Published on: 2026-06-30
Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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The first month of summer was rich in events, and the activities of Polytech received wide media coverage.
At the beginning of June, public attention was focused on the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. On the zero day of SPIEF, an event took place at SPbPU with the participation of scientists, politicians, and entrepreneurs, about which the NTV television channel made a report “At the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, guests of SPIEF-2026 discussed the development of energy worldwide“.
On the opening day of SPIEF, the newspaper “Kommersant” was publishedfrom the interview with SPbPU rector, RAS academician Andrey Rudskoy. The printed number was distributed at the event venue in Expoforum.
In total, following SPbPU’s participation at SPIEF, more than 30 publications appeared in both federal and regional media. For example, about the fact that“Polytech and AvtoVAZ plan to implement AI and autopilot in new cars”.reported TASS. And the signing of a cooperation agreement between St. Petersburg Polytechnic and the Republic of Komihighlighted by “Rossiyskaya Gazeta.”
During these same days, the Polytechnic was visited by a delegation from Tsinghua University, led by the university president, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a leading scientist in biomechanics and neuromodulation, Professor Li Lumin. The event did not go unnoticed by the media —RIA Novosti reported on the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between SPbPU and Tsinghua University.
Another example of international cooperation is the plans of young scientists from SPbPU and the Russian-Armenian University for a joint launch of a nanosatellite,which Interfax learned about.
On June 6, the family festival “Lepota Day” was held for the third time at the Polytechnic Park.The event attracted the attention of Channel One.
On June 22, a memorial plaque was solemnly unveiled at the “Kholomki” estate in the village of Belskoe Ustye in the Porkhov district in memory of the Russian scientist and inventor, the first director of the Polytechnic Institute, Prince Andrey Gagarin. A report on this was published oninformation portal of the Pskov region.
Several scientific news items from the Polytechnic have become public knowledge. So,“Fontanka” wrote about scientists’ development, which will help to repair equipment faster in the conditions of the Far North.
The newspaper “Poisk” of the Russian Academy of Sciences reported, that at the Polytechnic they patented a technology for delivering anti-tumor molecules in silicon dioxide nanoparticles, which allows for a 30% reduction in the toxic load on the patient’s body.
As a guest on the program “Morning in Petersburg” on the “Saint Petersburg” TV channelStudents of SPbPU Alexander Sukhanov and Vladislav Ivanov visited— developers of the web application “Asphalt Paving Meteorological Planner,” winner of the all-Russian IT championship.
And on the penultimate day of the month, the guest of the program “Morning in Petersburg” on the Saint Petersburg TV channel wasVice-Rector for Scientific Work Yuri Fomin.
The collection concludes with a Gazeta.ru news story about how scientists from the Polytechnic improved rapid diagnostic capabilities for dangerous diseases:“In Russia, they have learned to detect tick-borne encephalitis within 30 minutes”.
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