Society

The call for politicians from across the globe to stop confrontation and start working towards diplomatic solutions has been supported by youth from many other cities and states.

A ceremony honouring the winners of the contest of student research papers on the formation of a tolerant environment in St. Petersburg took place online

St. Petersburg Mining University Rector Vladimir Litvinenko and Rector of the University of Leoben Wilfried Eichlseder held an online working meeting

An epidemic of a mysterious disease, a previously unknown form of encephalitis, was raging in the Russian Far East. A scientist who identified its carrier is now righteously called the father of Soviet immunology. Yet, the medic was accused of spreading the deadly infection via water supply systems and declared a public enemy.

Vladimir Litvinenko, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Center of Competences in Mining Engineering Education under the auspices of UNESCO, and Marat Ibatov, Rector of Karaganda Technical University, signed a cooperation agreement, providing for the establishment of the Kazakhstani branch of the Center of Competences based on the university.

Professor Yury Kazakov, Acting Rector of KNRTU, gave an interview to Forpost Press. Amongst other questions, he talked about how, despite facing competition from other educational institutions, the university manages to rank as a top university in Tatarstan for graduate employability.

Rector Vladimir Litvinenko signed an order on the delivery mode of education programmes during the non-working days, October 30 to November 7

A meeting of the Academic Council took place at St. Petersburg Mining University

Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Sergey Dregval, who is responsible for energy and tariff regulation issues, visited Mining University. He held a working meeting with the rector of the university, got acquainted with the infrastructure of the higher educational institution, and talked to students and postgraduate students in an “open dialogue” format.

This year the oldest tournament was named after the founder of Leningrad - St. Petersburg student judo.