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

  …s Adam Driver-starring gem to offer) like pugs, and that’s a fact. So here’s a treat for us all, an SNL sketch about pugs. Enjoy the 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 …

  17.05.2019

• RTDA Bureau Wins Prestigious International Award for Architectural Plan of ITMO Highpark

  …esidential district in Mumbai (India) and others. Having won the competition organized by ITMO Highpark JSC from September 4 to October 1, 2018, the Moscow bureau was commissioned to develop a territorial master plan for ITMO Highpark, propose the architectural look and design of inner spaces of ITMO Highpark’s main buildings, map out the transport and pedestrian …

  17.05.2019

• Social Animals: What Makes Us Human

  …ne other very human thing: Dina was a chain-smoker. On the other hand, Koko the gorilla, who passed away last year, was able to learn more than 1,000 words of a modified version of American Sign Language (ASL) with the help of Stanford University researchers, and was able to not only pass on information using gestures, but even use abstract concepts such as “love”…

  17.05.2019

• Master’s Student Mrinal Vashisth: Embracing Interdisciplinarity is Like Discovering Your Superpowers

  …ollow a Systems Biology program? Truth be told, I looked for a place that would match my competencies and wouldn’t be too expensive. Another thing that factored into my decision was that being a biotechnologies specialist, I didn’t have enough background in computer science, which is obligatory for everyone who wants to study at an Indian university. Indian univer…

  17.05.2019

• Avengers and Time Travel: Scientific Perspective

  …past without it affecting the future. Imagine you went back in time and killed your grandfather before he married your grandmother. What would happen to you? Based on that revision to your past, you would never have been born. Screenwriters and film directors have mixed feelings about this paradox. For example, the creators of Back to the Future don’t allow their …

  16.05.2019

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

  …ness about the issue of plastic pollution. #2minutebeachclean: clean beaches to the people #2minutebeachclean is a social movement of environmentally conscious people passionate about beach cleaning. The #2minutebeachclean is run by The Beach Clean Network Limited a not-for-profit organization that was founded in 2009 by Martin Dorey and Tab Parry to encourage …

  16.05.2019

• Master's Students from Mexico on Studying in Russia and ITMO's Art&Science Program

  …eld of art, he found ITMO’s Art & Science program. Given that it was the last day that the applications were accepted, he hurried to submit his. “This was a momentous decision that changed my life in a major way in as little as 15 days. I had just graduated from university and didn’t have a clue as to what to do after that, and then suddenly there I was, leaving…

  16.05.2019

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

  …t 1 PM on May 18. St. Petersburg Comic Con This year marks the first time that Comic Con Russia is held in St. Petersburg, and what geek could possibly miss such an occasion? Visit the Author Alley to mingle with amateur and professional comic creators (including Deadpool artists Dalibor Talajic and Matteo Scalera, and Eisner Awa…

  15.05.2019

• ITMO Portfolio Contest: Winners’ Tips for Success

  …’s program”, you have to write not a couple of loose sentences but rather a full page of literate and meaningful text. Maybe even describe the process of how you made your decision. You can also explain how the knowledge that you aspire to get can be applied in your current or future projects. Finally, I suggest reading the requirements for the portfolio several t…

  15.05.2019

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

  …ation, coordinator of the conference Each year, the conference, which the Vladimir Potanin Foundation organized with Russia’s leading universities, creates meaningful discussions around the issues concerning the development of Master’s studies in Russia. Despite the fact that the main themes of the conference change as time passes, all of them are united with one …

  15.05.2019