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Russian Spring Fashion: Why Headscarves Are Making a Comeback
… chin. It seems like in 2026, this way to wear your headscarf is making a comeback – with all kinds of scarves already spotted on the streets of St. Petersburg by ITMO NEWS. In popular culture, one recent example is the rapper ASAP Rocky (now also known as the self-proclaimed Babushka Boi), who started wearing a babushka-style headscarf in his public appearan…
16.03.2026
The Threes of Konstantin Bronzit: The Story of 2026 Russian Oscar Nominee
…n. Over the course of his career, he directed and did voice acting for major hits like Little Longnose and produced a string of acclaimed animation. The director experienced a new wave of popularity after a recent nod from the Oscar jury for his animation short called The Three Sisters. Key biography facts Education. A native of Leningrad (now St. Peter…
13.03.2026
How to Enter One of Russia’s Most Prestigious AI Programs: Tips from Two-Time NTO Winner
…inners on my first try. However, I didn’t despair and focused on understanding the contest’s format better. Moreover, I was interested in solving non-trivial tasks and getting new experience; the opportunity to enter a university without exams also appealed to me. So I decided to try and it paid out: next season, my team and I won in the track Big Data and Machine Le…
12.03.2026
School Students From St. Petersburg Win FIRST Tech Challenge Italy Championship
Research Can Now Be Entirely AI-Automated With a Tool From ITMO
…es, designing experiments, analyzing results, and publishing them. Just the literature analysis, extraction and preparation of data, and training generative models to look for new molecules or compounds can take around a month. In 2025, a team from ITMO’s Institute for Artificial Intelligence developed ChemCoScientist, a digital assistant to chemists. It automates…
11.03.2026
This Week in St. Petersburg: March 12-18, 2026
ITMO NEWS Guide to Spring in St. Petersburg
…tly sour taste, this one is a staple in soups and pirozhki (typically combined with eggs and onions). Though you can also try adding it in a salad to give your taste buds some new experiences; Radish – speaking of salads, the crispy and colorful radishes will add a nice vitamin-filled crunch; and if you combine it with sour cream, cucumbers, and some salt, you’ll k…
10.03.2026
Survey: 66% of Lecturers and Researchers in Russia Use AI in Their Work
…o analyze and search for literature (69%), work with texts (56%), and process and visualize data (47%). A part of respondents use AI in more specialized tasks: from developing new materials and chemical compounds to social, economic, or humanities modeling. Among the benefits of using AI, the respondents note that it helps to navigate new
10.03.2026
ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #99
…: ITMO Physicists Propose Ultra-Fast Acceleration Method for Twisted Particles *** No, Micrometron is not the name of an obscure Transformers character. Instead, it is a new software-hardware complex that intends to accelerate quality control processes in various contexts – from metallurgy to prosthetics. Combining a high-precision measuring unit with specializ…
09.03.2026
A Women’s Day Route Around St. Petersburg
…aw the country expand and grow into one of the great powers of Europe. The empress’ fascination with Peter the Great and the Enlightenment also meant that the country acquired new cities, theaters, and universities, as well as Europe’s first state-funded higher education institution for women, the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens. As she reigned from St. Petersb…
06.03.2026