Skoltech – Johnson's Russia List

Russian Academia’s Struggle to Attract Top Talent

February 8, 2016 JRL Russia List Economy, Business, Investment, Trade, Science, Technology, Engineering

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Vasily Kolotilov – February 8, 2016) About half an hour from the western outskirts of Moscow, the grays of Russian suburbia give way to a jagged horizon of shiny glass, concrete and abandoned building sites. A series of giant wooden pencils emerge, bearing the insignia “Skoltech.” The curious art installation signals arrival at the Skolkovo […]

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American Head of Russia’s Silicon Valley University Quits

September 17, 2015 JRL Russia List Politics, Government, Protests, Elections

(Moscow Times – themoscowtimes.com – Matthew Bodner – September 16, 2015) After four years at the helm of one of Russia’s most high-profile applied research universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Edward Crawley will step down and return to the United States, according to a letter obtained by The Moscow Times on Tuesday. Crawley, a member of several senior […]