Zhejiang University defining a new era for international education2019-01-09Editor’s Note: Hughes Ian Benjamin, a foreign correspondent was invited by the Division of Global Communications to visit ZJU campus. During his visit he interacted with many students and faculty members on Zijingang Campus and Haining International Campus. This is the first article he wrote about his impression of the University.The consensus is unequivocal. Javid, Maddelena and Xihang... READ MORE |
ZJU wins four state science & technology awards of 20182019-01-09On Jan. 8, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council held a grand ceremony for national science and technology awards in recognition of the remarkable contributions of distinguished scientists, engineers and researchers to scientific and technological progress, social and economic development as well as the modernization of national defense. ZJU clinched one first prize in the State Scientif... READ MORE |
The Third Campus International Marathon held on Zijingang Campus2019-01-05The 2018 Campus International Marathon of ZJU took place on the morning of last Sunday. Over 4000 ZJU students, faculty and alumni joined the race to greet the New Year.Participants competed in three different races: half marathon, mini marathon and mini marathon for Nike University Elite Challenge, according to the organizing committee. This year’s course took runners through the newly-buil... READ MORE |
Eric Maskin unveiled the Maskin Research Center of China’s Economic Development in ZJU2019-01-04On Dec. 30, 2018, School of Economics held the inauguration ceremony for Maskin Research Center of China’s Economic Development (MRCCED) on Yuquan Campus. Eric Maskin, the 2007 Nobel Laureate in Economics and the Adams University Professor at Harvard University, attended the ceremony and delivered a keynote speech on “Mechanism Design Theory”.“The university will lend immense support to M... READ MORE |
ZJU scholars win WIPO-CNIPA Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Inventions2019-01-03The 20th China Patent Awards Conference was held in Beijing on Dec. 25. The Method for Preparing Stable-type Vitamin A Microcapsules Continuously, invented by ZJU scholars, garnered the WIPO-CNIPA Award for Chinese Outstanding Patented Inventions.This year, a total of 30 patents won the WIPO-CNIPA Award, which is the most prestigious award in the domain of patents in China award. Among gold-p... READ MORE |
Our top 10 stories of 20182019-01-01Happy New Year! The stats are in, and here are our most popular stories according to traffic rank.1. Come meet ZJU's robot dog "Jueying"2. Turing Laureate Whitfield Diffie joins ZJU as full-time professor3. ZJU hosts International Youth Forum on Belt and Road4. ZJU pedagogical frontline – VR course with Harvard5. ZJU on the rise6. First Cultural Festival lands on International Campus... READ MORE |
Kendo club wins second prize in the Sixth Kobayashi Cup2018-12-31“Our opponents are very tough, but we had to be brave and face them. This is part of the kendo spirit,” said HE Fan, president of ZJU’s kendo club after his team won the second prize in the team competition in the Sixth Kobayashi Cup.Every year, university students from China and Japan come to Hangzhou for the Kobayashi Cup, an annual competition held by Hangzhou Kendo Club. This year, the comp... READ MORE |
ZJU scientist's work on photonic integration of 2D materials featured in Optics in 20182018-12-28Integrated photonics is the key enabling technology for the “photonic chip” in optical communication system of the 21st century. This area is on the brink of exciting breakthroughs. The work by LIN Hongtao from the College of Information Science & Electronic Engineering and Skylar Deckoff-Jones and HU Juejun from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is recently ... READ MORE |
Joint symposium highlights biotech collaboration with Cambridge2018-12-27The Cambridge-ZJU Biotechnology Symposium was held at Clare Hall, Cambridge on December 11. The symposium consisted of three sessions: biomimetics, biomedical materials, and biomedical engineering. More than 50 participants from the two universities discussed a suite of common issues in collaborative research endeavours and achieved consensus in multiple aspects.The symposium was organiz... READ MORE |
Your eyes tell you are interested2018-12-25The research team headed by DING Nai at the College of Biomedical Engineering and Instrument Sciences published an article entitled “Eye Activity Tracks Task-Relevant Structures during Speech and Auditory Sequence Perception” in the December 18 issue of Nature Communications. Their results show that your eye movements may tell if you are interested when listening to a speech.In daily l... READ MORE |
Another three collections of The Series of Ancient Chinese Paintings debut in Beijing2018-12-21Another three collections of The Series of Ancient Chinese Paintings—A Collection of Paintings from the Warring States Period to the Tang Dynasty, A Collection of Ming Dynasty Paintings and A Collection of Qing Dynasty Paintings—marked their debut on Dec. 12 in Beijing.ZOU Xiaodong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Zhejiang University, delivered a speech at the Debut Ceremony. “Zhejiang Universi... READ MORE |
New version of “Jueying” robot dog released2018-12-19A new version of the four-legged “Jueying” robot was released on Dec. 4. The new “Jueying” robot, a small-sized quadruped robot that can handle 20 kg objects, is capable of running and climbing stairs.The new “Jueying” robot is marked by a better ability to strike a balance while running and a greater capability of adapting to more complicated terrains, said one of the developers.“Jueying”... READ MORE |
ZJU strengthens ties with Singapore University of Technology and Design2018-12-18On Dec. 11, Vice President HE Lianzhen led a delegation to attend the conference of the ZJU-SUTD Cooperation Administrative Committee at the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). At the conference, the two universities reported the latest cooperation programs, discussed the plan for future partnership and reached a consensus in regard to co-hosting 2019 Technology and De... READ MORE |
From Hangzhou to Paris: AI practices in higher education2018-12-17A delegation from Zhejiang University, led by President WU Zhaohui, visits Université Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique in France recently. On Dec. 14, WU delivered a keynote speech entitled “AI in China: Today and Tomorrow” during the ZJU Networking Reception in Paris, sharing the development of AI in China and the best practices at ZJU.As applications of AI becoming much commonly... READ MORE |