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The HSE Graduate School of Business Ambassadors Club is a young and fast-growing student initiative supported by the GSB Student Support Office. In February, the ambassadors visited the T2 company office, where they explored innovative solutions in telecommunications and learned about the company’s corporate culture.

From February 21 to 23, the city of Odintsovo hosted the All-Russian Karate Championship — one of the most prestigious and challenging competitions of the season. The event brought together over 2,000 participants from 42 regions of Russia.Dmitry Konyaev, a student of the HSE Graduate School of Business, took first place in his category — ages 18–20, up to 65 kg.

Igor Gurkov, Professor at the Department of Strategic and International Management at the HSE Graduate School of Business and Tenured Professor at HSE University, has been appointed as a reviewer for one of the world’s leading academic journals in the field of management — Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). The journal is the official publication of the Academy of International Business (AIB) and is included in the prestigious FT50 list, which features the top 50 journals in business research globally.

Students of the Marketing and Market Analytics program at the HSE Graduate School of Business explored the mechanisms and strategies of influencer marketing.Topics of strategic marketing, market research, and marketing innovation run throughout the integrated portfolio of HSE GSB educational programs — from undergraduate to MBA level.

Over 200 representatives of leading companies and business education experts gathered at the HSE Graduate School of Business to attend the presentation of the book showcasing the results of the third wave of research on corporate universities in Russia.

On January 27, the Shabolovka campus hosted Student Day, bringing together over 400 participants. The theme of the event was “Life at GSB”, inspired by the popular game SIMS, which allowed students to immerse themselves in the experience of creating their own unique world.

On January 26, the HSE University Spartakiad basketball tournament took place — a landmark annual event that brings together the university’s best student teams. This year, 12 teams representing different faculties competed for the title.

At the end of November, the final presentations of the 7th season of NLMK Group’s RazReshi case championship took place. Two students from the HSE Graduate School of Business emerged as winners: Alexander Solovyov, a first-year student of the Bachelor's program “Business Informatics: Digital Enterprise and Information Systems Management,” and Kirill Vakhnitsky, a second-year student of the Bachelor's program “Operational Excellence and Production Systems.”

On March 2, an HSE Open Day for prospective undergraduates and specialist students will take place — one of the largest and most significant events for applicants, their parents, and the entire university. Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with students and representatives of educational programmes, plan their admission process, and immerse themselves in the HSE University atmosphere for a day. The event will be held in Russian.

On February 6, the Graduate School of Business of the National Research University Higher School of Economics hosted a seminar "How to Start a Business in Mexico", organized by the Latin American-Russian Chamber of Commerce (CCLAR) with the support of the Mexican Embassy in Russia.

The event was attended in person and online by about 60 representatives of Russian and Mexican businesses operating in the fields of finance, consulting, food industry, industrial equipment production, healthcare, energy, and telecommunications. The event was opened by CCLAR President Domingo Garcia, representative of the Mexican Embassy's trade and economic cooperation attaché Roberto Israel Quiñones Cedano, and Deputy Director of the Graduate School of Business of the National Research University Higher School of Economics Ivan Prostakov.