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• Discounted Theater Tickets and other Benefits for ITMO Students

  …unteers assist newcomers to settle in and answer any questions in English, Chinese, Kazakh, Tadjik and Uzbek languages. Contact us: interitmo@gmail.com Here you can read a story by ITMO’s international student Yaroslav de la Peña Smirnov who spends his free time by making trips organized by ITMO’s Student Union.…

  27.02.2017

• Why Design Programs: Anatoliy Shalyto on Automata-Based Programming

  …And what I am always saying is that they should always use them to describe programs with a complexbehavior, especially when their behavior depends on the program's previous history", concludes Anatoliy Shalyto. The professor also shared about his acquaintance who works on software for a critical facility. Before creating the program, they first designed it. The…

  27.02.2017

• 5 Surprising Facts about St. Petersburg

  … During WWII, Hitler planned to hold a huge celebratory banquet at Astoria Hotel once he'd conquered the city, and even had the invitations printed. Luckily for modern history he never did. Palkin Restaurant, one of the poshest eating establishments, owes its name to the original Palkin Café that opened in 1785. Literaturnoe (Literary) Café dates back t…

  24.02.2017

• Russian Men’s Day, Women’s Day and the Danger of the Frying Pan

  … guys. If you are dating a Russian guy, you can pretty much keep your bases covered with a tasty dinner (think steak and home-made cake). Celebrating Women’s Day is another story. If you live with a Russian girl, you’re expected to turn into a combination of Batman, Prince Charming and servant. You should give flowers, bring coffee to bed, cook breakfast, say how …

  23.02.2017

• Experience Exchange in the Field of Social Design: ITMO’s Specialists Visited UCLA

  … specialists from different countries exchanged experience in the field of social design. The participants of the training studied aspects of social entrepreneurship and its history in the USA. They visited several business accelerators and non-profit organizations that focus on social projects, and learned about cases by social entrepreneurs. "We think about us…

  22.02.2017

• How to Make an Ideal Pitch and Win the Investor: Lessons and Tips from the Saint-Startup Forum

  …to a millions' worth company. What's the first business like, or the "right way of doing it wrong" Maria Kluchenuk's experience is a lot different from the usual success story — after getting the initial idea, she succeeded in promoting her Instaboxes all over Russia and covering the primary inputs in a month, yet, she still closed the project that started with…

  20.02.2017

• Getting Your Dream Job: Lifehacks from the Expert

  …your competencies. Use online platforms (HeadHunter, Career.ru, Futuretoday, Physcareer.ru) and fill in their application forms. Give clear information about your employment history, desired position and salary, soft and hard skills. Avoid vague explanations — don’t use such words as "manager" and "trainee" in general sense. The CV is not an essay where you put all o…

  16.02.2017

• Entrepreneurship as Profession: Troitsky "Technopark" Opens Russia’s First Entrepreneurial Club

  … of people like Elon Musk or Steven Jobs. Are modern startupers still geniuses who are capable of doing something no one else can, or has the situation changed? No, now the story is different. We don't wait for some genius to appear — we’ve made entrepreneurship a profession. It works like with any other job: anyone can learn to do it. So, we've done what was impo…

  16.02.2017

• Female Scientists on Their Work, Inspiration and the Magic of Science

  …get inspired by such qualities as precision, self-discipline and good reasoning. I believe that in today’s science, it’s harder for women than men. This was determined by history. If you look at Thesis Boards even in non-technical sciences, they would be 70% men. I also had to face stereotypes: I am a blonde, so there were problems with misjudgment of my scientifi…

  11.02.2017

• The Master Provocateur

  … startling stage productions — Fabre is a brilliant showman, a theatrical genius who has a deep understanding of the interconnecting strands, narratives, trajectories of art history and can play them like a virtuoso. Every single work in this exhibition is calibrated not to generate beauty for its own sake, but to achieve a desired effect on the viewer. He also kn…

  03.02.2017