ZJU kicks off #HelloBRI short video contest2019-08-09Hi ZJUers and our friends around the world! Ready your phones, GoPros, and cameras for our #HelloBRI video contest! We challenge you to best showcase your country/region — everything from food, scenery spots to local culture, anything you think it is worth to share! Amaze us with your widely creative video. Learn more about the rules, criteria, & prizes at http://1t.click/7FmImport... READ MORE |
"Feel, Learn and Think" with the 8th Idea Explorer Summer Camp2019-08-08“The world of future cannot be understood without understanding China. If you want to understand China within a short period of time, this is the program for you,” said a participant at the closing day of ZJU’s 8th Idea Explorer Summer Camp. “In the past three weeks, I got an insider’s perspective of how to do business in China. This is a fantastic experience.” Centered on the the... READ MORE |
ZJUers win 4 gold and 4 silver medals at the 11th Chinese Vocal Int’l Competition2019-08-07The 11th Chinese Vocal International Competition was held on July 26-27 in Singapore. Seventeen students from the Graduate Art Troupe of ZJU performed spectacularly and clinched four gold and four silver medals. The International Chinese Vocal Competition is one of the major activities at the International Chinese Arts Festival (ICAF) which is an authorized and specialized arts festival... READ MORE |
ZJU’s ZHAO receives the ZwickRoell Science Award2019-08-06Zhejiang University’s ZHAO Yujie has been named the 2018 recipient of ZwickRoell Science Award. The accolade was created to gain new insights in the world of material sciences. ZHAO was presented at the 10th annual Academia Day with the award in Shanghai, China.Her method of in-situ voltage impedance monitoring in magnetic fields lands ZHAO the Third-place. She is the only undergraduate stud... READ MORE |
Institute of Process Equipment wins 2018 Outstanding Technical Paper of ASME Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology2019-08-06The 2019 ASME Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference was held on July 14-19 in San Antonio, USA. The PVP Conference is known as an outstanding international technical forum through which participants can exchange opinions and ideas with leading experts from industry and academia, and deepen their knowledge base through exposure to diverse topics.The 2019 edition attracted 895 participants f... READ MORE |
2019 IAMAS Early Career Scientist Medal awarded to a young ZJU scholar2019-08-05On July 10, BI Lei, a principal investigator with the School of Earth Sciences at Zhejiang University, received the 2019 IAMAS (International Association for Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences) Early Career Scientist Medal Award at the 100th IAMAS Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada in recognition of his outstanding contribution to research on light scattering by non-spherical and ... READ MORE |
Enzyme-activatable polymer–drug conjugate augments tumour penetration and treatment efficacy, scientists find2019-08-02Anticancer nanomedicines, such as liposomal doxorubicin, are supposed to be delivered to the cytosol of cancer cells in solid tumours like a “package”. However, at present, clinically-used nanomedicines can do nothing more than reduce their side effects, thus unable to improve their therapeutic efficacy significantly. One of the major reasons is that nanomedicines fail to penetrate into every ca... READ MORE |
University holds cross-Strait summer camp on Chinese martial arts2019-07-29More than 60 students from across the Strait participated in a summer camp on Chinese martial arts starting on July 6.Organized by ZJU, the five-day event featured thematic seminars and lectures, friendly matches and performances. It covered topics such as the spirits and values of martial arts, the standardization issue of martial arts development, and the relationship between martial arts and da... READ MORE |
Beauty from soil – the 2019 Eco-Innovation Competition Camp2019-07-25On July 12 - 18, a total of 54 students from Chinese University of Hong Kong, Taiwan Central University, Nanjing University, Beijing Normal University and Zhejiang University took an exciting journey together in the 2019 Eco-Innovation Competition Camp. Supported by the Cross-strait Green University Consortium, the Camp is themed with “Beginning with Soil, Ending with Beauty”. Based on aca... READ MORE |
A legendary night for two ZJUers2019-07-24The 2019 World Aquatic Championships and the IAAF Diamond League kicked off on the evening of July 21. Two ZJUers—SUN Yang and XIE Zhenye—dazzled the whole world with their stellar performance.XIE Zhenye, who started to pursue his master’s degree in athletic training at Zhejiang University in 2016, broke the Asian men’s 200 meters record by clocking 19.88 seconds, becoming the first Asian to fin... READ MORE |
How to find important nodes in multilayer networks2019-07-23“We want to find out the most valuable seller and the most prospective buyer among 100 million subscribers,” one of the digital engineers with Ant Financial Services Group talks about this challenge at work.“The framework we have created may help,” replies HE Shibo, a prinicipal investigator with the College of Control Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, “At the core of this issue i... READ MORE |
Why do well-fed mice keep eating?2019-07-22A well-fed mouse is dozing off. All of a sudden, a yellow optical fiber in its brain evokes its feeding behavior and it starts to devour food ravenously again.This scene can be observed in a lab of the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University. Neurologist WANG Hao discovers a set of neurons which can “unplug” mice’s feeding behavior.The relevant finding is published in the July 16 issue of ... READ MORE |
UAD clinches World Architecture Awards 20192019-07-19Three projects designed by the Architectural Design and Research Institute of Zhejiang University (UAD) won the World Architecture Awards 2019 recently, which marks a significant milestone for UAD.1. Yiwu Culture Square Construction site: Yiwu, ZhejiangConstruction area: 82,360 m2Design year: 20102. Permanent Site of UN Geospatial Information Management Forum, Deqing County &n... READ MORE |
Prof. HU Hailan awarded the IBRO-Kemali International Prize2019-07-15Dr. Hailan Hu, professor at the Center for Neuroscience of ZJU's School of Medicine, is awarded the Twelfth IBRO-Kemali International Prize for Research in the field of Basic and Clinical Neurosciences. This is the first time that the IBRO-Kemali Prize has been awarded to a scientist outside of Europe and North America since it was established in 1998. Dr. Hu will be awarded the... READ MORE |