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ITMO University Invites Young Scientists to Study Graphene-Type 2D Materials
…What sort of research do you plan to do at ITMO University? Two-dimensional materials are a relatively new field of research that began with the discovery of graphene in 2004. The importance of that research was immediately understood by the scientific community; just six years after the first experiments, the scientists Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were aw…
22.05.2018
Diving into Internationalization: ITMO’s English Upgrade
…rent backgrounds and see the world differently. My academic career has been focused in the humanities and so I bring certain frameworks for looking at the world to class discussions, and students bring in their own, too. This allows for a productive environment for exchanging ideas, which is what university is all about. Of course, this can be difficult at 8:20 in th…
22.05.2018
Heaven for Startups: Russian and Finnish Experts Discuss Helsinki Business Culture
…very popular. Apart from that, Finland always welcomes startups in the field of IT and medicine. “Seven IT-projects and one medical project were presented at the pitch-session. Finland is a small country. That’s why they welcome startups that can be competitive in global markets as well”, said Vladimir Chepurnoy. Timo Helenius shared that this was his third…
21.05.2018
Annual Report 2017: ITMO Code
…+ PS + SS) was shown for the first time during a meeting of the university's International Council in October last year. V – values, F – fundamental and unique, PS – professional skills and SS – soft skills. All of the accomplishments of ITMO’s team over the past year are logically uploaded into the appropriate folders on the “desktop”. The 2017 Annual Repor…
21.05.2018
Saddest Park and Happiest Street: Urban Scientists From ITMO Study St. Petersburg’s Emotions
…ng what people enjoy about public spaces, and what makes them afraid, disgusted, or sad. “Imprecity is an opportunity to talk about St. Petersburg’s emotions, to make decisions and create projects designed to improve the emotional atmosphere of the city and the quality of life. Our research reflects the genuine need for new tools that could assess the quality of…
21.05.2018
University of Memphis’ Zabihollah Rezaee on Sustainability and Ethics in Business
…ind. Sometimes I’ll ask them if they understood everything I said; when I hear a wrong answer, I don’t tell them they’re wrong, but instead try to find the truth through discussion. I try to get students as involved in the educational process as possible, because they might not all have a good grasp of English, but they still need to comprehend the course material. T…
18.05.2018
ITMO Participates in SPIE Photonics Europe 2018
…s in the field of photonics and optoinformatics and consists of several sections: biophotonics, nonlinear optics, quantum technologies, and other. The event features poster sessions, oral presentations, and an exhibition of novel photonics equipment which is organized by Europe’s leading scientific centers. The conference’s organizer is SPIE Europe Ltd. international…
18.05.2018
ScienceMedia-2018: Russian Student Media
…, as our VK audience alone exceeds one thousand people and once we were the first in Yandex search query. Obviously, we have some difficulties. We used to produce a printed version of our magazine once, but we had to stop, because you need a lot of money to produce a high-quality product (not only the articles themselves, but also design, proofreading and much more).…
17.05.2018
Culture of the Future Laboratory: Experts Disclose the Future of Art&Science
…on this topic? Anastasia Yarmosh: Of course it is, especially in the field of education. It was not so long ago that the concept of Art&Science has become a topic for discussion in Russia. Surely, there were certain secluded communities, but now we have to refocus this field towards the wider world. The new Master’s program, for one, is an attempt to attract publi…
17.05.2018
Bike Ride with the Rector: St. Petersburg Best Routes