We are experiencing a pivotal moment in history. With majority of countries in the world implementing lock downs, curfews and stay at home orders for the first time in this century, we have seen a wide variety of reactions to this seemingly interminable state of confinement…These young people help me feel like, even though it doesn’t always feel like it, everything will be alright. And, right...

Wang Jianbo, a professor from the School of Physics and Technology, is not only an advisor with rich experience, but also an enthusiastic teacher who teaches with vitality. Gaining a great popularity among students, Wang Jianbo has been rated The Good Advisor in students’ mind. Through students’ eyes, Wang Jianbo is an amazing teacher throughout their campus life. His elective course for juni...

On April 28, Wuhan University (WHU) Alumni Association in Japan received a letter of appreciation from Yukio Hatoyama, former Japanese Prime Minister. As the Honorary President of “theThe Belt and Road Promotion Association of Sino-Japan”, Mr. Hatoyama extends his thanks and best wishes in this letter to the helpful donations from WHU alumni.The letter of appreciationThe epidemic has been spr...

Requiring students to design a poster of the “The Plague and Humans in the History of World Civilization” lecture series, within two hours, was a unique and entertaining way to test students. This was a scene from the exam of Wuhan University’s “History of World Civilization” course in Wuhan University.History of World Civilization, which has enjoyed a widespread reputation of impressiven...

The global outbreak of COVID-19 has challenged the traditional way of education. To cope with this condition, Wuhan University (WHU)’s online teaching is on schedule. Among others, there are 8 foreign teachers at the School of Foreign Languages and Literature teaching online courses from six time zones. They overcome difficulties like time difference and unstable network by adopting various mo...

Ever since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan in late January, Wuhan University has received consolations from many universities around the world. Meanwhile, WHU has taken the initiative to promote public diplomacy and reassure the public in the wake of the global outbreak.Strengthen public diplomacy and exchange consolations with partner universitiesSince the start of the epidemic, WHU has rece...

Recently, Deng Zixin, Dean of the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Wuhan University and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been elected as the first chairman of The Globe Industrial Microbiology Society.International industrial microbiology disciplines are developing rapidly, becoming more interdisciplinary than ever before, penetrating different walks of life, including...

On local time April 27, 2020, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced its newest selection list of 120 academicians and 26 foreign academicians in recognition of their outstanding achievements in original researches. Cheng Yifan, an alumnus of Wuhan University, is one of them. Cheng Yifan was already elected as an academician of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) on April...

On April 21, Dou Xiankang, the President of Wuhan University (WHU), shared the experience of fighting against COVID-19 with his counterpart Micheal V. Drake from Ohio State University (OSU) during a video conference. Other participants included Tang Qizhu, Vice President of WHU, Chen Xiaopei, director of the Department of Infectious Diseases from Renmin Hospital East Branch, Gail Marsh, Senior ...

On April 11, 38 journalists associated with 22 media from around the world came to Wuhan to visit Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital and Wuhan University (WHU), where they met face to face with experts, teachers and students of WHU to learn about the treatment, prevention and control of COVID-19 and related progress in scientific research.Press conference at the Leishenshan HospitalThe journalists’ fi...