As we are bracing ourselves for new adventures of 2016, please join us in a quick recap of WHU’S 2015.
January
WHU for the First Time Honored with the National Science and TechnologyProgress Award and the Innovation Team Award
On January 9th, 2014, the National Annual Science and Technology Awards Conference was held by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. WHU won six awards, among which the Earth Observation and Navigation Technology team was honored with the National Science and Technology Progress Award and the Innovation Team Award. Two outcomes WHU presided separately won second prizes of National Technological Invention Award and National Science and the Technology Progress Award, and other three outcomes WHU participated in won second prizes of National Science and Technology Progress Award. Give it up for all WHUers, because we are the biggest winner of Award Season 2015!
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1775.htm
February
Logia Café: A New Home for WHU Alumni
Wuhan Logia Café, a chain coffee house founded by all-WHU-alumni opened on November 29th, 2014 through crowdfunding. It is a way to build connections among WHU’s alumni who still work in the city. Logia café also provides an entrepreneurial platform especially for the students with ideas who are still on campus. The alumni-connected platform could not only help develop novel projects, but also offer some creative thoughts and experience. Logia café is now recruiting the initial sponsors from all over the country to build up the Logia website. In the near future, Logia café will burgeon across the country. Of all the coffee houses in all the towns in all the world, we’ll someday walk into one under the name “Luojia”, because it feels like home.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1785.htm
March
New Blueprint for Three-Party Cooperation among WHU, Duke and DKU
On March 9th, Larry Carin, Duke Vice Provost for Research, and Haiyan Gao, DKU Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, started their two-day visit to Wuhan University to discuss future cooperation plans with WHU faculties, staff and administrators. The fruitful talks paint a new blueprint for future cooperation among the three parties who have reached a consensus on the specific action plan of WHU-Duke Research Center and other initiatives.With more cooperation as such, we are truly going from Wuhan University to the world.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1799.htm
April
Professor Song Baoliang Discovers New Cue for Peroxisomal Disorders
Cell, one of the most renowned magazines in life sciences, published the research findings of Professor Song Baoliang’s research team on cholesterol on April, 9, 2015. The paper Cholesterol Transport through Lysosome-peroxisome Membrane Contactspenned by professor Song Baoliang focuses on the explanation and improvement of human genetic diseases, which extends a new direction in the study of cholesterol transport in cells. We interviewed Professor Song Baoliang shortly after our knowledge of the heartening news. Though we may not understand 100% his research paper, there is one thing we are 100% sure about—he is dreamy~
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1081/1817.htm
May
The Opening Ceremony of “the Flying Stone” --Wanlin Art Museum
On May 9th, 2015, the day before Mother’s Day, outstanding alumnus Chen Dongsheng took his mother along to unveil Wanlin Art Museum in his alma mater Wuhan University. The art museum is funded by Chen and is named after his father. As the chairman and CEO of Taikang Life Insurance Co., Ltd, Chen Dongsheng donated 100 million yuan for the building on the Wuhan University 120th anniversary, and he also donated a batch of artworks worth about 30 million RMB. Wanlin Art Museum is located at the center of Wuhan University, between the new library and the central lake. Thus, Wanlin would be a center of teaching, scientific research, administrative management and a place for student activities. Dear WHU alumni, if you’re beating your breast for having been born too early to partake of this wonderful museum, here’s one more reason you should come back from time to time.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1877.htm
June
Belgium King Philippe Visits WHU
On June 22th, 2015, King Philippe of the Kingdom of Belgium paid a visit to Wuhan University and delivered a speech to WHU faculty and students. At 2:20 sharp in the afternoon, King Philippe arrived at the hall of the Old Library and received a warm welcome from the audience. He was later conferred with the title of Honorary Professor of Wuhan University. Congratulations to all WHUers, you’re officially the addressees of a “King’s Speech”!
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1942.htm
July
First World Leading University Rowing Regatta: WHU Claims Silver
WHU team got a tough draw in the race, facing strong rivals including University of Cambridge, University of Oxford and the host team Shanghai Jiaotong University. However, they entered the final with first place in the semifinal. In the last round, though started slow, WHU rowers quickened the pace and beat Oxford, Cambridge and University of Sydney, etc. in the last 600 meters only behind Shanghai Jiaotong University. One minute we are looking up to universitis like Cambridge and Oxford, the next minute we are already beating them, in the water.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1955.htm
August
Cambridge University Hosts Yeh Chun Chan Exhibition
On July 21st, titled “Yeh Chun Chan and World War II—A Chinese Member of the Bloomsbury Group”, a photographic exhibition marking the life of the renowned Chinese translator Yeh Chun Chan was launched at King's College, University of Cambridge. The exhibition was held in celebration of the Chinese-British Year of Cultural Exchange as well as the 70thanniversary of the conclusion of World War II. By revealing various historical documents, the display illustrated the great contribution made by Yeh, an outstanding alumnus of Wuhan University, in terms of both cultural communication between China and UK and advocacy for the worldwide condemnation of fascism. To those who are not familiar with the name “Yeh Chun Chan”: he is the reason for our childhood access to the Andersen’s Fairy Tales, for out of more than 80 Chinese versions, his translation was the established best.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1960.htm
September
Wuhan University Team Wins First Position in 2015 Modal APEC
A team at Wuhan University won the championship at 2015 Modal APEC held from 24th to 27th August at Beijing International Conference Center. The team members are Jiang Shan (sophomore atthe College of Foreign Languages and Literature), Xia Sichen (senior at the College of Foreign Languages and Literature), Qin Yujia (senior at the School of Economy and Management). Directed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of PRC and the Youth League of China and organized by APEC for Communication and Development and the Asian-Pacific Modal APEC Committee. Modal APEC is a dynamic, engaging, thought-provoking and ground-breaking program. More than 60 universities and thousands of college students within China take part in the event every year.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1969.htm
October
On Writing, Chinese, and Writing about Chinese—a dialogue with professor and writer Du Qinggang
Last October, writer and professor Du Qinggang, Dean of School of Foreign Languages and Literature, sat down with our correspondents for an interview about his latest novel Zi Xing Tian Xia and his take on writing about culture-related subjects.It’s really hard to put into perspective just how remarkable Professor Du Qinggang is. To say that he is a skilled writer would be to downplay his talent. It is only fair to say that you’re not properly being a WHUer if you haven’t read his latest work—Zi Xing Tian Xia.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/1991.htm
November
Nature Publishes Research Findings Cooperatively Made by Professor Deng Hexiang’s Team
Nov. 9th, 2015 (GMT), Nature published a research finding named adsorption and adsorbatesuperlattice formation in metal-organic frameworks, a great discovery made by an international research group in which WHU Professor Deng Hexiang’s Team plays a major role. This academic finding was achieved by concerted effort of researchers from Wuhan University, Korean Technology University, Stockholm University, University of California, Berkeley and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Professor Deng Hexiang from School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, WHU with Hae Sung Choi and Keiichi Miyasaka from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology spearheaded the study. I can’t believe we still haven’t got a chance to interview Professor Deng and his team…
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1081/2052.htm
December
Professor Xia Jun elected member of Chinese Academy of Sciences
On 17, Dec, Professor Xia Jun of School of Water resources and Hydropower Engineering was officially admitted as member of CAS Division of Earth Sciences. Ever since Prof. Jun Xia started his enduring study on hydrology and water resources in the 1970s, he has devoted strenuous efforts to this field. The countless awards he received are the best rewards for his diligence and persistent pursuit. Focusing on the non-linear water cycle, the uncertainty of global climate changes, and the coupling of multiple water systems, Prof. Xia has obtained many achievements highly recognized by the international academic community. For Prof. Xia, water not only made his dreams came true; it also nourished his heart.
See: http://en.whu.edu.cn/info/1050/2085.htm
(Edited by Sijia Hu)
