Society news at HSE University

of Russians who make donations give money to ‘medical care and health-related causes.’ This is the most popular area of charitable giving among Russians.

of Russians age 16 to 74 use social networks.

On November 18 the HSE Alumni Awards ceremony took place in Izvestia Hall.

'Success Builder' is a section about what happens with HSE alumni after graduate — how they build their careers, how they gain recognition in their field, how they handle failure. The first article is about Dmitry Levitsky, who graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the Higher School of Economics in 1999. He is the co-owner and manager of several chains of bars called ‘Honey, I'll call you back’ and ‘Dolls Pistols’, as well as the co-owner and CEO of Hurma Management Group.

The News Service of the Higher School of Economics won the ‘Best Corporate Media’ award at the Internet Media Awards, which took place as part of the internet forum RIW 2014.

is the average increase in compensation that Russian workers see after completing additional vocational training. 

On November 11, the HSE hosted an open lecture by Mayor of Milan Giuliano Pisapia. He talked about the upcoming international exhibition Expo 2015, which will take place in Milan from May-October next year, and about the transformations underway in Milan as an urban environment. He extended an invitation to HSE to take part in Expo Milano 2015, saying that Milan was 'ready to offer a forum for interesting projects' proposed by leading universities.

applications were submitted by young entrepreneurs for the annual HSE Business Incubator ‘Startup of the Year’ prize.