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New Semester: Thoughts, Opinions, and Expectations of ITMO Family
It’s always exciting when a new academic year begins. However, this time, the anticipation is even higher, as ITMO University will function in an unusual hybrid format. We asked our students and staff members to describe their thoughts on the coming semester.
01.09.2020
ITMO Graduate Oksana Ivanova on Master's Program in Bioinformatics
This year, Oksana Ivanova graduated from ITMO’s Master’s program in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology among the best graduates. She discussed her experience, current research, and further plans for studies with ITMO.NEWS.
28.08.2020
Sinith Withanage: ITMO Provides an Extraordinary Atmosphere for International Students
From Sri Lanka to China and later to Russia, Sinith undoubtedly has an interesting story to tell. He is currently in his second year of studies at the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Master’s program and works as a manager at the Academic Writing Laboratory (AWL), which aims to support and coach students, researchers, faculty, and staff to deal with the academic writing process.
27.08.2020
Bio & Art Summer School: Biomaterials in Art
ITMO University offers its students an opportunity to work with incredible people on creating interesting projects and this year wasn’t an exception. One of our most fascinating summer schools this year was called Bio&Art: Biomaterials in Art, taught by ITMO graduate Laura Rodriguez. This summer school offered engaging lectures and DIY workshops focused on the innovative fields of Art & Science and Bioart. Held online, it attracted participants from around the world, including China, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, the Philippines, and the USA.
20.08.2020
Alyona Kudlayeva: Dance Helped Me Learn More About Myself
Coming from the central Asian country of Kazakhstan, from the city of Shymkent, Alyona Kudlayeva has just graduated from ITMO’s Science Communication master’s program and shares a bit about her studies and some facts about her passion – dance.
13.08.2020
International Graduates 2020 Discuss Their Experience at ITMO University
Every year, lots of students from all over the world come to study at ITMO University. We asked international graduates of our Master’s programs to describe their academic achievements and share some thoughts about studying in St. Petersburg.
07.08.2020
Sam Innes: The Way Russian Writers Get Inside the Human Soul Is Incredible
Sam Innes participated in two courses during the Russian Language and Culture Summer School held in July at ITMO University. He attended both the Russian conversational course and Russian cinema course. Sam experienced the course remotely from the United Kingdom. What was it like to explore his passion for Russian culture remotely? We talked to him about his summer school experience and plans for the future.
06.08.2020
Ivan Kalashnikov: You Must Be 100% Focused, Especially When Training as a Group
Rowing is more than a sport for Ivan Kalashnikov, captain of ITMO University's rowing team. He started in sports when he was 15 and has had several victories, including the 400-meter championship in the Republic of Udmurt. For Ivan, sports is also the way of life.
30.07.2020
ITMO Graduate Nikita Teplyakov on Working in Switzerland, Studying in the UK, and Breaking Stereotypes
Nikita Teplyakov spoke to us about his path in science and explained how he managed to rack up 29 Scopus publications in six years as an ITMO student.
28.07.2020
ITMO’s Russian Language and Culture Summer School: A Passion for Learning
Since 2016, ITMO University has hosted a Russian language summer school for language learning enthusiasts around the world. This year, from July 1 to 28, the school was held online for the first time with 22 participants from 10 countries including Canada, China, the UK, the USA and several countries in Europe. We talked to a few of the participants to learn about their experiences during the summer school and what attracted them to Russian language and culture.
28.07.2020