On March 27th a presentation of a textbook for sixth-form school pupils titled "History of Russia. History of South Ural Region from the Ancient Times through the 16th Century" was held. This presentation closed the Regional Meeting of Teachers of History and Social Science of the Chelyabinsk Region.
The selection rounds of Student League of the 8th CASE-IN International Engineering Championship , one of the projects of the Autonomous Non-commercial Organisation “Russia Is a Land of Opportunity” platform, are to be held at South Ural State University in the in-person/distance and distance formats.
Spring at SUSU 2020 Student Creativity Festival took place at South Ural State University March 11th through March 19th.
Spring at SUSU Festival is a traditional event, where each year students of our university show their unique talents in various creative genres.
Selection rounds at SUSU were held March 11th through March 13th. Students performed their numbers in four artistic categories: theatre, music, dance and original genre.
After many years of research, the problem of treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) remains unsolved. The main issue is that the current pharmacological treatment for PTSD is not adequately effective and may cause serious side effects. In addition, PTSD has harmful effects on visceral organs, in particular the heart, liver, kidneys, and even the brain. Scientists at South Ural State University have figured out how to alleviate some complications of stress disorder without using medications.
On March 21, South Ural State University celebrated 100th anniversary since the birth of Vladimir Vydrin, a legendary Head of the Department of Pressure Metal Treatment (Rolling) at Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute, Professor, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) and the Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
Beginning from March 23rd, and following the Decree by the Rector of South Ural State University Aleksandr Shestakov, the educational process moves to a distance learning format with the use of the system of online studying and distance learning technologies.
Classes will be held online according to the schedule.
Young scientists from South Ural State University annually take part in the UMNIK program, which supports commercially oriented research and engineering projects. One of the prize-winners is Mikhail Ilyushenkov, who presented his project on the CASE Platforms for Corporate Software Development back in 2012.
Fighting against the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus infection has required serious measures. Russia cancelled mass events and our universities moved to distance learning. South Ural State University is no exception. At the same time, students and teachers have to get used to new working conditions and cope with the anxiety due to the "Wuhan virus".
Within Project 5-100 SUSU is fulfilling a program of enhancing the university's competitiveness on the global stage. Under the program on attracting young scientists, Doctor Bagale Uday Dasharath, who is a senior research fellow at the Department of Food Technology and Biotechnology, has joined the team of the SUSU Synthesis and Analysis of Food Ingredients Laboratory. Currently he is working on stabilizing a nanoemulsion filled with biologically active curcumine, for further use in production of healthy food.
The manufacture of products enriched with biologically active substances that perform prebiotics functions has been actively developing recently. Scientists from South Ural State University have patented a new method of increasing biological availability of active substances with antiviral and immune-modulating properties to develop healthy products such as yogurts and bread using ultrasound.
The South Ural State University International Office and the South Ural Association of International Students offered their congratulations on the coming of spring.
Nowruz is the main holiday for many peoples in Asia, signifying the coming of spring and the New Year by the Iranian solar calendar. It coincides with the day of the vernal equinox, which falls each year on March 20-21, and symbolizes the beginning of a new life and the renewal of nature.
The Table Tennis Russian Championship was held in Cheboksary March 10th through 16th 2020. A South Ural State University student took part in the championship and earned the bronze medal in the singles and women’s doubles events.
On February 12, the University Boiling Point held the meeting “Idea and Start-up Factory. Idea Formation. Patent Search”, the participants of which were the university students and staff.
“Idea and Start-up Factory is an opportunity for SUSU start-ups to revise their projects together with the experts, launch pilot projects, attract attention and find potential investors.”
On March 11 and 12, SUSU Rector Aleksandr Shestakov, Vice-Rector for Research Anton Korzhov, Associate Professor of the Department of Automobile Transport Vladimir Shepelev and other representatives of SUSU took part in the Smart City forum exhibition, which took place in Radisson Blue, Chelyabinsk.
Environmental research is one of three strategic areas of scientific and educational activities of South Ural State University along with the digital industry and materials science. Scientists of SUSU in collaboration with colleagues from the Institute of Organic Chemistry named after N.D. Zelinsky Russian Academy of Sciences are working on the creation of new effective organic sensitizers that will facilitate the transition to environmentally friendly and resource-saving power engineering.
The academic process at South Ural State University is continuing without any changes so far. The Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) Andrey Radionov, offered the following statement.
Student Creativity Festival gets underway at South Ural State University on March 11! “Spring at SUSU 2020” is one of the stages of the city’s Student Spring Festival, which will be held in April. The winners of the city stage will go to the finals, All-Russian Student Spring festival.
Every spring the SUSU Recreation Centre opens a door to the world of creativity and arts to all students. “Spring at SUSU 2020” Festival helps to find the most talented and creative students at the university.
Professor of the Leoben University for Mining, Metallurgy, and Materials, Austria, Head of the Department of Metallurgy, Doctor of Sciences (Engineering) and author of 420 scientific publications Johannes Schenk visited South Ural State University. Dr. Schenk is an Executive Technical Officer of a big Austrian Competence Centre dealing with innovation developments in technological and manufacturing processes for European metallurgical companies. He delivered a lecture on possibilities and prospects of research in modern metallurgical sector for the SUSU staff and postgraduates.
This academic year, SUSU Department of Russian and International History of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities has turned a new page in its chronicles. To fulfil the competitive growth program, a project for elite training of students was organised. Aiming at individual approach in learning and diving into the world of science, this project will allow the future graduates of the university to lay the foundation for personal and professional development and increase the chances for successful career after graduation.
International students of South Ural State University take part in friendly futsal games on a weekly basis.
The idea of conducting futsal training sessions appeared in December 2019. A big request for the organization of football games came from students. Then the SUSU International Office jointly with the Association of International Students found a special venue, on which training games began to be held every week on Saturdays and Sundays.
The International Education exhibition is a large event dedicated to developing international partnerships in education and presenting young people with an opportunity to earn quality education abroad.
To increase the number of international students from Central Asia, the International Student Support specialist from the SUSU International Office Viktoriya Pentegova participated in the exhibition in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The exhibition gathered more than two thousand participants.
The RAEX rating agency begins preparing the ninth annual ranking of Russia's 100 best universities as of 2020, as well as subject-related university rankings (Mathematics; Physics; Economics and Management). The purpose of the research is the creation of an independent system for assessing universities based on statistical data and the results of surveys of target groups.
Students of South Ural State University took part in the International Championship on Technological Strategy Metal Cup 2020. Gold Season. This championship provides an opportunity to test oneself in solving real production problems and get to know the future employers.
