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• Things to Do in St. Petersburg: January 13-14

  …First things first, we’d like to share about the city’s novel attraction - the Aerolift that offers an exquisite opportunity to appreciate the beauty of St. Petersburg from a 150-meter skydeck (for comparison, the height of the Colonnade of St. Isaac's Cathedral is just 100). Rise into the sky, feel like a true aeronaut and take unique photos! An important note: t…

  10.01.2018

• Time Management: Ideas You Can Use

  …d – we will be presenting in our next article. Definition of Time Management Wikipedia describes time management as “the process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency or productivity”. What does that mean? Time management is always a juggling act of var…

  09.01.2018

• Joint PhD Programs: Recent Graduates Share

  …ir thesis. I had my thesis defence in Australia; in Russia, I only presented my research at my department and as part of several conferences. My thesis was dedicated to controlling near electromagnetic fields by using new artificial metamaterial structures. These allow to control electromagnetic fields on a subwave level - a much les…

  09.01.2018

• ITMO Begins Research on Carbon Nanodot Synthesis Methods

  …has come to formalize, categorize and update this information so that we can model the physical processes that determine the optical parameters of carbon dots and learn to control their properties. Such an achievement will be important for various applications in nanophotonics and biology,” – comments Alexander Baranov, head of ITMO’s “Optics of Quantum Nanostructure…

  09.01.2018

• Winter Holidays: Russian Orthodox Christmas

  … churches no seats are provided. You’ll have to spend the entire service on your feet.  If you are tired you may leave the church anytime you want. Kolyadki Ritual Songs, Carols and Fortune Telling The Russian tradition of Christmas  “kolyadki” - a local version of carols - is much older than  Christianity in Russia. They have pag…

  05.01.2018

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Science is Our Common Language'

  …, she is still concerned whether her subordinates would listen to her. I should admit that I was thinking like this too. I know, however, several examples when women took that role and everyone did just fine. In my French lab, the Director is a woman and even the President of The University is currently a woman, too.  Actually, I know many very successful women in sc…

  04.01.2018

• ITMO Fellowship Stories: 'Interest In Research Is Primary, Success Is Secondary'

  …How did your career in science begin? I moved to St. Petersburg from Krasnoyarsk and enrolled in St. Petersburg State University in 1989. I then graduated from the university and entered a PhD program at the Institute of Nuclear Physics. As I neared the end of my PhD program, I started working with research groups abroad and left Russia for Holland upon defending …

  02.01.2018

• ITMO Scientists Develop New “White” Near-Field Optical Microscope

  … it turned out that at a higher output the particle changes its color and turns into a “nanobulb” - a bright source of white light. We spent almost a year studying ways to control it and its possible applications. Yuri Kivshar helped us a lot with preparing for the publication,” - explains Sergei Makarov. Possible uses At the suggestion of Anton Samusev, …

  29.12.2017

• Seven Words that Describe ITMO in 2017

  …times poses as a public servant to Forester, the robot that is saving the forest. Wirey-haired Seldon took 2nd place at RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2017 for his rendition of Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” but the real winner was Forester who first won the national competition and then headed to Costa Rica for the World Robot Olympiad (WRO-2017) in November, where it took a g…

  29.12.2017

• New Opportunities: ITMO University Revamps Its Entrepreneurial Activities

  …hat time? If we're talking about the functions of a university, historically they've always been places of education; then, a strong scientific component was added to their role, and, lastly, they got the entrepreneurial function. The latter implies that universities act as a source of new knowledge and provide for its introduction into real economy, at least d…

  29.12.2017