New Era, New Journey and New Future --Inauguration Ceremony of Zhejiang University Medical Center2019-12-30On the morning of December 25, 2019, Zhejiang University Medical Center held a plain yet solemn inauguration ceremony at No. 1369, West Wenyi Road, Hangzhou. Li Xiaoming, Executive Dean of the School of Medicine; Fang Xiangming, and Xu Xiao, Associate Dean of the School of Medicine; Xu Zhengping, Executive Director of the Medical Center and Senior Associate Dean of the School of Medicine; Tian Mei... READ MORE |
ZJU-Zijingang’s newest dining hall opens2019-12-28The newest dining hall on the Zhejiang University-Zijingang campus is fully operational on Dec. 28. Located at the student dormitory areas in the Zijingang West, it offers a variety of food options and bright décor.“The view through the big windows is a great feature of the space,” many students said.This dining hall will serve breakfest between 6:30-09:00 am, lunch between 11:00 am-13:00 pm，a... READ MORE |
CREATE Action Plan released to boost ZJU’s global profile2019-12-25Zhejiang University has launched a new CREATE Action Plan aimed at providing a strategic direction to the various global endeavours undertaken in the University. Through a collaborative exercise involving multiple administrative offices,the Action Plan, comprised of six pillars which intentionally intersect in scope and goals to promote interactions and reap the benefits of global reach, was devel... READ MORE |
2019 International Conference for Big Data and Intelligent Health held in Hangzhou2019-12-24On December 8th, the 2019 International Conference for Big Data and Intelligent Health was convened at Zhejiang University. The conference was co-organized by School of Public Health, the Second Affiliated Hospital of School of Medicine and the National Institute for Data Science in Health and Medicine at Zhejiang University. Themed on “Population Health and Intelligent Medicine in the Era o... READ MORE |
Interesting encounter between deep learning and corn yield2019-12-20Understanding large-scale crop growth and its responses to climate change is critical to yield estimation and prediction. Remote sensing provides timely and cost-effective monitoring of crop progress on a large scale based on the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and plant material. Identifying and understanding the cumulative and nonlinear relationships between meteorological fa... READ MORE |
UAD wins the 2019 AR New into Old Commended Award2019-12-19The winner of the 2019 AR New into Old awards, alongside two Highly Commended and three Commended buildings, for sustainable alternatives to building anew have been selected by the panel of judges, consisting of Roz Barr, director and founder of Roz Barr Architects, Hugh Strange, founder of Hugh Strange Architects, and Catherine Slessor, writer, critic and former editor of The Architectural Review... READ MORE |
Intriguing story behind an autoinflammatory disease published in Nature2019-12-17Last year, Children’s Hospital attached to Fudan University cured a special patient. He was a two-year-old Chinese boy, with periodic fever episodes occurring every eight to ten days and lasting for three to five days. Doctors suspected him of developing a hereditary disease, but they failed to pinpoint the specific reason.With the advice of researchers, doctors adopted a novel therapeutic method... READ MORE |
Three ZJUers named to 2019 MIT TR35 China2019-12-16MIT Technology Review announced its regional list of the top 35 innovators under the age of 35 in China—the TR35 China at EmTech China. 3 ZJUers earned the title of pioneers and inventors.WU Dan was selected for the MIT TR China as a pioneer for her work in improving the resolution of medical images and the imaging speed. She developed a three-dimensional high-resolution diffusion MRI sequenc... READ MORE |
1st Provincial Contest on Intelligent Robotics Innovation held at ZJU2019-12-14The 1st edition of Zhejiang Provincial Contest on Intelligent Robotics Innovation was held at Zhejiang University on December 6-8. A total of 283 teams from 39 universities across the province participated in the contest.There were three categories in the contest: “Innovative Design: Intelligent Robots Make the Future More Colorful”, “Innovative Athletics: Rubik’s Cube Robots Challenge Hu... READ MORE |
HU Kang & CHEN Yuhao win the IEEE Globecom 2019 Best Paper Award2019-12-14The IEEE Globecom 2019 Best Paper Award Ceremony was held in Hawaii on December 12. The research article entitled “iLoc: A Low-Cost Low-Power Outdoor Localization System for Internet of Things”, authored by Ph.D. candidates HU Kang and CHEN Yuhao under the supervision of Prof. HE Shibo, Prof. SHI Zhiguo and Prof. CHEN Jiming from the College of Control Science and Engineering, was honored to win... READ MORE |
Chinese Government Scholarship –Chinese University Program now open for applications2019-12-13Study in ZJU, start an inspiring journey.Applications for Chinese Government Scholarship-Chinese University Program to study in Zhejiang University are open until March 31st, 2020.This scholarship offers full financial support, including tuition fee, accommodation expense on campus, stipend (granted in accordance with the relevant standard) and comprehensive medical insurance, to outstanding inter... READ MORE |
Students wins second prize at 2019 International Youth Contest of Social Anti-Corruption2019-12-11The International Anti-Corruption Day, which falls on December 9 every year, is observed to raise public awareness of fighting against corruption all over the world.On the International Anti-Corruption Day this year, four students from the Zhejiang University College of Computer Science and Technology, including SHEN Lvkesheng, LU Ziyi, XING Shuting and CAI Yu, stood on the podium at the 2019 Inte... READ MORE |
Overseas Academician Joint Lab for Advanced Composite Materials and Structures officially launched2019-12-10On December 2, Zhejiang University Overseas Academician Joint Lab for Advanced Composite Materials and Structures was officially launched. A total of 6 overseas experts, including Michael R. Wisnom (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a professor at the University of Bristol), Yiu-Wing Mai (Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a professor at the University of Sydney)... READ MORE |
New findings suggest USP22 as a promising target for the HCC therapy2019-12-06Recently, the research team led by Prof. XU Xiao from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine published a research paper entitled “SP22 promotes hypoxia-induced hepatocellular carcinoma stemness by a HIF1α/USP22 positive feedback loop upon TP53 inactivation” in the journal of Gut.In this study, researchers established cell counting, migration, self-renewal ability, chemoresistance ... READ MORE |