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Changing the World for the Better: Thoughts From New Head of ITMO’s Public Health Sciences Master’s Program
…. First of all, such specialists are widely educated and thus capable of using their competencies to improve a community’s health and well-being in specific situations. For instance, a public health scientist can suggest a way for office workers to introduce regular physical exercise into their routine: from regulated sports breaks to developing optimal fitness sp…
20.03.2024
This Week in St. Petersburg: March 21-27, 2024
… (includes an annual pass) Spanish photographer García de Marina sees the unique in the everyday: a glass of water turns into a waterslide, while a bust sculpture resides inside a cage like a bird. Can you anticipate what other transformations await you at the exhibition? Visit Erarta to find out. Tuesday, March 26 Chamber exhibition: analog photograph…
20.03.2024
Exploring Religious Diversity of St. Petersburg: Rules and Etiquette
…visitors to make the sign of the cross with their right hand and bow. Upon entering, lighting a candle and offering a prayer is a common practice. Pets are not allowed inside. Some of the city’s Lutheran churches, like Annenkirche or St. Catherine’s Church, are also venues for concerts and exhibitions. Visiting them as part of these doesn’t fall u…
19.03.2024
QA Engineers: What They Do and How to Become One
…haracteristics and compatibility of various hardware components. There are manual and automated testing engineers. The former work with scenarios that cannot be automated. For instance, they run stress tests or turn off parts of the system in order to test its performance and fail-safety. Software testing engineers have different automated testing methods in their…
19.03.2024
ITMO Hosts National Technological Contest Finals
… contest, I learned to be patient and determined, as well as to think creatively. For my future studies, I am considering four universities: Higher School of Economics, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, ITMO, and Bauman Moscow State Technical University. On March 25-30, ITMO University will host the finals in the field Intelligent Robotics Systems. You …
19.03.2024
When Art and Religion Collide: Orthodox Christian Icons of Russia
…centers of Russian Orthodox Christian art – Moscow, Pskov, and Veliky Novgorod. Masters from each of these three cities had their own distinct style, even though they drew inspiration from the same source. In Moscow, icon painters influenced by Byzantine Classicism strived for more harmony and balance in their compositions. There’s a certain softness and calmness…
18.03.2024
Yes to New Worlds: ITMO Graduate Nadezhda Bey Opens Her First Personal Exhibition
…anging from the ceiling. “As my works were created in VR, I want visitors to be able to experience them the way I do – to look at them from different angles and even walk inside these paintings,” adds Nadezhda Bey. Apart from VR, visitors can enjoy works in other phygital formats: lightboxes with characters, 3D-printed figurines, lenticular images with an o…
15.03.2024
Stay Fit in Style: 10+ Russian Activewear Brands
…acks, tents, and sleeping bags. One of the most sought-after brands is Splav (meaning “rafting”), whose popularity is indicated by pictures of their happy clients in the mountains, as featured on their website. Another option to consider is RedFox, which focuses more on rock climbing while also offering solid options for other outdoorsy activities. On the lookout …
15.03.2024
ITMO Researchers Discover Connection Between Gut Microbiome and Melanoma Treatment
…team has analyzed open-source data from 680 metagenome samples: first, they analyzed the bacteria within the samples and the functions of these bacteria in the human body (for instance, generation of short-chain fatty acids or digestion of polysaccharides); next, they compared the samples of people with different responses to melanoma treatment; finally, they used th…
14.03.2024
Student Spotlight: Hassan Ehsani, Afghanistan