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International cooperation
18 Aug 2023
RUDN University invites the Ghanaian delegation to the leading agricultural enterprise of Tula

In August, a delegation from Ghana met with the Russian Union of Potato and Vegetable Producers, an industrial partner of RUDN University. Representatives of the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly (Ghana), led by the mayor of Accra, visited the agricultural company “Virgin Alliance” in the Tula region. The excursion was organized by the Agricultural and Technological Institute of RUDN University.

Alumni
18 Aug 2023
“Bargaining with Arabs at the market is pure pleasure”, Anna Lashina, the best regional studies graduate, speaks about Arabic poetry, nuclear research and ballroom dancing

Why Arabs talk loudly, how science helped find love, what is the connection between quickstep, patience and the Arabic language – read an interview with Anna Lashina, the best graduate of “Foreign Regional Studies: Middle East”.

About RUDN
16 Aug 2023
RUDN University, PSB, Rosfinmonitoring and the Russian Academy of Sciences are developing the Sodruzhestvo telecommunications platform

Promsvyazbank (PSB) continues to support the industrial development and telecommunications of the international social and educational digital platform “Sodruzhestvo (Commonwealth)”. The corresponding memorandum at the “Army-2023 International Military-Technical Forum” was signed on August 15, by:

Science
11 Aug 2023
RUDN University doctors evaluated the effectiveness of hernia treatment with a mesh endoprosthesis

RUDN University doctors have followed the recovery of patients after the treatment of a postoperative hernia using a polypropylene mesh-endoprosthesis.

Science
09 Aug 2023
RUDN University mathematician named the main problems of autopilots when detecting pedestrians

A RUDN University mathematician with colleagues from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and China has collected the latest research in the field of deep learning for detecting pedestrians for vehicles with autopilot. The authors identified weaknesses and outlined targets for further research.

Science
07 Aug 2023
RUDN engineer propose a green split system in houses using ground warmth

A RUDN engineer with colleagues from Iran proposed a new model for cooling and heating indoor air using soil energy. This eco-friendly approach is completely harmless and allows you to change the air temperature by 21%.

About RUDN
04 Aug 2023
Projects on agronomy, ecology, landscape architecture, organization of park spaces… RUDN University and Gorky Park develop cooperation

RUDN University Rector Oleg Yastrebov and Gorky Park Director Elena Lupina signed a cooperation agreement. They discussed the exchange of resources, educational activities and innovative and educational projects in the field of agroecology.

International cooperation
04 Aug 2023
Journey into the world of economics: a summer school for RUDN students at the University of Zambia

While someone is on summer holidays, RUDN students of economics keep studying. They went to hot Zambia at the invitation of the Graduate School of Business of the University of Zambia for two weeks of the summer school “Russia-Zambia: Economic Opportunities and Prospects”.

Science
03 Aug 2023
RUDN University chemist turned glycerin into a valuable medical drug

A RUDN University chemist, together with colleagues from Spain, Italy and Saudi Arabia, proposed how to turn a by-product of biofuel synthesis into a valuable product — a substance with a wide medical effect. To do this, chemists needed only a “mill” and a “microwave”.

Life in RUDN
03 Aug 2023
“In my work, the main thing is people. Whatever I design, it should be completely satisfying to society,” – Morjadino Da Fonseca Vera Kruz, PhD student at the Academy of Engineering from Sao Tome and Principe

Morjadino flew from warm Sao Tome to Moscow to receive the profession of an architect of buildings and structures. He loves Khrushchev apartment buildings (5-storey buildings of the 60’s), lives according to the laws of Vitruvius and wants to create something useful for society. We asked Morjadino what motivated him to move to Russia, why he chose Architecture and what project he presented at the Golden Section festival.

Science
02 Aug 2023
RUDN physicists described the thermodynamics of interstellar molecules

RUDN physicists have fully described the thermodynamic characteristics of ten molecules that can be found in interstellar space. Some of them have already been discovered, and some are yet to be discovered.

Life in RUDN
01 Aug 2023
Resident of RUDN Institute of Medicine saves a man’s life on board the plane

July 18, one of the passengers of Qatar Airways Moscow-Doha flight QR340 felt bad. Alaa Al Hajj, a Lebanese resident of RUDN Institute of Medicine (Traumatology and Orthopedics), who was flying on vacation, came to his aid. The young doctor provided first aid and convinced the crew to make an emergency landing at Kuwait International Airport to transfer the passenger to the medical team. Thanks to Alaa, the man remained alive.