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The greatest surge of amateur astronomical activity usually occurs at the end of summer and in autumn, especially in the first half. During this period, the nights are already quite long and dark, compared to summer, but at the same time it is not as cold as in winter. In this review, we will present the most interesting astronomical events in Novosibirsk and its environs that await us in the autumn months.

The most interesting astronomical phenomena of autumn 2025.

September 7/8. Total lunar eclipse. One of the most interesting and anticipated events of autumn 2025, which can be observed by anyone. The maximum phase of the eclipse will be 136%, it will be reached at 1:12 Novosibirsk time. The total phase will last from 0:31 to 1:52, the shadow phase – from 23:27 to 2:56, and the penumbral phase – from 22:28 to 3:55. The time of the eclipse is therefore very favorable for Novosibirsk, during the maximum the Moon will be near the culmination. It should also be noted that the penumbral phases of the lunar eclipse are practically not visible visually, the visible darkening of the lunar disk will be observed from about 23:00 to 3:00 am.

During a lunar eclipse, the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, and the maximum phase of this eclipse will be quite large, which means that the Moon will plunge deeply into the Earth's shadow and will look quite dark near the maximum. However, the lunar disk will not darken completely, since even being deep in the Earth's shadow, the Moon is illuminated by the refracted light of the Earth's atmosphere from the edges of the dark Earth's disk when viewed from the Moon. Since red light is refracted more strongly, the lunar disk is illuminated mainly by the red component of the solar spectrum, and the Moon during a total eclipse is colored in different shades of red – from dirty orange (copper) to dark red or brown. The intensity of the red color and the brightness of the lunar disk are also affected by the dustiness of the Earth's atmosphere during the eclipse, which is a variable value and depends, for example, on the intensity of volcanic eruptions. For this reason, it is difficult to predict how dark the lunar disk will be during the eclipse, but it is in any case a beautiful phenomenon that does not require any special instruments to observe, although binoculars will better show the boundary of the Earth's shadow and details of the lunar surface during the eclipse.

October 8. Possible surge in Draconid meteor shower activity.

The Draconids are a so-called "flare" meteor shower, whose activity does not occur every year, but, as a rule, near the perihelion of its parent comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. During flares, activity can also vary greatly – from relatively low to meteor storms, which the Draconids produced, for example, in 1933 and 1946. Of the recent manifestations of activity, 2011, 2012 and 2018 should be noted, when activity reached hundreds of meteors per hour.

In 2025, comet 21P passes its next perihelion, and, as calculations show, the Earth will collide with fairly fresh cometary material ejected in 2012. In this regard, we can expect a surge in meteor activity, the calculated maximum of which falls at 22:07 Novosibirsk time. The intensity of the surge is unlikely to be stormy, since the Earth should collide with a cloud of particles, the sizes of which are very small. Nevertheless, at the maximum, we can expect quite pronounced activity at the level of tens, and if we are lucky, hundreds of meteors per hour.

The radiant of the shower is in the constellation of Draco, in the evening it is located high above the horizon, so for Novosibirsk the time of the maximum is very favorable. During the outburst, there will be a bright Moon in the sky, which will worsen the conditions for its observation and reduce the number of visible meteors. However, any manifestation of Draconid activity is undoubtedly a unique event and is recommended for observation.

September 13. Moon Occultation of the Pleiades

The series of occultations of the very beautiful star cluster Pleiades by the Earth's satellite Moon continues, which occurs once every 18 years. The period of 18 years is equal to the duration of the lunar saros (draconic period), which is caused by the precession of the lunar orbit. In other words, this is the period of precession of the orbit of the Moon. The Pleiades cluster is located in the sky slightly above the ecliptic, but due to the precession and the tilt of the lunar orbit of about 5 degrees, the Moon in its visible movement across the sky periodically (every 18 years) "reaches" the Pleiades and gives a series of occultations of the cluster.

At the latitude of Novosibirsk, the current series of occultations began in mid-2024 and will end in March 2028. Occultations occur approximately once a month (more precisely, every 29 days, which corresponds to the sidereal period of the Moon). However, occultations occur at different times of the day and not all of them are visible in Novosibirsk.

To observe this occultation (which is essentially a series of occultations of the Pleiades cluster stars by the Moon), you need to use binoculars or a telescope. In its orbit around the Earth, the Moon will pass in front of the Pleiades stars and will block them from the Earth observer for a while. Using binoculars or a telescope, you will be able to see the Moon gradually approaching the various stars of the cluster, then at some point they disappear behind the lunar disk, and after a while they reappear on the other side.

This occultation will occur on the night of September 12/13, when the Moon will be located high above the horizon, which, combined with a phase of about 67%, creates very good conditions for observations with a telescope or binoculars. However, it is better to use a tripod or astronomical mount to stabilize the image.

Here are the parameters of coverage of the brightest stars of the Pleiades for Novosibirsk:

Electra. Start – 03:42:50, altitude 52°, end – 04:13:57, altitude 55°.

Taygete. Start – 03:50:01, altitude 53°, end – 04:57:24, altitude 58°.

Maya. Start at 04:02:40, altitude 54°, end at 05:08:45, altitude 59°.

November 6. Moon occultation of the Pleiades

The next occultation of the Pleiades by the Moon, visible in Novosibirsk, will occur on November 6. Unlike the September event, it will occur in the evening, at a slightly lower, but still good height above the horizon, although at a fuller phase of the Moon.

Here are the parameters of coverage of the brightest stars of the Pleiades for Novosibirsk:

Electra. Starts at 21:00:44, altitude 27°, ends at 21:48:41, altitude 34°.

Merope. Starts at 21:24:42, altitude 30°, ends at 22:14:21, altitude 37°.

Alcyone. Starts at 21:52:36, altitude 34°, ends at 22:48:16, altitude 42°.

Atlas. Start at 22:46:44, altitude 41°, end at 23:04:31, altitude 44°.

Meteor showers

October 21. Orionid meteor shower peaks. This meteor shower with a radiant in the constellation Orion originates from comet 1P/Halley, its maximum intensity is about 20-30 meteors per hour, and the meteors themselves are very fast. The shower's radiant rises quite high in the second half of the night, and the maximum itself is quite wide, activity near the maximum level can remain for several days around October 21.

November 17. Peak of the Leonid meteor shower. This shower, with a radiant in the constellation Leo, shows a normal annual activity of about 10-15 meteors per hour, but is known for its periodic increases in activity in the years around the perihelion of its parent comet 55P/Swift-Tuttle. No increased activity is predicted for the current year. The radiant of this shower also rises high in the sky in the second half of the night and produces fast meteors.

Comets

C/2025 A6 Lemmon. This is currently the brightest comet expected for the fall of 2025, with its brightness expected to reach approximately magnitude 6 in October-November. This is still not enough for visual observations, but at this time the comet should be clearly visible in amateur telescopes and even binoculars.

The comet will be visible in the mornings in the second half of the night, reaching a good height of 40-45° in the morning, then for about a week from October 15 to 22 it will move from the morning part of the sky to the evening part, and then it will be visible in the evenings until about mid-November. At the end of October and the beginning of November (just around the maximum brightness) visibility will be good, and then the comet will begin to decrease more and more, until it finally becomes invisible.

C/2025 K1 ATLAS. This comet will be a bit dimmer, expected to be around magnitude 9 or 10 in October-November. However, it will be a pretty good target for amateur telescopes, but it is unlikely to be visible in binoculars.

The comet will be visible low above the horizon in the mornings in the last days of October and early November, and then, after the passage of the Moon, from mid to late November (and especially in the third ten days of November) it will be visible high in the sky for most of the night, although it will still be better visible in the second half of the night, since its culmination time will fall in the second half of the night.

Connections

September 20. Conjunction of Venus and Regulus. On the morning of September 20, the brightest planet in the sky will be 0.6° from the 1st magnitude star Regulus. This separation is slightly larger than the apparent size of the lunar disk. In the sky, this conjunction will look like two bright stars next to each other above the eastern horizon. At this time, a very narrow crescent of the waning Moon will be below them. The best time for observation is around 6 a.m.

November 13. Conjunction of the Moon and Regulus. Also quite a close conjunction, on the morning of November 13, under the waning crescent of the Moon, there will be a fairly bright star Regulus, the visual separation of which from the nearest edge of the lunar disk will be only 0.2°. The best observation period is from about 6 to 7 am.

In the photo: comet C/2025 K1 ATLAS, which was discovered in May 2025. The comet was photographed on August 26 through a telescope with a focal length of 854 mm, approximately 70 km from Novosibirsk along the Ordynskaya highway. In the summer, it was practically inaccessible for visual observation at the latitude of Novosibirsk, and for photography – from about July 20 until the end of August. It will pass the closest point to the Sun in its orbit (perihelion) on October 8, but at this time it will be behind the Sun from the point of view of an observer on Earth. And now it is practically invisible, and it will become visible again at the end of October, when it comes out from behind the Sun after perihelion and gains sufficient elongation (visual angular separation from the Sun).

We invite students of the NSU SUNC to the special course "Observational Astronomy at the NSU Vega Observatory. All questions can be asked by mail:Nesterenko@post. NSU.ru.

Explanation: Usually, various astronomical phenomena can be observed over a more or less large area, and depending on what event we are talking about, they can be visible, for example, in different regions of Siberia or Russia as a whole, or in the entire northern or eastern hemisphere, or even throughout the world. This review provides information about what remarkable, unusual and interesting astronomical phenomena can be observed in Novosibirsk and its environs in the fall of 2025.

It may well turn out that Novosibirsk will not be the optimal place for observing any of the phenomena indicated in the review, and in other points on our planet this phenomenon will be better visible, but the circumstances of visibility are given specifically for Novosibirsk.

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The cooperation is aimed at training highly qualified IT personnel within the framework of the project “Alt Academy" NSU and Basalt SPO agreed:

• create educational programs and teaching materials, including in the field of artificial intelligence;

• form the digital environment of NSU using the Alt operating systems;

• develop students’ professionally oriented skills in working with GNU/Linux operating systems;

• popularize Russian software among students, teachers and researchers, employers and the IT community of the Novosibirsk region;

• jointly hold conferences, forums, practical seminars, round tables and competitions.

— Novosibirsk Oblast is one of the flagships of the formation of a technologically independent digital infrastructure of the country based on Russian solutions; it is in the top 10 regions of Russia most focused on import substitution, — notes Evgeniya Krynina. — The region needs qualified IT personnel with the skills to develop and use domestic software, including in the field of artificial intelligence. We are proud of the opportunity to solve this problem together with our colleagues from NSU.

In 2025 NSU successfully passed selection in the TOP-II competition at the level of DS ("Data Science"). The competition identifies universities that will train students in new educational programs for training top specialists in the field of artificial intelligence from 2025 to 2030.

NSU chose Basalt SPO as one of its industrial partners. The company committed to supporting the university in implementing the Program of the Novosibirsk Academy of Artificial Intelligence (NAII) Center:

• participate in the development, examination and updating of top-level educational programs;

• implement extra-budgetary co-financing of events and work within the framework of the NAII program;

• promote advanced training of the NSU teaching staff;

• contribute to the organization and holding of annual intellectual competitions and contests for students studying in a top-level educational program, aimed at identifying talents and revealing their potential, stimulating creativity and developing design thinking.

— The agreement with Bazalt SPO helps to strengthen our cooperation in conducting research in the field of artificial intelligence, developing technologies and software. I am confident that the results of our joint work will be implemented in real products, methods and projects, — said Mikhail Fedoruk, Rector of NSU.

The inclusion of NSU in the list of universities that have received the right to train personnel for new programs for the development of AI technologies is a logical result of the university's scientific activities. Since 2023, the Research Center for Artificial Intelligence of NSU has been operating as TSIINGU.

“Cooperation with Bazalt SPO will facilitate the expansion of our research in the field of AI and will provide an opportunity to specifically train personnel for our industrial partners — high-tech companies,” noted TsINGU Director Alexander Lyulko.

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“Basalt SPO“ — developer of the Alt family of operating systems, including Alt Education — a solution for all levels of education, from preschool to higher education. The OS has no analogues on the Russian market, comes with sets of free programs for the educational process (preparation for the Unified State Exam/Basic State Exam, robotics lessons, software development, engineering graphics, computer class management, learning through games, etc.), as well as administrative activities.

The company is developing the educational project "Alt Academy", within the framework of which training is conducted for students, teachers, IT specialists and private users. "Alt Academy" unites the areas of work on cooperation with universities, colleges and schools, the creation of laboratories and competence centers for Basalt SPO products, the preparation and holding of international and all-Russian Olympiads and hackathons for students, schoolchildren and teachers. Since 2005, Basalt SPO has been conducting annual conference for education workers and students "SPO in Higher Education".

Since 2001, Basalt SPO has been developing its own independent infrastructure for software development, located on the territory and under the jurisdiction of the Russian Federation. The Alt OS ecosystem includes more than 6,000 compatible Russian application programs and equipment from the registers of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation. Basealt.ru, Sales@basealt.ru, @basealtspo

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Last weekend, the annual NSU Alumni Congress was held at Novosibirsk State University. Its program was opened by the general meeting of the NSU Union Alumni Association, which took place in the famous Maltsevskaya Auditorium. The participants summed up the results of the year, discussed plans for the future, and elected a new composition of the governing bodies.

Among the most significant results was the active participation of the Union in events dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the last president of the USSR Academy of Sciences Gury Marchuk and the outstanding historian, honorary professor of NSU Varlen Soskin. And also – the charity event "Thank you for teaching" (targeted congratulations to non-working teachers and employees of NSU), which has already become a traditional part of the association's work.

The new president of the NSU Union is Pavel Fedorov, managing partner of the Scientific Equipment Group of Companies and a 2008 graduate of the NSU Faculty of Economics.

— I have divided all the upcoming activities into three areas, which I plan to implement in the next two years. Firstly, to increase interest among graduates and increase their involvement in the work of the NSU Union. Secondly, to create a comfortable environment not only for current members of the Association and associate members, but also to attract new people wishing to join the union. And, of course, to pay special attention to working with students, because they are our future, — Pavel Fedorov shared his work plans.

One of the forms of work of the Union with students is the Mentoring program, launched in 2021. By participating in this project, students get the opportunity to think about the future in advance, begin to adapt to the labor market and prepare for their further career path. And graduate mentors pass on their experience and secret knowledge of "adult" life, take an active part in the development of students, are inspired by new fresh ideas and get new employees to their team.

Over the past years, this program has accumulated useful experience, which mentors shared during a special round table that continued the Congress program. Its participants discussed how best to "recruit" mentors, whether it is necessary to involve those who live outside of Russia in this work, whether feedback channels are needed, etc.

The next round table within the framework of the Alumni Congress was devoted to the phenomenon of student clubs at NSU faculties, such as "The Office of the Divanov Brothers", "Quantum", "Maximin", etc. Its participants talked about why these clubs have been successfully operating for decades, how students receive additional competencies in them, which can subsequently radically change their entire life trajectory.

The Congress traditionally ended with a popular science part. Rector of NSU, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk spoke about what the university is today, briefly summed up the results of the admission campaign, drawing attention to the increase in the number of applications from applicants, the expansion of the geography of those admitted, and the growing popularity of engineering and IT areas. He also congratulated on the opening of a new building of flow auditoriums, which took place on August 29 with the participation of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko. He spoke in a little more detail about the federal development programs in which NSU participates, and about the new grants that the university has recently won, in particular, the university became one of the winners of the national competition for the creation of university startup studios.

The topic of the lecture by Dmitry Zharkov, Head of the Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Faculty of Natural Sciences of NSU, was "Why are we still alive, or how a cell repairs its genome." Then, Mikhail Lavrentyev, Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology of NSU, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, gave a lecture "M.A. Lavrentyev – Contribution to the Victory and Development of the Country." The popular science part was concluded by Petr Marchuk, Member of the Board of the Alumni Association "NSU Union", who presented a report dedicated to the 100th anniversary of G.I. Marchuk.

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From August 19 to 23, the Alfa-Bank case championship was held at Krasnaya Polyana in Sochi. The championship consisted of two stages: remote (case solution) and in-person (revision, defense). At the first stage, teams had to develop a new banking product focused on the needs of a youth audience, present a UX prototype and demonstrate the profitability of this idea for the bank. After that, the results of the selection stage were summed up: only 20 teams out of 724 made it to the final, which had to refine their solution: shoot a promo video, develop an MVP demo and, finally, present it to leading Alfa-Bank experts in Sochi.

— Our team is a team of the strongest students in the country. For example, we have already worked together with Alisa German and Daria Yudina from Bauman Moscow State Technical University. Each of us is a winner of a RUB 1 million prize for winning the largest all-Russian competition (Bolshaya Peremena, Tvoy Khod), for which we were included in the state information resource about people who have demonstrated outstanding abilities. We were joined by Olga Somova (NSU), the winner of the All-Russian legal case championship MGIMO Law Championship, who brilliantly worked out the regulatory risks of our fintech product, and Maria Kolobova from OSU, the winner of the International Festival of Sports Programming "Code of the World", who revived our ideas in the interface. We believe that the strength of our team is in its diversity, and the formula for success is ambitions multiplied by expertise in various fields, and the desire to change the world for the better! — shared Alina Churkina, a 4th-year student majoring in Management Faculty of Economics, NSU.

The team's presentation was dedicated to presenting the concept of new banking for Generation Z. The girls analyzed the values of young people and came to the conclusion that zoomers value such things as development, status, and community. The team proposed moving away from the traditional approach, where a bank is perceived solely as a tool for transactions, and presented an emotional-behavioral platform that turns banking into a tool for personal growth. This approach is aimed at forming long-term loyalty and reducing customer churn through integration into the daily life and interests of the young audience. All this is the result of three weeks of intensive work: analyzing the values of Generation Z and the best practices of fintech and lifestyle brands, designing a viable business model with forecasts for monetization and key metrics; developing a product prototype, a promotion plan, and, finally, filming a promo video for its presentation.

— The final stage of the case championship can be divided into the final and the super final. In the final, 20 teams had to present a 2-minute pitch and show a promo video. An hour later, a list of 10 super finalist teams was announced, which had to present their solution to the experts again. In my opinion, the main task in the final was to cope with our emotions: excitement, fear and fatigue after a busy day of presentations. In the super final, we had to not only clearly and convincingly convey the key ideas of our product, but also answer difficult questions from the jury, demonstrating a deep understanding of the market and the needs of the youth audience, — added Olga Somov, a 4th-year student of the Jurisprudence program at the Faculty of Economics of NSU.

Olga and Alina's team made it to the super final (top 10 strongest teams in the country) and, based on its results, became the winner in the nomination "Best Promo Video", for which they were awarded the opportunity to undergo a priority internship at Alfa-Bank.

— Alfa Case Camp is a completely new level of championships. We didn’t just defend the solution, we literally lived it for several days: we discussed non-standard solutions for launching banking products, received personal consultations on pitching and our careers from Alfa Bank top managers. This program gave a unique opportunity not only to present our solution, but also to directly exchange experience with experts who are shaping the future of banking technologies today. Winning the “Best Promo Video” nomination and reaching the top 10 strongest teams in the country confirmed that we not only know how to think strategically, but also implement creative ideas efficiently, which is certainly nice. But the main prize is the people, knowledge and emotions that we took with us! — Alina shared her impressions.

— Participation in the Alpha Case Camp was not only a great opportunity for me to apply theoretical knowledge in practice, but also a unique experience of teamwork in a real business environment. In addition to professional growth, I received a lot of positive emotions from the inspiring atmosphere of the mountain resort, the rich educational program and informal communication with guys from different parts of Russia. This case championship helped me understand how important creativity, flexibility of thinking and the ability to quickly adapt to new challenges are, — Olga added.

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Master's student Faculty of Information Technology Novosibirsk State University, profile "Internet of things", Dmitry Muravyov developed a system for monitoring and diagnostics of lithium-ion batteries. The solution includes a hardware module and a web service and is already available in the public domain for manufacturers and service companies.

The system allows testing batteries in various scenarios, recording their performance indicators and storing the results in a database for subsequent analysis.

— The main goal of the development is to increase the level of safety of devices using lithium-ion batteries as the main power source, — explains the author of the project Dmitry Muravyov. According to him, the development opens up opportunities for conducting not only standard measurements, but also regression and stress tests, which is especially important for checking the reliability of power sources.

Lithium-ion batteries are used everywhere today, from smartphones and laptops to electric vehicles and medical equipment. Their widespread use makes the issue of reliability and diagnostic accuracy especially relevant. Companies that develop or service devices with such batteries are interested in control tools that allow for a quick and objective assessment of the battery condition.

Dmitry Muravyov's development consists of two parts. The hardware part of the device is assembled from widely available components that can be purchased inexpensively on marketplaces. It allows you to set charging and discharging profiles, record operating parameters and transfer them via Wi-Fi to a web service or write them to an SD card. The built-in display shows the indicators in real time. The web service provides control of the device, allows you to set complex testing scenarios and analyze data.

“We made the system as accessible as possible – the code is written in Python, and anyone with basic programming skills can modify it to suit their own needs,” notes Dmitry Muravyov.

According to the project's scientific director, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Information Technology at NSU Alexander Vlasov, the idea of creating an open system was born as a result of cooperation with the YADRO company, which is the largest domestic manufacturer of computing equipment.

— Batteries are an integral part of many computing devices, and monitoring their condition is necessary both at the production stage and in research tasks at the design stage. We saw that the market lacks accessible open source solutions, so the appearance of such a tool is an important step, — says Alexander Vlasov. The prototype of the solution was created at the YADRO Laboratory at NSU with active consultation of the company's employees.

There are already devices for testing batteries on the market, however, as Dmitry Muravyov explains, they have significant limitations: low measurement accuracy, closed software without the possibility of modification, lack of remote control and flexible testing scenarios.

“The lack of a solution free of these shortcomings became an incentive to create our own system,” the developer emphasizes.

Today, the project is at the MVP (minimum viable product) stage. The system is already operational and allows for various testing scenarios. The limitations are charging voltage up to 4.6 V and maximum current up to 1.6 A. But the main thing is that the solution is completely open: the circuits can be assembled from available components, and the software can be downloaded from GitHub. This makes the system accessible to both researchers and companies that need their own battery quality control tool.

— It is very important that such developments appear in the public domain. In Russia, the segment of battery testing tools is poorly developed, and the emergence of publicly available solutions develops the entire industry. This is useful both for the IT business and for the country as a whole. In the YADRO laboratory, we try to promote exactly such useful projects from the point of view of the general infrastructure. Directly, in a project like Dmitry's, it is difficult to trace the benefit, but we hope that our devices, which we use every day, will become a little safer and more reliable, — notes Alexander Vlasov.

Dmitry Muravyov himself emphasizes that he is ready to develop the project if interested partners appear. In the meantime, his system has already found practical application: a similar device was assembled and tried to be used by one of the Novosibirsk organizations working with equipment, where it is also necessary to test power elements.

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At the end of August, NSU hosted the School of Curators, a training where students learn to be real mentors for first-year students. Here, future curators get acquainted with the tasks and challenges that await them ahead. We talked to Grigory Polivkin, the organizer of the School, about what it means to be a curator and what the school program consists of.

The school's goal was to introduce and involve the most active students in the "business" of curating. The challenges were the project topics that the newly arrived participants had to develop using the skills and experience they already had.

In order to teach curators to interact with a wide variety of people and cope with any critical situations, the school conducts psychological training.

— They analyze various cases and give psychological tasks like "hedgehog cut". Team board games are also important, where the outcome of the game depends on everyone. And, of course, these are projects in which guys from different faculties analyze various topics, bringing their unique experience, — says Grigory Polivkin.

The main channel of communication for the guys for quick questions and support is the curator chat. Also, once every one or two weeks, meetings are held at which all the curators of the faculty or institute meet with the coordinator to discuss difficult tasks and find joint solutions. In addition, there is a mentoring system, thanks to which a senior and experienced curator can supervise a newcomer, and joint informal meetings to unite the curatorial corps itself.

As in any business, new curators make a number of common mistakes in one way or another: they often try to be “perfect”, solve all problems alone, or, on the contrary, fall into familiarity. Other mistakes include paying attention only to active students or ignoring feedback.

— It is important to remember: a curator is not a superhero. You need to be able to delegate issues to specialists and be attentive to everyone in the group, — Grigory shares his experience.

The main tool for assessing the work of curators is anonymous student surveys, which ask not only "do you like the curator?", but also "how comfortable are you in the group?", "do you know where to go with a problem?". Reporting on events, analysis of group activity and reflection of the curators themselves are also taken into account.

Grigory is particularly inspired by the history of the Geological and Geophysical Faculty: at first they did not take curatorship seriously, but eventually created an entire official community with its own charter, rules, and system of senior and junior curators. This shows that even skepticism can be turned into strength if you work together.

“The ideal curator is not a teacher or a supervisor, but an older friend, mentor and integrator,” notes Grigory.

It is important not only to be close to a first-year student, but also to be able to hear him, support him, and guide him.

“It’s important not to sit around waiting for problems to arise, but to create an environment where it’s difficult for them to arise. Organize events, meet new people, maintain engagement,” he adds.

Grigory also notes that it is important for a curator to be empathetic and sincere, to be able to take responsibility for others and to be reliable, because a curator is the “entry point” for a student, first-year students turn to him first.

For those who only dream of becoming a curator, the organizer advises:

— Be active, don’t be shy about offering ideas, but always remember that there are rules and etiquette at NSU. Sometimes your ideas may diverge from them — it’s important to find a balance.

The NSU School of Curators is not just a training. It is a space where new leaders are born, where senior friends and mentors appear who can support you in your first steps at the university.

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SIBUR and Novosibirsk State University (NSU) signed an agreement on joint work in the field of science, education and polymer technologies on the sidelines of the Technoprom-2025 forum. The document was signed by SIBUR PolyLab CEO Konstantin Vernigorov and NSU Rector Mikhail Fedoruk.

The cooperation covers a wide range of areas: from joint research and development in the field of polymer solutions to support for student and scientific start-ups and accelerators. Much attention will be paid to training a new generation of personnel – students, postgraduates and young researchers who will be able to join projects at the intersection of science and industry.

In work on joint projects, NSU acts as the lead organization of a consortium that includes leading research organizations.

"Science and industry are stronger when they work together. We view our partnership with NSU as an opportunity to jointly develop advanced polymer solutions for key sectors of the economy. The combination of the university's academic expertise and SIBUR PolyLab's applied competencies opens up new horizons for solving non-standard problems and training the personnel of the future," emphasized Konstantin Vernigorov, PhD in Chemistry, CEO of the SIBUR PolyLab ecosystem of applied development centers.

Among the tasks that NSU and SIBUR will work on in the near future are increasing the efficiency of production processes, jointly developing new solutions and expanding the scope of polymer applications, as well as modeling the testing of large-sized polymer products.

"NSU is part of the largest Siberian scientific cluster, which largely determines the trajectory of development of Russian science. An important element of the university's strategy is the intensification of cooperation with industrial partners, the development of new approaches, methods and technologies that are used in various sectors of the economy. Cooperation with SIBUR opens up new horizons for us: joint projects will allow us to integrate scientific research and development into real technological processes and strengthen the preparation of students for work in high-tech industries," said Mikhail Fedoruk, Rector of Novosibirsk State University, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Professor.

Siberia is traditionally considered the center of Russian science — unique research schools, institutes and unique infrastructure are concentrated here. At the same time, the region is the basis of SIBUR's production capacity: the largest petrochemical cluster in Russia has been formed in Western Siberia, the core of which is ZapSibNeftekhim — the largest petrochemical complex in the country with a capacity of more than 2.5 million tons of polymers per year. It is here that the company's core competencies in the field of hydrocarbon processing and the production of synthetic materials, which are widely in demand in the production of consumer goods, construction, agriculture, transport and medicine, are concentrated. The integration of NSU into SIBUR's strategic initiatives enhances the importance of the region as a point of attraction for innovation and makes it a key platform for the formation of scientific and educational ecosystems in the interests of the entire country.

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Gazprom Neft will support scientific research, technological and educational programs in the Novosibirsk Region. Together with NSU experts, the company will improve digital tools for studying the subsurface, modeling underground operations and creating advanced algorithms for analyzing geological data.

Novosibirsk State University, with the participation of oil workers, will develop in-demand scientific areas, laboratory facilities, and scientific and educational programs to train in-demand specialists for the domestic fuel and energy complex. NSU will modernize its research infrastructure and take part in the development of software and technological solutions for the oil and gas industry.

The Novosibirsk Region Government will assist in the implementation of technological and educational initiatives of Gazprom Neft and NSU. The region will support the development of scientific and service centers based on the university, and will also attract scientific organizations, high-tech businesses and industrial companies of the region to promising projects, ensure the launch and acceleration of startups, and the development of services, including areas of analytics and expertise.

Sergey Doctor, Head of Production Department, Gazprom Neft

"Strategic cooperation with one of the largest scientific centers of the country and the Novosibirsk region will help in the implementation of projects that are significant for our company and the entire fuel and energy complex. We will engage in both fundamental research and applied developments to solve specific production problems. The partnership will allow us to shorten the cycle of testing and implementation of technologies, as well as focus on priority tasks for the extraction of "difficult" reserves and the training of new generation professionals."

Irina Manuilova, Deputy Governor of Novosibirsk Region:

"We systematically support the development of scientific and technical projects, creating favorable conditions for the creation of new research infrastructure, launching startups and realizing the technological potential of industrial residents of the scientific and technological park of the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok. Strategic cooperation with Gazprom Neft and Novosibirsk State University is a step towards turning our region into a major center of scientific and industrial competencies at the federal level."

Sergey Golovin, Director of the Advanced Engineering School of NSU:

Gazprom Neft is a leader not only in the development of oil and gas technologies, but also in a systematic approach to forming relationships with leading universities. NSU was one of the first to join the company's partner universities, and this cooperation laid the foundation for the growth of the oil and gas direction at the Gazpromneft-NSU Scientific and Educational Center and the NSU PIS. The cooperation strategy for the next three years records the results achieved and sets guidelines for further development. For us, this means entering new topics related to technologies for working in Arctic conditions, scaling up research in the Digital Core direction, developing new geological exploration technologies, creating industry software, and performing service work."

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The new agreement continues the cooperation between Gazprom Neft, the Government of the Novosibirsk Region and Novosibirsk State University. The partners are jointly developing a laboratory complex for research in the field of enhanced oil recovery based on the Siberian Ring Photon Source (SKIF) project in the science city of Koltsovo. In addition, startups and residents of the scientific and technological park of the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok of NSU, with the support of the company and the university, are working on projects in the field of oil and gas services and digital solutions for solving applied problems in the oil and gas industry.

NSU has an advanced engineering school, Cognitive Engineering, where a new generation of specialists in geology, geophysics and mathematical modeling is being formed. Together with Gazprom Neft, the university has launched three master's programs aimed at training specialists in oil engineering and digital modeling of processes in the fuel and energy complex. Students are involved in solving real problems in the industry, gain access to modern digital platforms and practical cases.

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The grand opening of the building of continuous auditoriums of Novosibirsk State University (NSU) took place in Novosibirsk. It is one of the objects of the second stage of the modern campus, which is being built within the framework of the national project "Youth and Children". The opening ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko, First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Alexander Zhukov, Governor of Novosibirsk Region Andrey Travnikov and Rector of NSU, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Fedoruk.

"Today we have a big celebration: we are opening a new academic building, which can accommodate about 1,700 students at a time. The largest auditorium is for 400 people. We want student and scientific life to begin here as soon as possible. Many thanks to the builders, the leadership of the Novosibirsk Region and NSU, who tried so hard to ensure that you have such wonderful conditions. Last year, Prime Minister Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin opened new buildings here. The university campus, which is being created on the instructions of our President Vladimir Putin, is truly an educational and scientific pearl of our country," the Deputy Prime Minister noted.

Governor Andrey Travnikov congratulated NSU students and teachers on the upcoming Knowledge Day and the opening of new university facilities: "You are participants in an amazing historical period. This is a new page in the history of Novosibirsk State Research University. The start was given in March 2021. During the visit of the Prime Minister of our country Mikhail Vladimirovich Mishustin, he listened to our reports, our proposals for the further strategy for the development of the university, became interested, supported and approved. And this is not just the construction of new buildings – this is a new mission, a new position of the university in Akademgorodok and, in general, on the scientific and educational map of our country."

Addressing the students, Alexander Zhukov emphasized that they were lucky to study at the university at a time when something new appears there every year: “Novosibirsk State University is becoming a world-class campus. This building, where you will study, with flow-through classrooms, is made using the latest modern construction technology. Very comfortable classrooms, bright, wonderful. I wish you to study well, enjoy yourself, and graduate with excellent marks, and then find a good job for yourself, well, and today is a holiday, so I want to congratulate you all once again.”

Mikhail Fedoruk, congratulating the students on the opening of the new building, emphasized:

"This year, students from 64 regions of Russia have enrolled. Thank you for choosing our university from among many Russian universities to study at, and I am sure you will not regret it! This wonderful building was built as part of the "Creation of a Network of Modern Campuses" project of the national project "Youth and Children". Like other world-class campus facilities at NSU, it will open up completely new opportunities in the field of educational, scientific and project activities! Dear students, I wish you happiness, health and, of course, successful studies at the university."

The building with continuous classrooms is the largest of the three objects of the second stage of the new NSU campus. The area of the building is more than 15 thousand square meters. It was put into operation in December 2024. It houses four continuous classrooms, as well as a scientific library, which houses almost 1 million books, a student project center, coworking spaces, and a conference hall. Original architectural solutions were used in the design of the building: a glass atrium is installed on the building, which allows for increased natural lighting in the spaces and gives the building a unique look. In addition, the building has an overground passage with stained glass glazing for convenient movement of students and teachers. It connects the building with continuous classrooms with the current NSU academic building.

Dmitry Chernyshenko also congratulated the first-year students of the Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty of NSU in 2025, who will begin their studies in the new building on September 1. Together with Alexander Zhukov, Andrey Travnikov and Mikhail Fedoruk, the Deputy Prime Minister presented student cards to the students – winners and prize winners of the Olympiads, who entered the university without entrance examinations.

"Many of you have long known that you would become students, thanks to your victories at the Olympiads. Those who entered without exams are now receiving yet another confirmation of their merits and their work. But, in fact, you are just starting your journey in an interesting and promising place. The geography also speaks for itself: guys from all over the country have come here, who entered without exams thanks to their outstanding abilities. And now the most exciting and thrilling stage of your life begins. You will not only acquire new knowledge, but, most importantly, you will find new friends. And someone may even meet their soulmate. Do not forget about life outside of science, create families, fall in love, live a full life. Now it may seem distant, but believe me, this is the most interesting period, you will understand this later. Bon voyage!" Dmitry Chernyshenko emphasized.

In total, this year, more than 2 thousand budget places have been established in higher education programs of all levels at NSU. According to the interim results of the admissions campaign, more than 14.8 thousand applicants submitted over 36.7 applications to all levels of higher education. The top 5 areas of training by the number of budget places are: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics and Mechanics, Geology, Mathematics and Computer Science.

In addition, the Deputy Prime Minister assessed the breakthrough technologies and developments of NSU innovation centers. Among them are video analytics detectors, developments in the field of technical rehabilitation equipment – a 3D-printed foot prosthesis and composite foot prostheses, a "digital core" project – an innovative tool for increasing the efficiency of extracting hard-to-recover oil and gas reserves, the development, assembly and ground testing of orbital equipment based on its own modular satellite platform of the CubeSat format, and more. These developments are carried out in cooperation with industrial partners, including leading Russian companies, leaders in their industries, such as Rostelecom, Rostec, Roscosmos, Sber and others.

Dmitry Chernyshenko also assessed the infrastructure of the specialized educational and scientific center of NSU: last year, the grand opening of a new educational building and leisure center took place.

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A photo exhibition dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the birth of the outstanding Russian scientist, brilliant organizer, founding father of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok, Academician Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev, "Thank you, Mikhail Alekseevich! You did it!" opened as part of the 10th All-Russian Conference "Lavrentyev Readings in Mathematics, Mechanics and Physics" on August 25. Its exposition consisted of about a hundred rare photographs revealing the personality of this multifaceted person who made a significant contribution to the development of Russian science. The initiator of the exhibition was the dean Faculty of Information Technology Novosibirsk State University Mikhail Lavrentyev. His idea was supported by the conference organizing committee.

— We decided to make the exhibition not formal, but warmer, more homely. That is why there are very few "ceremonial" photographs in the exhibition and no official "ceremonial" shots at all. That is why we came up with such a name, which reflects the soul of Akademgorodok, which has taken place and continues to develop. It is at this conference that it is appropriate to recall how its glorious history began and to pay tribute to the unique personality of Mikhail Alekseevich, thanks to whom this grandiose project was brought to life, — said Dean of the NSU FIT, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Lavrentyev.

The photographs show Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev in official settings and with his family, in classrooms and at construction sites, during scientific experiments and on vacation, on expeditions and at official receptions, on a ski trip and playing with his grandchildren. Around him are colleagues and students, cosmonauts and politicians, high-ranking military personnel and students. In one of the photo portraits, the academician is captured with his pet, a fox terrier. Many of the photographs are being shown for the first time.

— The exhibition presents printed photographs not only from the family archive, some of the originals were provided by the Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Exhibition Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Andrey Guryevich Marchuk, who has an extensive photo and film archive, also responded. Thanks to such support, it was possible to collect a huge database of rare photographs that were processed and enlarged. A significant contribution to the formation of the exhibition was made by Lyudmila Megaeva and Anastasia Surkova, who were engaged in the selection and preparation of photographs for the exhibition. The printing part of the work was carried out at NSU. It should be noted that not all of the selected photographs are presented at the exhibition. Some have remained "behind the scenes" for now — we tried to choose the most interesting and expressive ones. It seems to me that we have created a very interesting exhibition, — Mikhail Lavrentyev explained.

Behind each photo there is an interesting story from the life of an outstanding scientist and Akademgorodok itself as a whole. A photo of the academician taken several years before the founding of Akademgorodok during the work to drain swamps in Ukraine can rightfully be considered historical. Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev proposed using wet gunpowder for these purposes. Earlier, his colleague and comrade Nikolai Maksimovich Syty discovered that such gunpowder has detonation properties, that is, it is also an explosive, albeit non-flammable, substance. At that time, the disposal of gunpowder was a big problem and was a dangerous process. Under the leadership of Mikhail Aleksandrovich Lavrentyev, significant volumes of this waste were successfully used to drain swampy areas. Mikhail Lavrentyev notes that to a certain extent this contributed to the creation of Akademgorodok: at that time, Nikita Khrushchev headed the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine. Excellent relations were established between the future General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev, and years later the party leader, who became the head of state, supported the project to build a city of scientists in Novosibirsk and in every way contributed to the creation of Akademgorodok, allocating the necessary financial resources for its construction and the resolution of contradictions between its creators and the leadership of the Novosibirsk region.

– Mikhail Alekseevich was called an “academician in the Kirsov boots” for a reason. He not only delved into all the details of the construction of institutions, infrastructure and residential buildings of Akademgorodok. It could be seen at the construction site, as evidenced by several photographs taken at the construction site of the Institute of Hydrodynamics, which was later named after him. His life is inseparable from the history of Akademgorodok, therefore, in the photographs that captured Mikhail Alekseevich in the circle of friends and associates, we see how the Akademgorodok acquired the features we know and how he was many decades ago – one -story houses in the Golden Valley, surrounded by wooden fences and an almost complete absence of roads; The institutions under construction, the picturesque surroundings, the small house of the forester, where for the first time Mikhail Alekseevich was placed with his family. The construction of a two -story spacious house, which was built for Mikhail Alekseevich by order of Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, also fell into a photograph. But in this house, the founder of Akademgorodok and his wife Vera Evgenievna did not live long – they returned to the forester house, who underwent reconstruction and became a little more comfortable. Nevertheless, there is a picture in the exposition in which Mikhail Alekseevich hosts guests in a new house. In one of the pictures, we see an academician at a dressed up New Year tree playing in Sharades. But much more photos with a forester house. Here is Mikhail Alekseevich and Alexei Pavlovich Okladnikov clearing snow, here the academician plays with his grandson on the snowball, here he is with his colleagues on a walk. Also, according to the pictures, you can see how, during several reconstructions, this modest house changed, which for many associates of the academician became a point of attraction and a place of pleasant meetings, ”said Mikhail Lavrentiev.

Among the rare photographs is a photo taken at the celebration of Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev's 60th birthday, where his colleagues present him with a huge cake with 60 burning candles. In another photo, the academician is captured shoulder-deep in snow. This photo was taken during the installation of TNT charges for an experiment involving explosions. Next to it is a photo of a yurt set up in deep snow. It was this yurt that served as the academician's field shelter during one of his expeditions. The exhibition also features photos from other expeditions – to Baikal, Sakhalin, Kazakhstan, Yakutia… As Mikhail Lavrentyev said, Mikhail Alekseevich loved to travel, work "in the field", and spend time in nature.

A special place in the exhibition is occupied by photographs where the founder of Akademgorodok is captured with famous people. His circle of friends was incredibly wide, it included world-famous scientists, government officials, senior military officials, and heads of enterprises. And Mikhail Alekseevich often became the life of the party – at official receptions, in his office, and in informal settings. Two photographs in this part of the exhibition are noteworthy. In one of them, Mikhail Alekseevich is flying in the cabin of an airplane together with three cosmonauts – Frank Borman (USA), German Titov (USSR), and Konstantin Feoktistov (USSR). In the other photo, Academician Lavrentyev is cooking fish soup on a campfire in the open air in the company of three other cosmonauts – Alexei Leonov, Georgy Beregovoy, and Neil Armstrong – the man who first stepped on the surface of the Moon.

It is assumed that the exhibition audience will not be limited to conference participants. Some of the photographs will be transferred to the Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The collection of photographs will also be received by the Exhibition Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. An exhibition is planned for the House of Scientists. Perhaps, a permanent exhibition will be placed in the Technopark.

Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Scientific Director of the Institute of Thermophysics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Sergei Vladimirovich Alekseenko:

— The exhibition is interesting both from the point of view of the history of science and from the position of photography as a carrier of information. I am seeing many of the pictures for the first time, and they, it seems to me, reflect the scale of Academician Lavrentyev’s personality. Of great interest are the photographs related to the foundation and development of Akademgorodok. In these pictures we see the difficulties its first residents faced, but looking at them, we see optimism and faith in the future. Such photographs do not leave anyone indifferent. Akademgorodok became a unique project of that time, which was broadcast in other countries, and this experience is invaluable for future generations. Therefore, photographs from those years, capturing these significant events, should be available to everyone interested in the history of Akademgorodok.

Director of the Institute of Hydrodynamics named after. M.A. Lavrentiev SB RAS Evgeniy Valerievich Ermanyuk:

— Our institute has two photo albums that we show to distinguished foreign and domestic guests, but at this exhibition I saw many photographs that are not even in our archives. These are rare shots that are of particular value. Our institute has contributed to this exhibition by providing photographs from its archives, which we have only recently begun to sort through, but have already discovered very interesting photos. I am sure that this exhibition will decorate many conferences. Our institute has preserved the memorial office of Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev. I would be happy to decorate the part of the building where it is located with these photographs.

The conference will be held on August 25-29 at NSU in the main scientific areas: mathematical problems of continuum mechanics, physics and mechanics of high-energy processes, mechanics of liquids and gases, mechanics of deformable solids. Participants can expect plenary reports, as well as short oral presentations followed by discussion at the poster session.

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