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• What Birch Bark Manuscripts Tell Us About Russia’s Past

  … his colleagues continue his life’s work and you can watch the recordings of both old and recent lectures here (in Russian) or check out the manuscripts here to gain a greater insight into their mysteries.  Indeed, deciphering these ancient scrolls is quite an adventure. Obviously, the language and writing system has changed drastically over the centuries. For exa…

  13.07.2021

• Drive, Joy, and New Skills: ITMO Students Volunteer at Euro 2020 in St. Petersburg

  …-year student, Faculty of Photonics I’ve been a member of ITMO’s People Need You volunteering club since my first year. There, we mostly volunteer at university events, for instance, I’ve recently helped at the graduation ceremony. Last year, I also took part in the #WeAreTogether project that helped elderly people in self-isolation.  I’ve loved volunteering si…

  13.07.2021

• Top Graduate Ekaterina Smelaya: ITMO Always Has Your Back

  …ns of studying at ITMO?  To be honest, the way our studies were organized came as a bit of a letdown during my Bachelor’s – I take it I was an idealist back in the day. For instance, some of our lab classes were taken from the 2013 curricula, which is not ideal for programmers. However, I did come to appreciate the knowledge we received when I landed a job in my c…

  12.07.2021

• How to Get in Trouble at a Russian Dinner Table

  …elebrating in Parisian restaurants and were charged by the empty bottle. So, reportedly, they hid them under the table. Nowadays, that probably won’t take it off your tab, and instead, serves as a sign for a new bottle. Get up before everyone else. When you’re done you can’t just get up and go watch TV – you have to wait for everyone else to be done. Or you have t…

  12.07.2021

• Movie Fridays: Films Made by Women

  …Why it matters In a nutshell, there is still pretty much a glass ceiling when it comes to female representation in cinema – not just for actresses, but, for instance, directors and producers, too – those skilled behind-the-scenes professionals who are just as, if not more responsible for what we see on the screen. Female directors also allegedly have a harder time…

  09.07.2021

• Top Graduate Mikhail Kolesnikov: Living Life to the Full as a Student

  …n of the Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics talked me out of it. After all, there was a risk of losing even the place that I already had.  That’s how I ended up at the Instrumentation Technologies Department, which was lucky, because later I learned that students at the program I first wanted to enroll in had a really hard time buried under their books. My pr…

  09.07.2021

• Nature Reviews Sputnik V Safety

  … safety for people older than 60 (and it showed that the vaccine is safe) but the article is still a preprint. There are press releases and official statements from healthcare institutes of the United Arab Emirates and Argentina, where Sputnik V is used in 62% of cases. However, until this data is published as a reviewed article, the distrust will remain. Approval of…

  09.07.2021

• Student Spotlight: Damara Verdugo, Ecuador

  …gs that most worried me when I came to Russia was the weather because my country has a tropical climate and moving to the cold is a big change, however my experience was good, inside the dormitories and buildings you don't feel cold due to the heating system, and to go out you just have to wear the right clothes. Also, activities in the snow are very fun. What do …

  08.07.2021

• Two Biotech Master’s Courses Get Vladimir Potanin Foundation Grants

  …independent experts who collaborate with the foundation. “The experts saw great prospects in both projects, and we decided to support their right for experimenting,” explains Natalia Shulgina. “We wish them success and hope that they’ll get results and their projects will be in demand among students.” A new approach to sport nutrition This year’s first w…

  08.07.2021

• ITMO Technopark Resident Among Top Ten Innovative Companies in Education

  …omic Forum (SPIEF), its organizers launched a national competition to discover those companies that develop and implement innovative solutions for schools and higher education institutions. In particular, new technologies for providing instruction.  The ten best applications selected by the expert board as finalists of the competitio…

  08.07.2021