It is showering again – raindrops falling in a splashing way, making pitter-patter sounds on my glass window, the odour of wet leaves sops in. Not quite British. The rain in UK is recognisable: it comes suddenly but gently, no shelter is needed, no sound can be heard, and mostly in an hour, it fades away. Just like the rain there, the country about 9000 kilometres far from where I am, leaves i...

On June 7th, Prof. David Srolovitz was invited to speak on the Unified Theory of Interface Dynamics in Crystalline Materials for the 187th edition of the Luojia Lecture series. He is the author of over 450 papers and an established expert on topics such as grain boundaries, dislocations, microstructure evolution, dislocations, and film growth. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineeri...

In the late June, the “912” playground witnessed the commencement of over 7 thousand graduates. Among them, there was a special group of graduates. They came from different countries but enjoyed their youth in the same university. These photos recorded every excellent moment of them on that wonderful day. To them, it meant the most perfect reunion by then but also the longest separation in th...

​The green and vibrant June embraces the annual Exhibition of works by graduates from School of Urban Design. The past four years endow the graduates with knowledge and inspirations, thus eventually giving birth to these marvelous works. Immature as they may seem, these works are the fruits of their efforts and wisdom, which fully reflect their talents and brilliance.This is a children-ori...

As the summer begins in WHU, it is noticeable that more and more streaks of colors start to appear in the once pale Campus of Engineering. If you look closer, you will be surprised to find this injection of color are from the manhole covers scattered around campus. Recently, a cooperative project was started by the Youth Volunteers Association (YVA) of WHU’s School of Urban Design and a public...

It is 7:00 in the morning, usually a time when the whole campus was still in peace. But on this day, even before the first class began and the first round of school buses took off, thousands of youngsters wearing academic gowns had already arrived at the 9·12 Playground to prepare for the biggest moment of their life (thus far)—their graduation ceremony!On June 22nd, the Wuhan Univers...

There is a well-kept secret in the old dormitory building of Faculty of Engineering in Wuhan University. In this isolated heaven, windows are covered by black corduroy curtains, and the gray tapes block every door crack. This is a dark corner discarded by brightness and time. Rolling, developing, stopping and fixating... The old radio playing husky songs, there are always figures working with l...

Recently, at the invitation of the Urban Energy Group, the team from the State Key Laboratory for Information Engineering in Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing of Wuhan University has successfully detected and positioned the leakage location in the heat-supply pipeline system of Gavle, Sweden.The team is formed by lab graduates Lu Yuncheng, Wang Xinyu, Jia Tianyi, Xiang Tianzhu, Xu Yao, Wa...

It’s June again, a time to celebrate the achievements of these young freshly minted graduates. Their faces are glowing like sunshine and these rollicking students are smiling wholeheartedly, not merely simpering, as they pose for photographs at every possible location on campus. It’s also a moment of immense pride for their parents who had been raring to see them in that coveted graduation ga...

Last May, the 11th Top10 Outstanding Students Award Ceremony was grandly held in the Humanities Hall, Wuhan University(WHU). With over 10 years of history, this activity has become one of the most influential events on campus. When the list of the 20 finalist candidates came out in mid-April, every student was curious about who would be the winner this year. In fact, even though ten of them did...