Contents
ALUMNI
North California Fudan Alumni Association Holds the 7th “Shanghai Spring” New Year Party
Fudan Alumni Elected Vice Chairs during National People’s Congress
CONFERENCE
2nd New Zealand-Fudan Round Table Concludes
Seminar on Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in China and Poland Concludes at Fudan
COOPERATION
Incoming Austrian Students for Media and Communication Management Master Program
Cornell-Fudan Choral Concert Concludes
Research Results Published by Fudan and Hoover Institution
Kansai University Sets up Shanghai Office at Fudan
EVENT
Fudan Students Returning from Arctic Expedition
9th IFSAM Annual World Congress Press Conference Held in Shanghai
Research Center for Justice and Litigation System Established
RESEARCH
Fudan Bio-medical Professor Jointed Panda Genome Project
Fudan Key Lab Selected as WHO Cooperation Center
SCHOLAR
Fudan Faculty Awarded 2007 Cheung Kong Professorship
2007 Winning Cover of Neuroscience Goes to Fudan
Fudan Recruiting Medical School Dean from Worldwide
Renowned Playwright Li Zhenlin Invited As Faculty Researcher
VISITOR
Visit by Ford Foundation Beijing Office
India Evening @ Fudan University
Visit by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
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ALUMNI
North California Fudan Alumni Association Holds the 7th “Shanghai Spring” New Year Party
March 8 saw the 7th “Shanghai Spring” New Year Party jointly organized by Fudan Alumni Association in North California and Shanghai Jiaotong University Alumni Association in Silicon Valley held in Cupertino, California. More than 130 alumni from both Fudan and Shanghai Jiaotong University attended the event. As part of the tradition for Northern California Fudan Alumni Association, “Shanghai Spring” New Year Party has been held for seven years in success. On this year’s party, participants had a great time together at a carefully decorated venue with distinct Shanghai features that pulled their thoughts back to the beautiful oriental city where they spent their college years.
Fudan Alumni Elected Vice Chairs during National People’s Congress
Fudan University Alumnus Han Qide was re-elected Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of China’s Natinoal People’s Congress on March 15 during the first General Assembly of the 11th National People’s Congress. During the meeting, Fudan alumna Chen Zhili and alumnus Sang Guowei were also elected to the same position.
Fudan Alumni at Wall Street
Fudan University Alumni Association of the United States organized a seminar on career development at the headquarter of Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York City on March 20, with more than 150 Fudan alumni in the US, over 100 Wall Street professionals and 50 college students attending.
The event was hosted jointly by Fudan University Alumni Association of the United States and Merrill Lynch Professional Association API. Peng Qian, Fudan alumnus and one of the organizers addressed the audience first, followed by a keynote speech by Ms. Jennifer Tsai, Chair of Merrill Lynch Professional Association API, introducing the recruiting process of investment banks at Wall Street and practical tips for job interview. The audiences were engaged in panel discussions on topics of their interest.
Merrill Lynch & Co, that co-organized and sponsored the event set up scholarship for Fudan students in 2005 and has sponsored 30 students so far.
CONFERENCE
2nd New Zealand-Fudan Round Table Concludes
On the afternoon of March 17, a New Zealand delegation led by Ambassador to China Mr. Tony Browne visited Fudan Institute of International Studies for the 2nd New Zealand-Fudan Round Table that focused on regional economy integration and cooperation in security. The first “New Zealand-Fudan Round Table” was held at New Zealand Consulate General in Shanghai last December.
Seminar on Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in China and Poland Concludes at Fudan
Seminar on the Contemporary Art and Aesthetics in China and Poland opened in Fudan National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies on March 19. Prof. Piotr Piotrowski, Dean of School of Art History of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poland, participated in the Seminar with five of his colleagues. Prof. Ge Zhaoguang, Prof. Wang Yongquan, Prof. Zhu Liyuan and Prof. Wang Tiande from Fudan National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Prof. Li Chao from Art School of Shanghai University, Prof. Wei Shaonong from East China Normal University, Mr. Lu Fusheng from Shanghai Duo Yun Xuan Publishing House were also present to the Seminar.
Prof. Bernatowicz and Prof. Monika Szmyt from Adam Mickiewicz University delivered keynote speeches on “Unison and Sanction” and “Chinese Contemporary Art in Poland” respectively, while Prof. Li Chao commented on “The New Trend of Contemporary Chinese Painting”. Participants also had heated discussions on topics including “What is good art work in contemporary art?”, “The common features of the understanding of Chinese and Polish art, of oriental and western art”, “The impact of post-modern and post-colonialist art on China and Poland” and “How to compromise modern or most-modern art and traditional art”. Prof. Piotrowski also gave a lecture on “How to Write on Chinese and European Art” as a session of Fudan Humanistic Lecture Series.
Poland is a country of rich tradition in art. Participation of Polish scholars in this seminar greatly helped with the comprehensive study on religion, thoughts and art history conducted by Fudan National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at the moment.
COOPERATION
Incoming Austrian Students for Media and Communication Management Master Program
A welcoming buffer was held for the 20 Austrian students who came to Shanghai for Media and Communication Management Master Program on March 21. The twenty Austrian students, ten from University of Vienna and ten from University of Salzburg, will spend nineteen weeks at Fudan School of Journalism. They are required to take five courses including Chinese film and documentary, Chinese newspaper, Chinese media in globalization, Chinese culture and English media. They will also visit Shanghai Media Group, Oriental Morning News, L’Oreal and Shanghai Daily.
At the end of September 2007, 15 Fudan students in Journalism, Economics and Management set off to University of Vienna and University of Salzburg for four-month exchange. They took courses in study on public relation, media management, communication theory, electric media, etc., and had several field trips and company visits. The feedbacks of the home-coming students are very positive.
This exchange program is cooperation between Fudan School of Journalism, Vienna University and Salzburg University under the framework of Eurasian Pacific Uninet. It aims to promote educational and cultural communication between China and Austrian, deepen the understanding of global media and thus enhance the professional competence of students from both countries.
Cornell-Fudan Choral Concert Concludes
On the afternoon of March 21, a choral concert titled “One World in Song” was held in Xie Xide Hall of Center for American Studies. The 90-minute performance was presented by the male choir and female choir of Cornell University, U.S.A., and Fudan Choir and was very well received by the audience. Twenty songs varying in style sung won much applause.
The performance is organized together by the Foreign Affairs Office and Fudan Center for Artistic Education and was granted great support from both universities. This was the first time for Cornell University choirs to cooperate with Fudan.
Research Results Published by Fudan and Hoover Institution
On March 28, the premiere of three books, i.e. T. V. Soong: His Life and Times, Select Telegrams between Chiang Kai-shek and T. V. Soong 1940-1943, and Wartime Nationalist China, co-authored by Fudan Asia Research Center and Hoover Institution of Stanford University was hosted on Fudan campus. Laurette Soong Feng, T. V. Soong’s eldest daughter, and her relatives came all the way from America to Shanghai for the press conference and seminar by Fudan and Hoover Institution on Modern China Research Series: Leadership and Archival Documents. Dr. Xu Zheng, Vice President of Fudan University and Fang Xinghai, Director of Shanghai Municipal Office of Finance Service, were present and delivered speeches respectively.
On the seminar, Prof. Wu Jingping introduced research results on Chinese modern and contemporary history by Fudan scholars over the past years. The discipline of Chinese modern and contemporary history of Fudan University has fine traditions and enjoys competitive strengths in terms of the research on figures from the Republican Period. Professor Wu also introduced cooperation between Fudan Center for Asian Studies and Hoover Institution of Stanford University and joint research results, including a great amount of historical material used in the above three works.
In her speech, Dr. Xu Zheng remarked that Hoover Institution and Fudan University Modern China Research Series: Leadership and Archival Documents is a platform accessible to the global academia while first-hand data and documents are presented in both English and Chinese languages. Dr. Xu also extended gratitude to Ms. Laurette Soong Feng, Hoover Institution and other researchers. Ms. Laurette Soong Feng, in return, thanked Fudan University and Hoover Institution for their research work, which will help to disseminate truth about T. V. Soong and the Chinese modern history.
Those invited to the seminar included Prof. Richard Sousa, Vice President of Hoover Institution and another ten experts from Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, The Second Historical Archives of China, Peking University, Nanjing University, Chinese Culture University, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Archives and Fudan University. Media, students and faculty of Fudan also attended.
Kansai University Sets up Shanghai Office at Fudan
Kansai University Institute for Cultural Interaction Studies (ICIS) Shanghai Office was set up in the training center of Fudan School of Journalism on March 29. Prof. Tao Demin, Director of ICIS and Fudan alumnus, displayed a series of photos reviewing the history of academic exchanges between Kansai and Fudan. Representatives from Fudan National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, Research Institute for Historical Geography and Shanghai Academic of Social Sciences all wished share of resources and expansion of cooperation. Prof. Azuma Juji delivered a speech in Chinese on “Re-thinking of Confucianism – Confucius, the Thirteenth Sutra and New Confucius”.
The opening ceremony was chaired by Prof. Zhang Qing, Chair of History Department. Fudan President Prof. Wang Shenghong, Pro-Vice President Prof. Chen Yinzhang and Kansai University President Prof. Kawada Teiichi expressed their congratulations wishing for continuous friendship between the two universities. Forty guests, including Fudan professors in humanities and scholars from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and Shanghai University attended the ceremony.
Kansai University was founded in 1886. As a prestigious private university, it has high reputation in the studies on Sino-Japan cultural exchanges. ICIS is an interdisciplinary platform selected by Japanese Ministry of Education, aiming to develop complete theories on cultural exchange and to nurture researchers and Chinese Master and Ph.D. candidates by leveraging on its rich university resources and international relations. The Shanghai Office will promote the academic exchange with Fudan University in social studies.
EVENT
2008 Fudan Irish Week
2008 Irish Week kicked off at Fudan University by announcing winners in Bernard Shaw Essay Competition and iShamrock Software design competition. English major student Niu Jiaying from Class 2006 came top with the writing while Software major student Chen Cheng from Class 2006 and his team members went home with first prize by their Instant Graphical Sharing System project. As a special program of the opening ceremony, students from School of Software rocked the floor of the auditorium with their highly rhythmic Irish tap dance. Their performance was bravoed by all audience.
2008 Irish Week lasted from March 11 to 15 on both Handan campus and Zhangjiang campus of Fudan. Activities included Irish Impression Picture Exhibition, the play The Importance of Being Earnest, lectures and the interactive sessions with an Irish tourism website.
Special guest for this year was Mr. Dick Roche, Minister for European Affairs of Ireland, who awarded the prizes to the winners together with Fudan President Wang Shenghong.
Fudan Students Returning from Arctic Expedition
Upon completion of research projects in the Arctic, an expedition team made up of university college students returned to China on March 13, among whom there were Fudan junior Xu Qingyuan majoring in Environmental Science and freshman Deng Beixi majoring in International Relations. During the 15-day expedition, the team visited Norwegian International Polar Secretariat in Oslo, Norwegian Polar Institute in Tromso, Svalbard University Center in Longyearbyen successively and finally arrived the new China’s Arctic Yellow River Station in Olsson. The team members witnessed the first sunrise after a polar night at the Yellow River Station on March 9 and observed glacier during a walking journey in the Yellow River Station area. They also had opportunities to sample, observe and experiment on research projects they had designed before departure.
In this scientific trip, Xu Qingyuan chose to study polar plants and tried to answer why there are more flowering plants in the Arctic than in the Antarctic though the sunshine is not in favor of them. This is a topic that few scholars in China have ever studied. While Deng Beixi proposed "The Feasibility of Constructing A New Order in the Arctic", integrating issues including resources, continental shelf and high seas exploitation, which was highly evaluated by the experts.
As a first expedition for college students, this journey was organized by China Action Committee of International Polar Year and the Norwegian Foreign Ministry and hosted by Polar Inspection Office of the State Oceanic Administration Bureau, Center of China Polar Research, Norwegian Royal Consulate-General in Shanghai, Norwegian Polar Institute and other institutes.
9th IFSAM Annual World Congress Press Conference Held in Shanghai
The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) Annual World Congress will be held in Shanghai from July 26th to 28th as its debut in China, sponsored by IFSAM, IFSAM China Committee and Fudan University and organized by China National Economy Management Association (CNEMA) and Fudan School of Management. Focusing on “integration and development of eastern and western management”, the Congress has three major forums on eastern management, western management, management of Chinese enterprises respectively, and twenty special forums and MBA and PhD forums respectively. Meanwhile, the 12th Oriental Management Forum will be open. 500 participants including noted scholars of management, entrepreneurs and government officials are expected to attend the Congress.
On March 18th, the press conference was held at Fudan School of Management. Prof. Su Dongshui, Chairman of the Congress this year, and Prof. Lu Xiongwen, Vice Chair of the Congress and Dean of Fudan School of Management, answered questions from the media.
IFSAM comprises of 33 management associations around the world. Since its first Congress in 1992 in Tokyo, the annual congress has been promoting communication in management. The 2004 Sweden IFSAM Board Meeting decided that The 9th Annual Congress will be held at Fudan University in Shanghai.
SCHOLAR
Research Center for Justice and Litigation System Established
Research Center for Justice and Litigation System was established at Fudan University on March 29 with Prof. Xie Youping as its first director. Prof. Sun Nanshen, Dean of Fudan Law School, Prof. Bian Jianlin, Director of Research Institute for Procedural Law at China University of Political Science and Law, and Chair of Procedural Law Section at China Law Association unveiled the inaugural plaque for the Center together.
RESEARCH
Fudan Bio-medical Professor Jointed Panda Genome Project
On March 6, the “International Panda Genome Project” initiated by Chinese scientists and joined by their Canadian, British, American and Danish counterparts officially started in the city of Shenzhen. Dr. He Lin, professor from Fudan Institute of Bio-medical Sciences, and member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, joined in the project on behalf of the University.
The short term objective of the project is to accomplish panda genome mapping in six months, which is believed to exert far-reaching influence on many fields from Panda ecology to evolution with panda genome information, and thus furnish genetic and biological basis so that people can know pandas better. This project will also lend help the scientists to study panda’s special adaptability to environment and the molecular mechanism of its evolution.
Furthermore, “International Panda Genome Project” also helps with disease surveillance on this species of animal by providing scientific evidences for the propagation of panda. In addition, the project will give impetus to the development of detection technology of genome mapping by employing new detection technology.
As a rare species of animal found only in China, panda was known as “living fossil” under intensive care. According to the survey held by State Forestry Administration in 2006, the number of panda was around 1,600. However, pandas remain challenged with crises including deterioration of its fecundity and its sex gland.
With the development of detection technology of genome array, the genome mapping of paddy, eelworm, pig, dog and human being have been successfully detected. However, the genome project of panda is still a task to be fulfilled.
Fudan Key Lab Selected as WHO Cooperation Center
A resent mail from Prof. Shigeru Omi, Regional Director of Western Pacific District of World Health Organization, read that the Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Ministry of Health at Fudan University was selected as a Cooperation Center of Health Technology Assessment and Management for World Health Organization (WHO) and Fudan Professor Chen Jie was appointed as Director of the Cooperation Center.
The Cooperation Center aims at promoting health technology assessment and management through research, education and technical staff training, providing health care technology assessment, management and information resources on evidence-based health care, participating in the design, experiment and implementation of global health care actions in the Western Pacific area.
Key Laboratory of Health Technology Assessment of Ministry of Health at Fudan University is an interdisciplinary, cross-sectored research institution established at Fudan School of Public Health.
In the past three years, it developed research capacity in health technology regarding security, effectiveness, economic and social assessments, provided evidence-based health policy-making basis, set up open research fund and introduced senior research fellows from abroad, conducted collaborative research projects, hosted China Health Technology Assessment Forum annually, constructed a cooperation and exchange platform on health technology assessment, collected and evidence and technical evaluation reports on health technology efficiency, safety and economic resources, and provided technical consultation. According to Prof. Chen Jie, in the context of health reform and development, the Center will function as a WHO collaborative platform for health system reform and development and make continuous efforts to grow into an influential health technology assessment research institution in the Asia Pacific region and beyond.
SCHOLAR
Fudan Faculty Awarded 2007 Cheung Kong Professorship
Eight Fudan Professors were recently awarded 2007 Cheung Kong Professorship by Ministry of Education. Prof. Liu Zhao from Center for the Studies of Excavated Documents and Ancient Philology, Prof. Yuan Zhigang from School of Economics, Prof. Hao Mo from School of Public Health and Prof. Chen Meng from Academy of Mathematics were awarded Cheung Kong Chair Professorship while another four professors from foreign universities who have collaborative relations with Fudan, i.e. Prof. Benjamin A Elman from Princeton University, Prof. Pan Zhongdang from University of Wisconsin, Prof. Shen Wenhui from The French National Center for Scientific Research and Prof. Weng Juyang from Michigan State University, were awarded Cheung Kong Lecture Professorship.
2007 Winning Cover of Neuroscience Goes to Fudan
Word came on March 6 that the cover article by Fudan faculty Prof. Shou Tiande from School of Life Sciences and his team published on the 1st issue of Neuroscience, the periodical of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO), was awarded 2007 Winning Cover. The news came through Prof. Chan Ying-shing, Director of Neuroscience Research Center, University of Hong Kong and Chair of IBRO Asia-Pacific Regional Committee from Dr. Andree Blakemore, Editor-in-chief of IBRO Publishing Committee. It was learned that China has been bidding for hosting the next conference of IBRO.
Fudan Recruiting Medical School Dean from Worldwide
Fudan University Shanghai Medical School held a conference to recruit two deans on March 21. Dr. Ma Xiaojing, Professor Emeritus of Connell University Medical School, Dr. Yu Jerry, Professor Emeritus of University of Louisville Medical School, and another three applied for the position. Most of the major media were invited to the recruiting conference.
To strengthen teaching, research and discipline construction, to foster faculty training and to further develop the school, Shanghai Medical School decided to recruit deans from worldwide and posted the position last November and December through major international channels. Five applicants were accepted for interview after prudent and careful selection. All the five applicants are Chinese natives, three applying for the position in Immunology Department while the other two applying for positions in Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine respectively.
Prof. Wang Weiping, Executive Vice President of Fudan University, Prof. He Lin, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Wen Yumei, Member of Chinese Academy of Technology, together with some other renowned medical scholars joined the recruiting conference.
Renowned Playwright Li Zhenlin Invited As Faculty Researcher
Prof. Li Zhenlin, renowned playwright and Director of Dramatic Literature Institute, Shanghai Theater Academy, jointed Fudan University as faculty researcher of Fudan Film Art Research Center on March 27. A lecture on the fifth generation of Chinese film directors was given to the interested audience followed by an appointment ceremony.
Fudan Film Art Research Center was established in October 2004, as a teaching and research organization, and joined by a number of professors with reputation in different art associations as advisors.
VISITOR
Visit by Ford Foundation Beijing Office
On the morning of March 7, newly appointed Director of Ford Foundation Dr. John Fitzgerald came with his predecessor Dr. Director Andrew Watson from Beijing to Fudan campus for a courtesy visit to Fudan president. The guests also had talks with Prof. Shen Dingli, Executive Vice Dean of Institute of International Studies, Prof. Wu Xinbo, Vice Dean of School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Prof. Ni Shixiong, former Director of Center for American Studies, Prof. Peng Xizhe, Dean of School of Social Development and Public Policy and Prof. Xie Xialing and Prof. Fan Lizhu from the same school.
Visit by Princeton President
On March 12, Dr. Shirley Tilghman, President of Princeton University, led a university delegation to a visit on Fudan campus and was warmly received by Fudan. President Prof. Wang Shenghong and Vice President Prof. Jin Li. Professors from Fudan School of Life Sciences, Institute of International Studies, Institute of Liberal Arts and History, School of International Relations and Public Affairs introduced their faculty and history of Fudan-Princeton cooperation respectively. Both parties expressed wishes of further cooperation and exchange and President Wang was invited to a visit to Princeton campus at a later time.
India Evening @ Fudan University
On March 19, Consulate General of India in Shanghai, together with Fudan Foreign Affairs Office, presented an “India Evening” to Fudan students, bringing closer to them the ancient and mysterious Indian culture, booming Indian economy as well as the joyful and fascinating Indian dance. NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 trainer and leading global HR Development Corporation, and Zee TV, the biggest commercial broadcast company in India, came to the event and delivered presentations to the students.
Vice President Prof. Gui Yonghao and Indian Consul General Vishnu Prakash had a friendly meeting before the event and both wished stronger cultural and educational exchanges and cooperation between the two nations.
Visit by UCLA President
On March 28, a UCLA delegation led by President Prof. Gene Block visited Fudan University and was warmly received by President Wang Shenghong together with Fudan professors from Institute of Higher Education, School of Public Health, Medical College, School of Life Sciences, History Department, School of Economics and Laboratory of Advanced Material Science who reviewed Fudan’s joint research with UCLA counterparts. Current student exchange program between the two universities also drew much interest from the meeting participants.
President Gene Block felt very pleased with all the ongoing programs and would further facilitate the cooperative development. President Wang Shenghong also wished that Fudan and UCLA would establish strategic partnership in the near future.
Visit by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
A delegation of 20 from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) led by Vice President Vetterli Martin visited Fudan University on March 31 2008 and was warmly received by Fudan Vice President Prof. Chen Xiaoman.
Delegates from this prestigious European institute of technology included chief directors of the labs specializing in fields such as environmental engineering, life sciences, engineering and basic sciences. They aimed to explore possibilities for further cooperation with professors and labs at Fudan University. In the past few years, EPFL has maintained a very good cooperative relationship with Fudan while this time their visit was facilitated by the prospect brought by Switzerland-China funds.
During the meeting, Vice President Vetterli introduced the details of Switzerland-China funds while Prof. Chen Xiaoman introduced Fudan’s research projects in the recent years and Fudan’s distinctive disciplines and labs. Later in the afternoon, delegates from EPFL visited the labs on the main campus and the medical campus of Fudan and talked to their Fudan counterparts.
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