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• The 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics: Any Lessons for Russia?

  …ic growth cycles and their effect on social and natural phenomena. The researchers’ main achievement lies in their creation of methods for solving the fundamental issues of sustainable economic growth. Nordhaus, a graduate of Yale University, served on US President Jimmy Carter’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1977 to 1979. He is most widely known for his resea…

  15.10.2018

• International Olympiad in Informatics 2018 Winners: Even If You’re Tired, Don’t Lose Sight of Your Goals

  …cientist, go into teaching, or conduct large-scale projects in a big company, among other things. I want to explore different opportunities and then make my choice, and I’m certain that my university studies will help me with that. We’ve all heard that the programmer is the profession of the future (and present, without any doubt). But what is your understandi…

  15.10.2018

• How to Write a Thesis on Marvel Comic Books: PhD Student Daniil Shirokov Explains

  … everyday reality or actually influence its construction? That’s one tricky question. Perhaps the suggestion that behind the scenes, comic authors are instructed to promote certain things, is not entirely groundless. But I like to think that comics don’t engineer our reality, but anticipate it or just quickly pick up on changes in the real world. That was the case wi…

  12.10.2018

• Motasem Awaja’s Journey: A 2018 Open Doors Scholarship Winner

  …for my visa there.” As soon as he got his invitation three months later, he made his way to the Russian embassy in Cairo. He explained his story at his visa interview and obtained his visa on the same day. Two days after that he was in St. Petersburg, arriving just in time for the start of the first semester. “I am in awe of this city: it’s an amazing place. …

  11.10.2018

• Novgorod State University Hosts ITMO.REGIONS Innovation Weekend

  … detailed yet accessible theoretical terms, for example, explaining what is knowledge-based economy, technology transfer, import phaseout. This theoretical debrief was also sustained by the related Russian laws and regulations as we realized that specialists often struggle with different legislative interpretations, which impedes them in their work. Our second and ma…

  11.10.2018

• University of Amsterdam Professor on the Importance of Crowd Behavior Research and Putting Minecraft to Good Use

  …es, players are briefed on the plot and given an interactive tutorial on how to use the controls and, essentially, play the game. After being walked through saving the first detainee, they finally set out to free the others on their own. The researchers define this first part as a surroundings study, comparing it to trying to orient yourself in a huge new shopping ma…

  11.10.2018

• Physicists Suggest New Way to Measure Speed in Liquid Micro-Flows

  …nna concentrating electromagnetic field. The effect describes the impact the distance to nanoantenna has on the luminescence of excited molecules. Monitoring how a solution containing luminescent molecules changes its radiation when moving past the nanoantenna helps determine its speed. “Luminescent molecules emit light when excited by a laser pulse. However, th…

  10.10.2018

• St. Petersburg’s Architectural Gems: Baroque

  …turquoise façade punctuated by a vibrant, gold-leafed onion dome, and the ornate Peterhof Palace, sometimes referred to as the “Russian Versailles” thanks to its exuberant fountains, are both recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Sites and are among the top tourist destinations in the city. Towards the end of the 18th century, the dramatic splendor of the Baroque st…

  09.10.2018

• Career Guidance for School Students

  …e asking any question; What’s the point of getting career guidance? You can turn to a career guidance specialist if you don’t know which career to choose, or make certain that the choice you made is the right one. However, getting career guidance online is not enough: there will always be issues that are best discussed in person. “Getting an outside pe…

  08.10.2018

• Career Guidance for School Students

  …e asking any question; What’s the point of getting career guidance? You can turn to a career guidance specialist if you don’t know which career to choose, or make certain that the choice you made is the right one. However, getting career guidance online is not enough: there will always be issues that are best discussed in person. “Getting an outside pe…

  08.10.2018