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• Best Eats Around Lomonosova Campus

  You may have noticed that the cafeteria on ITMO’s campus on Lomonosova 9 is about to close for renovations, which means you’re going to have to venture out of the university to get your daily sustenance. Having spent many days, weeks, months, and even years working at this campus, our editorial team has some great ideas of delicious food that will keep you going on long days of studying. They’re all at a reasonable walking distance from the uni, making each a perfect fit for your lunch break.

  26.09.2022

• ITMO Accelerator Launches First Program to Support FoodTech Startups

  Apart from the regular acceleration program, this year, ITMO Accelerator launches a special track for foodtech projects, where participants will be guided by Uralchem Innovation and the university’s own experts. Those joining the program will learn to manage a team, choose markets, and find investors for their foodtech startups. The best startup teams will have the chance to launch their projects with the partner company. Here is all you need to know about the new program.

  26.09.2022

• Smart Packaging Explained

  When we choose what to buy, we usually look at the expiration date, brand, quality seals, ingredients, and price. But how do you know if the manufacturer is fully honest – or that the product was properly stored during shipping or while on the shelf? The answer could lie in smart food packaging, which is designed to help us trace the real expiration date and prevent counterfeiting. So, what is smart packaging and what does 3D printing have to do with it? We asked Chantal Tracey, a PhD student at ITMO’s ChemBio Cluster and a member of SCAMT Institute’s 3D Printing of Functional Nanomaterials Group.

  21.09.2022

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: September 24-25, 2022

  Another weekend is approaching – and here is our usual guide to the most exciting events in and around the city. Enjoy your days off!

  21.09.2022

• It’s Your Call: 100+ Young Talents Join Fifth Annual Forum at ITMO

  At this year’s annual event, experts from such top Russian companies as Sberbank, Yandex, and VK shared their insights into career-building in IT and the future of technologies with some of the country’s brightest students, participants of the I Am a Professional contest. The event was supported by Sberbank. Over the week-long forum, students attended interactive lectures, workshops, and games on programming, robotics, cybersecurity, soft skills, and other topics. Read on for the highlights of It’s Your Call!

  20.09.2022

• ITMO Students and St. Petersburg Locals Visualize The City’s Name Using a Neural Network

  Students of AI Talent Hub hackathon, a joint project by ITMO and Napoleon IT, used a special neural network to produce new logos for St. Petersburg after analyzing thousands of handwritten notes by its citizens.

  19.09.2022

• Education With a Business Flair: All About Product Design Master’s Program by ITMO and Netology

  This September marks the launch of Product Design, the new online Master’s program developed by ITMO University in collaboration with Netology, one of the major online educational platforms. Students of the program will learn to create a user-friendly digital product tailored to the client’s request. Learn more about ITMO’s collaboration with EdTech companies and the program’s contents in this article.

  19.09.2022

• Discovering the Student-Led Plant-Based Menu Initiative at ITMO

  This Tuesday, I ventured from ITMO’s Internationalization Office on our Lomonosova campus to discover the plant-based menu I had heard about at the ITMO cafeteria on Chaykovskogo Street. The initiative, introduced last year by ITMO’s Sustainable Development Club, is about to span the whole university, contributing to more eco-friendly and healthy food choices on campus. Here is what I managed to find out about it.

  16.09.2022

• Student Spotlight: Mishek Likola, Zambia

  At ITMO’s Foundation Program, international students can learn the basics of Russian language, history and culture to ensure a successful start of their Bachelor’s studies. This week, we talked to Mishek Likola, an international student from Zambia, who completed his Foundation Program at ITMO to go on to study software engineering at another university in St. Petersburg. Did St. Petersburg meet his expectations? And what is his best strategy for coping with the cold? Read on to find out.

  15.09.2022

• Faster, Bigger, Livelier – Notes From the 16th Bike Ride With the Rector

  The first in this academic year, but 16th overall – yesterday’s traditional Bike Ride with the Rector coincided luckily with the last day of a short Indian summer. The event brought together dozens of students, lecturers, and staff of ITMO University. Together, they traveled the customary route through Primorsky Victory Park and over Yakhtenny Bridge. Despite a busy schedule, the university’s Rector Vladimir Vasilyev led the event – and so did the staff of ITMO.NEWS. Here’s what we saw there.

  14.09.2022