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• Paws of Help: ITMO University Students Hold Charity Festival for Animal Shelters

  …terials we can just come in and ask for them, if we need funding we apply for a grant. How many people are there in your club? Olesya: Nine, but we’re now attracting new organizers and volunteers for our projects, as we have lots of ideas, but don’t have enough time to bring them all to life. Will you continue volunteering for the club when you graduate?…

  02.10.2019

• ITMO Technopark and Highpark Launch Pre-Accelerator Program

  … preparatory stage for projects in the development stage, the Pre-accelerator, and the Accelerator for startups with a high degree of readiness. “The Pre-accelerator is a new format of interacting with startupers. In the previous years, the accelerator was the only thing we had in this regard. So this year, we introduce a preparatory stage. The Pre-accelerator i…

  02.10.2019

• The Magic of: Autumn

  …s it possible that in autumn it’s pumpkin spice time in St. Petersburg too? To me, this time of year is all about the flavors – be it fried mushrooms with onions and potatoes, newly pickled cucumbers, or carrot cake (OK, that has somehow become a perennial treat here). If it’s gloomy outside, you could always sample “liquid autumn” in the form of the local teas. Serv…

  01.10.2019

• 10 Rules of Eco-Friendly Behavior: Expert on Simple Sustainability Lifehacks

  …ressive movement. Russia doesn’t yet have the infrastructure needed, but there are recycling points out there, as well as volunteers who’ll help you navigate this process as a newcomer.  Buy local and in season  Another important piece of advice for everyone wishing to make their eco contribution is to stop buying produce that is out of season. Fruit, vegetable…

  01.10.2019

• ITMO University Researchers Showcase Potential of Perovskite-Based Solar Cells

  …Halide perovskite is a relatively new material in nanophotonics, and was first used in solar cells around a decade ago. In its structure, this artificial material is identical to natural perovskite, discovered in the Ural Mountains in the 19th century and named after Lev Perovski, a Russian Home Affairs Minister and an avid mineral collector. Despite the fact that…

  01.10.2019

• BizCycle Workshop in Vyborg: Creating Comfortable Biking Infrastructure

  …work on the project together with their Finnish colleagues from the Cursor Oy and Fruct Oy companies, as well as the Tourism Information Center (check out this article by ITMO.NEWS to learn more). The university’s remit includes all IT projects for the Russian side of the border, from the development of key information resources to the integration of such data to the…

  01.10.2019

• 5 Ways to Deal with Culture Shock

  …Headache. Sometimes it feels like the microchip in my phone is faster than my brain, especially when in a new culture. Dealing with several languages at once, navigating local customs and also solving seemingly easy problems, like getting a taxi to a mall with five exits, gives me a headache that can last for a week. Ugh.  Coping strategy: Going for a run or a fas…

  30.09.2019

• Scientists Describe Universal Way of Compressing and Stopping Light for Ultrafast Optical Data Transmission

• ITMO University Graduates Organize Monthly Meetups For Science Communicators

  …lines scientific, however, this is a wrong assumption, and our task is to solve this problem. For me, this is a huge challenge and my main motivation for becoming part of this new project. I hope that together we can find a solution to this problem. Sergey Belov: Science communicators need to meet in person because this community is relatively newcomers are also treated to a night-time trip to see the famous drawbridges of St. Petersburg. “My main task, as I see it, is to create a comfortable, home-like environment where kid…

  30.09.2019