In contrast to the symptoms caused by the delta strain, when infected with "omicron", weakness and headaches are more disturbing, the sense of smell is lost and taste sensations change much less often.
On December 28, a videoconference was held between representatives of IvSU leadership with the West Kazakhstan State University, our partner, with whom we concluded an Agreement on cooperation at the beginning of 2021.
On 15 December, 2021 Nanomaterials Research Institute staff led by prof. Nadezhda V. Usoltseva held the Round Table as part of the "VII Chistyakov Readings", dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the journal "Liquid Crystals and their Application". More than 60 scientists from the cities of Russia, near and far abroad took part in the meeting in an online format.
On 8-10 December, 2021, Young Scientists Congress-2021 was held in Sirius Science City, on the sunny coast near the resort city of Sochi. Ivanovo State University was represented by 2 members of the Council of Young Scientists: Safonova Anastasia, teacher of the Department of Information Technologies and Applied Mathematics of Institute of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, employee of the REC Industrial Information Technologies; and Kiselev Vadim, post-graduate student of the Department of Mathematics, Informatics and Teaching Methods of IvSU Shuya Branch, Head of the Department of Information Policy and Logistics of IvSU Shuya Branch.
Representatives of Ivanovo State University took part in the International Forum of Civil Participation #МыВместе (“we are together”), timed to coincide with the celebration of Volunteer Day.
The new genovariant of the coronavirus line B.1.1.529, according to the WHO classification, was named "omicron" and was recognized as a variant of concern (VOC).
Cooperation with the Italian Cultural Foundation Romualdo del Bianco is one of the longest and most successful in the international activities of our university. Since 2008, IvSU has been implementing an international student integration project, jointly with the Romualdo del Bianco Foundation, dedicated to the creation of an encyclopedic associative dictionary for guides and tourists “Florence in the Works of World Famous People” (supervisor – doctor of philology prof. Olga M. Karpova). Teachers and students of IvSU regularly deliver reports at conferences and forums organized by the Fund, dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage and promotion of historical and cultural territories.
On November 26, 2021 within the framework of a single All-Russian Day of Free Legal Aid, held at the initiative of the Ivanovo regional branch of the Association of Russian Lawyers, interns of the Student Legal Aid Center (legal clinic) of Ivanovo State University (headed by Nina V. Isaeva, head of the Department of Constitutional Law and Human Rights) and Kulikova Yana, a research associate of IvSU REC "Accessible Legal Environment", conducted an educational and legal master class for foreign students on the topic: "Legal foundations of medical assistance to foreign students in the Russian Federation."