April 1st through May 29th, the Chelyabinsk Region hosted the “Science Is Beautiful” competition, organized by the regional Ministry of Education and Science with the support from the “Regional Infrastructure of Education and Science” Autonomous Non-Profit Organization (RION). The event was held as part of the Decade of Science and Technology. This year’s competition set an all-time record of participation, receiving 421 submissions—more than twice as many as last season. Nine representatives of South Ural State University became winners and prize-winners of the competition.
Combining studies or work with taking care of a little child often seems an impossible task. South Ural State University has solved this problem at a system level: a mother-and-child room functions here, which was opened as part of a “Help Mum Study” program. There is no bustle or discomfort in this space, it is all about quiet, safety and understanding here.
South Ural State University has hosted the big-scale Student Night event, introducing students to the creative side of university life. For the second year in a row, the event has demonstrated just how diverse and engaging the student experience at SUSU can be.
A transaction involving the sale of intellectual property (IP) to a customer has taken place at the SUSU University Boiling Point. The project has demonstrated that students can develop innovative devices and successfully commercialize their inventions while still studying at university.
A meeting of the Committee for Sustainable Development of the “Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs” Chelyabinsk Regional Public Organization was held at South Ural State University. Among the meeting participants were the Union’s core group, representatives of government authorities, of our region’s major industrial enterprises, as well of universities.
A team of SUSU scientists including Boris Polevoi, Dmitrii Zherebtsov, Dmitrii Zhivulin, Danil Nenarokomov, Aleksandr Vorontsov, jointly with Dmitrii Godovskii from Moscow, have presented a technology of creating photoresist films based on cadmium- and lead sulphides, using the vacuum deposition method.
Students of group СГ-304 in the Advertising and Public Relations academic programme at the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities (IMSSH) have won the first and second prizes in the “Communication Projects” category of the “FROG” All-Russian Youth Festival of Advertising and Public Relations.
Students of the Department of General Psychology, Psychodiagnostics, and Counselling have completed their internship at the “RZhD-Meditsina” Medical Centre in cooperation with a charitable foundation supporting cancer patients. The internship has become an important stage in the professional development of future specialists, allowing them to apply theoretical knowledge in a real clinical setting.
South Ural State University and the Head Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the Chelyabinsk Region have signed a cooperation agreement on training of qualified personnel. The document formalizes the parties’ intention to work together to improve educational programmes and further develop a practice-oriented approach to education.
Students of the-only-in-the-Ural-Federal-District Faculty of Aerospace Engineering have for the first time taken their practical training at the Department of Aerospace Forces of the Military Training Centre of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. The future engineers familiarized themselves with the real Aerospace Forces equipment, studied its design and configuration, and even tried their hand in operation of unmanned aerial vehicles.
South Ural State University hosts the 5th Open Forum on the Issues of Ecology and Water Bodies Protection, which has brought together more than 700 participants: representatives of governing authorities, industry, science, ecological and public organizations, as well as teaching staff members and volunteers from various regions of our country.
This forum is a major platform for discussing burning ecological issues, exchanging experience, and presenting modern solutions in the field of environment protection and rational use of natural resources.
A team of scientists from the SUSU Centre of Vibration Testing and Monitoring of the State of Structures is developing a neural network that could instantly predict fatigue of metals and prevent production accidents.
The Institute of Architecture and Construction of South Ural State University has held a grand opening of a new teaching and research laboratory at the Department of Town Planning, Engineering Networks and Systems. The project was implemented jointly with OOO "VEZA" company, Russia's largest manufacturer of climate control equipment.
University representatives, partner company executives, faculty, and students participated in the opening ceremony.
South Ural State University has become a winner of a competitive selection as part of the "Personnel for Space" federal project. Our university will launch a supplementary academic programme on designing small space equipment of the CubeSat 3U type used for biological research. Joint Stock Company Academician V.P. Makeyev State Rocket Centre (Miass) and Joint Stock Company Research & Development Institute of Mechanical Engineering (Nizhnyaya Salda) will act as partner enterprises here.
While working on a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, researchers from South Ural State University have patented two databases for assessing creativity levels in children and adults. A neural network trained on the unique datasets delivers almost instant results for the Torrance creativity test, significantly reducing the time required for expert analysis.
Representatives of law-enforcement authorities have once again held a lecture on cyber security for students of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science of South Ural State University.
An open lecture by a Russian scientist, professor and IT specialist in the field of Information Security Andrey Masalovich, who is also an expert in competition reconnaissance and is known as KiberDed (CyberOldie) blogger, has been held at South Ural State University.
A strategic session on designing the functioning of a network of Interregional Centres for Training Specialists in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) was held at the venue of University 2035 in Moscow. The event brought together 33 organizations, winners of the open selection within the “Personnel for Unmanned Aircraft Systems” federal project. Among those was South Ural State University — the only university representing the entire Ural Federal District.
A delegation of South Ural State University has returned from Ekaterinburg, where a big-scale 16th Eurasian Economics Youth Forum (EEYF) was held. Our students were not only guests, but also actively participated in the events.
Ural State University of Economics and Ekaterinburg EXPO International Exhibition Center acted as the forum venues. Guests from 117 countries participated in this forum. Students from the SUSU School of Economics and Management attended the forum not as common visitors, but as its official guests and participants.
On May 7th, on the eve of the Victory Day, the SUSU International Office jointly with volunteers and activists from the South Ural Association of International Students and Alumni (AISA) organized a “Chelyabinsk, a City of Heroes” patriotic photo-tour for international students.
At the end of April, a big-scale seminar on the “Information and Communication Support for University Activities: Strategies, Tools, Practice” was held at Bauman Moscow State Technical University. The event brought together more than 200 representatives of university press offices from 120 universities across 60 regions of Russia. Iuliia Sherstobitova, a staff member of the Strategic Development Department – Project Office of the Priority 2030 program, represented South Ural State University at the forum.
This story’s hero is Aleksandr Pashkeev, a veteran of the Special Military Operation, head of the local division of the “Young Guard” organization for the Leninsky District of the city of Chelyabinsk, participant of the “Heroes of the South Urals” program and student of South Ural State University. For this man, helping other people is not just a choice he has made, but rather something that gives him a reason to live.
A traditional Victory Waltz dance flashmob, dedicated to the 81st Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, has been held on the square in front of the main academic building of South Ural State University. This dance has become a visualization of the story about tenderness, hope and profound gratefulness to our Heroes.
Student of South Ural State University and participant of the Special Military Operation (SVO) Albina Valeeva (codename “Snaiper”) has become a winner in the “SVO Woman” category of the 3rd “Women of Russia” National Award. This prestigious prize is annually awarded to women, who have achieved significant results in their professional, public and social activities.
