The 1st National Maternal and Child Health Science & Technology Convention was held in Beijing on February 19. The Convention announced the selection of 99 projects as recipients of the 1st Maternal and Child Health Science & Technology Award. Children’s Hospital affiliated to Zhejiang University clinched two 2nd prizes: Fundamental Clinical Research into Comprehensive Treatment of Critically-ill Neonates and Its Application by Prof. Du Lizhong and Establishment of Early Screening and I...

As of 2015, Zhejiang University has set up special funds for schools, departments or institutes to offer courses to international postgraduate students as part of the International Summer School.In 2015, it launched 4 programs, including the International Doctoral Summer School of China’s Innovation Circles and Academy by the School of Management, the International Summer School of Neuromorphic Computing by the College of Computer Science and Technology, ZJU-MCS International Bridging Program f...

China’s Ministry of Education announced the rankings of authorized invention patents in 2015 and effective invention patents by the end of 2015 among China’s institutions of higher education. Statistics revealed that Zhejiang  University ranked 1st in the number of authorized invention patents.The quantity and quality of patents have long served as a vital yardstick against which to measure the innovativeness of a university or college.Zhejiang University, the Harbin Institute of Technolo...

On February 1, 2016, the Ministry of Education gave its seal of approval to set up ZJU-UoE Institute, Zhejiang University, and ZJU-UIUC Institute, Zhejiang  University as two Chinese-foreign cooperatively-run institutes, which marks the beginning of a substantially significant phase for Haining International Campus. The examination and approval of Chinese-foreign cooperation in running schools is a highly policy-oriented and standardized administrative procedure. The Ministry of Educat...

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced the selection of 126 outstanding young scholars as recipients of the 2016 Sloan Research Fellowships on February 23. Weng Jingke, who obtained his bachelor degree in biotechnology in 2003 at Zhejiang University, scooped this remarkable honor. Weng Jingke was admitted to ZJU in 1999 and did his major in biotechnology. “My undergraduate career produces a far-reaching impact on every aspect of my life. I am greatly indebted to Prof. Du Jiceng for his genero...

 At the invitation of the Confucius Institute at the University of Western Australia (UWA), Zhejiang University Wenqin Art Troupe put on a series of performances in Australia, starting on February 9, 2016. The performances were greeted with warm applause in the UWA community.On February 12, the troupe gave a special performance at the Great Southern Grammar School in Albany. Over 700 middle school students watched the performance. They were amazed by the brilliant performance and developed ...

On November 18, 2015, Dr. Zhai Junqing of the College of Education published an article entitled “Spiderman and Science: How students’ images of scientists are shaped by popular media” in Public Understanding of Science, a fully peer reviewed, quarterly international journal covering all aspects of the inter-relationships between science (including technology and medicine). ResearchGate and the Society of Science and Public provided special coverage about Dr. Zhai’s research findings in thei...

On the morning of January 29, Zhejiang  University and ZTT Group signed an agreement to establish Zhongtian Marine Systems Co. Ltd.. As one of the pioneering research institutions to carry out research into core technologies regarding the seafloor observatory network in China, ZJU has made breakthrough achievements in underwater junction boxes and accumulated an abundance of experience and technological capabilities. Prof. Yang Huangyong extended his cordial welcome to Mr. Xue Jiping, Presi...

 As a crew member of a fixed-wing aircraft, Wang Bangbing, an associate professor of the School of Earth Science, Zhejiang University, participated in China’s 32nd scientific expedition to Antarctica on Chinese icebreaker “Xuelong”. Apart from gathering data, Wang was also involved in processing and explaining radio-echo sounding data.One of the highlights of this scientific expedition to Antarctica was to carry out airborne geophysical detecting in Princess Elizabeth Land near China’s ...

 To promote the pioneering development of life sciences and showcase major scientific achievements in this field, China Association for Science and Technology selected China’s Top 10 Achievements in Life Sciences in 2015 and announced the result on January 24. Findings, entitled “Two insulin receptors determine alternative wing morphs in planthoppers”, by a research team led by Prof. Zhang Chuanxi of the College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, were listed as one of...