This year, Angelina Yudina graduated from the Bachelor’s in Business Informatics at HSE University and enrolled in the Master’s in Economics and Economic Policy. She has also worked as a research assistant at the International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis since 2021. In her interview, Angelia spoke about her role as a research intern, the skills she has developed, and her plans for the future.

HSE University Rector Nikita Anisimov has congratulated students, teachers, and staff on Knowledge Day, which marks the beginning of the new academic year and is celebrated in Russia on September 1. ‘This day marks the new opportunities that open up to us and calls us to climb the most unreachable heights,’ he said.

A team of researchers, including scientists of the HSE Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, have analysed the evolutionary path of the coronavirus from the Wuhan variant to Omicron. Their findings indicate that many genomic mutations in SARS-CoV-2 are shaped by processes in the intestines and lungs, where the virus acquires the ability to evade the inhibitory effects of microRNA molecules.

HSE University has risen 17 places in the list of top world universities and remains among the top five Russian universities in the Three University Missions Moscow International University Ranking (MosIUR). The university maintains its high positions in the ranking despite constantly growing competition.

September 15 is the deadline to submit application documents for the Master’s in Applied Statistics with Network Analysis, Russia’s first English-language online programme in applied statistics. The HSE University programme trains specialists capable of working with data for strategising business processes and analysing the system of interactions between companies and people.

The history of the invention of telephony reads like a detective novel. In his series of columns, Anton Basov discusses how telephones have become an integral part of our life. The second episode in the series recounts the story of Alexander Graham Bell, who embarked on the journey of creating a 'start-up', seeking investments, promoting the telephone in Europe, and grappling with the absence of patent laws.

The accessibility of digital services for all users is a widely discussed topic  in society and at educational institutions across the country. Ensuring equal accessibility of digital services for people with disabilities is a task for every university. The Unit for Strategic Digital Development and Partnerships of HSE University’s Digital Office is also engaged in these tasks.

Nikita Anisimov was appointed Rector of HSE University two years ago. In his interview with Ernest Mackevičius, Director of the HSE University Institute of Media, journalist, and television presenter, the HSE rector talks about how he came to the university, its achievements and development plans, and how to tell the difference between AI-produced and human texts.

Every year, winners of school olympiads make up a significant cohort of the first-year undergraduate students at HSE University. Such young people are distinguished by a broad outlook and a strong desire to be part of university life in all its diversity. HSE News Service talked to first-year students who received 100 points on the USE and the winners of olympiads.