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• Science communication: promoting science to masses

  …nt to be involved in the communication with the public. More and more scientists these days are becoming ready to share their discovery not only with their colleagues in professional journals or at conferences, but also with people who are far from the science. "More and more scientists abroad are becoming aware of the need for this kind of communication. Whe…

  07.05.2015

• Universität Jena Student about Russian Science and European Dream

  …any, so a long trip to Russia was a serious step for me. At first I planned to stay for three months, six at most. But I’ve been here for two years now and don’t regret my decision. -          What kind of research did you do? I studied surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) of bacteriorhodopsin in purple membranes using self-assembled silver nanoisland f…

  05.05.2015

• Promising partnership: Russia continues cooperation with Brazil

  …versity in Brazil, which initially grew out of the country's first official organization of higher education (School of Medicine, operating since 1792). For now, among its divisions there are eight hospitals, hundreds of laboratories, various museums and libraries. One of the most important projects of the University is the Technological Park of Rio, specializing on …

  30.04.2015

• Oracle company representatives visited ITMO University

  …result of the Sun Microsystems takeover in 2009 the Oracle company became the server hardware manufacturer. As of the year 2014, the corporation has 122,000 employees, its divisions are located in more than 145  countries worldwide. Russia is no exception, in particular, there is a Development center located in St. Petersburg.   The visit of Sanket Atal, …

  30.04.2015

• University of Kassel is ITMO University's new partner

  …as attracted colleagues from Germany by similar development vectors: both universities are focused on developing of international laboratories network, global cooperation expansion, and support of business and research activities. "The visit was planned very carefully: we regularly communicated with the Kassel University's employees and discussed partnership …

  27.04.2015

• Students discussed Baltic region environmental issues at international conference in Poland

  … "Feeding the planet without destroying it: can the food production be stable?" has become the topic of the conference this year. The issue of presentations and discussion dealt with the organic farming, relationship between food, climate and landscape, prospects of the food industry development in various regions of the planet. The conference was initiat…

  24.04.2015

• Parliamentarism in Russia was discussed at Mariinsky Palace

  …, this event took place in 2014 and was timed to the 20th anniversary of the Legislative Assembly. The idea of the conference emergence was explained at the plenary session by Vladimir Vasiliev, the ITMO University rector, the chairman of the Council of Rectors of St. Petersburg: "Event's format is quite unexpected: not only members of parliament, but also re…

  24.04.2015

• BRICS countries universities will prepare professionals together

  … the universities interested in it are working now. As Ekaterina Tulugurova says, the head of the ITMO University International Educational Programs Department, the Russia's vision of the Network University future was the theme of the meeting in the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation on April 14 this year. Representatives of the leading Russian universit…

  23.04.2015

• Preparation for International Programming Contest (ACM ICPC) World Finals

  … since 2010. He recently returned from Zurich, where, together with Niyaz Nigmatullin, the champion of ACM ICPC 2012 and 2013, has conducted an intensive week-long training session for Swiss teams, including theoretical lectures, problem solving and errors analysis. Five years ago, Switzerland was the first country with students and pupils of which programming champi…

  22.04.2015

• Making world better: social entrepreneurship experience in Russia and USA

  …o mass involvement in social projects in America.   Marina Makarchenko, the Doctor of Economics, presented the program on the basics of social engineering to the professional community at UCLA. The ITMO University is organizing a coworking area where students will be able to work on their ideas and get experts help. "A trip to UCLA has shown that the …

  21.04.2015