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• Building A New Generation of Drugs: SCAMT Laboratory Scientists On Rational Chemical Design Using Metal-Organic Frameworks

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: August 4-5

  …rg will celebrate its first and one of the most iconic architects, Domenico Trezzini. The event will take place in the majestic Summer Garden, which will give its floor to Coriandolo, a choir hailing from Trezzini’s birthplace, the Swiss Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Сoncert’s repertoire will consist of authentic Italian Renaissance music and folk songs with a m…

  01.08.2018

• Interning in New York, Working in Berlin: ITMO Graduate Victoria Gorelkina On Her International Experience

  … of writing a thesis; the latter two could have been done anywhere in the world, I just needed to show up in Wismar for the final exams. I left Wismar for the internship and abandoned my German studies, which I had to pick up later as I needed it for my work, where, by the way, I switch between English, German, and sometimes even Russian. I use Russian when working o…

  30.07.2018

• Enjoy Summer Like a Russian

  …Everything’s a beach Maybe it’s because summers can be short here (in St. Petersburg, define summer), you’ll often find people happy to soak in the sun in random public places. Whether it’s grassy, rocky or sandy, someone has spread out a blanket and is laying star-fish style in their bikini. One of the most famous places for getting tanned is the “beach” by Peter…

  09.07.2018

• SightSafari.City: Great Walking Routes in Every Part of the City

  … opportunity to download GPS-trackers to use the maps offline. The first users of SightSafari.City have also noted that it would be great to create circular routes and random routes in case you just want to walk but don’t really know where to go. Besides, it would be great to add some pictures to the system, but it requires a lot of resources. “I’m still …

  29.06.2018

• It’s Time to Celebrate Russia Day

  …Russian Radio polled a random selection of Russians about what their country is celebrating during this long weekend and got a variety of results. Very few know that on this day in 1991, also happened to be the day that Boris Yeltsin was elected the first Russian president. In 1994, this holiday was renamed “Day of adoption of the declaration of independence of RSFS…

  12.06.2018

• Why There Are So Many Online Petitions Today – And How to Make Them Work

  …Citizens’ Assembly, which was created by the Irish Parliament as a response to demands for constitutional and political change. The Assembly, which includes 99 members picked randomly to represent all ages, genders, social classes and regions, was asked to consider the legal status of abortion in Ireland, among other things. The Assembly was also responsible for deci…

  07.06.2018

• Saddest Park and Happiest Street: Urban Scientists From ITMO Study St. Petersburg’s Emotions

  …lso look at the spots that people are indifferent about, “emotional wastelands”, so to say. These spots will most likely consist of former industrial sites and closed-off or abandoned areas, but they may also include some public spaces. One of our other plans is to create “emotional routes”, although that will require a substantial amount of data,” – explains Alexand…

  21.05.2018

• Irina Hussainova: Estonian “Scientist of the Year”

  …as interested in healthcare and specifically genetic engineering, but it became clear to me that I could not work with blood and a living body. So I chose my university at random, you might say. Or even against my own judgment, because my way of thinking and character are more humanitarian that anything else. I decided, however, that everyone should know foreign l…

  20.04.2018

• Arizona University Expert: Why People Don’t Want to Learn Foreign Languages

  …ou like museums or restaurants, write an online review in English and explain to people from around the world why they should go there - after all, you live here. We need to abandon the idea that it’s good only for, say, physics; no, it’s a language for everything. If your general, everyday English is good, then your academic writing and scientific correspondence wil…

  17.04.2018