This section is mostly devoted to two Siberian universities – the metropolitan university in Novosibirsk and Irkutsk alma mater. Parallel to science and teaching, both Irkutsk and Novosibirsk scientists and teachers deal with practical issues. We introduce to the readers the study of Karl Marx Street in Novosibirsk and the analysis of opportunities of the deserted Zhilkino district in Irkutsk that were discussed on the platform of the Winter University. The MONITOR yellow pages present a student project done in the Irkutsk manner: this work concerns a challenging site, a cause of much controversy located on the bank of the Angara River in the heart of the city – on the territory of the Central Electric Station with an almost demolished dominant stack and a monument of industrial architecture removed from the register. The article by Konstantin Kiyanenko brings us back to international student competitions of practical importance. MITU-MACI speaks about the development of distance education that had been launched before everybody had to recognize its necessity.

project baikal, No. 64 (2020): regional schools