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24May-2017
The Spring of Luojia—a feast of technology and invention
Drones circling low, immersive VR glasses, smart cars automatically recognizing the routes, novel interconnected innovation on paper… a series of the latest technological results of students’ innovation and entrepreneurship are exhibited closely on May 13. This is the opening ceremony of the fifteenth Spring of Luojia festival of technology and culture together with the technology open day. T...
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19May-2017
Stories from Columbia, Cornell, and NYU
For WHUers, a spring semester at an Ivy League university is no more a flight of fancy. GEP (Global Exchange Program) has made this seemingly far-fetched dream possible for aspiring undergraduates. Exchange program to top US colleges is definitely an adventure of a lifetime. To be able to enroll in a differently structured academic program that is so conducive to creativity, is a monumental ach...
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18May-2017
Professor Li Xingxing awarded G Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists by the European Geosciences Union
Recently, The European Geosciences Union (EGU) conferred G Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award for 2017 on Li Xingxing, Professor and doctoral supervisor from School of Geodesy and Geomatics of Wuhan University. Professor Li Xingxing was honored as a member of “Young Overseas High-Level Talents Introduction Plan” by the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the ...
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17May-2017
The Readers in WHU
It was an ordinary Wednesday afternoon; when the sun beamed ceaselessly onto the ground, the whole campus was drenched in a cozy, serene atmosphere. A long line of people gathered in front of a temporarily raised pavilion, each holding a piece of paper in the palm of their hands. Murmuring, they kept waiting outside.The crowded people were here for the opportunity to record their renditions o...
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12May-2017
China as a responsible stakeholder
“Our visas are issued!” It was only 20 hours before our plane to Raleigh-Durham took off, and my partner and I could finally take a break from the exhausting anxiety that our planned visit to Duke wouldn’t happen because of a visa problem. Already exhausted, none of us could have imagined the kindness and hospitality we would experience in North Carolina. Upon the courtesy of the Interna...
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11May-2017
The three Musketeers of Luojia
“Some females in Wuhan University represent ‘Jia’, and they hold up half the sky of our university.” Said President Dou Xiankang in an interview on Women’s Day. The word “Jia”, an ancient woman’s jade ornament, forms the phrase “Luojia”, the name of the most famous mountain in which WHU’s campus is situated by and also an alias of WHU.When listing the women who were as respected as...
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10May-2017
To be the real host of WHU——students and their proposals on WHU Leadership Reception Day
On April 20th, the WHU Leadership Reception was held in the Administration Building. Vice-President Li Fei and staff representatives from the WHU Office of Security, Office of Logistics Service, Office of Publicity and so on attended the meeting. The WHU School Leadership Reception, which has a history of more than four years, was launched to solve present problems on campus by opening up commu...
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8May-2017
Foreign exchange students speak: WHU in a nutshell
Backpacking to a different country is not only liberating, it’s downright thrilling. No one can stay in one place for their whole life. It is only natural that students crave to experience culture, food and language that are worlds apart. The foreign exchange students who arrived this year, found themselves mired in an environment that was totally alien—but in a good way.Thankfully, the stu...
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4May-2017
Egypt: Once in a Lifetime
When the airplane was flying over Sinai Peninsula, where insurgencies occurred recently, I could not hold myself from fear. Before I finally made up my mind, I was told more than once that I should pay special attention to my safety. However, I could never imagine how much I would miss this country had I never visited Egypt. Even the blasts that hit the city just the day before I left did not l...
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28Apr-2017
The dancing silhouette in black and white—Top 10 Dancers Contest
The glamorous Latin dance spurts passion and fascination in every stretching and crouching. Allure and strength burst out from the Jazz dancer’s tough and tensile movements. The popping dancer dances to the brisk drum beat and presents a dynamic feast for the eyes. The fast movement switches amazes the audiences. The classical...