In October, the English-language version of NSU鈥檚 Russian Geology and Geophysics (RGG) journal was added to GeoScienceWorld (GSW), the leading collection of scientific journals on earth sciences. The GSW Internet resource will now distribute the electronic version of the Journal along with other top-rated international publications. This will make RGG more available to the world鈥檚 geological elite.
The Geological Olympiad consists of distance and on-site competitions. The XLV Siberian Geological Olympiad on-site competition at NSU attracted 130 schoolchildren on 22 teams from many towns in Russia and Kazakhstan, including Alma-Ata and Ust-Kamenogorsk.
The Russian Academy of Sciences conducts annual competitions for young scientists and students in 19 research fields in the natural, technical and human sciences. The goal is to identify and support talented young researchers.