The third edition of China Youth Internet Entrepreneurship Contest was held in Hangzhou on August 28-30. The project of visual aid glasses for the blind developed by a start-up team from Zhejiang University clinched first place in the final contest.     The contest was co-organized by the Communist Youth League Central Committee, the Cyberspace Administration of China and the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province. Since its inauguration in June, a ...

    Congratulations to ZMART, the Championship team in the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) – Asia/Pacific Venue, held in Beijing from August 25-27, 2017.During the competition, they showed advanced anti-intuitive tacticalstrategy and comprehensive ability on situational awareness, as well as fast, accurate, stable pilot handling skills.Formed by the students from the College of Control Science and Engineering, ZJU, our Micro Aerial Robotics Team defeated...

    On August 7, 13 undergraduates and postgraduates from the College of Education, Zhejiang University, embarked on their journey in the 2017 American Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summer Camp. This summer camp is focused on learning and school environment, sports management and athletic rehabilitation, oceans and sustainable development, and cultural innovation and heritage protection.    Donald B. Young, Dean of the College of Education and Professor ...

    On the morning of August 7, the 28th edition of the International Design Contest Robocon (IDC Robocon 2017) kicked off at Zhejiang University. The event lasted two weeks.    Initiated by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1990, the educational contest aims to foster university students’ creativity and bring entertainment and international experience to these promising engineers.    Profe...

    The avian flu outbreaks in 2009 and 2013 have left vivid memory and great concern among the general public. A ban on live poultry trading has not yet been lifted in Hangzhou to prevent the transmission from birds to humans through close contact with diseased birds or their feces. Previous studies shows that human-to-human transmission of avian flu is limited, which makes you wonder about the reason.     As reported in August issue of the journal Angewa...

 37  overseas students, 16 countries and regions, 19 universities…. From  June 21 to July 11, the School of Management held a unique program which  offered participants an opportunity to understand the entrepreneurial  spirit in Hangzhou, one of China's most dynamic innovation hubs.    This  year’s theme is “Entrepreneurship in China & One Belt One Road  (OBOR)”. Combining fieldwork with courses, the program encourages  part...

Normal07.8 磅02falsefalsefalseEN-USZH-CNX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4    “At Zhejiang University, I have improved professional and pedagogical knowledge tremendously,” said one of the Ph.D. candidates at a seminar regarding the Joint Doctoral and Undergraduate Program between Zhejiang University and Guizhou University on July 29.  Since 2009, a total of 327 Guizhou University students have received education at Zhejiang University. The Joint Doctoral Program has bec...

Normal07.8 磅02falsefalsefalseEN-USZH-CNX-NONEMicrosoftInternetExplorer4    In April, 2017, Zhejiang University Press (ZUP), together with Oxford University Press (OUP), launched a new, peer reviewed open-access journal: Food Quality and Safety (FQS).  The editors-in-chief, Dr. Chen Kunsong (Zhejiang University) and Dr. Mondher Bouzayen (French National Institute for Agricultural Research) will ensure FQS offers an international and comprehensive overview of food pr...

    The 3rd Provincial “Internet Plus” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Contest for College Students was staged on July 26-28 at Hangzhou Dianzi University. A total of 25 projects from Zhejiang University made it to the final. Zhejiang University ranked first by clinching 16 gold medals and 8 silver medals. These teams stood out in terms of innovation, business mode, development scope, and capability of resolving employment problems.

    In the case of viral intrusion, interferon is the most essential cytokine in our body to protect our health. The research team, led by Prof. Cao Xuetao, a scientist of immunology at Zhejiang University, has located a type of protein which can enormously enhance the antiviral effect of interferon and thereby promote the capability of fighting against various viruses. The study titled “Methyltransferase SETD2-Mediated Methylation of STAT1 Is Critical for Interferon Antivir...