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• Paws of Help: Getting to Know ITMO’s Kindest Student Club

  …one at +7-964-339-40-39 or 8-800-201-49-99 (free nationwide number). They don’t deal with birds, however; instead, you can contact the St. Petersburg committee for environmental protection (8-812-417-59-36) or the Leningrad oblast committee for protection of animals  (8-812-539-50-00). You can also find a detailed guide (in Russian) on …

  07.01.2025

• Everything Wrong With Arrakis: A Physicist’s Take on Dune

  … one part of the universe and exit in another, lightyears away, in a short amount of time. Such wormholes have actually been described by physicists and, in theory, could actually function just the way they were envisioned by Frank Herbert. Meteorological satellites. Another thing Herbert had predicted – nearly ten years before they were invented in reality – are …

  06.01.2025

• Must-Watch Russian Cartoons for Learners of Any Level

  …r: Winter's Tale) (1981) by Yuri Butyrin Cartoons about culture, history, and ethnography Северная сказка (Northern Tale) (1979) by Rasa Strautmane Science fiction Тайна третьей планеты (The Mystery of the Third Planet) (1981) by Roman Kachanov Where to watch Most of these and many other Russian cartoons can be watched o…

  06.01.2025

• Slavic Myths, Robots, and the Meaning of Life: Video Games To Play This Holiday Season

  …al questions and provides you with tasks. The Talos Principle is full of ruminations on the nature of consciousness, humanity, and free will. Visit a fantasy world  In the action-adventure game Ivana Kupala, you must take a deep dive into Slavic mythology while searching for the protagonist’s missing son. The game was developed by the students of ITMO’s Gam…

  04.01.2025

• Winter Holidays at ITMO’s Museum of Optics: Cool Events to Visit

  …e elderly are 300 rubles.  New year – new exhibits The new exhibition Angel of Peter and Paul Cathedral is dedicated to the 300th anniversary of one of the city’s main attractions. The main exhibit is a full-scale hologram of the angel’s head, recorded in 1995 when the cathedral’s weather vane was taken down for restoration. Also on display are photographs …

  03.01.2025

• Year of the Snake: Serpents in Slavic Folklore

  …o water the crops. It was almost impossible to survive without it. Snakes, in turn, also like rainy weather – that’s when they crawl out of hiding. Ancient people noticed the connection and represented it in art and mythology. For example, water vessels were oftentimes covered with spiral patterns associated with a crawling snake. So, this was a symbolic way to at…

  02.01.2025

• How to Take Care of Your Mental Health Over Winter Holidays

  …ugh it helps you to relax and lifts your mood in the short term, you will then feel weary and emotionally empty. Not to mention that alcohol has a negative effect on our cognitive functions, which isn’t what you want during your exams or the first work days after the holidays. Workaholics often struggle with feeling guilty about resting and, as they see it, “n…

  27.12.2024

• Student Spotlight: Idrisa Kiryowa, Uganda

  …u introduce yourself to our readers? Thank you! I am Idrisa Kiryowa, a dynamic and passionate writer, young scientist, and sustainability activist. I celebrate myself for my non-fictional books The Breath of Europe and L’amore Folle, along with my stories, poems, and articles. I proudly identify myself as a life scripter, capturing and scripting life events as I e…

  26.12.2024

• ITMO in 2024: Highlights of the Year

  …ighpark got their official names, ITMO students picked up a myriad awards at the AI Journey contest, and our Infochemistry Scientific Center and its partner Prolab announced the production of mobile “cube labs” for Russian schools. |s=8,center| Dear readers, thank you for being with us in 2024! We are certain that the coming year will bring us even more incre…

  26.12.2024

• Top Collabs, Educators, and More: Meet the Winners of ITMO LOVE Awards 2024

  …earch and education. Our digital twins copy real-life chemical processes and teach students the respective safety regulations while information boxes explain the importance of every action. This is particularly useful when working with high school seniors and younger students, as with headsets we can train large groups to work in the lab without any constraints in te…

  25.12.2024