ZJU holds International Forum on Rule of Law and Reform2017-11-15The Third International Prominent Forum on the Rule of Law and Reform was held in Hangzhou on November 11-12. Hosted by Zhejiang University and supervised by the China Law Society, this year’s forum centers around Law and Society and helps consolidate academic wisdom for building a rule-of-law society.This year’s forum was jointly organized by the National “2011 Plan” Collaborative Innovation ... READ MORE |
ZJU Alumni Attend Group Wedding Ceremony2017-11-15The leaves of gingko trees are painted golden and the Alumni Woods displays a wide range of carnival colors on ZJU’s Zijingang campus.On this special occasion, 120 newlyweds who have graduated from ZJU attended the Love@ZJU group wedding ceremony in their alma mater on November 12. They walked the line to the altar with the best wishes and greetings from their instructors, counselors, friends and... READ MORE |
Scientists Discover Novel Technology for Precise Theranosis of Cancer2017-11-15Recently, the research team headed by Dr. ZHOU Min with ZJU’s Institute of Translational Medicine, and the research team from ZJU’s Second Affiliated Hospital, have invented high-efficient clearable nanoparticles for multi-modal imaging and image-guided cancer therapy. The relevant findings are published as a back-cover article in Advanced Functional Materials.Renal-clearable nanoparti... READ MORE |
China Wisdom For the World: ZJU Graduate Speaks to State Media2017-11-14With the successful conclusion of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, socialism with Chinese characteristics provides wisdom and new thoughts for global development, drawing extensive attention around the world.Giusto Patricio Javier, graduate student of the class of 2017 from Institute of China Studies, Zhejiang University, and professor of Politics at Pontificia Univ... READ MORE |
Nobel Laureate Tomas Lindahl Speaks on DNA Repair at ZJU2017-11-10Professor Tomas Lindahl, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2015, delivered a lecture titled “DNA Stability and Repair” at Zhejiang University Global Lecture Series on November 6.According to the lecture, our DNAs are exposed to ultraviolet radiation and destroyed by free radicals and other cancer-inducing substances every day. Even if they are not subjected to external attack, DNA molecu... READ MORE |
ZJU's Entrepreneurship Hub Teams up with Tencent Cloud2017-11-09On October 27, the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Crowd Innovation Space was officially inaugurated in Zijin Innovation and Entrepreneurship Hub, a special area in west Hangzhou developed by ZJU and the regional government for technology transfer and business incubation.The Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Crowd Innovation Space is projected to incubate roughly 60 enterprises in such fie... READ MORE |
ZJU Professor Attends Anniversary Celebration of UNESCO Chairs Program2017-11-08Dr. KAN Yue, a professor with ZJU’s College of Education, attended the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the University Twinning and Networking (UNITWIN)/UNESCO Chairs Program on October 31 in Paris. He was invited to talk about the current development and future vision of ZJU’s entrepreneurship education at the event.The celebration took place during the 39th session of the General Conference and... READ MORE |
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 |