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.
A scientist from South Ural State University has made an interesting confession. Candidate of Sciences (Engineering) Kirill Shuldiakov caught himself thinking in his childhood: "I need to create something amazing, monumental. So that when I am gone, this "something" remains and serves people for a long time". Frankly, this is far from an ordinary childhood dream… In the meantime, the young researcher is ready to make it come true. Moreover, to do it in the Arctic.
As part of their qualifying diploma paper, graduates of the SUSU Institute of Architecture and Construction Yiwen Bian and Xinyu Zhu designed a venue for wedding ceremonies at Lake Smolino. Three styles were proposed for an open space for ceremonies: European, Chinese and Russian. When designing the Chinese style venue, students decided not to opt for the traditional bright red colours so that the setting looked fresh and natural. A European style wedding, as the students see it, implies a lot of green plants and wooden arches symbolizing the Western culture chic.
The 2024 matriculation ceremony for freshmen took place on the main square of South Ural State University on August 31st.
At the beginning of the day, the SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner held a meeting with the university staff, during which he set tasks for the teaching staff for the new academic year and wished everyone professional success. Read more on our website.
A ceremonial meeting of the Rector with the university administrative and academic staff, dedicated to the beginning of the new academic year, was held at South Ural State University on August 31st. The SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner congratulated everyone on the Knowledge Day, outlined the results of the past year and plans for the future. His speech was supplemented by video comments from the First Vice-Rector - Vice-Rector for Research Anton Korzhov, Vice-Rector for Education Marina Potapova and Vice-Rector for Estates and Facilities Vadim Trofimychev.
A whole class of promising specialists for Russian industry will now study at the SUSU Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, founded in cooperation with KONAR group of companies. The new faculty is located on the first floor of the West wing of the university's main academic building.
Young scientists from SUSU developed a computer game inspired by the literary works of Nikolai Gogol. It is based on the text of the Christmas Eve novel. This type of digital entertainment belongs to the genre of "virtual novels". Players can follow the unfolding events, and can even change how the story ends.
Modern South Ural region is well known not only for its metropolises, but for its mono-industry towns as well. An iron and steel works is a town-forming enterprise, in the suburbs of which mines are located to produce ore and coal, and on the outskirts – a forest of high-rise residential districts and, of course…a cemetery.
Surprising as it may seem, but something similar could be found in our area already back in the Bronze Age. For example, an ancient mine Vorovskaya Yama (Thieves’ Pit), discovered by Gennady Zdanovich, Viktor Zaykov and Anatoly Yuminov in the early 1990s.
As part of the Science and Universities project, which is being implemented upon instructions of the President of the Russian Federation, students from leading universities in Chelyabinsk have gained access to modern and comfortable spaces – they have moved into new hostels. The Inter-university Campus unites seven universities in our city. This figure has become symbolic: the buildings are opening in the Year of the Family, they have seven floors, and in the future, seven more facilities will be built.
Deputy Minister of Science of the Russian Federation Andrey Omelchuk arrived in the Chelyabinsk Region on a business visit. The main goal of the visit was to monitor the progress of construction of the Inter-University Campus. Before observing the construction site, Andrey Omelchuk held a working meeting, which was attended by the SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner, the Minister of Education of the Chelyabinsk Region Vitaliy Litke, representatives of the developer company, VTB Bank and other interested parties.
A young scientist and Senior Research Fellow from the SUSU Laboratory for High-entropy Materials Majid Naseri is 36. However, the articles, where he acts as a co-author, are nearly every month published in the world's major scientific journals, such as Journal of Alloys and Compounds, or Intermetallics. He is working on the problem of creating high-entropy alloys. These are the alloys based on five or more metals, each of which adds to specific properties. And for his research he also uses some "top-notch" mathematics: automata theory, modern geometry, and fuzzy logic.
Recently, a joint meeting of specialists from the Chelyabinsk Centre for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring and scientists from South Ural State University has taken place.
The closing ceremony of the anniversary Tenth Peaceful Atom All-Russian Student Construction Works has been held in Ozyorsk. This summer, the labour project united 550 team members of Russian student teams including 48 teams from 23 regions. At the end of the season, the team of South Ural State University was named among the best ones.
Opening of the Faculty of Mechatronics and Robotics jointly with the Chelyabinsk Forge-and-Press Plant was discussed by Mikhail Mishustin and Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Alexey Texler in the course of a working meeting. The Prime Minister acknowledged the high rate and active growth in all indicators of the social and economic development of our region, and first and foremost in the fields of healthcare and education.
Representatives of South Ural State University and Metran Industrial Group, the management and teachers of Computer Science and Mathematics of the Academic Lyceum No. 95 of the city of Chelyabinsk discussed the implementation of the Governor's Engineering Classes project.
The Lyceum has won this competition for the second year in a row. This year, the 10-1 class with advanced study of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science has become a participant in this program. Its educational activities will be supervised by SUSU and Metran.
Friends from senior classes will help first-year students adapt to the rules of the university.
The SUSU Student Mentoring System is aimed at helping and supporting first-year students who are just beginning to get used to life at a large university.
President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin awarded honorary titles to three residents of the Chelyabinsk Region. The corresponding decree was published on the Internet portal of official legal acts on August 22nd. Two of the awardees are scientists from South Ural State University.
