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• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 10-11, 2020

  …ans and have a lot of fun! Zhivoy Rock Fest October 10-11, starting at 2 pm Sevkabel Port Free entrance  And what about some live music after the sun sets? A new venue, cool headliners, and your soon-to-be-favorite festival weekend, filled with live sounds and the brightest emotions – the Zhivoy Rock Fest is being held for the 13th time. Do you want…

  07.10.2020

• What is ITMO's Buddy System and How Does it Work?

  … buddies meet international students at the airport, assist with the dormitory move-in and everyday issues, show them around the city, and generally help them adapt to a brand new environment. The Buddy System leaders and members organize academic and informal events that create space for dialogue between representatives of different countries and exchange of cult…

  07.10.2020

• ITMO.STARS 2020 Winners: Who Are They?

  … this sphere is very promising. Now, I just want to focus on my studies because it is not so easy here. And then I plan to participate in hackathons and olympiads and create a new team to participate in the Robocup student league. After my Bachelor’s studies, it will be interesting to delve into biomechatronics – robotic prostheses – and get into a Master’s progra…

  06.10.2020

• Our Favorite Places to Experience Fall in St. Petersburg

  …nland. St. Petersburg boasts numerous locations from which to enjoy scenic views of the Baltic Sea, but my personal favorite is a nook near the Primorskaya metro station. Good news, a stroll to the destination point includes a tour of late Soviet architecture rather worth seeing.  Of course water, rocks, and sand may give you an asсetic impression in comparison to…

  06.10.2020

• Epidemiologist Vasily Vlassov on Medical Problems Exposed by the Pandemic

  … attacks would be reduced by three times, that would be reflected in the general mortality rate. And yet nothing like this happened during the past three years. It’s just that news about the reduction of mortality rates looks good, so everyone, not only cardiologists, but also deputies and ministers, keep repeating it.” The thing is, the number of deaths in this…

  06.10.2020

• You Can Fight the World and Win: ITMO Graduate Kirill Rivkin on DataArt, Studies in the US and His Startup

  …After graduating from ITMO, you went to get your PhD in the US. How did you do that given that academic mobility in Russia was not as intense as now?  It was just a regular newsletter. I was surfing the internet and saw that foreign citizens were being accepted for a PhD in the US. I didn’t know anything else, I didn’t have anyone I could ask, so I started sending…

  05.10.2020

• KronBars Named Best Russian Student Sports Club for the Fourth Year in a Row

  … achievement of a large team of athletes, student managers, coaches, and professors. We really stand out from other sports clubs, we experiment in our activities, come up with new formats for working with students, and make sports at the university popular, interesting, and convenient. We will keep on setting trends not only in student sports but also in mass and pro…

  05.10.2020

• New Coworking Space Opens at ITMO’s Kronverksky Campus

  …ign of its concept, format, and the services it offers so that the space would fit its purpose. “On the one hand, this is a place where you can work as a team and develop new ideas; on the other, you can also come here to rest or work on your own. When I was a student, the schedule was organized in such a way that we never had long breaks between lectures. Today…

  05.10.2020

• The Unexpectedly Superstitious Side of St. Petersburg

  …to take it home with them (it actually happened not once but seven times). A local legend goes that if your coin lands on its shelf, your wish will come true. And if you are a newlywed (well, congratulations!), you definitely should take a shot glass (not a call to drink, water will do) and lower it down to Chizhik on a rope and clink the glass on the bird’s beak whi…

  05.10.2020

• Comfort Foods to Try This Fall

  …t a full bag of pepparkakor (Swedish for gingerbread) spiced tea brought to me by a dear friend all the way from a Swedish Christmas market, this year my store ran out – thus, new ideas had to follow. I came up with something terribly (yes, terribly!) simple and yet surprisingly addictive: a few thick lemon slices, some ginger, cinnamon, and honey (or cherry syrup, w…

  02.10.2020