Volunteer Clowns in Moscow
The children’s festival ‘Red’ recently took place place in Moscow. The event was organized by Konstantin Sedov, HSE graduate. Konstantin is founder of the ‘Hospital Clowns’ charity, which has been active since 2008.
HSE Gets Closer to English Readers
The Higher School of Economics has created an official Facebook page in English for foreign student applicants and teachers who are considering work or study in Russia.
Lev Lubimov: A Warm Human-Being at the Heart of the HSE
Dr. Lev Lubimov, Professor Emeritus of the HSE’s Chair for Macroeconomic Analysis, helped found the University in the early 1990s and since then has been instrumental in its development by heading the Educational and Methodic Association in Economics and Management, the Scientific and Methodic Council of Education, and the Methodic Association in Logistics. Recently, Professor Marion Wyse of the HSE’s School of Asian Studies met with Dr. Lubimov and, afterwards, filed this special report for the HSE news service.
HSE Students and Lecturers Get Chance to Help Broadcast Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
An Educational Centre of the Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS), which supports worldwide broadcasting of the Olympic Games, is opening at the HSE Faculty of Media Communications
HSE is Double Champion in Ultimate Frisbee
In February 2013, the annual Russian indoor student championship in ultimate Frisbee, Flying Spin, took place in Nizhny Novgorod. The HSE team won the championship.
What Flavour Chocolate Bar Would You Order?
Oleg Guskov, a graduate of the HSE International College of Economics and Finance, and owner of Mixville, a new kind of company on the Russian market, believes that what makes entrepreneurs different is their willingness to take risks and to think outside the box.
A Language-Learning Jungle
Ainur Abdulnasyrov is founder and director of one of the largest and most popular online language-learning services in Russia, LinguaLeo.
Life to a Waltzing Step...
Maria Glazyrina, 2nd year student at the Faculty of Law, told us about 'Pa-zefir', club of historical ballroom dance, at the HSE.
University Open Day
From the very beginning, the Higher School of Economics has been unique among Russian universities in terms of its openness to the world, and a recent open air day in Gorky Park is just one more example of this. For the first time, not only prospective students and their parents, but literally the ‘man in the street’ were all able to get information about the HSE, attend lectures by some of the best professors and guest experts, and, the most important, to actually see the people who make up the university. And all of this happened in a place named ‘HSE Land’ by the organizers, in the open air on the bank of the Moskva River in a beautiful park setting.
Victory in Paris
Evgeny Litvinenko, third-year student of the HSE School of Statistics, has become one of the winners of the International Piano Competition for Outstanding Amateurs in Paris.