This Week’s Events at HSE University

Recycling, Psychological Welcome Week, and eSports—a selection of this week’s events at HSE University.

Recycling collection (September 19 – October 3)

Everyone knows how important it is to protect forests, and collecting waste paper is one way to do it—recycling one ton of used paper saves about 20 trees and 20,000 litres of water. Green HSE is running a campaign to collect waste paper, receipts, batteries and bottle caps. The collection is taking place in the atrium of the Pokrovka building, the first floor of the buildings at 11 Myasnitskaya, 21/4 Staraya Basmannaya, and Dormitory 9.

Find out more (in Russian)

Cyberfest, qualifying stages (September 19–25, registration closes on September 22)

HSE University is hosting Cyberfest 2022, a major cybersports festival centred around a CS:GO tournament. The grand finals will be held at the Cultural Centre at Pokrovka.

The competition is open to players of all levels. Registration for the online qualifying stages is open until September 22, and the matches will take place from September 19–25. Those who qualify from this stage will be invited to a series of regular matches held online from September 26–October 2. Based on the results of the tournament bracket, a team will be selected to compete with other campuses in the Cyberfest finals on October 22.

Meeting workers from the Vera Hospice Charity Fund (September 19, 5 pm)

This meeting is devoted to discussing how HSE University students and staff can realise their potential and their desire to be useful through various volunteer activities. Featuring the participation of active volunteers. (in Russian)

Venue: 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Room R201

Online seminar on ‘Making strong claims in the disciplines: The structure of thesis statements in academic articles’ (September 20, 5:30 pm)

Many authors have difficulty conveying the main idea of their research concisely and convincingly. Participants of this seminar will analyse examples of arguments in articles from various fields, discuss the significance of the author’s position, the form and function of the main idea of a text, practice drafting and editing their own pieces and receive feedback.

Introduction to the Centre for Psychological Counselling (in English) (September 24, 4 pm–8 pm)

Part of Psychological Welcome Week, this event is open to HSE University students and those from other universities. It will be presented by Maria Alipova, Leading Psychologist at the HSE University Centre for Psychological Counselling.

(Those who are not HSE University students or staff must request an entrance pass by emailing cpkhse@hse.ru)

Venue: 11 Pokrovsky Boulevard, Building G

September 19, 2022

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