Amidst the delicate petals, brilliance and beauty unfold, where art harmonizes with the enchantment of nature, igniting inspiration. In the course titled "New Agricultural Science Practice - Flower Arrangement and Appreciation", this captivating scene comes to life. Led by teacher LI Fang, every weekly session sees the entire class immersed in the creation of diverse flower arrangements, encompassing flower preservation, Eastern natural-style, Western rule-based style, modern free-styl...

Students at Zhejiang University enjoy experiencing natural beauty even in the smallest spaces, finding harmony in careful nurturing. Every year, certain balconies in student apartments "transform" into spectacular gardens, bursting with a riot of colorful flowers that elicit admiration from any passerby.Among the creators of these botanical masterpieces is HAN Xiangyu, a Class of 2024 Master’s student from the University’s School of Mechanical Engineering. Over the years, he has meti...

“Infinite distances and countless individuals, all resonate with you and me.”Initially, teachers from the Institue of Accessible Design under the Architectural Design&Research Institute of Zhejiang University put forward an idea, aiming to rally some students to establish a youth team to engage in accessibility practice, volunteer service, and concept propaganda. With an interest in accessibility design and the aspiration to contribute to accessible environment construction,...

In a recent collaboration, Assistant Prof. NAN Kewang, Prof. GU Zhen from the College of Pharmaceutical Science at Zhejiang University (ZJU), along with Prof. Robert S. Langer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), published a review paper Macroencapsulated bacteria for in vivo sensing and therapeutics in the peer-reviewed journal Matter. The article is one of the first in the field that defines the concept of “macroencapsulated bacteria”. Co-first authors are LYU...

HE Yanwen ('24, Business Administration) from the School of Management is one of the recipients of the Chu Kochen Scholarship (the highest honor bestowed upon ZJU students) for the academic year 2022-2023. Notably, she holds the status of National Second-level Athlete in swimming and is a member of ZJU’s non-specialized students’ swimming team. Yanwen has amassed a remarkable collection of 33 medals throughout provincial and higher-level swimming competitions, including 13 golds. For the B...

LIN Jianmin & FANG Sunke et al. from the Ocean College at Zhejiang University have successfully tackled the challenge of accurately monitoring typhoon development and intensity through in situ observations. Leveraging the submarine optical-fiber distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) technology, the researchers observed the microseismic noise induced by ocean surface gravity waves (OSGWs) during the passage of Typhoon Muifa in 2022. Their findings, published in an open-access article titled...

Myocardial hypertrophy, characterized by an increase in cardiac muscle mass, is an adaptive response to pathological stimuli such as hypertension and valve disease. While initially beneficial, sustained hypertrophy may lead to further disease progression and exacerbate heart failure, which is one of the most common and deadly medical conditions worldwide and remains incurable. Inhibition or reversal of cardiac hypertrophy and subsequent maladaptive myocardial remodeling is the main treatments fo...

Given warming-induced decoupling between growth timing and annual woody growth, the subtle responses of wood formation (e.g., xylem phenology) to multiple facets of global warming should be quantified to improve our understanding of forest growth dynamics; however, this task remains challenging. One of the largest uncertainties in the responses of wood formation to global warming is the inferences derived solely from mean annual temperatures.Given the immediate threats posed by worldwide increas...

CHEN Sijie, a graduate student (Year3) majoring in Chinese Philology at the School of Literature of ZJU, shows a remarkable academic journey. Graduating with top honors in all 19 undergraduate courses, he published four CSSCI papers and one AMI paper during his master’s degree. Also, he received the national scholarship three times during his undergraduate and graduate studies and undertook important investigative research work in multiple international projects. The core of CHEN's sch...

In the gymnastics room of a swimming pool, students are lined up, focusing intently on their empty hands. Their expressions shift from furrowed brows to smiles as they delve into the world of drama. Suddenly, one student raises their head, feeling their way around in search of something, while another carefully adjusts the position of their hands in front of them."I hope to open a door to the world of drama for students, allowing them to see what drama is all about. It is not as unapproacha...