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January 25, festive events were held in Beirut (Lebanon) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of RUDN University. Participants planted a “tree of friendship”, plunged into nostalgia at a photo exhibition, and discussed the possibilities and prospects of promoting Russian education abroad. The organizer was the Association of RUDN Alumni in Lebanon with the support of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Lebanon, the representative office of Rossotrudnichestvo in Lebanon, as well as RUDN.

As a child, Kasthuri read Russian folk tales and dreamed of coming to Russia. Today he is a student of the Philological Faculty of RUDN University where he studies the Russian language and culture. He has an ambitious goal: to tell about Russia back in his home country of Sri Lanka.

Soil scientists from RUDN University found that the most suitable conditions for microorganisms are created in soil pores ranging in size from 60 to 180 micrometers. To visualize the relationship between enzymes produced by soil microorganisms and pore size, researchers first created a three-dimensional map of soil structure. To do this, they used soil 2D zymography and X-ray computed tomography. The article is published in the best soil science journal Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

A student of the Institute of Medicine at RUDN University, Keturah Musonda, was brought to Russia by a family loss that changed her life entirely. Back in her home country Zambia, she had to bury her brother: he passed away from a disease that modern medicine has long learned to control. It was then that Keturah realized: her calling is to help people. After graduation, she plans on working as a doctor and on spreading the best medical practices throughout her home country.

We talked with the president of the Lebanese community, Hussein Abbas, learned what traditions the Lebanese adopted from their great-grandfathers, how foreigners preserve their culture outside their homeland.

The IX festival "Soirees of Russian Cinema in Bordeaux" was held in Bordeaux (France). More than a dozen films of Russian cinema were shown at the Mégarama cinema and in the cultural space of Cité du Vin. Classics of the Soviet era and modern films were united by a common theme, where a woman was the main character. The film, voiced by Tatyana Yevsikova, lecturer of the Philological faculty of RUDN University, won the prize "For deep and soulful disclosure of the plot." RUDN University also took part in the preparation of the educational program of the festival.

Jessica Bustinsa, graduate of the Faculty of Philology of RUDN University in 2010, talks about how she got acquainted with Russian culture, how she spent the years of her student life and what Russian traditions she adopted.

Postgraduate student Peter Harin and Master students Elena Makeeva and Valeria Savich from the Institute of Applied Mathematics and Telecommunications of the RUDN University underwent a one-week internship in Austria at Johannes Kepler Universität Linz.

Professor Vladimir Filippov, Rector of Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN) and Minister for Higher Education (1998-2004) has given an exclusive long-ranging interview in which he speaks about his university as it marks its 60th year of establishment and the plans for the future. During his meeting with this correspondent, Kester Kenn Klomegah, he further discusses the importance of reforms, challenges and achievements in his university in the Russian Federation.

RUDN University mathematician for the first time proved the theorem of existence and uniqueness of solutions of the Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation in a strip. Such theorems are very rare for partial differential equations. The new results can be applied, for instance, in astrophysics, in describing the propagation of plane waves in plasma. The article is published in the journal Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications.

On December 13, a meeting of graduate students of the Hotel and Tourism Institute with the representative of the Aeroclub company Julia Balakireva took place. Julia held a master class on business tourism.