• Moscow students discover Pharma's Cool

    Hundreds of Moscow students packed out a lecture theater this week to hear what most of them already believe: Pharma’s Cool. The lecture hall at Moscow’s Sechenov University of Medicine. Photo: sk.ru The three-week lecture series targeting...

    25 March, 13:15 Nowak David
  • Startup Tour opens door to Skolkovo ecosystem in Kazakhstan

    ALMATY, Kazakhstan - The Kazakh stage of the Startup Tour concluded on Friday with several innovations winning a place at the Startup Village in June and, perhaps more significantly, the foundations put in place for of a new era of high-tech cooperation between...

    20 March, 17:17 Nowak David
  • Record-breaking cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev joins Skoltech as professor

    Sergei Krikalev, the man who has spent the most time in space at 803 days, has joined the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology as a professor of practice. Krikalev giving a talk at Skoltech as a guest in September. Photo: sk.ru Krikalev...

    27 January, 16:22 Nowak David
  • Aniara and Dauria strengthen Indo-Russian ties

    Space cooperation between Russia and India has come a long way since it began in 1975, when a Soviet space rocket launched India’s first satellite, Aryabhatta, and in 1984 the first Indian cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma flew into space aboard the Soyuz. Russian...

    14 January, 9:07 Nowak David
  • US diplomat: Skolkovo/MIT partnership more important than ever

    A prominent US diplomat said Monday that Skolkovo’s partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is more important now than ever. In opening remarks at the US-Russia Research Symposium in the Russian capital, Jeffrey Sexton, minister...

    15 December, 15:31 Nowak David
  • Skolkovo signs MOU with Tel Aviv University

    Skolkovo has teamed up with Tel Aviv University to research projects of common interest, expanding the Foundation’s reach in the academic world. Skolkovo Foundation president Viktor Vekselberg signed a memorandum of understanding this week with Prof...

    02 October, 10:21 Nowak David
  • Indian delegation visits Skolkovo on fact-finding mission

    A delegation of scientists, educators and ministry officials from India paid a visit Wednesday to the Skolkovo Foundation, on a fact-finding mission to study the opportunities available for Indian students and startups in Russia. Led by Inder Jit Singh of...

    17 September, 16:41 Nowak David