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| ALUMNI |
Fudan Alumni Association in
On March 28th, Fudan alumni from different cities of
The host read the letters of congratulations from other alumni associations of Fudan and from sister universities, and introduced the work of preparatory team. The alumni in the meeting passed the code of conducts and selected first council of the association. On the same day, the council held the first meeting and assigned the responsibilities. Members of the association selected President Yang Yuliang as the honorary chairman for his great contribution and discussed the annual gathering and donation works.
| CONFERENCE |
The “Urban Splendor International Conference on City Life in
The “Urban Splendor International Conference on City Life in
The symposium was co-hosted by Cultural and Historical Research Institute of Fudan University and the
Fudan Chancellor Qin Shaode attended the opening ceremony and delivered a welcome address before a keynote speech was delivered to an audience of around 300.
Symposium on “Development of EU and Sino-EU Relations” Concludes
The international symposium on “Development of EU and Sino-EU Relations in the Context of Financial Crisis– from the Perspectives of China and Czech" was held in the School of Economics on March 26, 2009. Petr Drulak, Director of The Institute of the
Professor Ding Chun, Managing Director of the
| EVENT |
Fudan Martial Arts Athletes Triumph on
The 7th Hong Kong Wushu (martial arts) International Festival was held in
Fudan Irish Week 2009 Opens
The Fudan Irish Week 2009 kicked off on Zhangjiang campus on March 12th. Executive Vice President Wang Weiping and Consul General of Ireland Conor O’Riordan participated as special guests. They exchanged ideas about Fudan-UCD Joint Bachelor Program in Computer Science before the opening.
Prof. Huang Yongming, Dean of College of Foreign Languages and Literature, and Prof. Zang Bingyu, Dean of School of Software, awarded the winners of “Bernard Shaw Essay-Writing Competition” and “iShamrock Software Design Competition”. As it was close to International Tree Planting Day, Prof. Wang Weiping and Mr. O’Riordan planted a magnolia together on Zhangjiang campus to commemorate the friendship.
The Fudan-UCD Joint Bachelor Program is an important international program of Fudan School of Software. The Joint Bachelor class recruits around 50 students every year and the graduates are able to obtain two degrees.
On March 19, after one year of trial operation, the first cyber knife treatment center in
Mr. Xu Jianguang, Director of Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau, along with other officials presented the launching ceremony and cut the ribbon for the treatment center.
CyberKnife is a non-invasive procedure that uses precisely targeted radiation as a surgical tool. Until today, more than 160 cyber knives have been put into practice worldwide and have cured more than 40,000 patients. Some of the patients have been under medical observation for as long as ten years.
Li Lanqing’s Seal-Cutting Exhibition Held at Fudan
On the morning of March 20, the opening ceremony of Li Lanqing’s Seal-Cutting Exhibition was held at
Li Lanqing was Former Vice Premier of China. After his retirement, he devoted himself to promoting culture and art. The pieces of work he has completed, with their extensive themes, varied styles and sophisticated skill, inherit and capture the very essence of the traditional form of art by being both artistic and entertaining. The current exhibition displays more than 300 pieces of work which reflect modern life and echo the mainstream spirit of the times by using complementary forms including calligraphy, inscription and picture.
Fudan Chancellor Qin Shaode attended the opening ceremony and addressed the audience. Prof. Qin gave the attendees a brief introduction of the behind-the-scenes story of this exhibition. He wished the exhibition could be another introduction of art to Fudan campus. Li Lanqing’s Seal-Cutting exhibition is co-organized by Publicity Department of Shanghai Municipal Government and
Fudan Graduates Win C-100 Leadership Scholarship
Two Fudan graudates, Zhang Wenlei, Ph.D candidate at Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Li Yingqiang, Master candidate at
Started in 2005, the Committee of
The Committee of 100 was founded in 1990 by a group of concerned Chinese-Americans, including I.M. Pei and Yo-Yo Ma. It is a national non-partisan organization composed of American citizens of Chinese descent. Each member has achieved positions of leadership in the
Fudan Renews 5-Year Cooperation Agreement on EBIT Joint Lab with CAEP
On March 27, CAEP (China Academy of Engineering Physics) – Fudan EBIT (Electron Beam Ion Trap) Joint Laboratory managing committee and academic committee meeting was held at
The
The PACS (Picture Archiving & Communication System) Treatment Center of Zhongshan Hospital cures 51000 cases last year, breaking the number 50,000. The experts from ASGE (the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) and Asia-Pacific Society of Endoscopy declare that the number ranks number one in the world, after visiting the center. According to Director of the Center, Prof. Yao Liqing, there are 31200 gastroscopy cases, 16500 duodenoscopy cases, 1050 ERCP cases, and 1100 ultrasonic endoscopy in the total 51000 cases.
The number of treatments in
New
After two years’ hard work, the new surgery building of
The new surgery building is built on the original site of No.10 building and Yixian building, including two floors underground and six floors aboveground, taking up 15,000 building area. Two floors underground are used as parking lot, containing 100 car parking spots. A multifunctional room and a hospital van parking lot are on the first floor. ICU is on the second floor, in which there are 30 beds as well as wards of all types to meet the needs of different people. There are 24 surgery rooms on the third and forth floor. The fifth and sixth floors are equipment floor and assistance floor, where there are fitting room, waiting room for doctors, pathology department, dining area and etc. They are for the doctors and nurses, fast and convenient.
The surgery room does not only pay attention to the curing process, but also puts emphasis on high technology. The new surgery building uses ID identification system, image delivery system, medical observation system and surgery classroom teaching system. Depending on new technologies, the new surgery room realizes low energy consumption and builds a human-centered environment. The surgery room adopts Sanitary Recycle, strengthening on health and safety, which guarantees the division of disposals. Six of all the surgery rooms are digital surgery rooms, equipped with surgery audio and video delivery system. Another surgery room is outer body blood vessel surgery room, equipped with DSA and audio and video delivery system.
ICU emphasizes on personalization, of which medical observation and relatives/friends observation system is installed, and this will not only make it more convenient for relatives and friends to see the patient, it will also reduce the interference towards the patient. The nurse station is a center island, which makes it possible for the nurses to observe all patients all the time and deal with emergency right away, improving working efficiency and quality. There is a sky corridor between two buildings, in order to benefit patients transferring.
Vice Director of the hospital Dr. Fan Jia hosted the inauguration ceremony. Director of the hospital Dr. Wang Yuqi announced the inauguration of the surgery building, after which Director Dr. Wang Yuqi, Secretary Dr. Qin Xinyu, Vice director Dr. Fan Jia, and Vice Director Dr. Wang Xin cut the ribbon.
| RESEARCH |
Key Laboratory for Material Computational Science Approved
The application of establishing a Key Laboratory for Material Computational Science was approved by the Ministry of Education. This Key Laboratory draws research strengths from Department of Physics and Academy of Mathematical Science of Fudan University and focuses on the subjects of cross-disciplinary studies.
As the 11th Key Laboratory at
Key Laboratory for Material Computational Science aims at taking advantage of our multi-disciplinary focus, and brings computational mathematics into full play in computational science. Meanwhile, it will also combine with computational physics, computational chemistry, computational biology, and engineering computation
Prof. Gong Xingao will lead the working group in Key Laboratory for Material Computational Science and is going to recruit around 10 guest researchers from abroad. The Laboratory is expected to deliver high-profile research results, develop high-level talents and to exert an impact on the international arena of new computational science discipline. At the same time, it can provide a good platform of computational analysis to relevant disciplines.
| VISITOR |
HRH Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of
On March 3 2009, Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of
The Conferring Ceremony was hosted by Dr. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Fudan Medical Centre Office and Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office. President Yang Yuliang delivered a welcome address and Professor Zhu Yizhun, Dean of the
HRH Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol, also President of the Chulabhorn Research Institute, has been engaged in improving people’s life through the latest science and technology innovations. She was the third person in the world to be awarded UNESCO's Einstein Medal for her continuous effort in promoting scientific collaboration in Asia and the Pacific, and she was the first Asian to be invited to join the Royal Society of Chemistry, in
Visit by POSTECH President
On March 5, POSTECH President Prof. Sunggi Baik and Ms.
Nobel Laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz Delivers Speech on Financial Crisis at Fudan
On March 16, 2009, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, American economist and 2001 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences, delivered a speech entitled “The Economic Crisis and the Global Economy: Lessons for Economic Theory and Policy” at Fudan University. The speech, as one of the academic activities of
As one of the most renowned economists, Professor Stiglitz’s most influencing research was on screening, a technique used by one economic agent to extract otherwise private information from another, which laid the foundation for an important branch of economics – information economics. It was for this contribution to the theory of information asymmetry that he shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2001 “for laying the foundations for the theory of markets with asymmetric information” with George A. Akerlof and A. Michael Spence.
After the speech, Professor YANG Yuliang, President of Fudan University, met with Professor Stiglitz and held constructive discussion.
Nobel Laureate Dr. J.Georg Bednorz Delivers Speech at Fudan
Invited by SEMICON China 2009 Organizing Committee and
These two distinguished guests held talks with SME faculties and researchers after their speeches. They shared teaching and research facts on SME and provided their perspectives on how to foster talents for industrial development.
Dr. J.Georg Bednorz was born in 1950. He got his Ph.D degree from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in
Visit by Vice-Chancellor of
Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of
Designated
On March 30, Mr. Karl Worker, the Designated New Zealand Ambassador to
Currently taking Chinese courses at the School of International Cultural Exchanges of Fudan University, Mr. Karl Worker will start his term as the
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