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• Spicy Food Guide to St. Petersburg

  In our interviews, one of the most common challenges our students share about studying in Russia isn’t the weather, or the paperwork, or the language – no, it’s the lack of spiciness in local food! Indeed, Russian cuisine, though full of delectable dishes, isn’t known for being particularly hot. But luckily, St. Petersburg is a foodie’s paradise and there are plenty of spots in town that’ll satisfy your thirst for high-Scoville treats.

  22.10.2024

• ITMO Wins Digital TOP Award in Education

  ITMO University was honored at the recent Digital TOP awards in the category Education for the launch of its Laboratory for Applied Digital Chemistry. At the lab, school and university students develop IT tools that can contribute to the development of new medical products and microelectronic devices. 

  22.10.2024

• (Not) A Serious Discussion: Humor as a Tool To Promote Science

  Laughter doesn't only increase longevity but also promotes science; it also helps achieve breakthroughs and make learning stick, as believed by scientists and lecturers. How and why should we use comedy in science and education? Do physicists crack good jokes? And how many “grams” of laughter should there be in a scientific joke? Here's a special guide we compiled based on the recent Noble Talk by Andrey Sebrant, the strategic marketing director at Yandex, and Yakov Somov, a co-founder of Lectorium.

  21.10.2024

• What Shapes Reality: New Screen-Centric Exhibition By ITMO’s Art & Science Center

  A self-portrait based on 7,000 YouTube Shorts, a display of vintage CRT TVs, and a clay 3D-printed wasp's nest – these are just some of the works to see at Of Depth and Smoothness: In a Realm of Screens, an exhibition by ITMO’s Art & Science Center and the cultural center Dom Radio.

  15.10.2024

• Studying at a Library: 101

  Need some focus time to finish a project or paper? Consider... the library! Far from just a place that stores books, a library provides just the atmosphere and inspiration for you to finish any task you start. 

  15.10.2024

• Science, Culture, Medicine, and Humor: Noble Talks by ITMO Kick Off in St. Petersburg

  ITMO’s Center for Science Communication has launched a series of free pop-science lectures titled Noble Talks at New Holland Island. Here, scientists, medical specialists, artists, and tech experts will discuss scientific, medical, and technological breakthroughs in the wake of the 2024 Nobel Week and analyze trends from different perspectives.

  14.10.2024

• KronBars Sports Club Turns 11: Story of Russia’s Best Student Sports Club

  ITMO’s KronBars sports club has won the national competition for the best student sports club five times, was shortlisted for the MarSpo Awards 2020 for sports marketing, and built a sports community where ITMO staff and students can all find something to their liking. In this article, to mark the club’s 11th birthday, we take a trip down the memory lane to its roots and look into the opportunities it offers today with the club’s head Dmitry Rusanov.

  11.10.2024

• Science Through Generations: Notes from Young Professionals Conference at ITMO

  ITMO University hosted the third international conference Young Professionals, which drew over 300 participants from Russia, Italy, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries. The conference included a presentation of young specialists’ projects, an announcement of the results of the Top Young Professionals contest winners, and an awards ceremony for the best popular science reports.

  11.10.2024

• I Am a Professional Contest: Robotics Track FAQ

  Registration is ongoing for the eighth season of the I Am a Professional competition, where medalists receive up to 300,000 rubles and winners get the opportunity to enroll at the country’s top universities – and intern at major Russian companies. ITMO manages three of the conference’s tracks, including Robotics. In this article, we get into the details of its tasks with the track’s curator Islam Bzhikhatlov, an associate professor at ITMO’s Faculty of Control Systems and Robotics.

  10.10.2024

• Hacking Protein Structures: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Protein Design and Structure Prediction

  The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded to the American researcher David Baker “for computational protein design” and the British researchers Demis Hassabis and John Jumper “for protein structure prediction.” In this article, we turn to ITMO researchers to find out why we need to predict protein structure and how AI can help us in this process.

  09.10.2024