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• ITMO.GREEN: Students Doing Their Best to Save the World

  …ents now sort their waste following my example.  When was ITMO.GREEN founded and why?  Ilya: When I entered university, I got into volunteering and one of the projects I wanted to get involved with was Ecological Raids, which I am now in charge of. Although I didn’t get there as a volunteer at the beginning, I managed to get in as one of the organizers – and I …

  18.02.2020

• Living Paintings, Eco-Friendly Education and Compact Robots: The Results of “It’s Your Call!” Winter School

  …tors – projects have made it to the finals. Each project corresponds with one of the topics that were suggested in the beginning: “Coronavirus Plague Inc”, “Swarm Robots”, “We Want to Live on Clean Earth”, “Museum of 21st Century”, “Let’s Take Out the Space Garbage”, “Working Hard All Our Lives”. In the finals, participants had to present their project, along with…

  18.02.2020

• Codeforces Founder Mikhail Mirzayanov: How the Biggest Competitive Programming Platform Has Changed Over the Past 10 Years

  …I stopped participating in the competitions myself. I was working hard as Saratov State University’s team coach, but gradually I started to feel that it’s not enough for me. I wanted to work with a wider audience. Yes, it certainly is fascinating to come up with new tasks, organize local competitions among university students, but it’s much better to do something lik…

  18.02.2020

• ISS Simulation Software, Laser Breathalyser and Metal 3D Printer: A Tour of Laser Systems

  …ally liked the 3D printer, as I’ve never seen one that could work with metals before,” shares Olga Vlasova, a student at ITMO University. Furthermore, many participants wanted to know how to land a job at Laser Systems after graduation.  “The software development department stood out for me’ I learned a lot,” tells us Sergey Starikov, a student at Perm St…

  17.02.2020

• Top Five: Podcasts for Movie Lovers

  …ropel it. Peppered by interesting tidbits and fascinating insights, it’s perfect whenever you’re an all-out screenwriting aficionado, an avid cinephile or an honest movie goer wanting to gain a better understanding of that one film and its auteur.  To start with: Greta Gerwig’s episode. Because as far as we’re concerned, it’s Greta Gerwig or bust.  Five Things …

  14.02.2020

• Andrei Gomez: Learn English to Get the Most Out of Life

  …razilian forensic police for an additional year until I did a Master's in biotechnology. What were your plans for after finishing your bachelor's degree? I knew I didn’t want to do a Master's in Brazil. Back in 2016-2017, Brazil’s government suffered a sudden political change because of the presidential impeachment. When the new party took over, they cut most o…

  13.02.2020

• Force of Attraction: How to Promote Your Master’s Program and Attract Best Applicants

  …he communication channel). But this method isn’t very efficient. Why? First of all, a decree is usually written in a very formal way. The students won’t be able or wouldn’t want to “decipher” it, as they weren’t taught to read such documents. Secondly, about 70% of Master’s students usually come from other cities, so they won’t have an opportunity to see this decr…

  13.02.2020

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: February 15-16, 2020

  …Free tours of the Petrogradsky District  February 15, from 2pm Free admission Want to practice your Russian and learn more about St. Petersburg’s architectural legacy? All throughout the month, St. Petersburg historical buildings preservation activists will be giving free tours of the art-nouveau-central Petrogradsky District. The initiative aims to rais…

  12.02.2020

• ITMO Grad and AI Factory Co-Founder Greg Tkachenko: Startups Are the Cure for Burnout

  …itions and had accumulated quite a track record by the time I graduated, including a winner’s certificate from the National Olympiad, which meant I could pick any university I wanted. My initial choices were ITMO University, St. Petersburg State University, and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. The location played an important role, as I liked St. Peter…

  12.02.2020

• ITMO's KronBars Sports Club: Benefits and How to Join

  …ave much to choose from: rowing, basketball, boxing, karate, fencing, and table tennis are just some of the sports that have their own dedicated employee teams at KronBars. Want to prove your mettle? Why not represent the University during the annual St. Petersburg inter-university games? Competitions are held in table tennis, badminton, rifle shooting, skiing, sw…

  11.02.2020