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• Student Spotlight: Kevin Santisteban, Guatemala

  …liar to me already.  That’s why I decided to apply for this scholarship which every year is promoted by the Russian Embassy in Guatemala. I met the requirements and passed the selection process through the Russia study site and chose ITMO as a first option since I read some news about the victories in the ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) so I kn…

  05.11.2020

• Food for Good: How To Join This Year’s Hult Prize and Help the World

  …ortant for us to set up one of the competition’s best university-level stages around the world. We compete to see who will be most successful in motivating students to create social-action business projects. We were given specific criteria by the global team: we need to bring together at least 10 teams, more than three judges – the more well-known and recognized they…

  03.11.2020

• ITMO Researchers Discover Material With Refractive Index Higher Than in Silicon

  …What comes to your mind at the words “light refraction”? Many of us think of that picture from our school physics textbooks, in which light enters the sea surface with one angle and goes through it with a completely different one. Another popular way to demonstrate refraction is by placing a spoon inside a transparent glass filled with …

  03.11.2020

• TEDxStPetersburg Speakers on the Future of Education, Quantum Revolution, and Burnout Prevention

  …puzzle made up of subjects, classes, and internships that students need at certain times of their lives. Flexible hours, an individual schedule, personalized education, and self-reflection are the most important features. Grades shouldn’t be a part of the university of the future because results and elaborate feedback are more important than numbers on a scale…

  03.11.2020

• Building Resilience and Coping With Stress

  …came associated only with negative situations,” says Elena Sharapanovskaia, head of ITMO’s Medical, Psychological and Social Center. Stress is our natural physical and mental reaction to life experiences. We all are stressed at times. Anything from everyday issues like studies, work, relationships, and financial pressures to serious life events such as a disease…

  03.11.2020

• ITMO’s Gennady Korotkevich Wins VK Cup

  …t finally getting to know the winners. It was always the chance to meet your fellow participants, to be a part of the greater IT community, and find like-minded people or useful connections. Until the very last moment, we were hoping to be able to uphold this tradition, but, unfortunately, the pandemic took its toll – and we had to end the Cup with less of a show tha…

  02.11.2020

• Collecting Sounds: ITMO Holds Workshop on Soundscapes and Environmental Acoustics

  …), volume, distance, and (un)pleasantness. Finally, you can describe each of them: thin or thick, calming or aggressive, annoying or barely noticeable.  Marking sounds and your reactions to them is almost a meditation that broadens your perception and leads to extraordinary discoveries. For instance, you might learn that you like your favorite coffee shop because …

  02.11.2020

• Ancient Art & Science, or What Killed the Medusa

  …und in the second Harry Potter book, in which he confronts a basilisk, a creature that also kills the living with its gaze. In the book, those who looked into its eyes through a reflection or a camera lens didn’t die, but becamet petrified. Ancient optics and construction The ancient Greeks’ idea of visual rays has been reflec…

  02.11.2020

• ITMO University’s Alumni Entrepreneur Club

  …s an entrepreneurial university, and we actively support this culture. In my opinion, this is the continuity of generations – students and graduates can already make some useful connections and learn from each other. Moreover, graduates can gain access to new ideas. This is the main benefit that we offer,” adds Lyudmila Tsoi. Networking bingo The first ev…

  02.11.2020

• Painted Mammoths and Honey: the Rescued Wonders of Bashkortostan

  …outhern Ural, a relatively calm area that won’t surprise you with any extremes like permafrost or northern lights. Currently, it is a developed industrial region, leading in oil extraction and supplying all of Russia with powdered soda (this fact will be handy later). Bashkortostan got its name from the Bashkir ethnic group, which has inhabited this land from the ear…

  02.11.2020