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• Don’t Panic: How to Keep It Together During a Pandemic

  …a genuine and justified fear of uncertainty. The problem is that by giving in to that state, we only make things worse. Secondly, because of informational and social pressure. Mass hysteria is always accompanied by much discussion: it’s reported on in the media, overheard at the store, discussed in work chats, and forwarded by friends. But you can still escape this “…

  31.03.2020

• I Am a Professional Competition for Students: ITMO in Top Ten Universities by the Number of Winners

  …I Am a Professional is a competition for senior-year Bachelor’s students and Master’s students, aimed at testing not so much theoretical knowledge as applied professional competencies. Among the competition’s organizers are 26 Russian leading universities and over 300 Russian companies including Sberbank, VTB Bank, Yandex, ТМK, Rosatom, Russian Agricultural Bank, and…

  30.03.2020

• Two ITMO University Lecturers Receive Potanin Foundation Grant

  … The competition’s winners will receive a grant of up to 500,000 rubles for the development of new educational programs. The competition was held in four nominations: a new Master’s program, a new educational course, a new online education course, as well as new methods and technologies in learning.  English-language course “Research in Science Communicatio…

  27.03.2020

• Family to the Rescue: ITMO Volunteers Launch Effort to Help University’s Older Staff Members

  …teers take the necessary precautions in order to not get infected themselves and to not infect the ones they are helping. “All volunteers have the essential protection: a mask, gloves, and hand sanitizer. They are forbidden to enter the apartments, so they leave the supplies at the doorstep in order to avoid direct contact,” comments Alena Tarasova, manager at t…

  27.03.2020

• ITMO’s 120th Anniversary: Scientists Look Back on the University’s History Through the Prism of Their Fields

  …h of them created a team around them, so we got bigger and bigger. As a result, we are a major research center, both educational and scientific. Now, when I look at our Master’s and PhD students, I envy them a little: they have an interesting environment to develop in, lots of fellow colleagues, and opportunities for studying and research. Over  last 15 yea…

  26.03.2020

• Sedreh Nassirnia: I Want to Explore the Answers to the Most Intriguing Questions in Biology, Chemistry and Other Fields

  …What made you pursue a Master’s degree in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology? Bioinformatics and Systems Biology is a multidisciplinary field. The primary reason why I wanted to pursue my education in this field is the fact that this program can give me new insight into my field of study, mixing computer knowledge and biology, which is really interesting these day…

  26.03.2020

• This Stay-at-Home Weekend in St. Petersburg: Online Opera Performances

  …The Met Opera The opera strikes back, as The Met’s Nightly Opera Streams are going into their second week, dedicated to the monumental masterpieces of Richard Wagner – “operas that often depict destruction and strife, but also offer hope for redemption and rebirth – a message that resonates now more than ever,” says the world-renowned opera house. This Saturday Ma…

  25.03.2020

• Crossing Single-Celled Organisms With AI: ITMO’s Art & Science Students On Interdisciplinary Art Experiments

  …y and profanity. We poke fun at ourselves, our public and the whole world. Tell us more about your projects.  The first one, PHYSARUM//PERFORMER, was inspired by our Master’s program. Natalia Fedorova, a curator, told us about physarums or slime molds. It’s a single-celled organism that can be seen with the naked eye, and is not an animal, a plant or a fung…

  25.03.2020

• A Tour of Testa Center, GE’s Biotech R&D Facility in Uppsala, Sweden

  …the Tech in Media competition, we got to go on a tour of General Electric’s (GE) Testa Center in Uppsala, Sweden. I’ve always associated this corporation with heavy machinery, massive mechanisms, or electric engines; and yet, I learn, they work with biotechnologies… As I wait to board my flight, I ruminate on this and look for information about my destination. It tur…

  24.03.2020

• Machine Learning Hackathon by Botan Investments and AMZScout Takes Place at ITMO University

  …28 teams that competed at the Machine Learning Hackathon were participants from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg, Ryazan, and Yerevan. Most of them are Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD students, but there were exceptions: one of the “Ping_win” team members, for example, is a 14-year old school student. This team is one of the winning ones, by the way. “T…

  24.03.2020