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Effective, Useful, Free: Two Resume-Boosting Services for Everyone
…ablished here are different from local CV-organization traditions current in other industries. For example, it isn’t common for Russian specialists to include a short personal summary in the beginning of their CV. And the few people that do it often omit the information that’s really worth mentioning. But this is a crucial part of your CV that often makes it or break…
29.01.2019
Robot’s DNA, Biofuel Cells and Holographic Protection: SCAMT Workshop Week at ITMO
…SCAMT Workshop Week is held twice a year. The first SCAMT Workshop took place in a summer school format in June 2018, when it drew some 30 participants, who carried out eight different projects. This year, the event’s coordinators reviewed almost 350 applications and chose 55 students from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. “The selection process is probably one of t…
28.01.2019
School Students Launching Sputniks Into Space? No Big Deal Today, Says This Educator
…n consist of one, two or several units, or cubits, which makes it possible for anyone to assemble them and launch them into space The schoolchildren who studied in Sirius this summer tried this out during their stay. Their very own sputnik has been successfully orbiting the Earth for four months now, gathering useful data. Space becomes closer to us, which I’m very g…
16.01.2019
Cuba-to-Russia Student Mobility: How It Works and What It's Like
… year was tough for us because our Russian wasn’t that great and I couldn’t talk to anyone, but it’s gotten easier now. I have friends here, some of them from my class. In the summer, they even invited me to their dachas; we often hang out and go to the movies. And the girls here are very pretty. I’m happy to be here,” says Alberto. According to the student mobi…
10.01.2019
Maps to Rovers: the History of Mars Exploration
…ical devices, including cameras that functioned in a wide range of spectrums. While Spirit had failed its mission, Opportunity had succeeded and only ceased its functions this summer, after 14 years of hard work. While some exploration craft carry their own atomic energy sources, Opportunity had managed well enough with just solar panels. In June 2018, it got caug…
08.01.2019
HAKORA: Building a Business in the Field of AR
…m. For the first half a year, we were working on small projects in order to fall into step, then we turned our attention to bigger cases. We became a full-fledged company this summer. Whom does your team consist of? Oleg Borovskiy: For now, we have eight members: two programmers, a designer, a project manager, a strategy officer, an accountant and us two as CEO…
26.12.2018
How to Survive the Holidays If You’re a Grinch
…rolls in; you’re enjoying the longer evenings, lots of new TV content, and the general coziness that comes with this soft, rainy, subdued season. Gone is the scorching hell of summer that forced you to go out of your stuffy home, right into the hands of malicious extroverts always looking for victims to chat to in parks and on the streets. Of course, some of your fri…
21.12.2018
From Sunshine to Freezing Cold: An Ecuadorian’s Experience of Russia
…landmark I saw upon coming to the city was the Hermitage, and I just wow-ed at the sight. I also really like the Park of the 300th Anniversary of St. Petersburg, especially in summer, and all the churches with their beautiful architecture. St. Pete is great because you always find somewhere nice to take a walk. What do you like and dislike about Russia? Bef…
20.12.2018
ITMO University in 2018: A Year in Review
…lcoming students, staff, and guests from all over the world, and made many new friends in the process. Just ask the students from India’s Parul University, who visited us this summer to learn more about computer science. Meanwhile, the staff of our Foreign Language Training Center has launched an EMI program to help lecturers and teachers who wish to teach their cour…
18.12.2018
Winter in St. Petersburg: Perks, Gripes, and Getaways
…rrealistic evenings turn your life into some kind of poetic fantasy, a canvas violated by the mad genius that the St. Petersburg winter is. Sure, I sometimes miss the heavy summer rains, and I know that it is the White Nights that St. Petersburg is so famous for, but it is the black days of its winter that I am in love with. Perk: The empty streets of the best …
11.12.2018