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• Globalization is Here

  …y I chose ITMO for my internship is the good reputation of the university. Also when comparing different universities, the website of ITMO really stood out and gave me a professional image of the university. ITMO has a lot of international activities going on and an enthusiastic group of employees working on them full-time (so far I remember the names of maybe half …

  05.06.2017

• TOGETHER, WE RISE

  …community and we needed each other now more than ever. The small acts of solidarity were, and still are, an immense comfort for those who lost their loved ones during the explosion and those whose lives were on the line. It is a painful sight, but it is amazingly full of hope.…

  06.04.2017

• New Year, a time for hope, celebration, and for studying

  …l of a new year there are quite a lot of things that need be done for a student. This time of the year has another name for university students here, the winter examination-session, or how they actually call it here — "sessiya'. December is still my favorite month, it is after all the last month of the year, the first month of winter, and there a lot of festive days…

  23.03.2017

• University Life Goes Beyond the Campus

  …d quaint small town to which I would like to come back in summer. I have a feeling that Peter the Great must have found some inspiration in this town for the architectural decisions made in Saint Petersburg. Part II: Veliky Novgorod (Великий Новгород) Veliky Novgorod The second and last trip that I went to with the Profcom is to Veliky Novgorod. If you are look…

  13.02.2017

• Saint Petersburg: a city of wonders

  …is one of my personal favorites, in all seasons. It holds an air of mystery and quiet, the beach is open to anyone who wants to explore it, and it is surrounded by a wide extension of nature as well as country houses or "Dachas", as they are called in Russian. When visited during fall, the sunsets are amazing (as well as the sunrises) and at night the sky is dotted w…

  30.11.2016

• Computational Science in San Diego, or How I Lost my Trousers

  … no difficulties with the question-answer part, which made me feel anxious more than other ones due to the language barrier. It turned out that the success of any speech session depends on the moderator because he or she chooses what questions will be asked and lets speakers know how much time they have. Fortunately my session was mo…

  18.10.2016

• Every story has an ending, but in life endings are new beginnings

  …y was it a year of academic occupation, but also a year of culture learning. During the first month I got acquainted with the city and of course, the language. My first impression of Saint Petersburg was the shocking beauty of its layout. The shopping malls, the buildings, the streets and the metro are beautiful! It is irrefutable, admirable and entertaining at the …

  30.09.2016

• Green Light to Medicine! Fluorescence: from a Mysterious Phenomenon to Medication

  …aller particle has a spectrum which is closer to the blue one. One can apply quantum dots to visualization of tissues and also to anticancer therapy: due to high-energy emission, quantum dots produce electrons that destroy cancer cells by ionizing water surrounding them. Cancer cells are less viable than healthy ones; that is why they die first. However qua…

  13.07.2016