A delegation led by Prof. HE Lianzhen, Vice President of Zhejiang University, paid a visit to University College London (UCL), SOAS University of London (SOAS), Imperial College London, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and RWTH Aachen University (RWTH) with a view to deepening partnership between ZJU and world-class universities in England and Germany.On the morning of September 23, HE Lianzhen met with Dr. Dame Nicola Brewer, ViceProvost (International) of UCL. Both parties reviewed a s...

Researchers from Zhejiang University, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and the University of California, Berkeley, engage in collaborative research to find out the truth about high-entropy alloys (HEAs). Their findings on outstanding toughness and plasticity of HEAs are published in the October 10 issue of the journal of Nature. HEAs, a class of materials that contain five or more elements in near-equiatomic proportions, display exceptional mechanical performance, including superb stren...

The research team led by CHEN Yangkang of the Zhejiang University School of Earth Sciences conducted research based on USArray data and put forward a novel approach to reconstructing missing traces and suppressing noise simultaneously. Relevant findings are published online in the Sept. 30 issue of the journal of Nature Communications.USAarray, a key seismology component of the national earth science program EarthScope, is extensively distributed across the North American continent and...

Today is the day of celebrations. Today is the day to enjoy the parade.Hi ZJUers across the globe,Let us celebrate the 70th anniversary of founding of China and take pride in our prospering motherland.And best wishes on the National Day!

On September 27, 2019, an alumni reunion was staged for the program of Bai Xian Asia Institute Asian Future Leaders of School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University. Alumni of five successive grades of the program were reunited by Qizhen Lake on Zijingang Campus. They reminisced about the past together and looked forward to the future. The joy of partying with old friends lingered long on the campus.The beautiful day started with a time travel. On 9:00 a.m. our alumni gathered at Mengminwei Buil...

On September 17, the Sino-Norwegian Center for the Study of Society and Environment (SINORSE) was announced to be officially established by Zhejiang University and the University of Oslo (UiO). Meanwhile, the 2019 Sino-Norwegian Workshop on Social and Environmental Research was also hosted.ZJU Vice President HE Lianzhen delivered a welcome speech at the opening ceremony. “ZJU and UiO have long cemented ties between each other, thus promoting the establishment of the Center. I hope that the...

Zhejiang University today announced the creation of three new Double Degree Programs in Math, in collaboration with École Polytechnique, Mines ParisTech, and Université Paris-Saclay respectively.Starting in fall 2020, these programs will allow top-notch students to earn both French and Chinese degrees in five to six years’ time. Students will learn to analyze complex problems in mathematical sciences and develop global competence crucial to the rapidly-evolving world.Take the program with Écol...

Dr. CHEN Zhong, a professor from the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Zhejiang University, publishes a review article entitled “An Update for Epilepsy Research and Antiepileptic Drug Development: Toward Precise Circuit Therapy” in the journal of Pharmacology &Therapeutics.   Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder marked by repeated, spontaneous epileptic seizures caused by excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain. Taking anti-epileptic drugs...

The TruSense team, comprised of 11 students from different colleges at Zhejiang University, including the College of Life Sciences, the CKC Honors College, the Department of Chemistry, the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, the School of Medicine and the School of Economics, won the Public Inspiration Award at SenseUs 2019 held from August 26 to September 4 in the Netherlands.SensUs, launched by the Eindhoven University of Technology in 2015, is an annual international student c...

Echinochloa crus-galli (E. crus-galli) is the most hazardous weed which mankind has made every endeavor to decimate over several millennia. Researchers at ZJU’s College of Agriculture and Biotechnology and China National Rice Research Institute discover that in order to evade“eradication”, it has picked up the skill of“camouflaging” itself by bearing closer resemblances to rice.“Human behavior has accelerated the evolution of E. crus-galli, thereby giving rise to unintentional se...