The following dissertations for the degree of Candidate of Psychological Sciences in specialty 5.3.1 "General Psychology, Personality Psychology, History of Psychology" were successfully defended at the SUSU Dissertation Council 99.2.016.02:
Dissertation by Anna Sanochkina on the topic "Peculiarities of Self-awareness of Mothers Who Use Violence Against Their Children."
Dissertation by Ekaterina Ishkova on the topic "Psychological Determinants of the Types of Personality Orientation toward Volunteer Activities."
On May 25th, the South Ural State University team took part in the "Accounting Reference System Plants an Alley" campaign with the support of the Glavbukh System company.
The event was organized by the Give a Tree as a Gift project, the goal of which is to restore forests damaged by fires and increase the number of green spaces in Russia.
One of the key problems of road traffic organization are the vehicle holdups, even in the periods between rush hours. The constant slowdown, braking and acceleration actions result in the decrease of the crossings efficiency and the increase of tailpipe pollution. Scientists from South Ural State University have become the first in Russia to develop a mathematical model, which can give hints to drivers as to at what speed they should drive for a free flow through crossings.
The Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management has been training students in the Financial Literacy for International Students supplementary educational programme for the third year now.
The programme helps students better understand how to manage their finances in a new country to avoid financial difficulties.
The Chelyabinsk Arts Centre presents the “We Have Defended the Peace — We Will Preserve the Peace”, an exhibition for all those interested in history, culture and art. This is a unique event dedicated to celebration of the Victory Day, which comprises works of art by the participants of the Great Patriotic War and by representatives of the post-war generation.
Students from groups СТ-221 and СТ-241 were hugely fascinated to attend the lecture by the leading art historian Iuliia Leonycheva, who unveiled the secrets and subtleties of the exhibited works for them.
An Open Forum on Environmental Issues and the Conservation of Water Bodies will be held in Chelyabinsk. South Ural State University will act as one of the venues.
On May 24th, SUSU will host a plenary session and a science-to-practice conference, where work on 26 thematic platforms is planned. And on May 25th, all municipalities in the region will host events within the framework of international and all-Russian events − "Garden of Memory", "Water of Russia", "Green Spring", and regional campaigns ("Razdeliayka", "Battery Recycling", "All Technological Scrap – for Recycling!").
Grand opening of the exhibition of paintings and graphics "I Sing My Fatherland" took place in the Art Gallery at South Ural State University.
The "I Sing My Fatherland" exhibition is the result of plein-air seasons held in the Chelyabinsk Region over the past few years. The organization and holding of most creative events took place in collaboration with the public foundation for promoting the preservation of cultural heritage "South Ural Region". These had been outdoor plein-airs in different localities of the region.
For the first time, Chelyabinsk Institute of Culture has hosted an Art-dvizhenie (Art Movement) International Festival, where students from the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and the Pre-University Division have successfully presented their performances.
A meeting between the management of Chelyabinsk Urban Electric Transport Plant (CUETP, part of the Sinara-Transport Machines Holding) and representatives of South Ural State University was held at the enterprise. The parties discussed the possibilities of introducing technologies developed by the educational institution into production.
A student and a postgraduate of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications took part in the “Information and Communication Culture of a Specialist in the Digital Era” International Student Project Session, held at the Institute of Russian Language of RUDN University.
On May 17th-19th, the Ural Federal District Hackathon of the "Digital Breakthrough. Season: Artificial Intelligence" project was held in Chelyabinsk at the premises of South Ural State University, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation and the Russia Is a Land of Opportunities non-profit organization.
SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner held a working meeting with Meng Shangjiu, Rector of Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province). The event took place on the territory of the partner university as part of the business program of the Russia-China EXPO. The delegation from the Chelyabinsk Region works under the leadership of Governor Alexey Texler. At the meeting, the parties solemnly signed a memorandum of understanding, which will expand cooperation in the north-eastern part of China.
A regular meeting of the Program Committee was held at SUSU, at which 10 scientific projects applying for funding from the Priority 2030 program were considered. Managers reported on the relevance of their strategic projects, work plan for 2024, expected results and the necessary resources to achieve them.
As part of the visit of representatives of South Ural State University to China, a working meeting on issues of cooperation with Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics was held.
SUSU and Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics (ZUA) have been partners for a long period of time. South Ural Institute, where about 1000 Chinese students study Engineering and IT specialties, was created jointly with SUSU at the premises of the Chinese university. In addition, Chinese students are increasingly choosing to study at the venue of our university under the 2+2 programme.
The Chinese-Russian Forum of Small and Medium-sized Business Enterprises in Russia, organized by the all-Russian public organization "Opora Rossii" (“Pillar of Support for Russia”), took place in China. The event was attended by Deputy Vice-Rector for Education of South Ural State University Iliana Dovgaliuk.
During the forum, Iliana Dovgaliuk delivered a presentation on the key advantages of SUSU, shared her experience in implementing joint educational projects with other universities, and outlined the main vectors of collaboration with Chinese educational institutions.
Ecologists of the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Tatiana Krupnova, Olga Rakova and 3rd-year student Valeriia Simakhina, have presented a new method for determining the sources of urban soil pollution with rare-earth elements.
The result was published in the Chemosphere prestigious international journal, included in the first quartile of Scopus.
As part of strengthening ties between the leading industrial enterprises of our region and South Ural State University, a delegation of the Heart of the Urals Advanced Engineering School of Engine Building and Special Equipment, led by Director Sergei Taran, paid a working visit to Ural Automobile Plant in Miass.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss prospects for expanding cooperation in training highly qualified engineering personnel and launching joint educational programs.
For 12 years in a row, the Immortal Regiment campaign has been held annually not only in Russia, but around the world as well. This year it takes place May 1st through May 12th.
In 2024, the event will again be held in an online format in Russia. The organizers have experience in holding events online. This format was used during the pandemic.
On May 2nd, a Table Tennis Championship was held for international students at the Sports Palace of South Ural State University.
Among the championship participants were 20 students from various countries from around the world: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Arab countries, African countries, and other countries as well.
Professor of the Department of Technology and Organization of Catering of the SUSU Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service Sobhi Ahmed Azab Al-Suhaymi, together with his colleagues from Egypt, the UAE and Poland, developed and substantiated a new technology of producing white cheese resistant to fungal and bacterial infections. The result was published in the famous Toxins international journal.
Modern dairy products market dictates the conditions for modern cheeses to remain safe for as long as possible and retain their commercial taste.
At the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University, within the framework of the 28th All-Russian Scientific and Methodological Conference of Heads of Advertising and Public Relations Departments, the winners of the competition organized by the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia (AKAR) have been awarded.
A unique temperature sensor is being developed by employees of the Non-conventional Materials and Resource-Saving Technologies Research Institute of SUSU as part of the Science and Universities national project. The device measures temperature many times more accurately than its global analogues. In addition, the sensor checks itself and operates at temperatures from 0 to 800 degrees. This range is widely used in industry: nuclear energy, metallurgy. According to preliminary estimates, the accuracy of the sensor will be 1 degree.
April 25 through April 26, 2024 the SUSU Institute of Law welcomed participants of the 4th Lievschietz Moot Court International Student Contest, conducted in a model trial format.
The final round of the “EngineerBasket” project, a “3x3” game format for the cup of OOO “TMK ETERNO”, took place at the Sports Palace of South Ural State University (National Research University) on April 20th.
The “EngineerBasket” career guidance project for school pupils and students of the Chelyabinsk Region, who are planning to become engineers in the future, was created by the Centre for Advanced Professional Training of the Chelyabinsk Region, jointly with OOO “TMK ETERNO” and the Chelbasket basketball club.
Teaching staff members of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion, which was held as part of the Seventh International Intellectual Forum “Reading at the Eurasian Crossroads” on April 24th. It was organised by Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture.
