The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia has published a ranking on media activity among Russian universities as of December 2023. South Ural State University has improved its standing by 10 positions and has taken the 11th place in the overall ranking.
The Internet is filled with reports of artificial eggs being sold in stores. They may look real, but can lose their shape, the yolk can turn blue when boiling, and the shell, made of plaster and paraffin, turns out to be flammable.
Most of these reports copy each other and refer to the story of a Chinese man who allegedly worked at an artificial egg factory. Is it a fake or not?
Within the frameworks of the regional week, Chairman of the State Duma's Committee for Industry and Trade, First Vice-President of the Russian Engineering Union (SoyuzMash) Vladimir Gutenev has held a series of meetings with young people of Samara.
In the course of this dialogue, young people raised various issues: from choosing a profession and staff shortage to providing help to the front and the geopolitical situation. Among the key discussion topics at each meeting were the upcoming presidential elections.
SUSU and the DST-URAL Tractor Plant have joined forces to create a remote-control loading machine. Compared to analogues, the Russian machine wins in price on the special-purpose machinery market. This machine has already been tested for clearing snowdrifts in January 2024.
Winter is the time of spreading flu and respiratory infectious diseases. Anyone can become infected. And being in a crowd or at public celebrations increases the chances of transmitting viruses.
Whooping cough and whooping cough-like diseases have now begun to spread in Chelyabinsk. How to avoid this illness?
On January 14th, many Russians celebrate a holiday with an unusual name − the Old New Year, that is, the New Year in the old style, which is celebrated on a smaller scale than the night from December 31st to January 1st.
We talked about the history of this holiday to Natalia Parfentyeva, Head of the Department of Theology, Culture and Art at the SUSU Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities.
The first issue of the SUSU’s corporate publication, the SMART University newspaper, was published on December 6, 1956. On the occasion of the professional holiday, editor-in-chief Nadezhda Yushina shares on the traditions and everyday life of the editorial office.
The main objective of the project is to develop a youth tourism system in order to raise the cultural level of young people, stimulate the interest of young people in participating in scientific, educational and professional events on the territory of interuniversity campuses.
Scientists of South Ural State University have patented a unique self-cleaning concrete based on sludge. The new building material is biologically safe and can be used to keep the exterior of buildings clean.
Today in industry, conventional networks distributing electricity are being replaced by DER systems − active energy complexes that distribute energy resources in exact accordance with demand. A lean approach has recently been typical for developed Western countries; for example, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands spent 2.5 times less energy per dollar of GDP compared to Russia and Uzbekistan.
Once a year we find out that for the next 365 days we will be living under the protection of a certain zodiac animal, be that a dragon, a tiger, or a rabbit. But few people have ever bothered to learn why each year is assigned an animal. There are many legends about it, and all of those originate in the East. Let us examine the most popular one.
My most sincere New Year’s greetings to you! This is a wonderful holiday and everyone’s favourite!
In a little while, the year coming to an end will become yet another page in everyone’s life and in our common history. In these closing days of the year, we have celebrated the 80th anniversary of South Ural State University. We have many things to be proud of, along with a huge number of achievements and victories.
For Russians, New Year's celebration traditions almost always include a decorated fir-tree, Russian salad, tangerines, Father Frost and Snow Maiden, merry-making, and confetti. And what about other countries? Here is a selection of New Year's symbols from various corners of the world.
Senior researcher at the Big Data and Machine Learning Laboratory at South Ural State University, Professor Sachin Kumar, has developed a neural network model for brain tumour detection on MR images.
The “Hockey in Valenki Boots” tournament among staff members and partners of South Ural State University was held. The match took place in the SUSU hockey rink.
The aim of “Hockey in Valenki Boots”is not only to attract attention to sports, but also to have fun with classmates or find new friends.
“With great pleasure we held this outdoors tournament. In the future we are planning to make alumni games our tradition,” shared the SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner.
On the occasion of the New Year’s celebrations, the Department of Technology and Design is holding master classes in the SUSU Hobby Studio for everyoneinterested.
The hobby studio is a wonderful and atmospheric place. Real magic happens when you are making a three-dimensional dragon-shaped New Year’s card or taking New Year’s art therapy.
The events are organised by professionals: the Head of the Department, Tatiana Vekovtseva, and the teaching staff members, Elena Lavrova and Alexey Lavrov.
On December 21st, the 8th Science-to-Practice Conference on Asteroid Safety wrapped up. Over the course of the conference, the expert committee heard more than 40 reports. The conference culminated in the ceremony of awarding the participants and their research advisors.
Following to the Provision on the Conference, the organizers divided the reports into three flows, in accordance with the reporters’ level. On the closing day, senior and graduating students presented their reports at the conference.
The 5th Shanghai Archaeology Forum dedicated to the issues of climate change and social sustainability brought together more than one hundred of the top archaeologists from 43 countries of the world. Doctor of Sciences (History) from South Ural State University, archaeologist Andrey Epimakhov, became the only speaker representing the Russian Federation at the event on the campus of Shanghai University.
The end of the calendar year has again brought positive news to South Ural State University.
The federal operator of an independent assessment of the quality of conditions for carrying out educational activities, OOO “Verkont Servis”, approved very high results for our university in all criterion indicators of the independent quality assessment:
In November, Natalya Kasperskaya, President of the InfoWatch group of companies and information security expert, spoke at the 2023 Global Smart Industry Conference at South Ural State University. We asked her for an interview for the university website.
– Natalya, please tell us about your speech at the conference.
On December 19th, the 8th Science-to-Practice Conference on Asteroid Safety began its work at the Sigma academic building. During three days, students and postgraduates will be presenting their best achievements in project-based learning in the Aerospace Engineering programmes.
The anniversary week dedicated to the celebration of the 80th anniversary since its founding has wrapped up at South Ural State University. The program of ceremonial events turned out to be very rich and reflected the eventful history, cultural and sports traditions. While celebrating its anniversary for 5 days, our university spoke eloquently about the achievements of its schools and institutes, about science, innovations and multifaceted international activities, creativity and sports. On the final day, guests of the holiday were able to enjoy a gala show and a birthday cake.
History students of group СГ-406 presented a Digital History of SUSU website on December 11th. As part of the Young Stars project, this event became the first in the program of celebrations dedicated to the 80th anniversary of our university.
The official opening of the Ecoanalytics Centre took place at South Ural State University on December 15th. The centre has been created under the Priority 2030 program with the support from the Government of the Chelyabinsk Region. Alexey Texler, Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, and his First Deputy Irina Gekht were present at the opening ceremony.
South Ural State University has opened a Space Communications Laboratory. It is headed by Evgenii Melnikov, an engineer of the Department of Radio Engineering and Communication Systems. As a die-hard radio engineering enthusiast, he has been teaching the Chelyabinsk school pupils and students how to design unique radio electronic equipment for a couple of decades now.
