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• Not Just Sphinxes and the Hermitage: Scientific Symbol of St. Petersburg Selected

  The results of the project school in scientific souvenirs’ design in St. Petersburg have been announced. Participants of the school worked on their logos and souvenirs to be recognized as the city’s new scientific symbols, alongside its signature landmarks. Winners received monetary prizes, as well as an opportunity to release their own limited-edition merch. The contest was held by ITMO’s Center for Science Communication, with support from St. Petersburg's Foundation for Support of Innovations and Youth Initiatives.

  31.10.2024

• Young Urban Scientists Changing Leningrad Oblast: Case of Bolshie Luchki

  Recently, the second season of Summer School in Urban Studies wrapped up in St. Petersburg. Guided by experienced mentors, 40 students from all over the country developed projects for all-encompassing development of the Bolshie Luchki neighborhood of Slantsy, a town in Leningrad Oblast. Among the ideas they suggested were a preventative clinic for employees of the nearby cement plant, eco-paths, a new research center supported by a chemical cluster and more.

  12.08.2024

• Science Comics, Media About Oceans – And Other Projects From ITMO’s SciComm School

  Recently, students from all over Russia came together at ITMO to create all kinds of science communication projects: comics about scientists, topical festivals, new media, and more. All projects were curated by ITMO lecturers. Why is science communication an important skill for physicists and biotechnologists? Read on to find out.

  22.05.2024

• ITMO Students Develop Multiplatform App for Social Project on Urban Orienteering

  In February 2019, ITMO University’s Faculty of Infocommunication Technologies hosted a career guidance hackathon. Among the winners were four students – Ilya Zakoulov, Maksim Pahmurin, Denis Arlakov, and Rostislav Nurdinov – who developed an app for a social project about urban orienteering. After the competition, the team decided to continue developing their app, now in collaboration with the team of that social project. Now, their multiplatform app has exited development and become a part of the project. More about the app, urban orienteering, and the boons of cooperation below.

  26.11.2019

• Good Business: How Business Simulations Help Create Social Initiatives

  Graduates of the international Professional Fellows Program, together with ITMO University’s Entrepreneurship Center and the Leningrad Oblast Social Innovations Center, have conducted the Good Business simulation, aimed at developing sustainable models for socially-minded businesses. We spoke with the event’s creators and participants and learned how it works, why events of this kind are necessary, and which goals they accomplish.

  06.06.2019

• How to Make Cities More Livable: Norwegian Expert Knows the Answer

  There are many industrial cities in Russia, such as Norilsk, Monchegorsk, Magnitogorsk, and so on. Nowadays, more and more people leave them for bigger cities with better life prospects. Some 20 years ago, Norway faced the same problem, but they managed to solve it by means of smart urban planning and innovations. Gunnar Olav Furu has been involved in city planning for more than 30 years and now works as a municipal advisor in his home city Sunndal. Last week, Mr. Furu met with ITMO University students to talk about innovations and discuss how to make St. Petersburg more comfortable to live in.

  09.11.2018

• Indigenous Languages and Fun Science: ‘From Volunteering to Social Engineering’ Forum

  Organized by ITMO together with Rosmolodezh and the Presidential Grants Foundation as part of the social projects development program 'People Need You!', the National Forum ‘From Volunteering to Social Engineering’ was recently held at ITMO University. The event’s mission is to introduce young people to the opportunities that exist in the field of volunteering, as well as showcase the best charity projects of 2018. The forum’s activities include practical assignments, workshops, business games, etc.; the participants had a chance to talk to the authors of successful social projects and get some advice on how to launch such initiatives and overcome the challenges they may face. In this article, we summed up the best volunteering projects presented by the forum’s participants.

  07.11.2018

• “People Need You!” Junior: Social IT Projects for Schoolchildren

  ITMO University has recently hosted the third schoolchildren’s contest of social projects “People Need You!”. During the contest students learned how to develop social projects and promote their ideas in social media. As a result, many projects were implemented, some of them in the field of IT. The winners told ITMO.NEWS about their ideas.

  01.06.2018

• Russian and Swiss Students Collaborate on Social Issue Initiatives

  Last week ITMO University and the University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland conducted a short-term exchange involving 30 students from Switzerland and Russia. The students discussed and collaborated on various practices related to social entrepreneurship. ITMO’s Social Design and Entrepreneurship Center organized the exchange as part of a program for international youth exchange in social services. ITMO.NEWS describes the projects developed by the teams over four days of working together.

  12.04.2018

• Doing Sports Can Make One a Winner in Everyday Life: KronBars Meet Honored Guests

  Past Thursday, November 30, ITMO’s sports club KronBars met with Sergei Boyarsky, deputy of State Duma and coordinator of the "Youth Group” at All-Russia People’s Front. Denis Goltsov, sambo athlete, World and European champion, native of St. Petersburg, also attended this meeting. He presented his project "Sambo to universities". Guests of "snow leopards" told students why sports can help young people set better goals and achieve success in everyday life. Denis Goltsov also conducted a masterclass on self-defense for all students.

  01.12.2017