The RUDN University Science and Innovation Prize winners were honoured at the extended meeting of the Academic Council. In 2024 the terms of the traditional RUDN University Prize were changed: for the first time the competition was announced in two categories: leading scientists and young scientists.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity consumption in Africa has increased by more than 100% over the past two years (2020-2022). However, 74.9% of this energy is still produced by burning organic fuels — natural gas, coal and oil. At the same time, the level of electrification on the continent remains extremely low — only 24%, while in other developing countries it reaches 40%. Even in grid-connected areas, electricity supply is often unreliable: industrial enterprises lose energy on an average of 56 days a year.

RUDN University summed up the results of the I International Student Competition in memory of Professor Pyotr Kucherenko. More than 100 applications were submitted from students of the Law Institute.

The research of young scientists of RUDN Medical Institute is the best among the oral presentations in the section “Molecular Medicine” at the XX International (XXIX All-Russian) Pirogov Scientific Medical Conference of Students and Young Scientists.

Inventors from 26 countries and 35 regions of Russia presented more than 500 projects at the XVIII Moscow International Salon of Inventions and Innovative Technologies “Archimedes”. 340 projects belong to Russian participants, and their foreign colleagues — 215. RUDN University initiatives were awarded two gold medals.

RUDN hosted the XXVII International Scientific and Practical Conference “Actual Problems of Global Economy”. The conference was attended by more than 500 experts from 15 leading universities, including Brazil, China, Turkey and South Africa. The focus of the meeting was on cooperation between the countries of Greater Eurasia, interaction in the CIS and EAEU, as well as digitalization and deglobalization in the context of the multipolar world.

XXXII Russian National Congress “Man and Medicine” was held in Moscow, a key event for the medical and pharmaceutical community. Pavel Murzov, an assistant professor at the Department of Pharmacy Management and Economics at RUDN University, became the winner among thousands of participants. He presented a study on the rational use of Proton Pump Inhibitors (PPIs) in pediatrics.