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NU researchers started their psoriasis drug testing in Nur-Sultan. The medication developed by NU scientists with the support of the NU Commercialization Office, is now being administered to volunteers.

NU students won the Samruk Hackathon 2021 international competition. Young programmers and software developers competed in designing solutions for Samruk-Kazyna portfolio companies’ IT problems.

The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society of Oxford University Press has published an article written by researchers from the Department of Physics at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The publication – “Impact of rotation on the evolution of convective vortices in collapsing stars” was written by NU Associate Professor Yernazar Abdikamarov, French astrophysicist, Professor Thierry Foglizzo and Olzhas Mukazhanov, 4th year NU physics student.

NU community celebrated one of the most anticipated spring holidays – Nauryz meyrami. For the first time in the history of the university, all the festive events were conducted online.

NU signed a memorandum of cooperation with the leading Qatari higher education institution – Hamad bin Khalifa University. The negotiations started in support of the development of educational and cultural ties between the two countries through the Inter-Governmental Committee back in 2020.

Central Asian scholars can receive up to £30,000 in research grants from the PEER Network organization. This international academic network unites 4 leading universities from Kazakhstan (NU), South Africa (Cape Town University), England (University of Sussex) and Northern Ireland (University of Ulster).

NU Career and Advising Center (NU CAC) has participated in a study on “International Trends and Innovation in Career Guidance” in the context of rapid changing labor markets and the future of work conducted by European Training Foundation (ETF). The ETF study highlighted the key role and ever-increasing importance of career guidance and how it responded to new challenges with innovative approaches in the EU, partner countries and internationally.

The new model developed by the ISSAI scientists can determine the location of miners underground based on Wi-Fi signals. Researchers from the Institute of Smart Technologies and Artificial Intelligence believe that their new development will help miners feel safer underground.

Scientists from NU’s Institute of Smart Systems and Artificial Intelligence presented their project on End-to-End Deep Diagnosis of X-ray Images. This service is available on the Institute’s website.

Dr. Jenni Lehtinen is an Assistant Professor of World Languages and Literatures at the School of Sciences and Humanities at NU.