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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.

Science
31 Jul 2023
RUDN microbiologists receive antimicrobial drugs from the bark of an African tree

For the first time, RUDN University microbiologists have fully studied the composition of the African tree extract, which is used in folk medicine against inflammation. Moreover, with the help of the extract, biochemists obtained silver nanoparticles. All obtained substances were found to be effective antimicrobial agents.

International cooperation
27 Jul 2023
Media forum “Russia — Africa” held at RUDN University

July 24-25, RUDN University became a platform for the International Youth Media Forum “Russia — Africa: through the prism of education and communications”, which brought together more than 200 young journalists and researchers from 35 countries of Africa and other regions of the world.

Alumni
19 Jul 2023
“I came to Russia to study and return home to develop Cameroon,” Tatiana Dense Koussi, graduate of RUDN Academy of Engineering

In 2019, Tatiana founded the Youths Make a Difference (YMD) International Youth Organization. It's been over a year since the last interview. She graduated from the university with a degree in Technical Systems Management, returned to Cameroon and signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Youth Affairs. Read the iterview to find out what has changed.

Alumni
10 Jul 2023
“The Russian language turned out to be more difficult than I expected. Prefixes are a real nightmare”: Anton Borodin, the best financier graduate from Finland

How finances and furniture are connected, why Russian prefixes terrify a foreigner and where they cook the most delicious shawarma – read an interview with Anton Borodin, the best graduate of the Finance and Credit program from Finland.

International cooperation
07 Jul 2023
Business breakfast “Nuclear technologies for sustainable development in African countries: the role of the Russian / Soviet universities’ Alumni from African countries” on the margins of the Second Summit and Economic Forum “Russia – Africa”

We are inviting the Alumni of the Russian and Soviet universities from Africa to take part in the business breakfast “Nuclear technologies for sustainable development of African countries” that is held on the margins of the Second Summit and Economic Forum “Russia – Africa” at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University on July 27, 2023, from 10.00 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. organized with the support of Rosatom State Corporation and Russian People’s Friendship University (RUDN).

Life in RUDN
07 Jul 2023
Meaningful summer means comfortable academic year!

The third working semester of the International student construction brigade “Meridian of Friendship” was opened at RUDN University. Vice-Rector for Student Affairs Mikhail Katsarsky motivated the students to work, speaking about his student path in the construction team, tied bandanas to the leaders and handed out tasks.