brought together more than 300 experts in the field of nanophotonics and metamaterials from all over the world. Speaking to ITMO.NEWS, the students shared the details of their research and gave their answers to the question of why fundamental science is relevant today and why conferences matter.
21.09.2018
Geography for All: Why Science Popularization Matters
“Geography for All”, an international summer school hosted by the Russian Geographical Society, has just wrapped up at ITMO University. This year, the event was dedicated to popularization of geography. Over the course of a week, students from all over Russia and the CIS countries attended a whirlwind of lectures and workshops of renowned bloggers, science communicators, globetrotters, and public figures, who shared their tips and tricks for making science buzz. The summer school is the first milestone of cooperation between ITMO University’s Science Communication and Outreach Office and the Russian Geographical Society aimed at popularization of geography. This partnership gives ITMO’s Master’s students access to an expert community of leading geographers, which will be invaluable for developing new science communication tools.
28.08.2018
ITMO Student on Management, Branding, and Working with Gucci
How to juggle university studies and a modelling career? ITMO student Maria Igoshina knows the answer, as she successfully combines studying management at ITMO with modelling for Gucci, traveling to Europe for fashion shows, and developing St. Petersburg brand Lokis. She told ITMO.NEWS about the power of Instagram, Fashion Tech, and juggling two jobs.
23.08.2018
Mentorship Program: Find a Mentor and Land Your Dream Job
ITMO University graduates can now take part in the Mentorship Program launched in collaboration with the Recursion charity fund and aimed at creating a platform for university graduates and students to share ideas and experience. About 250 university graduates became mentors for more than 1000 students.
20.08.2018
MSU Student on Working in Different Laboratories and Doing Internship at ITMO
Alexander Chezhegov, a third-year student at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics, took part in the “I am a Professional” competition and the “It’s Your Call!” Winter School that was held at ITMO University last winter. His project focused on creating a hydrophobic coating for solar cells. In July 2018, he did an internship at ITMO’s International Research Center of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials, where he studied hybrid states of light in low-dimensional quantum materials. In his interview with ITMO.NEWS, he shared his experience of working in different research groups.
09.08.2018
What to Expect from a Master’s Program at the Faculty of Physics and Engineering
This year, the Faculty of Physics and Engineering at ITMO University is accepting applications for its Master’s degree programs “Radiofrequency Systems and Devices” and “Nanophotonics and Metamaterials” which were launched the previous year. We spoke to students who enrolled last year to find out what to expect from Master’s studies at the faculty and what research students get to take part in.
13.06.2018
ITMO Student Wins IEEE Undergraduate Scholarship
This year six young scientists from the USA, Canada and Russia were awarded an IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate Scholarship. Maxim Masyukov, a fourth-year student at the Faculty of Photonics and Optical Information, was among the winners. MTT-S is the biggest international society of experts in microwave, millimeter-wave, and terahertz technologies. The society exists as part of the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and provides scholarships to students and postgraduates. Maxim’s research concerned the development of a chiral metasurface with tunable polarizing properties in THz frequency range. ITMO.NEWS asked him some questions about how to win such a scholarship.
29.03.2018