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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 20-21

  Twirl and pirouette at a classy ballroom dance, get a glimpse of the Eternal City, immerse yourself into the early 20th century Russian music scene, and travel back to the Art Nouveau era with a fashion exhibition – this weekend’s line-up offers lots of opportunities to get away from the autumn’s doom and gloom!

  17.10.2018

• ITMO University Moves Up in QS BRICS Ranking

  ITMO University has improved its position in this year’s QS BRICS 2018/19 ranking, moving up 11 places and placing 64th in the Top-400. Every year, the ranking evaluates the performance of universities in the five BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.

  16.10.2018

• The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics: Any Lessons for Russia?

  This year’s Nobel Prize in Economics went to US scientists William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer for integrating climate change and technological innovations, respectively, into long-run macroeconomic analysis. Elena Budrina, head of the Bachelor’s degree program “Technological Innovations Management” at ITMO University, spoke with ITMO.NEWS about the American scientists’ achievement and how the University is taking on global economic trends.

  15.10.2018

• International Olympiad in Informatics 2018 Winners: Even If You’re Tired, Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goals

  This September, Russian school students managed to win not one, but four prizes at the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) in Japan. Two members of the winning team, golden and silver medalists Ramazan Rakhmatullin from Kazan and Mikhail Anoprenko from St. Petersburg, have now enrolled at ITMO University’s Information Technologies and Programming Faculty, where they continue their training under the associate professor Andrey Stankevich and dream of one day becoming champions of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. ITMO.NEWS met the students to find out how to get into programming, why you shouldn’t give up if you haven’t made it to an international competition on your first try, and how being a contestant can come in handy in everyday life. 

  15.10.2018

• How to Write a Thesis on Marvel Comic Books: PhD Student Daniil Shirokov Explains

  At the end of September, ITMO University PhD student Daniil Shirokov won a student competition of research papers proposing solutions for creating a tolerant environment in St. Petersburg. He participated with his thesis on representation of scientists in comic books. Surprise effect in action: that’s how Daniil explains his astounding success. ITMO.NEWS met the student to find out why Spider Man's journey mirrors that of becoming a scientific communicator and how Hulk is connected with the crisis of masculinity.

  12.10.2018

• Motasem Awaja’s Journey: A 2018 Open Doors Scholarship Winner

  This year the Open Doors Russian scholarship project was launched for the first time! Supported by the Russian government, this special scholarship allows talented students from around the world to enroll in Master’s programs at leading universities in Russia for free. One of the finalists of the competition who was accepted to ITMO’s Master’s of Information Security this year, Motasem Awaja, tells us his heart-stirring story of how this scholarship really opened doors for him to come and study in Russia.   

  11.10.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 13-14

  As it’s getting colder outside, it’s time for checking out all of St. Petersburg’s swankiest creative spaces! From a food fair by the sea to the festival of Korean culture and a contemporary photography exhibition, there are so many things going on in the city this weekend!

  10.10.2018

• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Baroque

  The Northern Venice, the City of White Nights, the Cradle of Three Revolutions, Petrograd, Leningrad, and Cultural Capital, St. Petersburg has many names and is known worldwide as one of the most beautiful European cities, first and foremost, thanks to its incredible history and majestic architecture. No matter how long you’ve been living in St. Petersburg, it’s nice to have your architectural styles down, isn’t it? So in this series of articles, you will learn all about St. Petersburg’s architectural gems and their creators, from Baroque to modern times.

  09.10.2018

• Civilization Historian, Cyber Security Ace, Filmmaker: Who’s Who at ITMO’s New Art&Science Program

  This academic year marks the start of ITMO University’s brand-new Art&Science Master’s program, Russia’s first-ever education program exploring the cutting-edge field of scientific art. Taught in English, the program combines the resources of the university’s state-of-the-art laboratories with the expertise of leading Russian and international art specialists. Art enthusiasts from Russia and all over the world came to St. Petersburg to study contemporary art, art entrepreneurship, execution of high-tech art projects, museum and exhibition management, and many other innovative fields that have only just started to emerge on the market. At a meeting with the program supervisor, a Russian art expert and head of the Department of Contemporary Art at the State Hermitage Museum Dimitri Ozerkov, ITMO.NEWS talked to the program participants to find about the fields they come from and expectations they have for their studies.

  08.10.2018

• Movie Fridays: The Autumn Showdown

  We may be nudging you to spend fall in a vivid kaleidoscope of long park rambles and new beginnings, but before you start planning your agenda, there’s a big, fat, Falstaffian even, elephant in the room we haven’t discussed. Crunchy leaves, pumpkin harvesting, decorating for Halloween? Pfff. Ain’t no cinephile got time for that: we have a host of new series to attend to. For autumn means the start of a brand-new TV show season, and for good reason: what with the weather cooling down, nights closing in, and rain slowly but surely turning our streets into the Great Deluge apocalypse, the outside quickly loses its appeal – to the benefit of warm, marshmallow-esque couches, snug blankets, and cozily flickering TV screens. So if you’re up for a good ol’ cinematic binge, here’s our rundown on the best-of new fall TV.

  05.10.2018