On September 7, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital affiliated with the Zhejiang University School of Medicine signed an agreement to join the Mayo Clinic Care Network. It is the first health care system from China to join the network.    Mayo Clinic is a group of independent organizations committed to improving the quality and delivery of health care through collaboration. In the U.S. News & World Report rankings of top hospitals, Mayo Clinic is the #1 hosp...

    A delegation from the College of Education, Zhejiang University, including 3 teachers, 2 postgraduate students and 20 undergraduate students, took a cultural tour of Thailand on August 22-28. They visited the UNESCO Office in Bangkok, the Education Office of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Thailand, Thammasat University, the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Chulalongkorn University and Chia...

    On August 23, the 2017 National University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Alliance Summit was held at Zhejiang University. It brought together more than 300 new media elites from various universities and a galaxy of experts and celebrated entrepreneurs. They explored the trend of innovation and entrepreneurship among university students in the new economic climate and delved into the contributing factors of innovation and entrepreneurship, thereby facilitating the growth...

    Xie Zhenye, a postgraduate student of athletic training at Zhejiang University, added the 200m title to the 100m gold he won earlier, with a national record-breaking run of 20.20 seconds at the 13th National Games of China on September 5. Xie has thus become the seventh man to do the 100m and 200m double at the National Games of China.“I will brace for more challenges with a humble attitude in the future and make every endeavor to win in both 100m and 200m sprints, ...

    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...