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• Russian and Swedish Scientists Work Together on New Biomedical Product

  …id using any denaturing agents or additional shells, and at the same time create biocompatible, safe composites,” says Alexandra Kiselyova, the first author of the article, a staff at ITMO University’s SCAMT international laboratory. The obtained composite fibers can be used as a highly sensitive visualizing material through harnessing the upconversion effect th…

  23.08.2019

• New Technologies for Longevity: Joint Project by ITMO University and European Partners

  … as well develop the furniture that is safe for use by older people and people with disabilities which will interact with the VR content. Representing ITMO in the project are staff of the university’s Center for Project Development and Fundraising, a PhD in social sciences Lyudmila Vidyasova, as well as the Center of Usability and Mixed Reality.  “Despite th…

  21.08.2019

• Summer School in Finland: Accessible Design and Technologies

  …burg as tourists, but despite that fact, they agreed to give a lecture on accessibility at ITMO University. It was attended by inclusivity specialists, speech therapists, and staff of different alternative communication centers, as well as students. All in all, I really enjoyed the course and the summer school in general: not only thanks to the educational and cul…

  20.08.2019

• International ITMO Accessibility Days at ITMO University

  …lity for people with disabilities is particularly relevant, and the conference is aimed at attracting attention to this problem. Among the conference’s organizers were the staff of ITMO University’s Center for Usability and Mixed Reality, as well as the Center for Graphic Technologies of the Faculty of Software Engineering and Computer Systems. According to…

  20.08.2019

• ITMO Delegates Discuss the Development of Public Spaces During a Visit to Finland

  …the Faculty of Technological Management and Innovations; and Elena Gavrilova, director of the University’s Entrepreneurship Center.  According to Olesya Baraniuk, the ITMO staff present at the event managed to visit several organizations that share the University’s profile. Among those are Aalto Design Factory (ADF), which has a well-developed interaction with sta…

  19.08.2019

• ITMO Students and Staff Take Part in Startup Festival *ship

  …: Disrupt, Innovate, Entertain, Design, and Impact. The majority of projects were focused on urban development, healthcare and quality of life, and IT.A group of students and staff members represented ITMO University at the festival. Their trip took place as part of the project Startup Connect, which provides support to startups, entrepreneurs, and small and medium b…

  16.08.2019

• ITMO and Moscow State University Scientists Announce an Open Call for a Joint Article Series for Frontiers in Chemistry

  …rating the International Year of the Periodic Table: Beyond Mendeleev 150” article series will bring together not only scientists but also education and research centers: the staff of ITMO University and Lomonosov Moscow State University are engaged in joint work on assembling the authors and enabling high-quality peer-reviewing process. In 2019, both universities ha…

  16.08.2019

• ITMO University Retains Its Standing in Academic Ranking of World Universities

  … four key criteria: Quality of Education, defined by the number of Nobel- and Fields-winning alumni; Quality of Faculty, determined by the number of Nobel- and Fields-winning staff and the number of highly-cited researchers; Research Output, determined by the number of articles published in Nature or Science or indexed in SCIE and SSCI; the last criteria, Per Capita …

  15.08.2019

• 60,000 Steps a Day: ITMO Students on Organizing Mendeleev-150 Conference

  …n-first-year students, were trusted with these responsibilities. I also learned that the ITMO.FAMILY community is more than just empty words: every member of the University’s staff was eager to help. There were a few interesting moments at the conference. I never would have thought I’d struggle with buying children’s toys (scientist Dmitry Weise’s installation…

  14.08.2019

• Procrastination: Blessing or a Curse?

  …re more successful in life. In 2018, a new study cast doubt on the results of the experiment. It turns out that all 90 subjects were the children of Harvard University staff. Quite a specific selection for a scientific experiment. When it was repeated with 900 children of different genders, ages, and social status, the researchers found no connection between t…

  12.08.2019