This year marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the great man who entered world history as the first cosmonaut in the outer space. Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. On the eve of Cosmonautics Day, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor of the Department of Russian and International History at the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities of South Ural State University Igor Sibiriakov shared the historical facts of the heroic feat by Yuri Gagarin.
The “Nasledie” Research and Development Centre of the Institute of Architecture and Construction of South Ural State University, headed by Valentin Olenkov, celebrated its 20th anniversary on April 8th.
Health Day is celebrated worldwide on April 7th. The aim of this holiday is to draw people's attention to issues in the healthcare sector, encourage everyone to monitor the state of their health, maintain a healthy lifestyle and timely visit medical institutions. On the occasion of the event, we talked to the chief physician of the SUSU Medical Centre, Olga Veselova, about how properly take care of yourself.
On April 5th, the closing ceremony of the SUSU Aerospace Engineering Science-to-Practice School 2024 took place at the SUSU Indoor Athletic Stadium. At our university, schoolchildren presented unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of their own design, among which the jury selected the best ones.
Our university invites everyone to the Open House Day, which will take place on Sunday, April 14. Future students and their parents will be able to learn about the benefits of studying at one of the leading universities of our region, as well as meet representatives of the schools and institutes.
Our hockey team "Polytechnic" is fighting for victory in the semi-finals of the Regional Cup in Chebarkul with the local team "Zvezda". During the break between matches, we talked with the team's head coach Artyom Pletnev.
– You have so many hockey drills, it is hard to keep track of everything. You have probably already started psyching the guys up to win?
Yuan or dollar, euro or rouble? A new computer development by the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science of South Ural State University will help you find the optimal answer, and get maximum profit with minimal risks, taking into account the exchange rate forecast and expert assessments. The work was carried out within the framework of the Science and Universities national project.
A new series of scientific events starts at South Ural State University on April 2nd. Postgraduates from all schools and institutes will speak about the results of their dissertation research studies.
The series of public talks will be opened by the 2024 graduates of postgraduate programmes of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. Talks will be held:
On March 28th, Nataliia Korotina, Associate Professor of the Department of Economic Security at the School of Economics and Management of South Ural State University, defended her doctoral dissertation.
In the conditions of growing competition and the need for innovative solutions, the student accelerator of South Ural State University is becoming increasingly significant and relevant.
Meeting within the Lantern and Butterfly Philosophy Club has been held at SUSU. The discussion topic was not quite a usual one – “Fairy Tale Therapy: My Personal Myth in Re-interpretation of the Plot”.
Starting form 2019, the club participants have been monthly meeting to discuss updates in the philosophers’ community. This time the event poster has drawn attention by the picture of a cute Cheburashka with oranges. Why namely this image?
Thanks to the work of scientists of South Ural State University, a long-standing problem for cafes and restaurants has been solved: how to dispose of the used frying oil. There were problems with its disposal; usually burnt oil was burned in brick factories and small enterprises. But recently, emissions standards have become stricter; and burning waste oil has become prohibited. SUSU scientists have proposed a rational approach to the problem: to process waste vegetable oils into lubricating materials.
On March 28th, our students took part in an annual meeting with leaders of traditional faiths to discuss issues of ethics, spiritual, moral and family values in the Russian nation.
The event was organized by the Administration of the city of Chelyabinsk jointly with the Coordination Centre of Chelyabinsk State University on the promotion of social activism among young people, prevention of interethnic and interfaith conflicts, and countering the ideology of terrorism and extremism.
April 2nd through April 4th, the 18th International Scientific Conference on Parallel Computational Technologies (PCT’2024) will be held at South Ural State University. PCT is an authoritative and prestigious forum in the field of application of parallel computing technologies and machine learning in various fields of science and technology. The founders of the conference are the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Supercomputer Consortium of Russian Universities.
Second-year and third-year Bachelor’s students of the Advertising and Public Relations programme of the Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations of the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities passed the selection round for the in-person presentation of solutions to cases of the “Luchnik Future” contest in Moscow! This contest is part of a prestigious “Serebryanyi Luchnik” (“Silver Archer”) professional contest in the field of public relations.
The final round of the All-Russian Prometheus Student Olympiad on Linguistics, organized by the Department of Linguistics and Translation of the SUSU Institute of Linguistics and International Communications was held on March 25th.
This year, as part of the traditional event, SUSU students have had a chance to became blood donors or check their health state by taking rapid testing for HIV/AIDS. The donor centre was opened in the hall of the second floor of the 2nd academic building. This time, 57 university students and staff members have donated their blood.
This is not the first time for SUSU Vice-Rector for Student and Social Affairs Anton Manuylov to donate blood. This time he also could not stand aside.
Bioactive food wraps designed by scientists from the SUSU Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology decompose in soil within two weeks and help food stay fresh longer.
The structure of this biodegradable film, engineered within the frameworks of a grant by the Russian Science Foundation (RSF), includes a unique active component called protein hydrolysate. It provides the food wrap with antioxidant and antimicrobial properties, which help extend the shelf life of the product stored in it by 3 days.
Professor of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Associate Professor of the School of Economics and Management of South Ural State University, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) Sergei Aliukov published a paper in the journal of Mathematics (TOP-10 Web of Science; Q1 Scopus), where he proposed a new approach to macroeconomics modelling.
The selection round in the “Architecture, Design, Construction and Housing and Communal Services” category has been held online for the first time at SUSU as part of the 12th season of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship. In 2024, the championship is devoted to Lean Manufacturing.
The elections of the President of the Russian Federation wrapped up, and so did the work of the situation centre for the elections of the President of Russia, in which SUSU students participated as volunteers.
29 volunteers from different institutes and programmes regularly provided consultations for city residents, students and university staff members. Today they have been awarded letters of acknowledgment from the Rector Alexander Wagner.
Postgraduate student of the Department of Water Supply and Sanitation of the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction Maksim Novoselov and his co-author, Candidate of Sciences (Chemistry) Marina Belkanova, have patented a method for purifying groundwater from radon, alpha activity, iron, manganese, hardness salts, and carbon dioxide. There are no similar technical solutions in Russia.
Personal experience prompted Maksim Novoselov to make a scientific discovery.
Spring is a time for renewal. Today, athletes from South Ural State University trained in a modernized tennis hall.
As part of the renovation of sports spaces at our SUSU, a modernized table tennis hall was opened at the premises of the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service.
Staff members of South Ural State University have held a presentation of the South Urals. Traces of Ages feature-documentary film at the State Museum of the South Ural History − in the House of Public Assembly.