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Zhejiang University Alumni Entrepreneurs Set up Z20 Foundation

2017-05-13

On May 12, 20 Zhejiang University alumni entrepreneurs gathered on Zijingang Campus to co-sponsor the establishment of Zhejiang University Alumni Z20 Foundation. The first-phase amount of the Foundation, which is to be officially operated, totals 1 billion yuan.Party Chief Jin Deshui, President Wu Zhaohui, Vice President Luo Weidong and Vice President Yan Jianhua attended the ceremony and switched...

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Polytechnic Institute of Zhejiang University Signs Cooperative Agreement with Zhejiang Economy and Information Technology Commission and Huawei Technologies

2017-05-11

 On the morning of May 10, Polytechnic Institute of Zhejiang University signed a cooperative agreement with Zhejiang Economy and Information Technology Commission and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. with a view to promoting the deep fusion of education and industry and enhancing intimate university-government-enterprise cooperation.Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, Zhang Jinru, Dir...

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Shanghai Seeking Capital Investment Management Co. Ltd. Donates 1.1bn Yuan to Zhejiang University

2017-05-05

On May 3, Shanghai Seeking Capital Investment Management Co. Ltd., which was founded in 2015 by Zhejiang University alumni, donated a total of 1.1 billion yuan over a 10-year period to set up a special education fund with a view to propelling the construction of Zhejiang University into a world-class university.Present at the donation ceremony were Jin Deshui, Party Chief of Zhejiang University, W...

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Zhejiang University Eye Hospital Set to Be Launched

2017-05-04

On May 2, Zhejiang University, the 2nd Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University and Topchoice Medical Investment Corporation signed an agreement to officially launch the establishment of Zhejiang University Eye Hospital. The grand total of investment is estimated to hit 1.8 billion yuan. Zhejiang University Eye Hospital is a high-caliber non-profit hospital jointly established by Zhejiang Univer...

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2017 Sino-US Innovation & Entrepreneurship Forum Staged at Zhejiang University

2017-05-01

On April 29, the 2017 Sino-US Innovation & Entrepreneurship was co-hosted by Zhejiang University and the Plug and Play Tech Center―a global innovation platform. A galaxy of incubators, entrepreneurs and investors from China and the United States gathered to carry out an in-depth discussion over innovation and entrepreneurship in both countries. Zheng Qiang, Party Chief of Zhejiang University,...

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ZJU Postgraduate Xie Zhenye Wins 4X100m Bronze at IAAF World Relays

2017-04-25

 The 2017 IAAF World Relays was held in Bahamas on April 23. Xie Zhenye, a postgraduate student of the Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, clinched the bronze medal in men’s 4X100 meters relay race together with Tang Xingqiang, Su Bingtian and Liang Jingsheng. The Chinese team clocked 39.22 seconds to finish third in the final, thus securing a berth in the 2017 IAAF World ...

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6 Foreign Academicians Join ZJU Overseas Academician Workshop

2017-04-24

 On the afternoon of April 20, Zhejiang University held a grand appointment ceremony to welcome 6 overseas academicians, including Donald Grierson, a fellow of the Royal Society of England, Michael Thomashow and Harry Klee, fellows of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, Ian Ferguson, a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand and Mondher Bouzayen, a fellow of the European...

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International Team Determines the First Atomic Image of Human Angiotensin II Receptor for New Therapies

2017-04-20

 In a discovery that advances the understanding of how Angiotensin II works in the human body, an international group of scientists including Professor Haitao Zhang from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences have for the first time acquired a three-dimensional atomic image of the human angiotensin II type 2 receptor (AT2R) using an X-ray free electron laser technique.The crystal structures r...

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ZJU's "Flying Man" Xie Zhenye Clocks China's Best in Men's 100m

2017-04-18

 At the NTC/Pure Athletics Spring Invitational in Clermont, Florida, on April 16, Xie Zhenye, a postgraduate student in the Department of Physical Education, Zhejiang University, won his heat in 9.91, aided by a 4.1m/s following wind. This is the record time in men’s 100m in China.This remarkable performance gave Xie Zhenye a boost. One of the major tasks for China’s sprinter team this...

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Timothy M. Swager Speaks in Qizhen Global Vision Lecture Series

2017-04-15

Timothy M. Swager, the John D. MacArthur Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a member of the American National Academy of Science, delivered a speech entitled “Molecular Electronics for Chemical Sensors”.Prof. Timothy introduced CP and CNT in his speech. He also elaborated on the idiosyncrasies of various chemical materials for sensors via a series of charts a...

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ZJU Open Day 2017 on International Campus

2017-04-14

 The International Campus of Zhejiang University extended a warm welcome to hundreds of visitors for the ZJU Open Day on April 8. Open Day exhibited many of the unique offerings of the ZJU-UIUC and ZJU-UoE community of learning.Zhejiang University is working in collaboration with The University of Edinburgh and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to set up the ZJU-UoE Institute and...

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ZJU-Uchicago Academic Week: A Success!

2017-04-13

As an important event for the celebration of our 120th anniversary, Zhejiang University – University of Chicago Academic week was held jointly by Department of Polymer Science and Engineering (DPSE) of ZJU,the Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME) of UChicago and the International Relations Office of ZJU: 9 professors from ZJU, 8 professors from UChicago and more than 100 students at...

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Meet the Robotic Manta Ray that is Wireless, Speedy, and Temperature-Resistant

2017-04-07

Perhap some of you will remember Mr. Ray, the Manta Ray who acts as an underwater teacher and sometime schoolbus in the 2003 hit Disney movie Finding Nemo. Inspired by the Manta Ray’s soft body and flexible flapping wings of this incredible animal, a great development in the field of bioengineering was made by the engineers Tiefeng Li and Zhilong Huang in the College of Aeronautics and Astronauti...

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ZJU clinches Special Award at 45th Int'l Exhibition of Inventions

2017-04-06

 The 45th International Exhibition of Inventions-Geneva was held between March 29 and April 2. The exhibition was founded in 1973 under the patronage of the Swiss Federal Government and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Roughly 1,000 inventions from more than 40 countries and regions, including 83 inventions from mainland China and 14 from Hong Kong, were on display at this exhibi...

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