New Year is a special holiday for every person. But all nations have their own traditions of celebrating it, with specific sacral meaning. We have talked to Ruxue Wang, one of our students from China, and learned how this holiday is celebrated in her home country.
– New Year is celebrated in your country in February. So, while you live in Russia, you get a chance to celebrate it twice?
Father Frost (Ded Moroz) and Santa Claus are the main characters of winter holidays in different cultures. However, despite some similarities, they have a number of significant differences, from the history of origin to their attributes and symbols.
Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department of International Relations, Political Science and Regional Studies of the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications Maksim Gutenev delivered a report at the 10th All-Russian Congress of Political Scientists on “Russia in a Polycentric World Order: Challenges and New Paradigms of Development”.
In the 2024/2025 academic year, as part of the “Your Move” project, a “Your Move, Mentor” contest was launched, in which mentors of first-year students could participate. Associate Professor of the Department of Digital Economy and Information Technology of the School of Economics and Management Ekaterina Fedyai took the 4th place in Russia, beating more than 1.4 thousand applicants to prize winning.
Mere days are left till the bells in the Kremlin Clock tower will chime and we will great the new year. It will happen very soon. This is a wonderful holiday that every one of us loves since our childhood days. When we think about it, we feel the warmth of our home and remember nice family traditions. And so, as the tradition goes, our big university family reviews the results of the year that is ending and builds plans for the future.
Our university and the plant from Kopeysk have held a ceremony of signing an agreement of mutually beneficial cooperation.
The ceremony was attended by Director General of AO “Zavod "Plastmass"” (Plastic Materials Plant) Alexander Balashov and the Rector of South Ural State University Alexander Wagner.
On December 24th a meeting was held on discussing proposals from the student community as part of the formation of the development strategy of South Ural State University regarding training of engineering personnel and conducting scientific research aimed at ensuring technological leadership.
Student from the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications Viktoriia Valova (group ЛМ-351) is one of the winners of the Governor’s Award in the category of Youth Policy. The awarding ceremony was held on December 11th.
The Science and Universities national project is wrapping up this year. Its goals have been achieved. The work on involving young people into science has been actively conducted and will continue. A large number of programs and projects on creating a close connection among universities, research institutes and enterprises of the real sector of the economy will continue in new national projects.
The Christmas tree is the main symbol of the upcoming holidays. Tatiana Vekovtseva, Head of the Department of Technology and Design of the Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service of South Ural State University, shares on how to decorate the green beauty, as well as what decorative elements to use for table setting.
Postgraduates and teaching staff members from the Institute of Linguistics and International Communications took part in the First Eurasian Congress of Linguists, which has wrapped up its work in Moscow. The event was organized following the instructions of the Government of the Russian Federation and gathered more than 500 scholars from 46 countries from around the world, including China, India, Latin American countries, the USA, European countries, African countries, the near abroad and all entities of the Russian Federation.
Lactic-acid bacteria or lactic bacteria are widely used today to make cottage cheese, yoghurts and all kinds of cheese. The effect from these bacteria on milk should result in obtaining not only tasty and safe products, but also nutritious ones, which help repair your health. That is why such bacteria serve as probiotics. And the best scenario if these do not disappear in the acid medium of gastric juices but reach the intestinal tract and perform their health-recuperating functions there.
Ivan Panasiuk and Denis Neustroev, students from the School of Economics and Management, have won over the “Your Move” national project! Studying in the Economics programme at the Department of Economics and Finance at the School of Economics and Management, Ivan, already during the previous academic year created a team, who were working on fulfilling their “Workshop of the Future” original project.
The ceremony for winners of the SUSU’s Best Representatives annual award, where the brightest and most talented students of our university were chosen, was held at South Ural State University.
This year, 187 applications from students of all schools, institutes, colleges and branches of SUSU, who demonstrated high achievements in academic, scientific, social, sports and creative fields, have been submitted for the contest.
Today many people talk about the technological sovereignty of Russia. But is digital sovereignty possible for the commonwealth of the BRICS countries? It sure is since within the frameworks of BRICS a long-term cooperation on creating digital technologies is implied, and that is impossible without legal support.
Christmas Blues New Year's concert, which featured performers from the SUSU jazz orchestra and the Baby Jazz municipal children jazz studio, was held at South Ural State University Assembly Hall on December 20th.
The concert was inspired to be organised by musician and composer, founder and artistic director of the jazz orchestra of the SUSU Recreation Centre Georgiy Anokhin. He has been engaged in this activity for over 20 years and has been shaping the musical taste of residents of our city. People have been getting to know good jazz music for many years now.
At the initiative of the Institute of Law of South Ural State University, the International Futsal Tournament among the teams of the BRICS countries is organised at the Dynamo sports club December 18th through December 20th.
Twice a year, the conference reviews students' achievements in experimental and project activities and presents new scientific developments and technologies. Over two days, thirty-three reports from 1st- to 4th-year students and postgraduates were heard at the scientific meeting.
December 16th-17th, the 2nd All-Russian Conference on the “Modern Materials and Methods of Solving Ecological Problems in Post-industrial Agglomerations” with international participation is being held at South Ural State University. This event has gathered together chemists, ecologists, and biotechnologists from universities of the Urals, Moscow, Saint Petersburg, as well as participants from Belgrade, the capital city of Serbia.
South Ural State University has celebrated its 81st anniversary. Marking this event, the Chelyabinsk State Philharmonic Hall prepared a gift: a “Bird of Happiness” symphonic music concert by the Ural Brass Orchestra and soloists of the Philharmonic Hall.
In celebration of the SUSU birthday, a concert by the Ural Brass Orchestra of the Chelyabinsk State Philharmonic Hall was held. The Rector of our university, Alexander Wagner, congratulated students and staff members:
The first Russian Student Broadcasting Television and Radio Company SUSU-TV is turning 20 years old. In honour of the anniversary, our university held a special session dedicated to the development of student television: "University Television and Radio Company SUSU-TV: From Student Television to a Regional Media Centre".
The Head of the SUSU Department of Journalism, Advertising and Public Relations, Deputy Director of SUSU-TV Television and Radio Company, Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor, Honoured Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation Liudmila Shesterkina talks about how the idea of student television and radio broadcasting was born, about the people who brought it to life, about plans and prospects.
– How did the idea of creating a university television and radio company come about?
As part of the Vsegda ryadom (Always Nearby) campaign, 80 tons of food were delivered to the Kursk Region. The organizers of the humanitarian campaign are the SoyuzMash Russian Engineering Union and the League for Assistance to Defence Enterprises with the support of the Rostekh State Corporation.
The Chairman of the Kursk regional branch of SoyuzMash, General Director of the V.V. Tarasov Aviaavtomatika company, which is part of the KRET Rostekh State Corporation, Aleksandr Popov personally handed over the cargo to the Acting Governor of the region Aleksandr Khinshtein.
A ceremonial gathering of scientific dynasties of the South Ural region was organised at the Chelyabinsk Region Government Administration on December 16th. 12 scientific dynasties from 6 leading universities, including from South Ural State University, took part in the awarding ceremony.
Deputy Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region Vadim Evdokimov addressed the guests of the event with a welcome speech:
Within the frameworks of the project on the "Development of New Quantum Technologies for Estimating Unknown Parameters", specialists of the SUSU Quantum Engineering of Light Laboratory work on creating a sensor for measuring small displacements and related physical quantities.
The developments within the frameworks of this project are led by the head of the SUSU Quantum Engineering of Light Laboratory and scientific director of the Quantum Technology Centre of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Professor Sergey Kulik.
