ZJU Researchers Win Best Paper Award for Tackling Phone Hacking2017-11-07The 2017 edition of ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) was held from October 30 through November 3 in Dallas, Texas. A paper titled “Dolphin Attack: Inaudible Voice Commands” stood out among 11 nominated competitors and was selected as one of the five best papers.The paper was authored by the research team led by XU Wenyuan and JI Xiaoyu with the Ubiquitous Sy... READ MORE |
ZJU Hosts UNESCO Entrepreneurship Education Conference2017-11-06The International Conference on the Construction of the Entrepreneurship Education System was held in Hangzhou on October 29-30. The event was jointly organized by the UNESCO Entrepreneurship Education Network (EE-Net) National Chapter in China and Zhejiang University.Approximately 200 scholars and experts from various international organizations and countries, including the UNESCO, the United Sta... READ MORE |
World-Renowned Geneticist George Church Named Honorary Professor by ZJU2017-11-06George Church, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, was awarded the title of Honorary Professor of Zhejiang University on October 30.After the awarding ceremony, Professor Church was invited to deliver a keynote speech titled “Technologies for Reading & Editing DNA and Medical Applications” at Xinglin Forum, a high-level academic activity hosted by ZJU’s School of Medicine.Pro... READ MORE |
Architectural Designers Win Honorable Mentions in AAP 20172017-10-30Two projects from ZJU’s Architecture and Design Institute have been awarded Honorable Mentions by the American Architecture Prize (AAP) 2017 jury.The first project, Zhejiang University Young Professors Club, received an honorable mention in the category of Restoration & Renovation. The club was transformed from the former Tsing Yuen Primary School in Tsingyi Village, Tonglu County, aroun... READ MORE |
Ex-Chinese Health Minister Receives "Award for International Understanding" at ZJU2017-10-30On October 25, Dr. CHEN Zhu, China’s former health minister, was presented with the second “Dr. Clyde and Helen Wu Award for International Understanding” at Zhejiang University. The award ceremony was a major highlight of the First Joint Forum of ZJU-ITM and CUMC held at ZJU on October 24-25.Footage from China Global Television NetworkSet up by cardiologist Dr. Clyde Wu and his wife Helen ... READ MORE |
ZJU and Columbia University Hold First-Ever Joint Forum on Biomedicine2017-10-30The First Joint Forum of ZJU-ITM and CUMC was held at Zhejiang University on October 24-25. This forum was co-organized by ZJU’s Institute of Translational Medicine (ZJU-ITM) and the Wu Family China Center for Health Initiatives at Columbia University.The forum was co-chaired by Prof. SUN Yi, dean of ZJU-ITM, and Dr. Anke Nolting, director of the Wu Family China Center and associate dean of ... READ MORE |
Scientists Reveal the Effects of Bacterial Pathogens on Host Cells2017-10-29Vibrio vulnificus is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved, rod-shaped (bacillus), pathogenic bacteria of the genus Vibrio. Present in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas, V. vulnificus is related to V. cholerae, the causative agent of cholera. Recently, the research team led by Prof. ZHU Yongqun of ZJU’s Life Sciences Institute discovered that ... READ MORE |
ZJU and Stanford Hold Joint Symposium on Materials Science2017-10-27The 2017 ZJU-Stanford Symposium on Materials Science was held on ZJU’s Yuquan Campus on October 11-12, providing an excellent platform for around 200 faculty members and students to learn and discuss the latest research findings on materials science. A delegation of nine researchers from Stanford University attended the event.Opening remarks by Paul McIntyre and HAN GaorongAt the opening ceremony... READ MORE |
ZJU Alumnus Wins Australia's Prime Minister's Prize for Life Science2017-10-24YANG Jian (right first) is one of the winners of 2017 Australia’s Prime Minister's Prize Professor YANG Jian, from the Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) and the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB), was awarded the Prime Minister’s Frank Fenner Prize for Life Scientist of the Year—a prize in honor of Professor Frank Fenner AC, an Australian virologist... READ MORE |
Board Chair of World Leisure Organization Visits ZJU2017-10-24On the sidelines of the third World Leisure Expo held in Hangzhou from late October to mid-November, Dr. Roger Coles, chair of the Board of Directors of World Leisure Organization (WLO), led a delegation to visit Zhejiang University on October 21. Coles was accompanied by WLO Chief Operating Officer Cristina Ortegaas well as other WLO board members an... READ MORE |
Haining International Campus of Zhejiang University Officially Inaugurated2017-10-23On October 21, Haining International Campus of Zhejiang University was officially put into use. To celebrate the grand opening of this new campus, International Higher Education Forum was organized by Zhejiang University and International Education Committee, China Society of Educational Development Strategy.The construction of International Campus is one of the major steps towards serving na... READ MORE |
ZJU and Harvard Join Force to Develop Chinese Academic Mapping Platform2017-10-23On October 13, Zhejiang University and Harvard University signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with respect to the joint development of the Chinese Academic Mapping Platform at Harvard Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA). Present at the ceremony were WU Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University, Peter K. BOL, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning at Harvard and Mark ELLIOTT... READ MORE |
ZJU Scientists Discover Homologous Recombination Repair Pathway to DNA Double-strand Breaks2017-10-20DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most deleterious form of DNA damage, which if unrepaired or repaired incorrectly, can contribute to various genetic disorders including cancer, neurodegeneration, and immunodeficiency. There are two types of DSBs: Two-ended DSBs and replication-associated one-ended DSBs. DSBs are mainly repaired by either homologous recombination (HR)... READ MORE |
Zhejiang University and Yale University Deepen Partnership2017-10-19A Zhejiang University delegation headed by President WU Zhaohui paid a special visit to Yale University to promote strategic cooperation on October 11, 2017. The delegation exchanged ideas with Peter SALOVEY, President of Yale University, and the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). The two universities signed a cooperation agreement in the domain of public health, marking a deeper par... READ MORE |