Embrace the ocean hand in hand2017-07-24Hosted by the Ocean College, an Ocean Youth Camp took place over two weeks (June 26-July 7) at the Zijingang Campus in Hangzhou and the coastal Zhoushan Campus, just 500 meters from the East China Sea. This camp attracted more than 30 students from seven countries, including Portugal, Indonesia, Thailand, India, and Guyana. Some of them came from renowned universities such ... READ MORE |
ZJUers Win Championship in 2017 Global Grand Challenges Summit Student Day Poster Competition2017-07-21The 3rd Global Grand Challenges Summit was held in Washington. Ultra Clean, an undergraduate team from Zhejiang University, won the championship in the Student Day Poster Competition.This year’s summit was jointly organized by the U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE), the U.K. Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), and the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), and ... READ MORE |
DIP *2017 – A Platform to Showcase the Design of Conceptual Products by Students from Department of Industrial Design2017-07-18On July 1st, a special press release was hold in the Student Theatre of Zijingang Campus, DIP * 2017. After 4 tough rounds of selection and regrouping, 42 undergraduates from 5 different countries and regions formed 6 final teams and they present their conceptual products to the public as their final coursework for the class “Design of Information Product”. As a part of core curriculum, this cla... READ MORE |
What can you do with a piece of paper and a motor?2017-07-18In the class "Ideas and Expressions of Design", offered by International Design Institute of ZJU, 98 freshmen exchanged from Signapore University of Technology & Design made nearly 40 different kinds of “animals” after learning a series of knowledge and techniques in ZJU, such as design, programming and origami. Here are their products. Please enjoy an... READ MORE |
Breaking Lorentz Reciprocity To Overcome the Time-bandwidth Limit in Physics and Engineering2017-07-14Resonance is a universal phenomenon in relevant fields such as optics, electricity, acoustic waves and mechanics. Resonant devices and systems have wide applications in various domains in modern society. A century-old tenet in physics and engineering asserts that any type of system, having bandwidth Δω, can interact with a wave over only a constrained time period Δt inve... READ MORE |
ZJU Delegation Attends Annual Meeting of the New Champions 20172017-07-12At the invitation of the organizing committee of the World Economic Forum, the Zhejiang University delegation attended the 11th Annual Meeting of the New Champions (a.k.a the Summer Davos Forum) on June 27-29 in Dalian. The delegation delivered speeches in such sessions as University Leaders Dialogue, Ideas Lab, Science Hub and Dragon Science. They showcased the latest... READ MORE |
Chinese Scientists in Ocean College Participates in 43rd Ocean Expedition2017-07-11On the afternoon of July 9, China’s ocean scientific survey ship, Xiangyanghong 10, completed her 43rd ocean expedition and sailed back to Zhoushan. Two professors (Prof. Han Xiqiu, Prof. He Zhiguo) and one Ph.D. candidate (Zhu Rui)of the Ocean College, Zhejiang University participated in the fifth leg of this expedition. It took approximately 50 days and was primarily focused on a scientifi... READ MORE |
Connection releases its first issue!2017-06-30Welcome to Our Inaugural Issue！Celebrate our 120th anniversary and browse through our history and miletones. Read More Q&A About ZJUCAMPUS NEWSROOMPresident Wu talks with Nature: InsideviewFirst National Engineering Lab for Waster Incineration Techonology & Equipment established in ZJU Bulk donation to ZJU for the founding of Smart-Doctor Artificial Intelligence Rese... READ MORE |
HK University Students Visit ZJU2017-06-13In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to the motherland, the Hong Kong Chinese Importers’& Exporters’ Association organized a trip to Hangzhou on June 11. A total of 6 Hong Kong university students from the University of Hong Kong, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the University of Sydney, paid a visit to Zhejiang Unive... READ MORE |
ZJU Scientists Fabricate Ultrahigh Thermal Conductive Yet Superflexible Graphene Films2017-06-07The research team, led by Prof. Gao Chao from the Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University, has developed a new grapheme film marked by its superflexibility―it has more than 6,000 cycles of ultimate folding and can tolerate 10,000 bending times. This groundbreaking study has addressed a tough problem with macroscopic materials―inability to possess both ultrahigh t... READ MORE |
Hangzhou Yamiao Cultural Media Co. Ltd. Donates 40 Million Yuan to ZJU2017-06-03On June 1, Hangzhou Yamiao Cultural Media Co. Ltd. signed an agreement with Zhejiang University to donate 40 million yuan within 10 years in support of entrepreneurship and technological transfer. In accordance with the agreement, Zhejiang University Yamiao Maker Space will also be set up.Present at the agreement-signing ceremony were LuoWeidong, Vice President of Zhejiang University, and Zh... READ MORE |
ZJU and Alibaba Join Forces to Promote Research & Development in Cutting-edge Technology2017-06-01On May 31, Zhejiang University and Alibaba signed a strategic cooperative agreement, signaling the inception of a new journey of partnership.Present at the agreement-signing ceremony were FengFei, Executive Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province, Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, Wu Zhaohui, President of Zhejiang University and Zhang Yong, CEO of Alibaba. Yan Jianhua, Vice Presiden... READ MORE |
Nobel Laureate Aaron J. Ciechanover Speaks in Qizhen Global Vision Lecture Series2017-05-31On May 27, Aaron J. Ciechanover, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the Technion―Israel Institute of Technology, delivered a talk titled “The Personalized Medicine Revolution: Are We Going to Cure All Diseases and at What Price?”.In 2004, Aaron J. Ciechanover was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery with Avram Hershko and Irwin Rose, of ubiquitin-mediated protein degrad... READ MORE |
University Presidents Summit Hosted at Zhejiang University2017-05-23On May 20, the University Presidents Summit was held at Zhejiang University. Nearly 100 presidents and representatives from roughly 40 top universities from across the globe, including the University of Chicago, Peking University, Northwestern University, the National University of Singapore and the University of Hong Kong, gathered to share ideas with each other on universities and society, innov... READ MORE |