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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 19-20

  Looking for something fun to do in St. Petersburg? This weekend is packed with a whole bunch of amazing events and activities, from the Night of Museums to the Peterhof Fountains Opening Ceremony and Tulip Festival. Don’t miss out the fun!

  16.05.2018

• St. Petersburg Prepares for World Cup 2018

  In just a month, Russia will host its first-ever FIFA World Cup football tournament. St. Petersburg will host seven of the tournament’s 64 games, including the one that will decide the third place winner. An estimated million football fans will come to St. Petersburg for the events. The city has changed greatly in preparation for the cup - here’s what you need to know about this summer in St. Petersburg.

  15.05.2018

• Physicist Yuri Kivshar on Russian Science, Career Management and Metaoptics

  Seven years ago, ITMO University launched the Metamaterials Laboratory. It all began with a grant won by Yuri Kivshar, a world-class scientist and one of Russia’s top physicists. Since then, the university has also launched the Department, and later, the International Research Center of Nanophotonics and Metamaterials. Under Yuri Kivshar’s leadership, the center’s researchers were the first in the world to venture into a completely new field: dielectric nanophotonics, or, as the scientist calls it, “metaoptics”. ITMO.NEWS met with Yuri Kivshar during his latest visit to St. Petersburg to discuss his current work, the future of the most unorthodox field of nanophotonics, and why a scientist shouldn’t stick with the same field of study for their entire life.

  11.05.2018

• Today We Celebrate Victory Day

  There’s probably not a single Russian family that wasn’t touched by the Second World War, or the Great Patriotic War as it is called in Russia and many former Soviet republics. The years 1941 – 1945 are engraved in all of us, even generations removed from the actual war, as the years of sacrifice, suffering, and faith in victory. It’s what we think about in times of hardship even now – the songs that we sang as kids at school about how victory is to be achieved it at any cost. And the cost was great.

  09.05.2018

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: May 12-13

  Finding things to do in St. Petersburg can be quite a drag. But with our handy guide to the best events this weekend that will be a little bit easier!

  08.05.2018

• ITMO University Developing New Design System

  All of ITMO University’s online resources will soon be united by a common style; this year, the university’s UI/UX design team has begun the development of its own design system. Its introduction will increase the university’s brand recognizability as well as shorten the time needed to create websites and landing pages for its many departments, says Marina Kholodova, head of UI/UX Design at ITMO University. In the first stage, the project team will provide a landing-creation tool for internal customers. In the future, this will let university staff create and edit landing pages for various events on their own.

  08.05.2018

• Applications Open for Russia-Japan Youth Exchange

  This August, students from ITMO University have the opportunity to go to Japan as part of a Japanese-Russian youth exchange program. Nearly all of the trip expenses are covered by the receiving country; all the students have to do is to apply for it and wait. Read on to learn what the lucky students will get to do in Japan and how one can join them.

  07.05.2018

• Russian Industry and Education Representatives Meet With Presidential Adviser on Internet Development

  On May 3, members of the industry, education, legal professionals and others, concerned with Roskomnadzor federal agency’s blocking of various online services in connection with its blocking of the messenger service Telegram, met with German Klimenko, the Presidential Adviser on Internet Development. Earlier on, ITMO University’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev addressed Mr. Klimenko in a letter, in which he described the consequences that blocking of IP-addresses in the “pursuit” after Telegram will have on the nation’s science, education and economy. After the letter evoked a wide public response, representatives of the university were also invited to the meeting. Anatoly Shalyto, head of ITMO’s Programming Technology Department, and Roman Elizarov, an ITMO alum and one of the creators of the Kotlin programming language, participated in the discussion.

  04.05.2018

• ITMO University Team Wins First Place at Google Hash Code 2018

  In late April, the final stage of Google Hash Code 2018, the programming competition which brings together thousands of students and professionals from Europe, Middle East and Africa took place in Dublin. ITMO University’s student team, which included Ilya Zban, Ivan Belonogov, Mikhail Putilin and Adam Bardashevich, all medal winners of the recent years’ ACM ICPC competition, secured the first place by outperforming 39 teams from 15 countries.

  03.05.2018

• Spring to Your Feet: Parks and Activities in St. Petersburg

  It’s taken a while for spring to get a hold on the city, but now that it’s here, it’s time to shake off the winter-induced drowsiness and get your blood pumping or just embrace the fresh air. The next few months are going to be much more welcoming of outdoor pastime and active leisure. And if you’re not sure where to start, we’ll give you a few leads.

  30.04.2018