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Career Guidance for School Students
…e portal will provide you with all the necessary information about the university’s activities that have to do with career guidance, and let you apply for a career guidance session which will help you choose a School and learn more about your aptitudes and interests. After applying for a career guidance session, you will first ha…
08.10.2018
Get Skinny Like a Russian
…ecause nothing gets you to lose fat cells like first softening them up in a hot sauna and then whacking them with a birch-tree whip. For many, the banya, which is usually a version of a dry or wet sauna, is an integral part of keeping in shape. When we were kids, mom would get on a scale before going to the banya and after. I’m not sure I should ask her how she did i…
08.10.2018
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018: World-Changing Inventions
…e inventions being honored this year have revolutionized laser physics. Extremely small objects and incredibly rapid processes are now being seen in a new light. Advanced precision instruments are opening up unexplored areas of research and a multitude of industrial and medical applications,” says the official press release of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. …
05.10.2018
Staking on Unique: ITMO’s Startup Accelerator Revamps its Approach
…Technologies. Once in six months, FT’s coordinators held an open call for startups; chosen projects’ teams received expert training and reported on their results at a pitch-session during the final Demo Day, as exemplified by a Demo Day that was hosted as part of St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum (SPIIF). According to Andrey Myaskov, this working f…
04.10.2018
ITMO University Scientists Develop Laser for High-Precision Satellite Navigation
…e accuracy of a laser locator depends on the duration of its laser pulse and resolution of the receiver. The shorter the impulse, the higher is the accuracy. Increased Precision Scientists from ITMO University’s Research Institute of Laser Physics have developed a laser capable of measuring the distance to the Moon with the margin of error of a few millimeters.…
04.10.2018
This Weekend in St. Petersburg: October 6-7
…arn about how this delicious product is made. Tickets cost 500 rub and can be purchased here. In Japan, viewing the colors of maple leaves in autumn is a real cultural obsession. There is even a special word for it: momijigari, which means ‘leaf peeping’. This autumn you’ll also have a chance to learn more about the land of the rising sun and its truly unique cult…
03.10.2018
Pension Reform and Inclusion of the Elderly: Changing Social Policy in Today’s Russia
…he “third age” for several years already. What did you start with? The first project by the Russian Science Foundation was launched in 2014. It was dedicated to social inclusion of the elderly. My initial hypothesis was that the best way of doing it is engagement: for those who are working, it is best to continue to work, and for those who don’t, it is better to f…
03.10.2018
ITMO.City of Professions: Best Jobs and Internships for Students
‘I Want to Create Something that Really Matters’: ITMO University’s First-Year Student On Developing Socially Significant Apps
…y active participation in various scientific events, I often missed my classes, and that was frowned upon. When I was in the tenth grade, each teacher’s meeting included discussions on to punish me for such trespasses. The computer science teacher, who was my only ally, told me that the other staff used to really dig up on me to bring me to book. There were even thre…
02.10.2018
Fighting Talk: Management Sparrings Participants Discuss their Experience
… them: classical sparrings and express sparrings. In classical sparrings, each participant is given their own role, which they have to play out in a five-minute negotiation session, after which the ball goes to their opponent’s court. The opponent makes the choice of swapping the roles and starting the negotiations from scratch or keeping to the established course of…
01.10.2018