Happy New Year!

LUO Xiao a steadfast guard against Alzheime

Recently,an“Alzheimer’sprevention”squaredance,accompaniedbycatchyandrhythmicmusic,hasgoneviralonChinesesocialmedia.Itischoreographedbythemanwholeadsthedanceinfront.HeisLUOXiao,aZJUalumnusandaradiologistattheSecondAffiliatedHospitalofZhejiangUniversitySchoolofMedicine(SAHZU).Onsocialmedia,heisknownasLuoXixiBoshi,DoctorLuoXixi.In2013,LuoenrolledonajointpostgraduateprogrambyZhejiangUniversityandtheN...

Symposium held in celebration of Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee’s 95th birthday

OnNov.20,ZhejiangUniversityhostedasymposiumincelebrationofthe30thanniversaryofZhejiangInstituteofModernPhysicsandthe95thbirthdayofDr.Tsung-DaoLee,NobelPrizelaureateinphysicsandanalumnusoftheNationalCheKiangUniversity(thepredecessorofZhejiangUniversity).Beforethesymposium,Dr.LeesentahandwrittenmessagetoexpresshisbestwishestotheInstitute:“studyingthephenomenaofnature,acquiringquintessentialknowledgei...

ZJU and LMU Munich signed an Agreement for Joint Doctoral Studies

ZhejiangUniversityVicePresidentYANJianhuaandLMUMunichVicePresidentFrancescaBiaginisignedanAgreementforJointDoctoralStudiesonDecember14asalateststepinthedevelopmentofco-supervisionmechanisms.“WiththisAgreement,ZhejiangUniversitywillestablishascholarshiptosupportourPhDcandidatestostudyatLMUMunich,”saidProf.Yan,expressingthehopetointegratePhDmobilitycloselywithjointresearchbetweenfacultymembers.Itstr...

Seeing is believing phase transformation in titanium alloys observed at atomic scale

Titaniumisanimportantstructuralmetal.Titaniumalloysarewidelyusedinaerospaceandbiomedicalapplications,thankstotheirlightweight,remarkablespecificstrength,superbcorrosionresistanceandhighheatresistance.Recently,Prof.YUQianinProf.ZHANGZe’sgroupattheCenterofElectronMicroscopyinZhejiangUniversityledherteamincollaborationwithProf.MAEnandProf.ZHANGWeifromXi’anJiaotongUniversityandProf.Long-qingChenfromth...

Zhejiang University and University of Luxembourg inaugurate joint lab to explore interdisciplinary collaboration

OnDecember6，theinaugurationceremonyofZhejiangUniversity-UniversityofLuxembourgJointLabonAdvancedIntelligentSystemsandREasoning(ZLAIRE)wassuccessfullyheldonline.Theeventbroughttogetherover30delegatesfrombothcountries.H.E.YANGXiaorong,AmbassadorofChinainLuxembourg,praisedthepositiveroleofZLAIREinheropeningremarks,“Thejointlabwillprovideabrand-newplatformforbothcountriestocooperateininterdisciplinary...

A team of dream builders in Jingdong

[Editor’snote:TodaymarksInternationalVolunteerDaywiththe2021theme:Volunteernowforourcommonfuture.Since2013,52postgraduatestudentsofZhejiangUniversityhavetraveledtovolunteerinhighschoolsinJingdongYiautonomouscounty,southwestChinasYunnanprovince,2600kilometersawayfromHangzhou,wheretheUniversityislocated.TheProjectofTargetedSupporttoJingdongbytheZJUPostgraduateVolunteerTeachingTeamwasselectedbyChina’...

Two ZJU professors named CAS and CAE foreign members respectively in 2021

Recently,twoQiushiChairprofessorsofZhejiangUniversity,Prof.HywelRhysThomasandProf.BillieF.SpencerJr.,havebeenelectedasforeignmembersoftheChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)andtheChineseAcademyofEngineering(CAE)respectively,China’shighesthonorforforeignscientists.“ElectionasaForeignMemberoftheCASisaverygreathonor.Itisundoubtedlyoneofthehighlightsofmyprofessionalcareer.Ihavealreadybenefittedsomuchfromwork...

Wenqin Chorus shines at World Choir Games

Atthe11thWorldChoirGames,whichcametoanendonNov.7inhostcitiesAntwerpandGhent,WenqinChorusofZhejiangUniversityachievedExcellentinthecategoryof“AdultChoirs”amongmorethan300outstandingchoirsaroundtheworld.Thisyear,theWorldChoirGames,theworld’slargestinternationalchoircompetition,wereheldinahybridformatforthefirsttimeintheirhistory.Nofewerthan22,000spectatorswitnessedtheuniquevibethatcharacterizesthes...

Professor CHEN Hongsheng named IEEE Fellow

ProfessorCHENHongsheng,deanoftheZhejiangUniversityCollegeofInformationScienceandElectronicEngineering,hasbeennameda2022fellowoftheInstituteofElectricalandElectronicsEngineers(IEEE)forhissignificantcontributionstoelectromagneticmetamaterialandinvisibilitycloak.IEEEfellowisthehighestgradeofmembership.Thetotalnumberselectedinanyoneyearcannotexceed0.1%ofthetotalvotingmembership.Prof.Chenfocuseshiscurren...

Professor DAI Daoxin named Optica fellows

Recentdays,Optica(formerlyOSA)announcedits2022FellowswhichincludeProf.DAIDaoxinfromtheZhejiangUniversityCollegeofOpticalScienceandEngineering.106scientistsfrom24countrieswerenewlyelectedastheOpticafellows.Since1959,over2,800membershavejoinedtheranksofFellow,accountingfornomorethan10%ofthetotalmembershipoftheOptica.Prof.Daiwaselectedforhissignificantcontributionstoadvancedpassivesiliconphotonicdevice...

5 ZJU scientists named CAS and CAE members in 2021

OnNovember18,theChineseAcademyofSciences(CAS)andtheChineseAcademyofEngineering(CAE)unveiledthelistofthisyear’snewmembers.Prof.RUANYongbinattheInstituteforAdvancedStudyinMathematicsandProf.XUShilangattheCollegeofCivilEngineeringandArchitecturewereelectedCASmembers.Prof.ZHENGJinyangandProf.GAOXiangattheCollegeofEnergyEngineeringaswellasProf.YUJingquanattheCollegeofAgricultureandBiotechnologywerenamed...

Joint Symposium on Frontiers in Organ Transplantation successfully held

OnNovember12th,the“FrontiersinOrganTransplantation2021JointSymposium”wassuccessfullyheldinAffiliatedHangzhouFirstPeoplesHospital,ZhejiangUniversitySchoolofMedicine.Theconferencewasco-chairedbyProf.XUXiaofromtheZhejiangUniversitySchoolofMedicine,andProf.KouroshSaeb-ParsyfromtheUniversityofCambridgeSchoolofClinicalMedicine.

Zhejiang University and Heidelberg University sign agreement for student exchange program

OnOctober26,Prof.HELianzhen,vicepresidentofZhejiangUniversity,andProf.Marc-PhilippeWeller,vice-rectorforInternationalAffairsatHeidelbergUniversity,signedanagreementforastudentexchangeprogrambyvideolink.Bothpartiessharedtheirideasandinitiativesinscientificresearchandglobalcooperation.Theyhopedthatthetwouniversitiescoulddeepencooperationinthedomainsofdigitalhealthandsustainabledevelopment.Theyalsolook...