Participation in the Summer Academy of the BRICS Youth Assembly
June 22 - 26, 2017 in Barnaul, Altai State University, took place the Summer Academy of the BRICS Youth Assembly, an international event that brought together representatives of different countries. The event was organized on the initiative of the National Youth Council of Russia within the framework of the Program for the Development of Student Associations of the Altai State University for 2017 with the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs and the Asian Universities Association. On the part of RUDN University in this event participated a specialist of the Department of Scientific and Innovation Policy Petrieva Alina Vadimovna.
The main sessions of the Summer Academy of the BRICS Youth Assembly were dedicated to the tasks of the development of common vectors for the work of the major national youth organizations of the BRICS countries, the creation of international project teams with the prospect of implementing joint large-scale youth projects, the establishment of scientific and educational links for interdisciplinary study of global political, social, cultural processes, the organization of joint laboratories and also programs of academic mobility.
One of the key topics of discussion was the preparations for the 2017 World Festival of Youth and Students. This year Russia hosted the Festival, on 14-22 October, young people from all around the world have come to Sochi to participate in this great event. Within the framework of the Academy there was also a rich eco-educational and excursion program «Crossroads of the worlds» with a visit of the Altai Mountains.
RUDN awarded the winners of the university competition of research papers on the theme of host countries. It was held under the auspices of the Second Conference on Sustainable Development Goals “Africa's Path to 17 SDGs: an Integrated Approach”.
The development of microrobots for the fight against atherosclerosis by Andrei Kostylev, a student at the RUDN University, has reached the international level. His Labmein team won the BRICS Business Incubator competition, which was held on August 20–24.
At the XVIII International Festival of Youth Scientific and Technical Creativity "Ot Vinta" (Off we go) the team of the RUDN Institute of Medicine presented the project " International Research Team: Learning to Work Together (International Medical Science Incubator)". Faculty of Economics participated with the project " Russia on the African grain market: addressing the problem of food security". The students presented their research.
RUDN awarded the winners of the university competition of research papers on the theme of host countries. It was held under the auspices of the Second Conference on Sustainable Development Goals “Africa's Path to 17 SDGs: an Integrated Approach”.
The development of microrobots for the fight against atherosclerosis by Andrei Kostylev, a student at the RUDN University, has reached the international level. His Labmein team won the BRICS Business Incubator competition, which was held on August 20–24.
At the XVIII International Festival of Youth Scientific and Technical Creativity "Ot Vinta" (Off we go) the team of the RUDN Institute of Medicine presented the project " International Research Team: Learning to Work Together (International Medical Science Incubator)". Faculty of Economics participated with the project " Russia on the African grain market: addressing the problem of food security". The students presented their research.