‘Thanks to This Project, I Learned That if Something Doesn’t Work Out, I Need to Roll Up My Sleeves and Work on It Some More’
The brand design competition for the Cultural Centre at HSE’s Pokrovka complex, which started at HSE University on October 9, 2019, has entered its final stage. In the summer of 2020, the jury selected three projects for the final round, and now HSE University students and staff canvote for the winner. The finalists told HSE News Service about work on the projects and the philosophy of their brand.
HSE University Graduates Launch Interactive Project about Ecological Apocalypse
HSE University graduates Victor and Victoria Kravchenko have created an animated blockbuster, ‘The Last Days of Trash’, which recently premiered on the 2x2 TV animation channel. The heroes of the series are three pieces of trash who dream of escaping from the tip.
Two HSE Student Teams Win Future Tech Case Championship
Future Tech, an interuniversity case championship organized by the Moscow City Innovation Agency, has announced its results. 32 university teams from eight Russian cities participated in the competition. The awarding ceremony took place at the Digital Business Space on Pokrovka.
HSE Event Series Explores Past, Present, and Future of Russia-South Korea Relations
HSE University’s Faculty of World Economy and International Affairshosted a series of events dedicated to the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Russia and the Republic of Korea. During the week, an international conference was held, followed by a presentation of the new Master’s programme ‘Economics, Politics and Business in Asia’, as well as a student Korean-language Olympiad.
Mission Achievable: The University as an Agent of Social Development
Today, universities strive to go beyond the traditional areas of activity that characterize institutions of higher learning and research, taking active roles in national and social development. Valeria Kasamara, HSE University Vice Rector and the Director of the Institute for Applied Political Studies, spoke about this during an open online lecture, ‘The Third Mission: The Experience of HSE University’.
Otkritie Bank to Create Perpetual Capital to Finance Key Monitoring Study by HSE University
Otkritie Bank and HSE University have announced the start of a strategic partnership. One of its key areas of focus will be the creation of dedicated capital (an endowment) to finance a unique socio-economic survey (monitoring) conducted by the University. It is planned to complete the creation of the endowment within five years, with a minimum target value of 140 million rubles.
HSE Sans: Why Does HSE University Need Its Own Font?
All new IT systems at HSE University use HSE Sans — a font specifically designed for the University. Its creators told HSE University.Digital Insight about their inspiration, current trends in typography, and the so-called Russian typography boom.
‘People Should Have Freedom of Choice’
The new dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Alexandra Skripchenko, talks about the world’s best mathematics department and student freedoms.
Dean of HSE Graduate School of Business Appointed EFMD Fellow
The European Foundation for Management Development, a global association of leading business schools and companies, has only 18 EFMD Fellows in the world—one for each main region in which the Foundation operates. All fellows are former or present deans of the leading business schools (such as IMD, Kellogg, CEIBS, ESADE, WU Vienna, HEC Montreal, to name a few).
HSE Art and Design School Students Among Winners of Arch Moscow 2020 Student Project Competition
At Arch Moscow 2020, master’s students of the HSE Art and Design School won the student project competition in the category ‘Best Architectural and Planning Solution’. In the competition, participants had to conduct a comprehensive analysis of Yauza River bank territories and propose a project for their redevelopment.