On December 23, 119 humanities students were ceremoniously presented scholarship certificates of the Oxford Russia Fund, which has collaborated with Ulyanovsk State University for the last three years. more

On December 5, a new center intended to provide financial and psychological assistance to student families opened on the main USU campus at the initiative of the student union and the department of youth policy and social work. more

On December 3, USU rector Boris Kostishko and other senior administrators met the faculty of the former Ulyanovsk auto engineering college, which, pursuant to a resolution of the Russian government and Federal Agency for Education adopted in late November, is now officially part of Ulyanovsk State University. more

A group of USU researchers was awarded a gold medal at the international «iENA-2009» trade show which took place last November in Nurnberg, Germany, for their innovative project «The source of direct current based on pin structures». The research team included Yuri Nagornov, Boris Kostishko, Vyacheslav Svetukhin, Viktor Golovanov, Evgeny Pchelintsev, Vladimir Risovanny, Vyacheslav Radchenko.

On November 26, Ulyanovsk State University took part in winter swimming-related events, held as part of the opening ceremony for the newly constructed 13-kilometer long bridge across the Volga river, which, with its capacity of 40 000 vehicles per day, has become the second largest span in Europe. more