On April 19, Zhejiang University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) held an online meeting, marking the kick-off for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of partnership. Present at the meeting were ZJU President WU Zhaohui, ZJU Vice President HE Lianzhen, UIUC Chancellor Robert J. Jones, UIUC Vice Chancellor Susan Martinis, UIUC Vice Chancellor Sean Garrick, and representatives from the two universities. The meeting was co-chaired by LI Min, director of the ZJU Off...

It is not only a strategic course of action in response to climate change but also an inevitable option to promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind that every nation should achieve peak CO2 emissions to carbon neutrality. As part of the 125th anniversary of Zhejiang University and Global ZJU for Social Good (Z4G), the 1st Asia-Pacific Carbon Neutrality Symposium was successfully held virtually on April 11-12. The symposium was jointly hosted by Zhejiang...

Curious about future cities in science fiction movies? Eager to address digital divide in the upcoming smart city? Want to know how many trees you need to plant to neutralize your carbon emissions in a year? Heads up! Keys to these interesting questions are hidden in ZJU’s Global Summer School! As part of Z4G, Zhejiang University’s sustainability action plan, the two-week Summer School is launched to inspire the young students to electrify the global community in response to the UN 2030 Agenda...

“The higher education community can play a key role in addressing global challenges and advancing the process of sustainable development,” Vice President HE Lianzhen told the webinar, which was held by the International Association of Universities (IAU) and Higher Education Teaching & Learning Association (HETL) on March 29.Prof. He shared ZJU’s sustainability action plan (Z4G) and her insights into the role of higher education leadership in building a more sustainable community.Universit...

[Message from the Editor: In the face of major challenges, concerted actions need to be taken more broadly in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. Innovation-driven universities have a greater responsibility to shoulder and a unique role to play in this process. At the invitation of International Association of Universities (IAU), Vice President HE Lianzhen shared ZJU’s practice in sustainability in the newly released issue of IAU Horizons.]Together We Are Building...

On December 6，the inauguration ceremony of Zhejiang University - University of Luxembourg Joint Lab on Advanced Intelligent Systems and REasoning (ZLAIRE) was successfully held online. The event brought together over 30 delegates from both countries.H.E. YANG Xiaorong, Ambassador of China in Luxembourg, praised the positive role of ZLAIRE in her opening remarks, “The joint lab will provide a brand-new platform for both countries to cooperate in interdisciplinary research and teaching, integrat...

[Editor’s note: Today marks International Volunteer Day with the 2021 theme: Volunteer now for our common future. Since 2013, 52 postgraduate students of Zhejiang University have traveled to volunteer in high schools in Jingdong Yi autonomous county, southwest China's Yunnan province, 2600 kilometers away from Hangzhou, where the University is located. The Project of Targeted Support to Jingdong by the ZJU Postgraduate Volunteer Teaching Team was selected by China’s Ministry of Educat...

On November 4, Zhejiang University and the University of Sydney signed a Memorandum of Understanding online to establish a joint lab on sustainable environment.Prof. CHEN Baoliang, dean of ZJU’s College of Environmental and Resource Sciences and executive dean of ZJU’s Academy of Ecological Civilization, and Prof. Willy Zwaenepoel, dean of USYD’s Faculty of Engineering, represented each party to sign the agreement. The signing ceremony was also joined by Prof. Katherine Belov, USYD...

On November 12th, the “Frontiers in Organ Transplantation 2021 Joint Symposium” was successfully held in Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine. The conference was co-chaired by Prof. XU Xiao from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine, and Prof. Kourosh Saeb-Parsy from the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine.  Prof. HE Lianzhen and Prof. Patrick Maxwell delivered the opening remarksCo-chairmen: Prof. XU Xiao a...

With less than 10 years left to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Open Science is often deemed as an accelerator and enabler of sustainable and innovative solutions. In this context, what role should universities play in promoting Open Science? How can universities and researchers capitalize on Open Science in a bid to realize the SDGs?In response to these isssues, the 4th WLA University Presidents Forum, co-hosted by Zhejiang University and World Laureates Association, kicked...