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• Experiment: Overcoming Social Anxiety

  Can social skills be trained like a muscle? That’s what I tried to figure out last month by joining a social club for people struggling with social anxiety. It's something I've been trying to overcome for years, and while I've made progress, one of the first things I learned there is that social anxiety exists on a spectrum, and there's always another fear to tackle.

  04.08.2026

• ITMO Expert Shares Tips on Being a Better Friend

  True friendship is something coveted by many and lauded in countless books and movies, but how can one really foster deep, long-lasting connections in real life? We turned to Antonina Fedorova, a lecturer in the course Complex Communication and Public Speaking Techniques at ITMO, for advice on the matter. Read on to become a better friend in six simple steps.

  11.03.2025

• ITMO Graduate and Business Coach Marianna Krel: When Working With People, Trust Comes Above All Else

  Marianna Krel graduated with honors from ITMO University in 2006. Having started out as a software engineer at OpenWayGroup after her graduation, she soon became a project lead and continued her education at a number of business schools and worked with a variety of companies, including France Telecom, PwC, and ROSATOM. Today, she is a business consultant on organizational adjustment projects and project management, an MBA lecturer at RANEPA, and an assessor of the Russian government’s Project Olympus contest. Ms. Krel was named among Delovoy Peterburg’s list of St. Petersburg Most Influential Women. Speaking to ITMO.NEWS, she discussed the importance of technical education for managers, the benefits of being multilingual, and the best way to launch one’s project.

  23.05.2019