Конкурс перевода имени Дмитрия В. Крюкова -- Dmitrii V. Krioukov Translation Contest

ASU students of Russian are invited to participate in the 2008 Dmitrii V. Krioukov translation contest.

The Krioukov award and a PRIZE will be awarded at the Spring 2008 Honors Banquet of the School of International Letters and Cultures.

This contest of linguistic skill honors the memory of Dmitrii Vladimirovich Krioukov (1976-2003) a Junior Faculty Development Program fellow from Volgograd State University who died in a tragic accident in his Tempe apartment on October 16, 2003.

Arizona State University is mid-point in a decade of unprecedented change and decisive maturation, positioning itself to emerge as a prominent national university and comprehensive knowledge enterprise committed to discovery, creativity, and innovation. Consistent with the vision of the research university as a catalyst for societal transformation, ASU favors an interdisciplinary research enterprise in selected areas, both fundamental and applied, dedicated to relevance and socially optimal outcomes of research. Our academic community is helping to build a sustainable environment and economy for Arizona, leveraging our region's competitive advantages through strategic global engagement, and tackling the major challenges and questions of our age.

ASU is at once the youngest and the largest of the roughly 150 public and private research universities in our nation, and although we are first and foremost committed to educating the students of Arizona, we are equally a discovery organization. When I speak of discovery I refer to the full spectrum of knowledge--the gamut of ideas, concepts, theories, models, algorithms, tools, and materials that advance our quality of life and standard of living regionally, nationally, and globally. The creative process represents discovery as well, and at a major research university the expression of a personal vision is valued as highly as the design of a new molecule.