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Five Things We Loved Last Week
…mer Olympic host city Sochi, Russia, utilizing the existing infrastructure left from 2014 Winter Olympics. From tourism to sports and post-hospital rehab, the subtropical city promises to be a hotbed of startups. Hurricane Matthew got its temperature and other vital signs taken by a drone. The Global Hawk became NASA’s watchful eye and an invaluable research tool,…
09.10.2016
Innovation Valley: A New Startup Hub in Sochi
…nt applications and projects. «The main advantage of this center is that its' residents will manage to get feedback from clients who use their services and technologies promptly. The investors will not spend much time to understand whether a startup is effective and profitable or not. We have chosen these five directions because it is easy to develop them in S…
06.10.2016
The Ceaseless Chain: Why Schools and Universities Have to Collaborate?
… can relate to. The deep theoretical knowledge the children get here must be further developed during practical sessions, including research and project activities. This helps promote science to children, which can become the key aspect in choosing one's future career path. One of the tasks that stand before the lyceum's pedagogical staff is creating a chain of cease…
05.10.2016
A New Approach to Education: ITMO’s Academic Board Elaborates New Concepts
… a necessary requirement, though in our case, it's still insufficient», — shares Mr. Mikhailov. ITMO University. Nikolai Mikhailov To achieve this goal, electivity is to be promoted on all levels of the educational process. Some electivity elements are already used at ITMO: students can choose between different programs and disciplines that are part of their cours…
05.10.2016
56th in the Times Higher Education Ranking: Reasons Behind ITMO’s Success
…lize its research, as well as develop ties with industry and increase income by getting financing from extrabudgetary sources. Anyways, getting into the ranking already promotes a university’s visibility and is a great help in further development. According to Daria Kozlova, Vice Rector for International Relations, there are many ITMO’s partner universities in…
04.10.2016
Wiki-Conference 2016: The Problem of Rights and Freedom
…ion necessary to solve it,» — commented Mr. Zasurski. With his colleagues from the «Wikimedia RU», Mr. Zasurski created the «Public Domain» project — its' goal being the promotion of a new policy for copyright laws in Russia. They plan to provide public access to most objects that have not been yet protected, as well as open the access to works of art and scien…
03.10.2016
New ITMO Accelerator Creating Businesses that Benefit Society
…e drawn by prisoners. After some time, the demand began to drop, so the entrepreneur had a choice to make, either to increase the quality of the shirts and develop sales or to promote the project as something that helps prisoners to socialize and earn some money to keep them going after their release from prison. He chose the latter just because it was more effective…
29.09.2016
Student Entrepreneurship — Foreign Experts Share their Experience
Lena Brandt: «Competition Promotes Science Communication»
…naissance of science after the crisis in 90-ss provoked the emergence of a science communication model, which differs from Western and Eastern models. For example, China which promotes science very effectively, uses «top down» model. For the last 20 years, citation rate, academic mobility and other indexes of Chinese research institutions have increased greatly. The …
27.09.2016
Rector Vladimir Vasilyev Headed the «Bike Ride» for the Fifth Time
…parks. «I've already cycled for about an hour and a half this morning,» said Vladimir Vasilyev. «This activity also aims to support sport traditions of our university and promote a healthy lifestyle. Moreover, the bike ride gives the university’s administration yet another opportunity to have an informal meeting with students. It makes our university family much…
22.09.2016