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Andrey Oparin, a graduate of the HSE Faculty of Economics (now the Faculty of Economic Sciences), founded Renowell—a company specialising in construction and renovation—in 2006. Today, its portfolio includes dozens of completed retail projects as well as the headquarters of major Russian companies. In this interview with Success Builder, Andrey discusses goal setting, the satisfaction of seeing happy clients, and why an entrepreneur’s mind needs rest to stay resourceful.

After graduating from the Vishnevsky Institute of Demography at HSE University, Asem Aldangarkyzy worked at the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Now she is an employee of the Senate of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Asem Aldangarkyzy gave an interview in which she shared details about choosing a master's programme, the educational process at HSE University, and her academic and professional activities.

Parsa Farid Almasizadeh is the winner of the HSE Outstanding Alumni Award in the nomination ‘For Special Achievements in Career and Public Life among International Alumni of HSE University’. He was born and raised in Tehran and received his higher education in Russia. After completing his master’s degree at MIEM, he stayed on to work at HSE. He currently heads the Network and Systems Tools Unit at the HSE Office of Information Technology. Read more about Parsa Almasizadeh in this feature.

Finding employment in Russia upon graduating from HSE University–St Petersburg is realistic—this was the message conveyed on January 25 (Student Day) at a panel session featuring graduates of the university. Sharing both their academic journey and professional achievements, they spoke at the conference organised in the Rope Shop Educational Space.

The HSE News Service spoke to Prof. Maxim Nikitin, Deputy Director of HSE ICEFand Academic Director of the Master’s in Financial Economics, about the college’s international student body and burgeoning partnerships with foreign universities. We also spoke to Minghao Yan, a graduate from China who was awarded the highest marks for the defence of his master’s thesis on gambling behaviour.