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This Weekend in St. Petersburg: December 4-5, 2021
… 400 rubles (200 for students) QR code: required Cosmism is an intellectual movement born in the early 20th century in Russia and is its own version of transhumanism. Inspired by space travel and theology, as well as various philosophical traditions, the movement brought together artists, writers, and scientists, such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the famous So…
01.12.2021
ITMO Avatar Reaches New Stage of Development
Your Network is Your Net Worth
…you to connect with people who are located several thousand miles away from you. Some of the widely used social media platforms for networking are LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Reddit, Telegram, and others. The backbone of networking on social media is your content and the way you engage with people. You should use these platforms to add some value to other…
30.11.2021
New Plant-Based Drug Testing System to Help Cut Down on Animal Testing
…hey are cheap and easily reproducible, but they cannot mimic the true complexity of a living organism. Part of the testing can be done with computational models, but these are insufficient without experimental follow-ups. Some researchers also suggest employing microfluidic chips that can imitate the cardiovascular system with the channels that can be etched into…
30.11.2021
ITMO Youth Robotics Team Outshine All at RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2021
… came first in the category OnStage Preliminary Secondary. Robert Robotecky, the team’s winning project, is a robot who can play the concertina (a small harmonica-like musical instrument) and interact with team members, as well as with two eyeball-shaped delta robots who can sway to the tune. “The hardest part was getting Robert performance-ready as we are con…
30.11.2021
ITMO Highpark to Become Connected to St. Petersburg’s Water Supply Network
…Corrosion-proof high-pressure polyethylene pipes will be installed over the course of the project. In order to avoid substantial damage to roadbeds, the project employs a combination of open-pit mining and horizontal directional drilling. The latter method is used when plumbing has to be installed on an already developed territory or ar…
29.11.2021
ITMO University’s Pop-Sci Magazine NewTone Receives Award for Loyalty to Science
… science isn’t just about precise technical solutions, it’s also about unusual approaches and perspectives. We’ll continue to develop our magazine and I’m sure there are more wins for us in the future,” comments Sofia. In 2019, Megabyte became a laureate of the For Loyalty to Science award: the media group took second place in the nomination Student Media Projec…
29.11.2021
PETRO pr(i[t]mo): How ITMO’s Center of Social Sciences and Humanities Fosters Love for History
…t’s Paradise and New Culture. Across all phones and browsers Although students will continue their work till May 2022, they have already achieved certain results. For instance, third-year students of the Programming and Internet Technologies program, Igor Klyuzhev and Matvey Dudko, together with Polina Ilyina, a student of the Bioengineering program, are wor…
29.11.2021
To Be Is to Grow: Russian Etymology
…Let’s start with the most basic word there is: быть (byt’ – “to be”). Its initial meanings are “to grow” and “to become” – kind of inspirational if you think about it. Ход (khod – “a move”), on the contrary, used to mean “to sit still,” but the meaning shifted to “to sit while moving (on a horse or in a carriage)”, and now it’s only about movement. Surprisingly…
29.11.2021
‘Universities Must Maintain a Dialogue:’ ITMO First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova at Far-East Session of Priority 2030 Program
…roup was assembled to tackle each of the challenges while representatives of the leading Russian universities participating in Priority 2030 were brought on as moderators. For instance, ITMO University’s First Vice Rector Daria Kozlova shared her knowledge and experience in promoting educational programs and attracting talented students in her role as the moderator o…
26.11.2021