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• Going Digital: How Technologies Change Our World

  …d nailing the most convoluted skill. Age differences just don’t exist for them. From the very get-go, Digital Borns find themselves on a receiving end of crazy amounts of knowledge. Virtual reality is their natural environment. As predicted by futurists, this will be a whole new biological species without any ideal models of behavior. Millennials, too, have abando…

  13.08.2018

• PyLadies: Python for Women

  …n a fun way and try to solve at least one task per day. The most important thing when learning algorithms is to keep going. There is no other way, said Elena. What knowledge is necessary to start solving algorithmic tasks? First of all, a programming language. You’re free to choose any language you like, but C++ and Java are probably the most popular. You shou…

  10.08.2018

• Dire Straits and Silver Linings: a Syrian Student's Journey to ITMO

  …nt to evaluate all the levels of students. For example you can notice that in one class a lot of students have 5 (excellent), but they surely don’t have the same level of knowledge or mastering the studied course. But the system of 100 points can evaluate every student more precisely.” “After finishing my studies, I’m going to return to Syria to teach, as per th…

  09.08.2018

• Profilaktika.Media - Russia’s First Media Project on Cancer

  …and talk to doctors. Everything related to scientific medicine is a bit easier, as there already are many reputable doctors who have their blogs, constantly improve their knowledge, and have a good enough command of English to read the most recent research articles. You have a dedicated column where you tell stories of people who are fighting cancer. Do you ha…

  09.08.2018

• Blood Nanofilters and Graphene Gas Sensors: “Big Challenges” Summer Camp

  …pants were given specific tasks which they had to tackle completely on their own. Finding a solution wasn’t easy as it required not only mastering considerable amounts of knowledge and practical skills, but first of all learning how and where to source them. Some of the attendees found it very difficult because they were used to teachers telling them what to do and h…

  08.08.2018

• Vacation With a Purpose: Science Tourism and Citizen Science

  …ollow the center’s news in their community in VK. Apart from tours and expeditions, the center has other projects, for example the Nature of Altai project on promotion of knowledge about particular species, an amateur project for studying the Red List species, as well as projects on monitoring particular nature reserves, which are conducted in collaboration with the …

  06.08.2018

• Science Communicator Fred Balvert: 'For a Journalist, Geniuine Interest Matters More Than Knowledge'

  … scientific background, and sometimes they find out things from scientists when working together. But you still shouldn’t forget that you’re not an expert. Even if you’re knowledgeable in the field, you are still, first and foremost, a go-between the scientists and the society. It’s very hard to preserve that balance. When I started working at Erasmus Medical Centre,…

  06.08.2018

• Hermitage, Football, and Lots of Programming: Summer Camp at ITMO

  …cted this agency and ITMO’s Camp in Programming was their first suggestion. I thought that this would be very useful for me because it would let me connect the skills and knowledge I’ll acquire to my thesis,” explains Enrique. Part of the experience has been observing interesting differences between the teaching approach in Russia and in their home countries…

  02.08.2018

• The Results of Workshop Week at SCAMT Lab

  …om the university’s Master’s and PhD students who taught us to use all the equipment. One of the Workshop Week’s biggest advantages is that you can work with expensive cutting-edge equipment. I really liked the research ethic I’ve seen here and I’m thinking of applying here for a Master’s program. Elizaveta Belova, St. Petersburg State University, Analytical Chemi…

  02.08.2018

• Island 10-21: Russian First Educational Program For Data Economy and NTI Specialists

  …urs develop their communication and presentation skills. “Preparing our Island 10-21 agenda, we realized that we couldn’t share all of our economics and technologies knowledge in full due to the time limits. That’s why we decided to focus on managerial thinking; practice shows that this is a weak spot for many projects that go through our accelerator program,” s…

  31.07.2018