Two ZJU professors honored with the 2018 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize2018-11-07The award presentation ceremony for the 2018 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize was held in Beijing on Nov. 6. A total of 56 eminent scholars in scientific fields were awarded the 2018 Ho Leung Ho Lee Prize for Science and Technology. Prof. WANG Jian’an from the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of the Zhejiang University School of Medicine and Prof. GAO Xiang from the College of Energy Engineering&... READ MORE |
ZJU students thrive at the 1st China College Computing Contest - Artificial Intelligence Innovation Contest2018-11-06In the just-concluded 1st China College Computing Contest - Artificial Intelligence Innovation Contest, students from the College of Computer Science and Technology have won several prizes, including a grand prize, a first prize and a second prize.More than one thousand teams from 369 universities at home and abroad signed up for the competition. After online screening and expert review, a to... READ MORE |
The 18th Biennial IEEE Conference Electromagnetic Field Computation kicks off in Hangzhou2018-11-05The 18th Biennial IEEE Conference on Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC 2018) kicked off in Hangzhou on Oct. 29. More than 500 scholars and engineers gathered at the grand academic feast to exchange views on the subject "Electromagnetics Computation and Application, Interaction between Electromagnetic Field and Substance". On behalf of Zhejiang University, Prof. SHENG Kuan... READ MORE |
ZJU claims championship at China College Students' Entrepreneurship Competition 20182018-11-04China College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition was held at ZJU on Nov. 1-3. ZJU dazzled the audience by clinching six gold medals, ranking the 1st at the competition.On the evening of Nov. 1, the curtain of the finals of China College Students’ Entrepreneurship Competition 2018 went up brilliantly. Present at the opening ceremony were YIN Dongmei, secretary of the Chinese Communist Yo... READ MORE |
Overseas study programs at your doorstep: 2018 ZJU Study Abroad Fair2018-11-03“Spending some time abroad and engaging with different cultures and people will provide a lot of inspirations and insights to those young people,” said Prof. LI Min, director of the Office of Global Engagement at the opening ceremony of 2018 ZJU Study Abroad Fair. When speaking of her own experience, Prof. LI Min emphasized a lot on student mobility to promote students’ global competence and so... READ MORE |
Cultural Heritage Institute participates in restoration of Taleju Temple in Nepal2018-11-03Zhejiang University is responsible for the first large-scale cultural relic restoration project by China undertaken in Nepal.At the invitation of the Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage and the Department of Archaeology under the Nepalese Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, LI Zhirong, associate dean of the Cultural Heritage Institute, led a team of 3 engineers to engage in chronicli... READ MORE |
The 2nd Exchanges Mechanism Conference of CPEC Consortium of China-Pakistan Universities held at ZJU2018-11-02The 2nd Exchanges Mechanism Conference of CPEC Consortium of China-Pakistan Universities is held on Zijingang Campus on Nov. 1, 2018. More than 70 representatives from around 30 Chinese and Pakistani universities gather at ZJU to report on the 2017-2018 annual work and discuss the future of the Consortium.In his speech, DU Yubo, president of China Association of Higher Education, points out t... READ MORE |
Four ZJU foreign experts honored with the West Lake Friendship Award2018-11-01The 2018 ceremony of the Zhejiang Government West Lake Friendship Award was held in Hangzhou on the afternoon of Oct. 30. Four foreign experts at Zhejiang University received this honorable award. They were Philip Theodore Krein, executive dean of the ZJU-UIUC Institute, Therese Hesketh, vice director of the Center for Global Health in the School of Medicine, Frank Steglich, director of the Center... READ MORE |
ZJU clinches gold at the 2018 iGEM competition2018-10-31On Oct. 29, ZJU-China won the gold medal at the 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition at Haynes Convention Center, Boston, USA. This was the ninth time that ZJU-China participated in the competition and the sixth time the University has won the gold medal. The team, led by Prof. CHEN Ming, comprised of 14 members from 8 colleges: College of Life Scienc... READ MORE |
Sleeping fruit flies help researchers decipher sleep2018-10-30GUO Fang, a researcher in the Department of Neuroscience of School of Medicine, identifies a neural circuit of Drosophila linking circadian neuron APDN1 with the sleep center ellipsoid body EB-R2. This study provides crucial clues to understanding the connection mechanism between the circadian clock and the sleep regulation.Researchers forecast that in the future, light sleepers may cure inso... READ MORE |
Wall-climbing robot for rust removal put into use2018-10-29Rust and adhesion of marine creatures are two constant headaches for ocean-going vessels. To ensure the working condition of a vessel, it’s necessary to clean up iron rust, deteriorated paint and adhesive marine creatures periodically. However, manual cleaning is typically labor-intensive and has some intractable problems, such as high risk of injuries caused by aloft work, environmental and phys... READ MORE |
The Fifth International Advisory Board Meeting successfully concluded2018-10-28Prominent scholars and business leaders around the globe came to Hangzhou on Oct. 21 for the Fifth International Advisory Board (IAB) Annual Meeting of School of Management, Zhejiang University. All the participants had gathered to learn and exchange views on the theme of “Building a world leading management school rooted in China”.The morning plenary session featured three keynote speeches and ... READ MORE |
QS Asia University Rankings 2019: ZJU ranks 13th in the region2018-10-26Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has released its 2019 Asia University Rankings, and ZJU makes it into the top 20 universities in Asia, rising eight places from last year’s 21st to 13th.This year, the number of universities featured in the QS Asia rankings is increased from 450 to 505. With 111 featured universities, Chinese Mainland has made impressive progress in the rankings. Five of them a... READ MORE |
ZJU pedagogical frontline – VR course with Harvard2018-10-25While it used to give us great amusement watching our grandfathers' jaws drop in amazement at new media teaching tools, little did we expect the very same reaction on our part at what just happened in ZJU's archaeology classroom. On Sept. 26, ZJU students "met" their counterparts from Harvard University at "the Pyramids of Giza", benefiting from an internet connect... READ MORE |