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• ITMO’s Monday Science Roundup #7

  …n Education have answers to these and other questions. Read more Data visualization is far from a simple art, but one that can be mastered – and the students of a scientific storytelling course at ITMO can attest to that. ITMO.NEWS spoke to Aleksandr Bogachev, a datavis expert and author of Graphics That Convince Everyone, about this fascinating field and the origi…

  06.06.2022

• Student Spotlight: Mostafa Abdallah, Egypt

  … 19-year-old resident of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. It is located on the bank of the longest river in the world, the Nile. The city is famous for its rich culture and history. Cairo is the treasury of artifacts of the Egyptian civilization.  What is your favorite place in Egypt? Sharm-el-Sheikh will definitely be on the top of my list. It is a beautiful …

  02.06.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: June 4-5, 2022

  …se here St. Petersburg traditionally welcomes summer with the Sand Sculpture Festival, which takes sandcastle building to the next level. Exploring the topic of Russian history, this year’s event features 23 artworks by renowned sculptors from Russia and Belarus, which take visitors back in time to witness the victories and great deeds of Peter the Great, explor…

  01.06.2022

• Nizhny Novgorod: The Capital of Sunsets

  …History Nizhny Novgorod (not to be mistaken with Veliky Novgorod!) is the capital of the Volga region. Founded in 1221, the city made it into history books multiple times as a prominent trade center and a hub of liberty: in the 15th century, local citizens led by Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky organized an army to set Moscow free f…

  31.05.2022

• How Optional Courses Can Instill a Love Of Science

  …sses, I couldn’t even imagine how much effort it would take. I had to gather all the relevant information, discover new things, and combine it all into a coherent and reasoned story. Luckily, I still had my training materials from my Bachelor’s years. I started off with those and then added additional information from books and courses I took and some exciting facts …

  30.05.2022

• An Overview of Early Russian Cinema

  …However, after some not-so-successful attempts, one of the very first Russian short films, Stenka Razin (1908) was completed and received rather warmly. It’s based on a tragic story (possibly only a legend) of a beautiful foreign princess who was captured by Cossacks and thrown into the river Volga as a sort of a sacrificial offering. Animated films by Vladislav S…

  30.05.2022

• ITMO.EduStars Winner Dmitry Sinev on Mythological Aspect of Teaching and Memes in Classroom

  …ounter of the hero-journey is with a protective figure who provides the adventurer with amulets against the dragon forces he is about to pass”. This is what Merlin does in The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, as well as a nameless cat in Neil Gaiman's Coraline, and John Keating in Dead Poets Society. I like this idea and I believe it relates best to my teaching …

  27.05.2022

• Turning Complex Into Simple: How To Visualize Data and Get Your Message Across

  … at different companies?  We executed dozens of projects that brought us many international awards. I love most of them, for instance, the discovery of Antarctica and the history of Hedgehog in the Fog (a Soviet animated film – Ed.) What do you have to say about data visualization in Russia? First, data visualization is an umbrella term, so we should be …

  26.05.2022

• Student Spotlight: Devtanu Bose, India

• This Weekend In St. Petersburg: May 28-29, 2022

  …ion on cello and piano by Ulrike Brand and Dmitry Shubin May 29, 8 pm Radio House 900-1,000 rubles (tickets here) Whether you love music, architecture, or history – this event has it all. Over its history, the recently-restored Radio House has served as a hospital, a church, and, of course, a radio station; however, i…

  25.05.2022