Newsletter

21 Apr

Building a sustainable future: what are SDGs and how RUDN helps achieve them

Imagine a world where everyone has enough food, clean water, access to education, and decent work. A world where nature is protected and the future of our planet is cared for. These are the Sustainable Development Goals—to achieve a sustainable future for all! To this end, in 2015, the United Nations (UN) defined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a global plan that helps countries and people work together towards a better future. All 193 UN member states have joined the plan.

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21 Apr

Unfounded generalizations and false conclusions: RUDN scientists have identified AI “hallucinations” in the diagnosis of mental disorders

Researchers from the Faculty of Artificial Intelligence at RUDN University conducted a large-scale study that revealed systemic errors in large language models (LLMs) when diagnosing depression based on text. This work, carried out in collaboration with colleagues from AIRI, Federal Research Center “Computer Science and Control” of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ivannikov Institute for System Programming of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and MBZUAI, not only identifies the problem but also lays the foundation for the creation of more reliable and secure tools for detecting depression and anxiety.

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21 Apr

‘Family, Research, Future’. RUDN University student on the work of the scientific society of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Historical conferences, meetings with political scientists and archaeologists, and interesting projects. This is the life of members of the student scientific society of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at RUDN University. It took third place in a competition among university student scientific societies.

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21 Apr

A RUDN graduate student wins half a million roubles for her development at the UMNIK-2025 competition

Yulianna Morozova, a postgraduate student at the RUDN Academy of Engineering, was among the finalists of one of the prestigious projects of the Innovation Promotion Fund – the UMNIK-2025 competition. She received an individual grant of 500,000 roubles.

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21 Apr

From an idea to implementation: how RUDN University grant competitions help university scientists create new devices and technologies

In 2021, RUDN launched a grant support system for young scientists and research teams. To date, 247 teams from various institutes and faculties, including those outside our university, have participated in the program.

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21 Apr

Innovations, grants, technologies: what young researchers at RUDN are studying and what opportunities the university offers for scientific research

A young scientist at RUDN University is not just a researcher, but a bridge between cultures and disciplines. Their strength lies in “hybrid” thinking: they combine the traditions of the Russian academic school with a global perspective, work in international collaborations, and see science as a tool for solving specific problems facing humanity — from food security to interfaith dialogue. Their research is born at the intersection of faculties, and the results speak for themselves in Q1 and Q2 articles and real technologies.

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21 Apr

The legacy of Academician Paltsev: RUDN University hosted the first conference on the functional morphology of the tissue microenvironment

The first research and practical conference ‘Functional Morphology of the Tissue Microenvironment: From Theory to Practice’, dedicated to the memory of Academician Mikhail Paltsev of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was held at RUDN. It brought together leading researchers from Russia, China and other countries.

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21 Apr

The sixth GreenTech Sustainable Development Acceleration Program starts accepting applications

The Skolkovo Foundation (VEB.RF), together with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the Russian Federation and the country’s leading industrial companies, announced the launch of the sixth cycle of Russia’s largest supplier ecosystem development program for industry, GreenTech Sustainable Development. Applications from developers of technological solutions will be accepted until October 20, 2025.

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