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The Kazakh language transition from Cyrillic to the Latin alphabet in Kazakhstan raises challenges in teaching the whole population to write and read in the new script. The NU CRP “CoWriting Kazakh” project (2020-2022) proposes a unique interdisciplinary approach by integrating innovative solutions from robotics, computer vision fields, and pedagogical strategies from education, linguistics, and cognitive sciences that will assist diverse demographic groups in this challenging endeavor.

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Robots can help teachers and schoolchildren learn the new Latin-based alphabet

20.01.2021

Grant from the US Embassy was won by graduates of the Graduate School of Education

19.01.2021

On the 10th of January, elections to the Mazhilis and Maslikhats were held in Kazakhstan. We are pleased to inform you that two NU alumni were elected as deputies to the Mazhilis of the Parliament and Maslikhat of Almaty city.

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NU graduates elected as deputies

18.01.2021

The full-sized skeleton of an ichthyosaur, found by school children in the West Kazakhstan region, will be assembled and installed in the School of Mining and Geosciences, NU, in 2021. The large-scale reconstruction project will be overseen by Laurent Richard, Associate Professor of Geology at NU, Davit Vasilyan, paleontologist from the Swiss Jurassica Museum, and SMG students.

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Complete skeleton of ichthyosaur to be put on display at NU

14.01.2021

Aidyn Zhuniskhanov, Teaching Assistant in the School of Sciences and Humanities, participated in the preparation of the 4th volume of the encyclopedia "Sacred Kazakhstan". The Sacred Kazakhstan project is an encyclopedic work in five volumes.

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NU scientist took part in the preparation of the encyclopedia “Sacred Kazakhstan”

05.01.2021

Denis de Crombrugghe, NU Graduate School of Business (GSB) professor, together with his colleagues from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, have published his research on economic slumps as sequences of structural breaks in the World Bank Economic Review. The researchers have studied the scientific literature on economic growth and recession and found out that more attention was paid to the beginning of growth onset and growth acceleration, rather than to the onset of declines or the duration of contractions.

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NU professor: Ethnic cleavages increase the duration of economic crises

30.12.2020

The 8th Central Asia Korean Studies Conference was held on the 12th of December. The event was hosted by the Association of Korean Studies Professors in Central Asia and co-organized by the Korean Studies Center at NU, the Center for Korean Studies at Kazakh Ablai Khan University of International Relations and World Languages, and the Center for Korean Studies at Korean Institute of Central Asia in Bishkek with support from the Korea Foundation.

The 8th Central Asia Korean Studies Conference

24.12.2020

We continue our series of interviews with NU PhD students, this time we will talk to our international researchers. Today's interviewee is Kayode Olaifa, NU School of Engineering and Digital Sciences PhD candidate.

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NU Step To PhD with Kayode Olaifa, NU SEDS PhD candidate

22.12.2020

The article of a second-year graduate physics student Tilek Zhumabek “Capturing light by arbitrarily thin cavities” was published in the Physical Review Research journal, published by the American Physical Society since 1893. In the article, the author, together with Professor Valagiannopoulos, theoretically investigates the absorption of light by artificial materials structured in nanometer scale.

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Physical Review Research has published the results of a study by scientists from the Department of Physics

21.12.2020

The consequences of climate change were discussed at the “Climate Talks” conference organized by NU Green Campus, UNDP, and corporate foundation "National Conservation Initiative". More than 100 people from various countries participated in the conference, with ecologists, representatives of state bodies and NGOs, NU students and professors among them.

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NU hosted an educational conference “Climate Talks”

20.12.2020

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