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• Aquaformations and Communication With Nature: Artist Talk With Robertina Sebjanic

  …ge-scale project titled Aquaforming in the Age of Aquatocene. During the meeting, the artist spoke about her scientific research, collaborations with jellyfish, unexpected discoveries, and the need to educate people about the true extent of water pollution. On musical jellyfish When working on my project, I spend a lot of time in various research centers…

  09.02.2021

• In the Footsteps of the Greatest: A Literary Guide to St. Petersburg

  …o Gostiny Dvor, where the nose happily reunited with its owner.  And don’t miss out on reading Nevsky Prospect (1835) before you head to St. Petersburg’s busiest street to discover its hidden sides and experience both the beautiful and the ugly.  The Bronze Horseman by Alexander Pushkin With the light hand of Alexander Pushkin, the majestic monument name…

  08.02.2021

• One Perfect Day: Feel Italian in St. Petersburg

  …an stick to another popular option and make coffee in a moka pot – a handy steam-powered coffee maker. Actually, any pot would work, but I’d recommend listening to an Italian disco playlist so as not to oversleep the moment your drink is ready. Choose between a full-bodied and intense espresso or a mild cappuccino, but remember that serving the latter after 11 am is …

  05.02.2021

• How to Organize Teamwork and Avoid Conflicts: Tips by an ITMO Graduate

  …s quite easy to monitor the relationships within the group. The main thing is not to miss the moment when employees begin to fight with each other and show the first signs of discontent. This is the so-called silent mode: no one is openly hostile to their colleagues but the working correspondence is full of passive-aggressive and sabotaging acts. If not noticed in ti…

  04.02.2021

• 5 Interesting Bridges of St. Petersburg

  …khta Center towering above the water – a stark contrast to the trees surrounding you (as well as nearly everything in the city). Sampsonievsky Bridge Finally, let's discover another way off Petrogradsky Island – now to the Finland Station and the somewhat more industrial area of the city. For most of the 20th century, it was known as the Freedom Bridge, but…

  01.02.2021

• Song of the Month: January 2021

  …he year with an upbeat pop song can never do bad. That’s why I’m plunging deeper into the party mood of the 80s, left in the air by the past winter holidays. One of my recent discoveries here is Everlasting Love by Sandra. Rather naive but discovering true feelings, this song makes me (or mostly my body) look more optimistic at the upco…

  29.01.2021

• ITMO's Soft Skills Module: Students Share Their Experiences

  …ed theory in practice and then could see the real results.  We studied not only the ins and outs of effective management but also personal development and communication. I discovered new methods of goal setting, conflict resolution, and started to learn to delegate tasks and feel more confident in conversations.  It may seem that you already know some thing…

  28.01.2021

• This Weekend in St. Petersburg: January 30-31, 2021

  … a crime not to promote a Tarkovsky screening when there is one. This legendary Russian director seems to be gaining new popularity now as a new generation of cinema-goers is discovering the best of film-making and it’s a great chance to finally introduce yourself to his works if you haven’t done it yet. This Saturday, there is Andrei Rublev (3 pm, tickets here), a 1…

  27.01.2021

• Mind-Blowing Research of the Month: Neuroarchaeology

  …search get to do a little time-traveling as they learn to make tools from the Stone Age. Let us keep an eye on this field – and who knows, maybe it’s there that we’ll finally discover how we, humans, developed language! To get a broader overview of the field, you can look at this chapter in Springer’s Paleoneurology or this article by one of the field’s founding f…

  26.01.2021

• ITMO Physicists Discover New Physical Effect

  … direction. However, if you hold a magnet close to the plate, then the device’s readings will begin to rise. This is known as the Hall effect. “This phenomenon was first discovered by the renowned scientist Edwin Hall in 1879,” explains ‪Valerii Kozin, a PhD student at ITMO’s Faculty of Physics and Engineering. “This is easily explained by the fact that the magn…

  26.01.2021