On the eve of the International Women's Day, the information portal "Rusbase" published a material dedicated to the work of successful women scientists. The media conducted a kind of research, the purpose of which is to understand how women's careers are developing in Russia in areas that are traditionally considered "male": technology, science and innovation? Among the heroines of the publication is Nina Vladimirovna Smirnova, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor of the TF YURGPU(NPI), head of the Polytech project, finalist of the Up Great technological contest "The First Element".

From September 9 to 13, the XXI Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry was held in St. Petersburg, which became one of the main events of the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements. The delegation of the South Russian State Polytechnic University took part in the events of the forum.

In January 2020, the portal "The Future of Russia. National Projects", the operators of which are the TASS news agency and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, launched the project "Science of the Future" in order to introduce readers to young scientists from different parts of our country. One of the heroes of the project was Novocherkassk Polytechnic - Candidate of Technical Sciences, senior researcher at the Research Institute "Nanotechnologies and New Materials" of YURSPU (NPI) Roman Yakovenko.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation has completed the competitive selection of scientific projects carried out by research teams of research centers and (or) scientific laboratories of educational institutions of higher education. The list of universities that will receive grants for the creation of laboratories in 2020 was published yesterday. Among the winners is the project "Catalytic processing of carbon-containing materials into synthetic motor fuels, isoparaffin and poly-alpha-olefin oils", presented by a group of scientists of the Research Institute "Nanotechnologies and New Materials" of YURSPU (NPI) under the leadership of Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor V.M. Chernyshev and Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor A.P. Savostyanov.

Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation A.G. Kobilev visited the YURSTU (NPI) today. This visit took place as part of the implementation of the deputy's work plan in his "own" region. Alexey Gennadievich began to get acquainted with the actual scientific potential of the university: he visited the Research Institute "Nanotechnology and New Materials" and a number of laboratories. The meeting with the parliamentarian was attended by the rector of the University Yu.I. Razorenov, Director of the Research Institute A. P. Savostyanov, young scientists.