On February 14, USU students and teachers gathered on the main campus to celebrate one of the most popular, centuries-old Russian holidays, Farewell Winter, which comes at the end of the Pancake Week, just before the Great Lent. more

A large meeting of local government officials, scholars and business leaders dedicated to the establishment of a nano center in Ulyanovsk region took place at Ulyanovsk State University on February 4. more

On February 1, USU representatives took part in the opening ceremony for a new IT competences center, which will be hosted by the regional state-run enterprise “Electronic Ulyanovsk”. The ceremony coincided with the launch of a “Microsoft” sponsored initiative aiming to foster computer literacy among the general population. more

«Tradition», a folk dance group of USU choreography students, went on their first visit to the People’s Republic of China. During their two-week trip in late December and early January, the group gave 9 performances in 6 Chinese cities: Beijing, Xian, Shenyang, Qunling, Hangzhou and Hefei. more

On January 21, the student and faculty choir of Ulyanovsk State University took part in a festive gala concert held at the Bulgarian Embassy in Moscow to mark the close of Bulgaria Days in Russia. more

A religious celebration dedicated to one of the most important Christian holidays, Epiphany, took place on USU campus on January 18, the day before the event is traditionally observed by the Russian Orthodox Church. more

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.