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The 19th Interuniversity Student Olympiad "Management in Transport and Logistics – 2026" was held at the State University of Management (SUM).

Traditionally, students, teachers, and representatives of industry companies gathered at one venue to showcase their professional competencies, exchange experiences, and establish business contacts.

The opening ceremony featured speeches from GUU Vice-Rector Maria Karelina, Director of the Project Mentoring Center at our university Ekaterina Illarionova, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee and Chairman of the GUU Council of Elders Alexey Stepanov.

Students from various universities took part in the Olympiad, including the State University of Management, St. Petersburg State University of Economics (SPbGEU), Russian University of Transport (RUT MIIT), Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), and Osh State University (OSH).

Participants presented their own project work on current issues in the development of logistics, transport systems, and supply chain management. Some participants presented remotely, which allowed for a broader geographic reach and increased accessibility.

The jury included representatives of leading companies in the transport and logistics industry: JSC IERT, PJSC TransContainer, State Budgetary Institution MosTransProekt, SP Business Car, CESCA, TOP-Service, State Research Center of the Russian Federation FSUE NAMI, FS Mackenzie, Tablodzhiks LLC, RULOG, and Zaptrans LLC. Their participation ensured a practice-oriented approach to evaluating the work and gave students the opportunity to receive professional feedback.

Furthermore, the Olympiad provided an effective platform for students to interact with employers. Participants were able to network with company representatives, discuss internship and future employment opportunities, and establish valuable professional contacts.

Following the performances, the winners were:

The best lecturers

Makar Spirin (GUU) Olesya Tsveleva (GUU)

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Team "LogStart" (GUU): Maria Panyukova, Taisiya Nevzorova, Maria Tkacheva, Georgy Gogiashvili, Pavel Zakharov

Scientific Essay nomination

Ksenia Kudryavtseva (St. Petersburg State University) Anastasia Ryazhkina (St. Petersburg State University of Economics) Alina Cheredaretskaya (St. Petersburg State University of Economics) Mikhail Shepetovsky (RUT MIIT)

Best project (scientific direction)

Team "Phoenix" (GUU): Taisiya Vlasova, Igor Nikolaev, Kristina Antonova, Sayat Pashayeva

Best Project (Practice-Oriented)

The Autoguide Team (GUU): Makar Spirin, Leonid Rykunov, Stanislav Sitnikov, Le Duc Anh, Timur Menkuraev

Special prize

The Sly Foxes team (RUT MIIT): Valeria Morozova, Alesya Gutsal, Daniel Khavanshanov, Egor Kuznetsov, Maxim Sychev

Prize of the organizing committee

Team “Nomands” (Osh State University): Aisha Kazakova, Elina Abdibalieva, Isokjon Ziyaidinov, Islambek Kamaldinov.

Congratulations to the Olympiad winners and thank all the students, organizers, and jury members for their participation and high level of professionalism and engagement. See you again at SUM!

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Olga Lytkina, director of the theater studio and director of the SPbPU Student Theater, has won the "Recognition" award from the Union of Theater Workers of Russia. She won in the category "For Contribution to the Development of Amateur Theater in Russia." This joyous event took place on the eve of International Theater Day, celebrated on March 27.

"When Alla Valentinovna Zorina, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation and Head of the Amateur Theater Department of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation, called me and told me I'd won the 2026 "Recognition" award, I was literally stunned. I'm incredibly happy to have received such high recognition for my work!" Olga Vladimirovna shared. "After all, I joined the student theater as an applicant after seeing the recruitment notice. I opened the door and stayed there!"

Olga Lytkina entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Mechanical Engineering (LMZ-VTUZ) in 2000 and became actively involved in the Student Theater from her first days of study. In March 2004, she received a diploma for Best Actress in the play "My Happiness" at the first T-ART Student Youth Amateur Theater Festival in Petrozavodsk. She then received diplomas from the State Russian House of Folk Art (GRDNT) for her acting at the 5th All-Russian Festival "Success" in Shchelykovo, Kostroma Region, the "New Look" festival in St. Petersburg, and other festivals.

In 2004, Viktor Borisenko, the artistic director of the Student Theater, suggested Olga organize a theater studio for first-year students. After graduating from the Institute of Mechanical Engineering (PIMash), Olga Lytkina remained as the rector's assistant for educational work. In 2012, following the merger of PIMash and the St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, she was transferred to the position of director of the Student Theater of SPbPU, where she still works today. When first-year students join the theater, they first study with Olga Vladimirovna in the studio, and then gradually, by their second year, some of them are transferred to the main cast.

"For me, theater isn't just a word, not just a few vivid memories. For me, theater is an ecosystem in which everything and everyone is an integral and important part of life," says Olga Lytkina. "I am grateful to the Union of Theater Workers of Russia for recognizing my work, to the leadership of the Polytechnic University for the opportunity to introduce students to art, and, of course, to my beloved Student Theater of the Polytechnic University, headed by Honored Cultural Figure Viktor Filippovich Borisenko."

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In March, Polytechnic University has been a constant presence in the media. If you missed a news story about the university in the constant stream of news, you'll find it in our traditional monthly review of publications and TV reports in federal and regional media.

The news on the TASS website attracted the attention of readers about the contribution of Polytechnic University scientists to the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

In addition, TASS spoke about the methods, which will reduce the cost of building a nuclear power plant: they are being developed by Polytechnic engineers in partnership with NIKIET and the Obukhov Plant with the support of the Priority 2030 federal program.

Young Polytechnicians' Success at the International Robot Fighting Championship in India was reflected on the website "Gazeta.ru".

And the youth media platform "Veda" (vedomosti.ru) published a detailed interview with the winners, in which they shared their impressions of the heated battles of RoboWars.

TV viewers (and especially coffee lovers) couldn't miss it a conversation in the studio of the program "Morning in St. Petersburg" On the Saint Petersburg channel, the topic was the updated GOST standard for instant coffee. The guest of the studio was Svetlana Malyutenkova, associate professor at the Higher School of Service and Trade of the Institute of Industrial Management, Economics, and Trade at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

Who are Arctic cosmonauts? What specialists is Polytechnic University training for work beyond the Arctic Circle? Viewers of the Saint Petersburg channel will find out. Professor Alexey Fadeev of the Higher School of Industrial Management at SPbPU said:.

The TV channel's film crew also visited the training ground where Polytechnic students are training in a new sport – drone racing – and filmed a report.

The news that Polytechnic University engineers have created a program for printing hip joints, Izvestia published.

Another development, a computer program for selecting frost-resistant building materials, received coverage onRIA Novosti website.

Polytechnic University news—from breakthrough scientific research and international projects to outstanding student victories in sports and culture—is constantly featured in newspapers, on TV, and online at both the federal and regional levels. Thanks to its active information policy, the university is always well-known among a wide audience. The best materials are collected inin the "Media" section on the main page of spbstu.ru, as well as in the section "Media about us" onon the portal of the newspaper "Polytechnic".

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The newest hero of the "Persona" column is Natalia Morozova, Associate Professor at the Higher School of Biotechnology and Food Production, Researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, and PhD in Biology. She grew up in a family of scientists, studied at the Polytechnic University, and then dedicated herself to molecular biology and bacterial and bacteriophage research at the SPbPU laboratory.

Our heroine is a molecular biologist. She studies various molecular mechanisms of bacterial life. Natalia Morozova's research interests include studying bacterial defense systems against viruses, diagnosing infectious diseases, DNA repair mechanisms, and developing methods for improving phage therapy for the treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections.

Read about Natalia Morozova's professional journey, scientific grants, her hobbies, and how to combine family and science in an interview with the Politekhnik newspaper.

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For one evening, the large hall of Sber's tech hub became a magnet for active students and faculty of the Polytechnic University, IT experts, and employers. As part of the collaboration between SPbPU and Sberbank, one of the most significant IT events, KIT Day 2026, was held, with the Higher School of Software Engineering (ISSE) serving as its regular organizer.

VSPI Associate Professor Alexander Shchukin describes the event's purpose: "KIT Day" stands for IT Career Day. This event focuses on the most discussed trends in the IT sector, which are relevant today and will remain relevant tomorrow. It's about how to become a sought-after IT specialist and launch a career. The event is prepared by students for students.

This year, students from various institutes, united by an interest in information technology, had the opportunity to connect with top specialists from Sber, Gazprom Neft, Solantek, and other industry leaders in our region. The overall theme of this year's event was "Hard vs. Soft." Three keynote presentations from experts, as well as lively panel discussions between industry representatives and students, centered on pressing issues related to this topic. How can developing soft skills help in professional work and career development? How can one acquire essential competencies at university or during internships? What soft skills specifically do IT companies look for in interviews? Even the professional community doesn't always have clear answers to these questions, making the discussions at IT Day all the more engaging.

According to Leonid Potapov, Head of IT Education at Gazprom Neft, such events help build dialogue between business representatives and students—future employees in the industry.

"The event was superbly organized, with many students and great engagement. And most importantly, it was created by students," noted Andrey Vlasov, Regional Director of Sber's Technohub in St. Petersburg.

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A meeting between SPbPU students and researchers and representatives of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) organization, including Alexander Alekseev, Deputy Head of the Science and Integration Department and Igor Rodin, Deputy Head of the Tokamak Program, took place at the SPbPU Resource Center.

Alexander Alekseev is a 1986 graduate of the Polytechnic University's Faculty of Physics and Mechanics, Department of Mechanics and Control Processes. Igor Rodin is a graduate of ETU "LETI." Both guests worked for many years at the D. V. Efremov Research Institute of Electrophysical Equipment (NIIEFA).

"The ITER project is of particular importance to the Polytechnic University, as the Institute of Physics and Mechanics, the successor to the Faculty of Physics and Mechanics, carries out a number of projects for it," emphasized Nikolai Ivanov, Director of the Institute of Physics and Mechanics, opening the meeting. "The Higher School of Mechanics and Control Processes is actively involved in the design and construction of ITER. The Higher School of Applied Mathematics and Computational Physics is involved in solving problems related to cooling systems for various types of equipment. But the project's primary focus is on the former Department of Plasma Physics; today, the Higher School of Fundamental Physics Research is one of the drivers of our institute's growth."

Professor of the Higher School, Head of the Scientific Laboratory "Theory and Modeling of Tokamak Plasma" Vladimir Rozhansky, who has been a member of the ITER scientific team since 2018, also offered a few welcoming remarks. He recalled that the first ITER project in Russia took place at SPbPU. Nature conference on plasma physics, which inspired many young polytechnicians to participate in the ITER project.

The central event of the meeting was Alexander Alekseev's lecture, "The ITER Project: From Concept to Implementation," dedicated to one of the key international initiatives of our time. Research into the possibilities of controlling thermonuclear fusion began, in part, thanks to Soviet scientists. Academicians Igor Tamm and Andrei Sakharov developed the tokamak concept—a toroidal chamber with magnetic coils that confines plasma using a magnetic field.

Alexander Alekseev shared recently declassified documents from the archives of Rosatom and the Kurchatov Institute, dating back to 1951. Since 1968, a boom in tokamak construction has occurred worldwide. But ITER will be the first tokamak fusion reactor. The project began in 1985 at the initiative of the Soviet Union. Today, scientists and engineers from 35 countries (seven of which represent the world's largest economies) are developing a next-generation fusion facility as part of the international ITER project. Its goal is to demonstrate the scientific and technical feasibility of using fusion energy to generate electricity in a continuous mode. The design capacity is 500 megawatts, with 50 megawatts invested in plasma heating. The advantages of fusion energy include its inexhaustibility, efficiency (one gram of fuel is equivalent to eight tons of oil), and safety due to the small amount of fuel. Russian scientific organizations, including the Polytechnic University, are among the project participants.

So, the scientific group of Professor Rozhansky is engaged in modeling of the edge plasma of the ITER tokamak reactorThe interaction of hot plasma with material surfaces is key to selecting reactor operating modes. Scientists developed a numerical code for modeling the parameters of tokamak edge plasma, called SOLPS-ITER, and collaborated with Russian and international colleagues to refine it. This resulted in the development of an extended-mesh mathematical method, which enabled a new level of numerical modeling.

In 2023, the Polytechnic University received a task from the ITER management to create a model of the near-edge plasma in the region that contacts the tokamak wall. Researchers from the Tokamak Plasma Theory and Modeling Laboratory at the PhysMech Institute (PhysMech) were the first in the world to conduct calculations on an extended grid, allowing for the prediction of particle and energy fluxes on material surfaces. Supercomputers from SPbPU and ITER were used for the calculations. The data obtained convinced the ITER management to fabricate the tokamak's first wall from tungsten (instead of beryllium, as planned).

PhysMech scientists are currently calculating how tungsten will be sputtered by the energetic particle streams hitting the first wall, what impurities might reach the center of the facility, and how this will affect the reactor's operating mode. These calculations are being shared with ITER engineering teams working on wall sputtering issues to determine a method for controlling this process and, ultimately, the reactor's operating mode.

Following Alexander Alekseev, Igor Rodin spoke. He discussed the project's technical aspects and the contributions of Russian participants in more detail.

The speakers also answered numerous questions from the audience.

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Gazpromneft-Lubricants, in partnership with Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, has launched a series of intensive educational programs for students. The events are part of an agreement signed between the company and the university in December 2025. The partnership entails the joint development of educational programs tailored to the needs of the real economy, scientific research, and an active exchange of experience between SPbPU faculty and Gazpromneft-Lubricants employees.

At the university's premises, Gazpromneft-SM experts brought together future logistics specialists, marketers, IT specialists, and economists. In a team-based game format, participants immersed themselves in real-world technological challenges and learned about the career opportunities offered by science-intensive lubricant production. A series of similar meetings is planned for students in relevant fields.

Gazpromneft-SM, as an industry leader, successfully develops partnerships with leading Russian universities. The company offers a transparent career development system for students at partner educational institutions. Students complete practical training and internships at production and administrative sites in Omsk, the Moscow region, and St. Petersburg. Future specialists are immersed in the full product production cycle, receive mentoring, and access to the corporate knowledge portal. The best students are invited to a paid internship, and successful completion guarantees inclusion in the company's talent pool and job recommendations.

Anatoly Skoromets, CEO of Gazpromneft-Lubricants, noted: "Gazpromneft-Lubricants isn't just looking for employees—we're creating an environment for cultivating elite engineering talent. Peter the Great Polytechnic University is renowned for its fundamental engineering, and we give students the opportunity to experience real-world production. Future specialists can already begin addressing the industry's ambitious challenges. We want to see among our ranks not just certified graduates, but passionate professionals."

Andrey Rudskoy, Rector of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, emphasized: "Collaboration with Gazpromneft-SM is another step in the university's systematic efforts to develop the country's human resources potential. We actively engage the company's specialists in the educational process. This allows us to train specialists who meet the current demands of the high-tech industry, and for students, it creates a career boost, providing direct access to employers even before receiving their diploma."

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On March 26, the State University of Management held its latest "Lesson of Courage." Guests included Sergei Veremeyenko, head of the mobile team at the A.A. Vishnevsky National Medical Research Center for Military Medical Technologies (BMC) Blood Transfusion Center; Sergei Barbus, a representative of the All-Russian public organization "Combat Brotherhood" and a veteran of the special military operation; and Artem Nikolayenko, federal coordinator of the "Combat Brotherhood" volunteer company.

The meeting was opened by Sergei Lenshin, Director of the Institute of Distance Education (IZO), who emphasized the goals of such meetings: "To develop the student's personality as a citizen with the values, views, attitudes, and motives for action and behavior inherent to such a personality; to preserve the country's historical heritage among the younger generation; to cultivate a sense of love for the Motherland, pride in the nation's heroic past, and a respectful attitude toward the country's history."

During the meeting, students watched a film about the war crimes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in Donbas, neo-Nazism, and its impact on generations of Ukrainian youth.

Sergey Veremeyenko spoke about the importance of volunteering and blood donation. After his speech, some students decided to become donors and participate in the blood drive being held at the State University of Management by the Center's staff.

The conversation continued with Artem Nikolaenko, who spoke about developing young people's understanding of courage, duty, honor, responsibility, and the willingness to take courageous action.

Participants in the meeting discussed the reasons for the SVO with Sergei Barbus, a veteran of the special military operation. He shared his personal combat experiences and real-life stories with the students, and spoke about the importance of youth supporting their country. He also spoke about the elite units of the Unmanned Systems Troops, which offer special terms to students at the State University of Management: a one-year contract, without interruption from their studies, and benefits of up to 5.5 million rubles. Learn more at the Information Center for Unmanned Systems and Assistance to the SVO (GUK-150), and apply here.

He also explained that the organization's members annually hold several thousand military-sports and memorial events, including those aimed at promoting patriotic education among young people, and he invited students from our university to participate.

Summing up the meeting, the Director of the Fine Arts Department of the State University of Management once again addressed those present: "In our time, when the world faces numerous challenges, we cannot remain mere observers, and such conversations are especially relevant – these are not just classes, but a profound and important educational process that helps instill in young people patriotic feelings, pride in their country, and respect for its heroes."

As a reminder, "Lessons of Courage" are regularly held at the State University of Management. The students have already met with Ivan Bondyukov, a member of the SVO, a UAV and parachute training instructor; Maxim Shmelev, a volunteer from the "Veterans" reconnaissance and assault brigade; Mikhail Surikov, a war correspondent; and Sergei Karelin, a special forces veteran and coordinator of the SVO Veterans Association.

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