On November 28th, the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced its 2017 list of 61 newly elected academicians, which includes two WHU professors and one WHU alumni. Xu Hongxing, Dean of School of Physics and Technology, was elected the academician of Division of Mathematics and Physics; President Dou Xiankang was elected the academician of Division of Earth Science. Alumni Wang Xiaofan was also el...

The 2017 Chinese Society of World Economics Conference with the theme of globalization changes and the new challenges of opening to the outside world (openness), was held successfully at the School of Economics and Management in WHU on last October. Scholars, professors, experts and students majoring in world economics from dozens of colleges and scientific research institutions attended this c...

Dragon dance, dragon boat racing and tai chi are great legacies of traditional Chinese culture. In order to raise awareness for inheriting traditional culture among students, Wuhan University integrated these three cultural heritages into its P.E. course as a new practice. Each class applies to many students.Dragon dance is a form of traditional dance and performance in Chinese culture....

Harvard investigator Tobias Walther was invited to share his unprecedented work on lipid droplet biology at the “2017 Wuhan International Symposium–Lipid Metabolism and Disease” held at Wuhan University’s School of Life Sciences. Jointly organized by the School of Life Sciences and the Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, the symposium was supported by the Chinese Ministry of Educati...

On October 28th, as darkness fell, thousands of visitors thronged the Meiyuan playground. It was on this day that the 29th Luojia Autumn Arts Festival was in full swing within Wuhan University. Never failing to attract WHUers，this annual event brought audience a visual feast on such an exciting night.To characterize the theme “Dong Fang Hong”, which symbolized power and auspiciousness in a...

Five professors from Wuhan University were elected the award-winners of The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. Hence the number of finalists from Wuhan University ranks number 6 among all universities nationwide. It also makes this year the most fruitful year since WHU participated in the event.The five professors are Hu...

The curtains rose for University of Aberdeen Day and Wuhan University International Day in the square of Wanlin Museum on November 1st with Vice President Li Fei declaring the commencement of this event. Vice Principal John Paterson together with the delegation from University of Aberdeen, representatives from British Consulate, leadership from relevant schools and administrations of WHU, teach...

On October 31, the Forum of Higher Education on China-France-Africa French-speaking countries was held in Old Library, Wuhan University. Sponsored by Wuhan University, the forum attracted presidents, experts and scholars from over 20 universities and research institutions. The Forum aims at strengthening trilateral cooperation, establishing an open and effective international platform, promotin...

Based on the theory, methodology and application of Satellite Geodetic Surveying, an outstanding research team led by Li Jiancheng, a Chinese Academy of Engineering academician in the School of Geodesy and Geomatics of Wuhan University (WHU), has successfully earned a spot in the creative research groups, which are assessed and selected by the National Natural Foundation of China. So remarkable...

On October 28th, the United Nations Outreach Program on Human Resources (Wuhan) came to its last stop in Wuhan University.The United Nations Outreach Program on Human Resources was hosted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China, and organized by WHU in the Wuhan region.On Saturday morning, the main hall of the Humanities Building of WHU wi...