HSE University Life

A new exhibition devoted to France has opened at HSE’s Nizhny Novgorod campus. The exhibition was organized by Gennady Ryabov, who is an advisor to HSE Nizhny Novgorod’s Director, the creator of the ‘Cultural Environment’ project, and Honorary Consul of the French Republic in Nizhny Novgorod.

On November 16th-21 st , works by festival participants will be exhibited on the fourth floor of HSE Campus on 38 Studencheskaya Ulitsa.

HSE Evidence-based Educational Policy master’s student Sergei Vinkov ran the New York Marathon in 1st November. In an interview with HSE News, he explains how to get into the most famous marathon on the planet, what the marathon and research have in common and the power of a big ambition.

The 24^th HSE Open Tourist Rally has taken place in the Moscow region. It attracted students from different university campuses, as well as graduates with families, doctoral students, lecturers, and HSE friends from other Moscow universities.

The Student Initiative Support Centre and the HSE Faculty of Humanities are jointly organising free guided tours around Moscow. The tours are designed by final year students. Most tours are in Russian but the organizers are ready to schedule additional English-language tours for international students.

The start of an academic year is always characterized by a new and expanded team of faculty and students ‘on board’ the HSE. In 2015 over 40 new international faculty members have joined HSE and are ready for a new voyage of discovery. Their stay at the university traditionally begins with a number of seminars, meetings and other events which come under the Orientations session, organized by the International Faculty Support Unit.

On September 26 and 27, 2015, the traditional HSE Open Tourist Rally will be held. Students and staff with families from all HSE campuses, as well as friends of HSE from other Moscow universities, will be able to take part.

Third year HSE Perm management student Anastasia Kulbeda and her partner Dmitry Pleshkov won the gold medal at the World Dance Sport Competition against 16 other couples from Germany, Italy, France and other countries.

The HSE Open Tourist Rally brought together about 300 students, graduates and staff of the university.

Kerri Matulis is majoring in Psychology and Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She is spending a semester at the Faculty of Economics of HSE. If students use any of the gym space in the HSE dormitories, they have probably seen some of these items present. While these fitness materials aid students in their quest either to get into shape or to maintain some level of physical fitness, Kerri wants to suggest that there is definitely another option, which can add to both your fitness and sight-seeing routine: running.

The Kremlin in Izmailovo, a unique centre for culture and entertainment, hosted the 2nd annual HSE Spring Ball on April 25. The event, organized by students in the Faculty of Economics, saw a large number of participants dressed in historic costumes dating back to the reign of the Tsars. From the observer’s point of view, it seemed as though they had travelled two centuries back in time.

The second annual student contest ‘HSE Face’ has taken place at HSE Perm. Student pairs presenting each bachelor’s programme competed with each other for the title of ‘HSE Face’. Anastasia Bayushkina and Konstantin Faletov, a pair of software engineering students, won the competition.