Have you ever sought the help of artificial intelligence (AI)? Maybe you asked it to draw a picture to suit your mood, edit your photo, or write a text for your post? Indeed, AI has confidently entered our everyday lives, not to mention those who develop AI systems and use it for work purposes.
On October 2nd, the 9th City Occupation Guidance Forum and Exhibition “New Generation Chooses!” started. South Ural State University is among its participants. This event is aimed at helping school pupils of the 8th–11th forms choose programmes that would be most relevant for their obtaining of the secondary vocational or higher education in the future.
The first-year students' festival "SUSU Talent − 2024" has started. The first day of the selection round was held in the "Maneken" studio-theatre.
On October 1st, SUSU began the traditional first-year students’ festival “SUSU Talent – 2024”, which will last until October 9th.
In the Maneken studio-theatre, Deputy Director of the Creativity Centre Svetlana Vostrikova greeted the jury members and all participants of day one of the selection round of the SUSU Talent Festival 2024 and wished everyone good luck.
Very soon, our South Ural State University will welcome young people from all across Russia – those who will be creating and promoting media in the future! So, October 10th through October 11th, the Communication Leader of the 21st Century All-Russia Youth Mediaforum will be held at our university.
Metran Group of Companies and South Ural State University have signed an agreement of intent, according to which Metran will act as partner of the world-class inter-university campus in the Chelyabinsk Region. The agreement has been signed in the course of the meeting of the Board of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of the Chelyabinsk Region.
SUSU scientists, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chelyabinsk Region, are developing a methodology for reducing the risks of food grain losses. We talked about cold plasma and mould fungi, a multi-million grant from the Russian Science Foundation, and new research with Irina Potoroko, Director of the School of Medical Biology.
International Translation Day, a holiday dedicated to important specialists, whose usefulness cannot be overestimated, is celebrated annually on September 30th. Senior lecturer of the Department of Linguistics and Translation Studies, translator of the Academic Writing Office Ekaterina Shefer tells us about the profession and its specifics.
– Let us first get to know each other a little. Please, tell us what your path in obtaining the profession of a translator was like?
As part of the SUSU Accelerator, a three-day “SkLab. SUSU” laboratory for generation of ideas of technological projects was organized. Its participants gathered a team, created ideas and developed their project. Experts from Skolkovo were invited to act as experienced speakers and mentors.
The Contest Committee was headed by Viktor Khristenko, Chairman of the Supervisory Council, SUSU alumnus and founder of the Step into the Future grants program.
This support program is distinguished by its flexibility. The funding will depend on the talents and enthusiasm of the candidates themselves, including on their contribution to the development of science at South Ural State University. Researchers will also be provided with an opportunity to take internships and go on various science trips.
A meeting of the Supervisory Board of the “Heart of the Urals” Advanced Engineering School of Engine Building and Special Equipment of South Ural State University was held. Important topics of planning and development of the advanced engineering school for 2024–2025 were discussed at the meeting.
On September 26th, the Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission, Chairman of the Supervisory Council of SUSU, Doctor of Sciences (Economics), philanthropist Viktor Khristenko paid a business visit to South Ural State University. The purpose of the visit was to get acquainted with new laboratories and opened faculties.
Professor Sobhy Ahmed Azab El-Sohaimy from the Department of Production Technology and Catering Organization of the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service is among the 2% of the world's best scientists according to the World's Top 2% Scientists ranking, organized by Stanford University jointly with Elsevier, the major international publishing house.
Since 2021 SUSU had been taking a part in the Priority–2030 Programme. The goal of the federal academic leadership program Priority 2030 is to form a large group of universities that will become the leaders in creating new scientific knowledge, technology, and developments for introduction into the economy and social sphere in Russia.
How to purify water from phenol, dyes and other pollutants created by humans? You can add some reagent to the water, but it might result in even more problematic pollution.
And this is where photocatalysts come to rescue. These are semiconductor materials that, under the influence of ultraviolet light (special radiation or simply the Sun), promote the decomposition of difficult-to-oxidize pollutants, thus ensuring water purification.
In the last two summers the usual climate of the Chelyabinsk Region has changed dramatically: temperature fluctuations and heavy rains have caused losses to owners of grain fields. Researchers from SUSU, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture of the Chelyabinsk Region, are looking for methods to reduce the risks of food grain losses. The work is being carried out within the framework of the Science and Universities national project.
Within the framework of the Priority 2030 program under the Science and Universities national project, a team of scientists led by Vladimir Zhivulin, Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Senior Research Fellow at the Crystal Growth Laboratory of the Research Institute of Non-conventional Materials and Resource-Saving Technology, developed a unique product – a self-calibrating temperature sensor based on ferrite elements.
International Literacy Day, a holiday aimed at proving the importance and relevance of this phenomenon, is celebrated worldwide on September 8th. On this occasion, we spoke to Associate Professor of the SUSU Department of the Russian Language and Literature, Candidate of Sciences (Philology), linguist Larisa Kornilova and discussed the understanding of literacy in the modern world, trends associated with it, criteria for a literate person, and much more.
– Could you please define literacy? Does this concept have a specific interpretation?
From September 9th to 14th, the 19th All-Russian Conference "Immunology Readings in Chelyabinsk" with international participation, with elements of the school for young scientists on the "Flow Cytometry in Clinical and Laboratory Diagnostics" started at South Ural State University.
Today is an anniversary of the Battle of Borodino, one of the well-known and bloodshed battles during the Patriotic War of 1812. The Russian army lead by General Mikhail Kutuzov entered the decisive battle with the French in the vicinity of Borodino village near Moscow 212 years ago.
On September 6th, a ceremonial meeting of the staff of the Department of Metal Forming, or as many call it, the "Department of Rolling", was held in the Sigma academic building. Current employees, veterans, and industrial partners gathered to recall the glorious 70-year history of the department and look into its future. One of the guests of honour was Professor Vasily Kraynov, who had come to the department as a student in 1956 and left at the age of 80. He worked in one place all his life and never regretted it. He is a true chronicler of the team.
From September 9th to 14th, the next 19th All-Russian Conference "Immunology Readings in Chelyabinsk" with international participation will be held at South Ural State University.
This year the conference is dedicated to several dates at once: the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the 80th anniversary of the academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Sciences (Medicine), Professor Valery Chereshnev, and the 70th anniversary of one of the founders of this conference school, Doctor of Sciences (Biology), Sergey Khaidukov.
The first meeting of students of the "Heart of the Urals" Advanced Engineering School of Engine Building and Special Equipment with representatives of partner enterprises took place at South Ural State University. The event was held as part of the introduction of Master's degree students to future employers and discussion of cooperation prospects.
The Master's degree students were greeted by the Director of the school, Sergey Taran. He noted that the Advanced Engineering School (AES) is a collaboration of universities and industrial partners:
Our university supports family values among young people. One such example is a couple of graduates from the School of Economics and Management. We share their love story in this article.
President of Russia Vladimir Putin approved new members of the Council for Codification and Enhancement of Civil Legislation, including Tikhon Podshivalov, Head of the Department of Civil Law and Civil Legal Procedures, Deputy Director for Research of the Institute of Law of South Ural State University.
The corresponding Decree No. 744 as of September 2, 2024 was published on the official Internet portal of legal information.
