The 40th anniversary of the Zhejiang University School of Management and the Deans’ Forum of Business Schools were held on Zijiangang Campus on November 1. On the anniversary, the School of Management released a book entitled ‘Business +’ Education Ecosystem. As early as September 2017, the School introduced an educational reform and proposed the concept of building ‘Business +’ Education Ecosystem to cultivate the healthy power leading the future of China. Later, the School optim...

Olfactory adaptation is the temporary, normal inability to distinguish a particular odor after a prolonged exposure to that airborne compound. For example, if one stays in an orchid garden for an extended period of time, he may not be able to perceive the fragrance of orchids. The scientific community has long attributed olfactory adaptation to neuronal “paralysis” in the nervous system. Recently, the research team headed by Prof. KANG Lijun and the research team headed by Prof. DUAN Shum...

Insects are the largest and most diverse species of organisms on the earth. They are the only species of invertebrates that can fly. However, insects are marked by their remarkable plasticity. Most of them have one or two pairs of wings, but under special circumstances, siblings may even develop two or several different wing morphs. Planthoppers are a typical insect with wing morphism. Prof. XU Haijun from the Zhejiang University College of Agriculture and Biotechnology has commit...

Since the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the global climate has undergone dramatic changes as human activities have continued to stimulate the consumption of fossil fuels, accelerate the pace of deforestation and boost the demand for synthetic ammonia, thereby contributing to the constant increase in greenhouse gas emissions and changes in the chemical composition of the atmosphere. On the one hand, global climate change has caused glaciers to melt, sea levels to rise and extreme weather t...

The research team headed by Prof. JIN Yongfeng from the Zhejiang University College of Life Sciences published an article entitled “Chelicerata sDscam isoforms combine homophilic specificities to define unique cell recognition” in the September 22 issue of PNAS.Neuronal self-avoidance, as a fundamental feature in vertebrates and invertebrates, plays a crucial role in neural circuit assembly.In Drosophila, self-avoidance is mediated by the Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule&nbs...

The winners of the iF DESIGN AWARD 2020 were announced recently. Three works designed by postgraduate students from the Zhejiang University School of Software Technology clinched the iF DESIGN TALENT AWARD: “Anchor Helen”, “Sweet Breath” and “Alcohol Less”.“Anchor Helen” is a device designed for blind voice anchors, including two modules: a Braille teleprompter and a recording microphone. “We do hope that everyone is entitled to lead a better life as we are and that the world will be te...

On October 21, a virtual signing ceremony was held between Zhejiang University and MINES ParisTech, a top French grande école founded in 1783 and now part of Université PSL.Dr. REN Shaobo, Chairman of Zhejiang University Council, and Mr. Vincent Laflèche, Directeur Général of MINES ParisTech, signed the agreement for cooperation in mathematics, marking a new chapter in the partnership. Under this framework, both institutions will collaborate to train math talent in diverse forms, including ...

Recently, the Zhejiang University Provincial Key Laboratory of Crop Gene Resource launched BnaSNPDP, an interactive web portal with a user-friendly interface that provides multiple analysis modules for retrieving, analyzing, and visualizing single nucleotide polymorphisms among 1,007 accessions of worldwide rapeseed germplasm. Its detailed information was published online in Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal.With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing (HTS) technolo...

October 17 marks China's National Poverty Relief Day, also the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. This year is special, as China aims to realize the poverty eradication goal of the UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the end of 2020, ten years ahead of schedule.With the commitment to social service, ZJU faculty and students have been dedicating their work to alleviating poverty in underdeveloped areas across China. Here are some prime examples of how ZJUers hav...

In September 2020, Prof. LIU Bin, former director of the Zhejiang Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, joined the Zhejiang University School of Art and Archaeology as an eminent expert in liberal arts.Prof. LIU Bin is currently an executive board member of the Archaeological Society of China and director of the Archaeological Society of Zhejiang Province. His major interest of research is prehistoric archaeology. Since he embarked on his career at the Zhejiang Provincial Inst...