During the fight against COVID-19 last year, more than 40,000 medical workers rushed to Hubei Province from all over China. On March 8, 2020, Wuhan University opened an exclusive green channel, inviting medical workers and their families to visit WHU and enjoy the cherry blossoms. Han Jin, Secretary of the CPC Committee of WHU, and Dou Xiankang, President of WHU, promised the privilege for the...

On March 6, as the spring rain moistened the cherry blooms, Wuhan University welcomed the first batch of 200 medical workers, all of them distinguished guests who last year assisted Hubei in fighting against COVID-19. They were invited to enjoy the cherry blossoms through a “green channel” specially designed in return for their selfless dedication. Giant spray paintings with the theme of ...

March in Wuhan is soaked in drizzle as the cherry blossoms come into full bloom again. Last year, hit by COVID-19, the campus of Wuhan University lay empty and silent. But now it once again attracts visitors from across the country to enjoy its cherry blossom season. They came to Wuhan University with their families and friends to admire the fantastic scenery of cherry blossoms, blooming as pur...

There are moments in life when we become one with history.  Some might say we are always one with history. But that would be missing the point.  What I have in mind is the kind of moment when everything around us suddenly begins to stand still.  One of those moments occurred when I arrived at school one cold November morning in 1989 in a small East German town.  I had just been told that my c...

Prof. Fu received his B.S. in chemistry from Wuhan University in 2001. He obtained his Ph.D. from ICCAS in 2006. He worked as a Director's Postdoctoral Fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States) from 2006–2007, and following his postdoctoral position, became an Associate Professor at Peking University. In 2012, he joined Wuhan University as a Full Professor. His current researc...

1. 31 WHU majors approved as national undergraduate major construction sites and 75 courses selected as national first-class undergraduate coursesIn January, the Ministry of Education issued the National and Provincial First-class Undergraduate Major Construction Sites list in 2019. Thirty-one national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites and ten provincial-level first-clas...

The Covid-19 which wreaked havoc around the world in 2020 is hampering face-to-face communication. Keeping social distance and reducing crowds gathering have become a new fashion. To strengthen cultural exchanges in the new world situation, innovative the forms of cultural activities, and support the construction of Confucius Institute, Wuhan University has prepared a gala--2021 International O...

As a second-year postgraduate, it has been the sixth year for me to pursue academic progress on the scenic campus of WHU. During these years, I find WHU not only be a temple of human knowledge but also provides students with rich opportunities for social practices to go in the field, to see and touch, so that we can have a deep understanding of the society to which we will eventually contribu...

The year 2020 is destined to be an extraordinary year, especially for Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei province. In response to the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, the city was locked down for over three months. It is also in this year that I finished my undergraduate study. After graduation, my fellow classmates went their separate ways, scattering all over the world like dotted stars, ...

On December 15th, the award ceremony of the 11th “Good Supervisors in My Mind” was held in the Humanities Hall of WHU. Voted by the graduates, faculty members and alumni, 10 professors, namely, Zhang Yuanzhen, Zhao Huijiang, Yang Bisheng, Wang Xinyan, Lan Ke, Guo Yuzheng, Yuan Quan, He Xiaohua, Jiang Weiping and Hu Ke, were awarded “Good Supervisors in My Mind”. Dou Xiankang, President of ...