At 12:13 p.m. of June 2nd, the scientific experiment satellite Luojia-1ofWuhan University was launched on the Long March-2D rocket atJiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The satellite was successfully sent into the pre-selected orbit at 12:27:03 p.m. By the press time, it works well and enters the phase of In-Orbit Test (IOT). The Luojia-1 satellite launched on the Long March-2D rocketScientists ...

On May 22nd, Abdon Fredrik Ronsten, the governor of Darana of Sweden, and Sofia Jarl, the vice-governor led a 15-member delegation team to Wuhan University(WHU) with the aim at promoting youth exchanges and entrepreneurial cooperation programs between Darana and Wuhan. Zhao Xuemei, deputy secretary of CPC Committee of Wuhan University, attended related activities.In Luojia Enterprise Incubator ...

At 11:25:34 on June 4th, the scientific experiment satellite Luojia 1 successfully transmitted its first image. The image is about the Abu Dhabi and Dubai of the United Arab Emirates, where the Palm Island and the road network are clearly shown.The major satellite launched together with Luojia 1 is Gaofen-6. Technicians from WHU take participation in processing its first image.   The first imag...

The result of the CLIC (Challenge of Learned Image Compression) of CVPR (Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition) 2018 was released. ​Professor Chen Zhenzhong from School of Remote Sensing and Information Engineering, teaming up with the Silicon Valley Research Center of Tencent Audio and Video Laboratory, won the first prize of the PSNR (Peak Signal to Noise Ratio) in the CLIC.C...

The morning of June 22nd has seen the 2018 Wuhan University Commencement Ceremony. At the witness and blessing of a strong mentor team, over 10,000 WHU graduates attended this commencement in the heavy rain and tears, inspired by this final class on campus and starting for a new journey of life.The mentor team is comprised of 81 tutors: Party Secretary of Wuhan University Han Jin, President Dou...

Duke Kunshan University（DKU）is a joint university established by Wuhan University(China), Duke University (U.S)and Kunshan municipal government in Jiangsu province. The school provides five master's programs and a global liberal arts program to exchange undergraduates both home and abroad. The program aims to provide one-semester innovative undergraduate comprehensive education. Here, studen...

Standards Press of China published the national standard GB/T 35646-2017, namely Basic requirements of incremental updating of navigable electronic maps. This standard is drafted and directed by Professor Li Bijun from State Key Laboratory of Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing (LIESMARS), Wuhan University. This Requirementswill officially come into force on July 1...

Members from the WHU Enactus Club have put their ideas for establishing art classes for rural area pupils into practice. On April 13th, the project was officially launched during the opening ceremony at the playground of Xiaogang Primary School in Ezhou City, eastwards of Wuhan. The project received strong support from the students throughout WHU who volunteered to serve as art teachers. The X...

On the morning of May 4, 2018, The International Conference onChan & Zen & Seon：The Formation of Chan Buddhism and Its Spread in the World, hosted by the Research Institute for International Chan Culture of Wuhan University and International Zen Research Project, Institute for Oriental Studies of Toyo University, took place at Zhenhua Building, the school of philosophy, Wuhan University. This...

One evening, the History Museum of WHU was so crowded that many students had to resort to standing throughout the entire event. They gathered here to listen to Liu Yuejin’s lecture, which was about his comprehension of Dufu, a poet who exerted a lasting influence on the history of Chinese and Japanese literature.Dufu lived in an era when a multitude of Chinese scholars and poets surfaced while...