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• From Proverbs to Affirmations: Russian Folk Wisdom vs Modern Truths

  Proverbs store folk wisdom for centuries after they’ve first been coined. But times change and what was perfectly sound advice a hundred years ago may sound quite toxic in our day and age. And yet we keep using them, as they are so much a part of our culture. Today, we’ll be taking a look at some of such Russian proverbs – and trying to make them more relevant. 

  21.10.2025

• Design in the Era of AI: Skills to Learn to Stay Relevant on the Job Market

  According to the recent Future of Jobs study by the World Economic Forum, graphic design will be among the ten fastest-declining job niches in the coming years. No wonder: neural networks do quite a good job on illustrations, banners, and logos. What should human graphic designers do? What skills can they gain to retain their jobs? And can AI fully replace a human specialist? For answers, we turned to Sergey Gurov, a specialist with 20 years of experience in design, a lecturer at Bang Bang Education, and a co-founder of the OSNOVA workshops.

  20.10.2025

• Classical Music You Didn’t Know Was Russian

  On this episode of Name That Tune: ITMO NEWS Edition, we have classical pieces by Russian composers that you’ve definitely heard before! Can you name them all? If not, no worries, and get ready to learn all about them in this story.

  17.10.2025

• ITMO and IT Lyceum to Promote AI Education in St. Petersburg

  Recently, St. Petersburg’s first IT-focused lyceum, which opened its doors this September, hosted an ITMO Day. The university held science shows, games, and career guidance lectures. Now, the strategic partnership between the university and the lyceum has been stapled in an agreement: with support from ITMO University, AI will be introduced into the lyceum’s educational process. The lyceum’s teachers are already taking professional development courses at ITMO.

  17.10.2025

• ITMO Among Top 10 Russian Universities by Employer Reputation

  Forbes Education has published its updated ranking of universities based on a survey of employers. ITMO ranked 8th, climbing up a step compared to last year’s ranking. By surveying employers, this ranking demonstrates the diplomas of which universities are valued most on the market and the extent of trust employers place in them. In St. Petersburg, ITMO landed in the top three.

  16.10.2025

• Student Spotlight: Kseniia Shmankova, Belarus

  After visiting St. Petersburg with family, Kseniia Shmankova felt a connection to the city and knew she wanted to explore it further. Now a student of business informatics at ITMO, the future leader shares her experiences of carving her path in business and IT, making friends, and living her best student life.

  16.10.2025

• ITMO Researchers Present Smart Assistant for Nanostructured Materials Design

  Experts at ITMO have created an AI-based platform that automates the search and processing of scientific literature on nanomaterials design. This smart assistant takes minutes to process a user’s request, analyze the related data, and generate responses with 81% accuracy. The system also has an additional agent that evaluates response quality and, if needed, edits the prompt, which brings the risk of hallucinations down a further 15%. With the platform, research teams will be able to proceed from hypothesis to experiment faster. The new assistant and related research were described in a paper published in Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling.

  15.10.2025

• This Week in St. Petersburg: October 16-22, 2025

  Some say fall is mostly gray, but we look outside and see a whole palette of colors, from light green to yellow and even crimson. This week, we’ll be filling our calendars to match this diversity: with concerts, screenings, exhibitions, and even a market to boot.

  15.10.2025

• Cyberpunk on Film: 4 Cult Classics to Watch

  From Blade Runner to Cyberpunk 2077, the “low-life, high-tech” genre has introduced us to dozens of iconic worlds. It has had a massive impact on pop culture, architecture, and even fashion – and it’s only becoming more mainstream as its previously outlandish ideas grow closer to reality. In today’s movie digest, we take a quick look at four cult films that didn’t make a splash upon release, but have since gained a following around the world.

  14.10.2025

• All About ITMO’s New Track for I Am a Professional Contest

  This season of the I Am a Professional contest welcomes a new track by ITMO University – Product Management in Digital Business. Medalists, winners, and diploma holders of the I Am a Professional Competition have the chance to receive up to 300,000 rubles, an opportunity to enter Russia’s top universities, or an internship at a major company. To learn more about the new track and its tasks, we turned to Alexander Volkov, curator of the track and head of the educational program Technologies and Innovations by ITMO’s Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations.

  13.10.2025