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• Light, Health, and Interior Design: LIGHT4HEALTH Summer School at ITMO

  …ms," says Dmitry Ingi, Master's student of the Lighting Design program at ITMO University. For example, if an elderly person heads to the bathroom at night, then a certain lighting scenario is triggered. It illuminates the path, but does not stimulate the person’s brain to complete awakening and doesn't awaken relatives in the next room. Furthermore, the aut…

  16.09.2019

• Participants of Russian-Japanese Youth Exchange Discuss Accessibility in St. Petersburg

  …teresting is how many opportunities one has in Russia. In Japan, everything is regulated: depending on which health issue you’ve got, you may or may not be allowed to visit certain places. Even you social circle may be defined by your diagnosis: you either speak only to your family members, or meet others with similar illnesses. I myself have vision-related issues…

  16.09.2019

• Healthy Living: Five Tips for Staying Positive

  …ten on this topic, so we’ll just remind you that eating well doesn’t have to be complicated, super expensive or time-consuming. It’s not about counting calories or removing certain foods from your diet, but about choosing what’s good for you and making food enjoyable. To help you get started, read this beginner’s guide to healthy eating with British food blogger Ella…

  13.09.2019

• Maker Faire Program Director Sabrina Merlo: Most People Are Already Makers

  …rsities such as ITMO that have their own FabLabs. You mentioned in your lectures that many of the makers’ ideas are crazy. Is making more of a form of intellectual entertainment or a serious endeavor that moves progress forward? I think it can be both. We set up these massive shows where people present some eight thousand items. There’s everything – from pe…

  12.09.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 14-15, 2019

  …ng an exhibition of Igor Ivanov’s works at the ArtMuza Museum of Modern Art on Vasilievsky Island. Made of simple things that most of us just throw away, these works of art contain references to sci-fi novels and ancient legends and convey the author’s thoughts about the future, technology, the nature of the universe, and our place in it. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? …

  11.09.2019

• KronBars: Leading the Way to a Healthier Lifestyle

  … most successful of those who have been proving themselves in competitions in Russian and abroad.  KronBars also supports its athletes who participate in competitions and attain other sports achievements. The club covers expenses related to participation in competitions in Russia, helping the students to feel encouraged and supported. Student athletes can even bec…

  10.09.2019

• Vaccines: Everything You Need to Know

  …What is a vaccine A vaccine is the introduction of a certain specimen into the human body with the goal of fostering immunity to that specimen. Immunity can be specific and non-specific, the latter being the kind that babies are born with. Non-specific immunity is what allows them to survive once their mother’s milk stops producing antibodies, as well as to combat…

  09.09.2019

• ITMO University Lands in Diamond League of First RUR Ranking of Russian Universities

  …remained similar to the global ranking: the list is put together based on indicators distributed into four areas: teaching, research, international diversity, and financial sustainability. The first Russian RUR ranking is comprised of 74 universities, sorted into the Diamond, Golden, Silver, and Bronze leagues. 14 Russian universities, including ITMO University, w…

  09.09.2019

• Prawns and Aerogels: Sol-Gel Science Slam

  … materials for thermal insulation of steel pipelines and other equipment. The drawbacks of these materials include a complex and expensive production process, which involves obtaining the polymer gel itself and its supercritical drying. Romain Civioc is working on improving and simplifying these processes. The topic of aerogels was continued by Romain’s collea…

  06.09.2019

• 2019 Presidential Scholarship: ITMO Winners on Their Research and Internships

  …sitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)), that I will conduct my six-month research internship. My colleagues, in particular, my scientific advisor Pavel Loyko, have already managed to obtain laser generation on some crystals the spectral properties of which I have been studying. I’m going to continue to study the lasing-generation properties of crystals and, using the hi-tech …

  06.09.2019