Commissioned by Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters) and departing on Jan. 26 (the fourth day of Year of the Dragon), Wenqin Arts Troupe held a tour named “Confucius Institute Spring Festival Gala” in New England, the U.S. In their tour, the 24-people delegation staged 7 shows which won much praise and love from local people and Chinese students and teachers there. On Feb. 8, Wenqin Arts Troupe returned to Zhejiang University with honor and glory to start the new semester.
Recent Headlines
+ Campus News / Zhejiang University-Tulane University Exchange Student Team Winning Wall Street Training Valuation Case Competition [02-15-2012]
On February 2, a student team consisting of 3 Zhejiang University students in exchange program and an international student at Tulane University won the first Wall Street Training Valuation Case Competition, beating other 24 teams of elite business students and undergraduates from world famous universities such as Princeton, Rutgers and so on. New York Times reported the competition in depth on Feb. 9.
+ Campus News / Fourteen Zhejiang University-Related Projects Bestowed National Science and Technology Award [02-14-2012]
On the morning of February 14, National Science and Technology Award Conference, the top national award in science and technology in China, was held in Beijing. A total of 14 projects winning the Second Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress have Zhejiang University researchers as main developers or participants. In addition, Zhejiang University participated in two first-prize winning projects, namely “Technological Innovation and Practice of Water Cube Construction” and "Development and Practice of HVDC Transmission Engineering Technology”.+ Campus News / "Constructed Wetlands as Biofuel Production Systems" on Nature Climate Change [02-14-2012]
On January 22, Professor Chang Jie’s research group at College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, had their research paper “Constructed Wetlands as Biofuel Production Systems” published online on Nature Climate Change, one of the publications of Nature Publishing Group publishing high-quality original and cutting-edge research on the science of climate change.
+ Campus News / A Delegation of United Zhejiang Residents Associations (Hong Kong) Limited Visited Zhejiang University [02-13-2012]
On Feburary 10, a delegation of United Zhejiang Residents Associations (Hong Kong) Limited paid a visit to Zhejiang University. Chancellor Jin Deshui, President Yang Wei, Chairman of Development Committee and former Chancellor Zhang Junsheng and Zhang Xi met with guests and held discussions with them on further strengthening exchanges and cooperation between Zhejiang University and United Zhejiang Residents Associations (Hong Kong) Limited.