SUSU Rector Alexander Wagner held a working meeting with Meng Shangjiu, Rector of Heilongjiang University of Science and Technology (Harbin, Heilongjiang Province). The event took place on the territory of the partner university as part of the business program of the Russia-China EXPO. The delegation from the Chelyabinsk Region works under the leadership of Governor Alexey Texler. At the meeting, the parties solemnly signed a memorandum of understanding, which will expand cooperation in the north-eastern part of China.
A regular meeting of the Program Committee was held at SUSU, at which 10 scientific projects applying for funding from the Priority 2030 program were considered. Managers reported on the relevance of their strategic projects, work plan for 2024, expected results and the necessary resources to achieve them.
As part of the visit of representatives of South Ural State University to China, a working meeting on issues of cooperation with Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics was held.
SUSU and Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics (ZUA) have been partners for a long period of time. South Ural Institute, where about 1000 Chinese students study Engineering and IT specialties, was created jointly with SUSU at the premises of the Chinese university. In addition, Chinese students are increasingly choosing to study at the venue of our university under the 2+2 programme.
The Chinese-Russian Forum of Small and Medium-sized Business Enterprises in Russia, organized by the all-Russian public organization "Opora Rossii" (“Pillar of Support for Russia”), took place in China. The event was attended by Deputy Vice-Rector for Education of South Ural State University Iliana Dovgaliuk.
During the forum, Iliana Dovgaliuk delivered a presentation on the key advantages of SUSU, shared her experience in implementing joint educational projects with other universities, and outlined the main vectors of collaboration with Chinese educational institutions.
For 12 years in a row, the Immortal Regiment campaign has been held annually not only in Russia, but around the world as well. This year it takes place May 1st through May 12th.
In 2024, the event will again be held in an online format in Russia. The organizers have experience in holding events online. This format was used during the pandemic.
Ecologists of the SUSU Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Tatiana Krupnova, Olga Rakova and 3rd-year student Valeriia Simakhina, have presented a new method for determining the sources of urban soil pollution with rare-earth elements.
The result was published in the Chemosphere prestigious international journal, included in the first quartile of Scopus.
On May 2nd, a Table Tennis Championship was held for international students at the Sports Palace of South Ural State University.
Among the championship participants were 20 students from various countries from around the world: Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, India, Arab countries, African countries, and other countries as well.
As part of strengthening ties between the leading industrial enterprises of our region and South Ural State University, a delegation of the Heart of the Urals Advanced Engineering School of Engine Building and Special Equipment, led by Director Sergei Taran, paid a working visit to Ural Automobile Plant in Miass.
The purpose of the visit was to discuss prospects for expanding cooperation in training highly qualified engineering personnel and launching joint educational programs.
Professor of the Department of Technology and Organization of Catering of the SUSU Institute of Sport, Tourism and Service Sobhi Ahmed Azab Al-Suhaymi, together with his colleagues from Egypt, the UAE and Poland, developed and substantiated a new technology of producing white cheese resistant to fungal and bacterial infections. The result was published in the famous Toxins international journal.
Modern dairy products market dictates the conditions for modern cheeses to remain safe for as long as possible and retain their commercial taste.
At the Faculty of Journalism of Lomonosov Moscow State University, within the framework of the 28th All-Russian Scientific and Methodological Conference of Heads of Advertising and Public Relations Departments, the winners of the competition organized by the Association of Communication Agencies of Russia (AKAR) have been awarded.
A unique temperature sensor is being developed by employees of the Non-conventional Materials and Resource-Saving Technologies Research Institute of SUSU as part of the Science and Universities national project. The device measures temperature many times more accurately than its global analogues. In addition, the sensor checks itself and operates at temperatures from 0 to 800 degrees. This range is widely used in industry: nuclear energy, metallurgy. According to preliminary estimates, the accuracy of the sensor will be 1 degree.
April 25 through April 26, 2024 the SUSU Institute of Law welcomed participants of the 4th Lievschietz Moot Court International Student Contest, conducted in a model trial format.
The final round of the “EngineerBasket” project, a “3x3” game format for the cup of OOO “TMK ETERNO”, took place at the Sports Palace of South Ural State University (National Research University) on April 20th.
The “EngineerBasket” career guidance project for school pupils and students of the Chelyabinsk Region, who are planning to become engineers in the future, was created by the Centre for Advanced Professional Training of the Chelyabinsk Region, jointly with OOO “TMK ETERNO” and the Chelbasket basketball club.
Teaching staff members of the Department of the Russian Language and Literature of the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities were invited to participate in a roundtable discussion, which was held as part of the Seventh International Intellectual Forum “Reading at the Eurasian Crossroads” on April 24th. It was organised by Chelyabinsk State Institute of Culture.
South Ural State University acted as the general partner and platform for the 10th Anniversary of the All-Russian Student TEFI Television Contest.
The competition is organized by the Academy of Russian Television and is held with the support of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation. Our university also provides support for its organization in Chelyabinsk.
The final round of the Fifth B.N. Khristenko Interregional Olympiad in Financial Literacy for Schoolchildren has taken place. This traditional event is held by the Department of Economics and Finance of the SUSU School of Economics and Management. A well-known economist, a specialist in development and implementation of business games in economics, Boris Khristenko introduced active methods of teaching students at Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute (future SUSU) and headed the first laboratory of business games in the USSR.
An off-site team-building event for activists of South Ural Association of International Students and Alumni, organised by the International Office and AO SZ “Yuzhuralstroyservis”, was held at the Chebarkul recreation centre April 13th through April 14th.
SUSU international students, from such countries as Uzbekistan, China, Iran, Tajikistan, Iraq, India, Kazakhstan, Russia, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and Kyrgyzstan, took part in the event. As part of the program, they learned about local attractions, tasted Arabic coffee, played sport games, and participated in a media contest.
On April 22nd, on the 108th anniversary of the birth of Abram Katsman, one of the first mathematicians of the Chelyabinsk Polytechnic Institute who had worked at the university since 1943, those scientists and teachers, who know and remember him, who consider him their teacher, gathered at the memorial plaque in his memory (on the second floor of the eastern wing of the SUSU main building).
On April 19th, a quest for schoolchildren in the 10th to 11th forms was held at the laboratories of the SUSU Institute of Engineering and Technology, during which children independently made memorable souvenirs from metal.
Victory Day is approaching. A traditional military parade will be held in the central square of Chelyabinsk on May 9th. As usual, the staff of the SUSU Military Training Centre will take part in it.
Two "boxes" of students – students of the Centre led by officers – will solemnly march along the Revolution Square. Now training is underway on the territory of the Military Training Centre: the guys are learning how to hold the line beautifully.
On April 5th, the closing ceremony of the SUSU Aerospace Engineering Science-to-Practice School 2024 took place at the SUSU Indoor Athletic Stadium. At our university, schoolchildren presented unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of their own design, among which the jury selected the best ones.
This year marks the 90th anniversary of the birth of the great man who entered world history as the first cosmonaut in the outer space. Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet pilot-cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. On the eve of Cosmonautics Day, Doctor of Sciences (History), Professor of the Department of Russian and International History at the Institute of Media, Social Sciences and Humanities of South Ural State University Igor Sibiriakov shared the historical facts of the heroic feat by Yuri Gagarin.
The “Nasledie” Research and Development Centre of the Institute of Architecture and Construction of South Ural State University, headed by Valentin Olenkov, celebrated its 20th anniversary on April 8th.
Health Day is celebrated worldwide on April 7th. The aim of this holiday is to draw people's attention to issues in the healthcare sector, encourage everyone to monitor the state of their health, maintain a healthy lifestyle and timely visit medical institutions. On the occasion of the event, we talked to the chief physician of the SUSU Medical Centre, Olga Veselova, about how properly take care of yourself.
Our university invites everyone to the Open House Day, which will take place on Sunday, April 14. Future students and their parents will be able to learn about the benefits of studying at one of the leading universities of our region, as well as meet representatives of the schools and institutes.
