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• Environmental Scientist Jaana Sorvari on Sustainable Waste Management in Europe and Russia

  …niversity? My course at ITMO University is an amalgamation of three courses. In Finland, I teach a course called Environmental Engineering about the methods of achieving sustainable development, its assessment and control. Another course I teach is called Risk Analysis, and another, which no longer exists, is titled Circular Economy and it focused strongly on wast…

  21.05.2019

• ITMO Physicists Found New Way to Optimize Nanoparticles and Light Interaction

  … have been actively used to control light on nanoscale. They accomplish this better than previously proposed plasmon particles, whilst also allowing to avoid energy loss and obtain interesting physical effects. Therefore, dielectric particles can be used to, as an example, create nanolasers, nanoantennas, sensors or information transfer devices. That is why scientist…

  20.05.2019

• Live from New York, It’s… Best of SNL

  …e sight of a group of talented, highly professional actors with a huge record in comedy breaking, nay, wrecking character over a bunch of furry, wheezing walking pillows. I certainly do. Star Wars Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base Okay, this one is iconic, and I fully expect it to enter the Star Wars canon. In fact, as a diehard Star Wars fan, I’ll be indign…

  17.05.2019

• Social Animals: What Makes Us Human

  … this subject. His “Bobo Doll Experiment” aimed to find out whether children, provided full freedom of action and a lack of observable adult supervision, will repeat certain acts of aggression after seeing them carried out by adults. Another aim of the experiment was to understand if the viewing of violent films would affect a child’s behavior. In one stage…

  17.05.2019

• Avengers and Time Travel: Scientific Perspective

  … they did their best to do a neat job, their plan falls apart and they get noticed multiple times, talk to strangers in the past and even fight (remember the scene in which Captain America fights against himself?) However, despite all the drama and setbacks, it looks like participation in this risky project didn’t affect their future at all. Their world remained t…

  16.05.2019

• Two-Minute Beach Cleans and Plastic-Identifying AI: How Citizen Science Combats Plastic Waste in Oceans

  …Participation is broken down into a series of steps. First, you need to register on the research project’s website, after which you will be sent a link to the resource pack containing all the information you will need to conduct a microplastic survey of your territorial surroundings and the relevant analysis. Then, you’ll need to decide on when and where you are goin…

  16.05.2019

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 18-19

  …icket that you can purchase at any participating venue. There are far too many exciting events to list – just go ahead and check out the full program. The Annual Spring Fountain Show in Peterhof This year’s spring fountain show, which traditionally opens the summer season at Peterhof, will be titled “The Genius and the Locus” and …

  15.05.2019

• ITMO Portfolio Contest: Winners’ Tips for Success

  …t you aspire to get can be applied in your current or future projects. Finally, I suggest reading the requirements for the portfolio several times over: they should also contain some useful recommendations. Artem Kogel, “Innovative Marketing” Master’s program I majored in politology at St. Petersburg State University, but then I decided to switch my career a…

  15.05.2019

• Master’s Degree ++: Experts, Organizers and Participants on the Formula for an Ideal Master’s Program

  …It produced great results, and understandably so: a wholesome discussion about Master’s studies is impossible without the participation of the audience to which it directly pertains to: the students themselves. We’re glad that the educators and other participants of the conference appreciated these experimental formats, though more traditional formats such as plen…

  15.05.2019

• FAQ on Life in Russia

  …ple stemming from “anti-Western media”. But the vast majority of people are extremely curious about the West. Those who are able, love to travel to Europe, as it’s close and attainable. Many dream, and sometimes make it, to the US. Immigration is common to these countries, and traces of the West are all over, with brands and stores and food chains covering every side…

  14.05.2019