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| CONFERENCE |
Fudan University Holds Symposium on Study of Chinese Institutions
December 2 to 3, 2011, a symposium with regard to institutional ground for China’s development was held at Fudan, hosted by Fudan University School of International Relations and Public Affairs. Over 40 specialists and scholars from Chinese University of Hongkong, Renmin University of China, East China Normal University, Anhui University, Fudan University and some other universities participated in the forum.
The symposium consisted keynote speeches and four sessions, including institutional alternatives, domestic and external experience, the allocation and norm of governmental power, and the administration and institutional innovation related to China’s development.
Prof. Lin Shangli, Vice President of Fudan and Administrative Deputy Dean of School of International Relations and Public Affairs, concluded the symposium, expressing his hope for future and future discussion of institutional construction on the platform of Fudan University Center for Institutional Constitution
| EVENT |
President Yang Yuliang Speaks on AAAS Conference
At the invitation of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, President Yang Yuliang attended the conference of its Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences and delivered a keynote speech in December.
Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Commission of Humanities and Social Sciences was formed in 2010 at the request of the U.S. Congress, to claim a space in the national dialogue for the humanities and the social sciences and to recommend specific steps that government, schools and universities, cultural institutions, businesses, and philanthropies can take to support and strengthen these areas of knowledge. President Yang was invited by Co-Chair of the Commission and President of Duke University Prof. Richard H. Brodhead, as the only university president with an Eastern cultural background, to share Fudan’s experience in conducting general education and its efforts to support humanities and social sciences.
The conference was held in San Francisco on December 8. Presidents of Duke, Harvard, Stanford, and UC Berkeley among other renowned universities, famous scholars, former senators and government officials and others attended the conference. Participants were invited to contribute their views on a number of topics, including “a balanced education between high schools and colleges”, “advanced know-how”, “competitiveness of America I: global education”; “competitiveness of American II: humanities, social sciences and business”, “civic consciousness”. Based on the discussions, the commission will then present a report to the Congress.
During his visit in the USA, President Yang also paid a visit to some members of Fudan Board of Trustees in LA.
DAAD Holds its Promotion on PhD Projects and Scholarships at Fudan
On the afternoon of Dec.1, sponsored by Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD, namely German Academic Exchange Service), a promotion on PhD projects and scholarships of Germany was held in Room 101 of Foreign Affairs Office of Fudan University. Over one hundred students from various majors attended the report, and the atmosphere was very warm. Many students had to stand through the whole report due to the unexpected great number of attendees. Thomas Willems, Director of DAAD Information Center in Shanghai as well as the sponsor of this report, and Doc. Storn, the Chinese representative of Freie Universität Berlin (abbr: FU), were deeply moved by the active participation of Fudan students. They expressed their wish to hold such activities next semester and encourage more famous universities in Germany to start promotion at Fudan.
Zhu Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, host the promotion report. First he welcomed the students to the report, and then expressed thanks to DAAD for their promotion at Fudan. He expressed his determination to hold more activities alike to enable Fudan students to learn more about foreign universities, especially German universities. He also wished DAAD and more scientific research institutes in Germany to create more opportunities of overseas studies and exchange for Fudan students. He hoped that students can take active part in relevant activities in the future.
Subsequently, Thomas Willems began the promotion report with introduction of the multi-cultural atmosphere, advanced technology, beautiful exotic scenery, abundant scientific research institutes and colorful university life in Germany. In particular, when Mr. Willems illustrated the world-famous brands in Germany, the present students were all surprised by the advanced achievements made by Germany in mechanics, chemical industry and biology. Now DAAD offers scholarship projects for long-term PhD studies in Germany and for one to three months’ postgraduate studies as well, which can serve as a springboard for PhD studies in Germany. More details can be found on the website http://www.daad.org.cn/ , including the specific information of DAAD scholarships in China.
Then, Doc. Storn, the representative of FU, made a detailed introduction about the overall information of FU, the key disciplines on scientific research and campus life. Situated in the capital of Germany, FU is a relatively young university. It attracts students from all over the world with its young and energetic posture. So far, it has developed cooperative relations with more than sixty universities across the world. FU is one of cooperative partners of Fudan University, and the student exchange project between the two universities has existed for years.
After the conclusion of the report, the students consulted the German experts about the problems on overseas studies and application. The whole activity lasted till six o’clock in the evening.
Currently, Fudan Foreign Affairs Office is planning with DAAD to hold a larger promotion in the first semester of the year 2012. At that time, there will be more universities from Germany. All of the students are welcomed to attend the activity.
| RESEARCH |
Fudan University Ranks First with 13 Projects Approved National Social Science Fund Major Projects
National Social Science Fund Major Projects (2011) were announced recently. A total number of 13 projects from Fudan University were approved, which ranked No.1 among Chinese universities.
Fudan Ranked First Nationwide with Highest Citations per S&T Paper for the Year 2010
According to the Statistical Data of Chinese S&T Papers for the year 2010 recently released by Institute of Scientific & Technical Information of China (ISTIC), Fudan University ranked first nationwide with Citations per S&T Paper of 1.42. In 2010, Fudan published 2299 SCI papers in total, ranking 6th in amount and 2nd in growth rate among Chinese universities.
A total number of 3471 Fudan SCI papers published from 2005 to 2009 were cited for 11663 times in 2010, ranking 5th in number of citations. A number of 253 SCI papers were published in journals whose impact factors among 1/10 top in their disciplines respectively. Fudan had 5 papers published on Cell, Nature, Science and American Journal PNAS in 2010, ranking 4th in number.
In addition, 3 papers from Fudan were selected into Top 100 most cited Chinese Papers published in International Journals for the year 2010.
Fudan Actively Participates in Studies of Global Carbon Emissions
The UK Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the world's leading academic institutions in the environmental field, and Fudan University released on December 4 a joint report claiming that "global carbon emissions has reached 100 tons, which is increasingly threatening the predicted 2 ℃ red line".
The report published in the 4th issue of Nature • Climate Change. Experts said that global carbon dioxide emissions led by fossil fuel combustion has increased by 49% in the past 20 years. During the period from 2000 to 2010, carbon dioxide released by fossil fuels increase at an average annual rate of 3.1%, and with expectation of 3.1% growth rate in 2011.
According to the report, China, the United States, India, Russia and the EU contribute most to carbon emissions in 2010. By the emerging economies to provide products and services through trade spending by the Western countries, the share of resulting carbon emissions in some rich countries increase from 2.5% in 1990 to 16% in 2010.
Professor Zhao Bin believed that the joint research conducted by China and UK will change the angle of approach. Chinese scientists are now the international research upon global carbon emissions.
Fudan Scientist Finds New Mechanism on the Formulation of Symptoms Caused by Kicking Drug Addiction
Funded by National Basic Research Program (973 Program) which is implemented by the China Ministry of Science and Technology and Innovation Group Project which is implemented by the China Natural Science Foundation, the research team led by Professor Zheng Ping from the Key Laboratory of Medical Neurology, Shanghai Medical College, after three years of efforts, found that the pain caused by kicking drug addiction connects closely with the dopamine system in the amygdale region of brain. According to the outcome of the research, the intervention of dopamine system in amygdale region of brain has a positive significance on reducing the environment-related relapses of drug addiction. The research result has been published on an international famous journal named The Journal of Neuroscience.
Drug addiction is a public health issue of global prevalence as well as a serious social problem. Practice proves that drug addict, even though having been detoxified, will relentlessly pursuit drug for both the pleasure the addictive drug brings and the unbearable pain which is hard to be eradicated after detoxification. Associative memory appears when the pleasure and pain caused by addictive drug meet the clues in environment and thus the drug addict urges to find and use drug again. For quite a long period, in which neural mechanism the symptoms of pleasure and pain of drug addict couple the clues in environment has been a difficult problem in need of solution.
In order to solve this problem, Professor Zheng Ping and his graduate students used drug addicted rat as their object of observation. They adopted the technique of drug intervention to intervene Dopamine D Acceptor in the amygdale region of brain of the drug addicted rat and removed its memory of the suffering after detoxification. When being put into the same environment, the rat didn’t escape anymore after the intervention. Based on above mentioned phenomenon, Professor Zheng Ping’s research team lucubrated the change in the Dopamine D Acceptor in the amygdale region of brain of the drug addicted rat and found that Dopamine D acceptor, under the influence of morphine, can stimulate rather than inhibit the bioactive molecule Glutamic Acid. Morphine activates the signal transduction of Dopamine D Acceptor which is originally silent and inverts Dopamine’s effect on Glutamic Acid. Intervening dopamine system in the amygdale region of brain can cut the pain after detoxification from the clues of environment. For this important discovery, the relapse rate of environment-related drug addiction is expected to be decreased.
| SCHOLAR |
Two Fudan Professors Elected Member of Chinese Academy of Science
On Dec. 9, 2011, the election result of new members of Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) was revealed. Prof. Jin Yaqiu from Fudan School of Information Science and Engineering and Prof. Ge Junbo from Fudan Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital were elected new academicians. President Yang Yuliang and Chancellor Zhu Zhiwen sent them a congratulatory letter on behalf of all faculty members and students of Fudan University.
Prof. Jin Yaqiu returned to China in 1988, and since then has been making outstanding achievements in electromagnetic scattering, remote sensing from outer space, etc. He makes remarkable contributions to the leapfrog development in related scopes and the cultivation of a considerable number of backbone researchers and specialists. Prof. Ge Junbo is highly celebrated internationally, especially in the field of interventional cardiology and Intravascular ultrasound.
| VISITOR |
New US Consul General in Shanghai Visits Fudan
On the morning of Nov.30, 2011, accompanied by Dale Largent, director of Public Affairs, Mr. Robert Griffith, New Consul General of the United States in Shanghai，visited Fudan University. Prof. YANG Yuliang, President of Fudan University, together with Prof. SHEN Dingli, Director of Center for American Studies, Dr. ZHU Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, Prof. JING Yijia, Assistant Dean of School of International Relations and Public Affairs, and Prof. CHEN Zhimin met the delegation.
During the meeting, President YANG introduced the international cooperation of Fudan University, emphasizing the aim of international exchange is to encourage mutual understanding. At the same time, he expressed the idea that he would like to contribute to researches in humanities and social sciences studies at Fudan. Other attendees introduced all kinds of English-taught programs and courses at the meeting.
After the meeting, Consul General had a discussion with students and professors from Center for American Studies and School of International Relations and Public Affairs. The discussion was hosted by Prof. SHEN Dingli. Representatives on both sides exchanged opinions upon U.S. Foreign Policies.
President of Wonkwang University Visits Fudan
On Nov.25, the delegation of Wonkwang University headed by President Se- Hyun Jeong visited Fudan University. Prof. Chen Yinzhang, Special Advisor to the President on International Affairs of Fudan University, and Prof. Jiang Baoyou, Dean of Fudan University Department of Korean Language and Literature of, warmly received delegation.
Wonkwang University, as the region's best private institution located at Iksan, Jeollabuk-do, was founded focusing on cultivating future leaders of the advanced civilized society by providing an integrated and comprehensive human education with both science and morality on the basis of the founding principle of Won Buddhism, “With this Great Opening of Matter, let there be a Great Opening of Spirit.” Wonkwang University, which originated from the former YuilHakrim in 1946, occupies 1.6 million㎡ of beautifully landscaped ground and has 15 colleges, 29 divisions(including 3 independent divisions) and 20 departments, as well as Graduate Schools, Specialized Graduate Schools and Professional Graduate School of Oriental medicine, etc. Currently, a total of 25,000 students are enrolled at Wonkwang. Affiliated facilities include a Central Library equipped with 5,000 seats and 1.2 million books, an electronic information center, a university museum that carries the largest collection of Korean folk art in the nation, university newspaper and broadcasting station, a Science Center, a Center for Continuing Education, a Student Service Center with its one-stop service system and a Center for Moral Education. Wonkwang also has 43 research centers including Research Center for Mahan-Baekje culture.
Through this visit, both universities will deepen mutual understanding and expand the scope of current cooperation. Wonkwang University particularly welcomes more Chinese students, teachers go to school to learn and visit.
President of the University of Tokyo Visits Fudan
The University of Tokyo is the first university established in accordance with modern school system and is also the most prestigious university in Japan. Many Japanese leaders graduated there. As the Top One University in Japan, the University of Tokyo ranks as the highest in Asia area as well, and one of the Top Fifty universities in the world.
Fudan has established cooperative relationship with the University of Tokyo since 1996. Every year one student from Fudan is selected to attend one-year AIKOM Exchange Program at Tokyo University. Moreover, from Year 2006 Tokyo University Asatsu-DK China Education Foundation, sponsored by Asatsu-DK (ADK) Inc. accepts excellent graduates from Peking University, Fudan University and Tsinghua University to take Master’s courses or Professional studies at the University of Tokyo. The Foundation provides scholarships for these graduates who are nominated by Presidents of their home universities. Every year about three to four students from Fudan are awarded this scholarship.
Director of Tyndall Centre Lectured at Fudan
From December 11 to 15, Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Director of Tyndall Centre of UK, visited Fudan University. While having an exchange with the specialists of Fudan-Tyndall Centre, she also discussed with them the cooperation plan between Tyndall UK and Fudan Tyndall Centre.
This visit just followed the closing of Durban Climate Change Summit. On December 4, Prof. Le Quéré published a paper with a title of “Faster Increasing of Carbon Emissions after World Economic Crisis in 2008-2009” as a co-author, which had a great impact on the world community. Therefore, in the afternoon of December 13, Prof. Le Quéré made a speech for Fudan students centered on “Recent Trends in the Emissions and Sinks of Carbon Dioxide and Their Implication for the Future” so as to review the track of carbon emissions in USA, Europe, China and India and to predict the future trends of carbon emissions. Fudan Vice President Lin Shangli presided over the lecture.
Before the lecture, President Yang Yuliang met with Prof. Le Quéré. Prof. Trevor Davies, Vice President of UEA and Director of Fudan-Tyndall Centre, and Prof. Chen Jiakuan, Co-director of Fudan Tyndall Centre joined the meeting..
The Council of the Confucius Institute of University of Auckland, New Zealand Held at Fudan
On December 16, the council of the Confucius Institute of University of Auckland, New Zealand was held in the conference room on in Fudan Foreign Affairs Office (FAO).
Prof. Iain Martin, Vice chancellor of the university of Auckland, Prof. Sarah Todd, Vice chancellor of Otago University, Prof. Feng Xiaoyuan (Director), Vice president of Fudan University, Dr. Zhu Chouwen, Executive Director of FAO, Dean on foreign side, Dr. Wu Zhongwei, Executive Dean of School of International Cultural Exchange, and many others took part in the meeting.
The MOU signed at the meeting of Confucius Institute Advisory Board held in October 11, 2011 was first approved. Prof. Nora Yao, Dean on foreign side, made a report on the work of Confucius Institute 2011 and described the 2012 work plan. Director Zhu Chouwen also reported on the adjustments of international promotion group of Chinese Language Council and exchanged the ideas with the University of Auckland, talking about the problems we are faced with when establishing other Confucius Institutes.
The meeting discussed the funds allocated by headquarters, the next five-year plan of establishing Confucius Institutes, etc. The initial plan of “Fudan Day” promotion held both in New Zealand and Australia in next spring was especially discussed. The main content includes the introduction of Fudan University, the exchange programs, the enrollment information and the academic speech made by Fudan professors at the same time.
Prof. Todd, Vice chancellor of Otago University, mentioned that the New Zealand international education promotion activities would be held in Otago campus next April, and Fudan could make full use of the platform.
Before the global Confucius Institute Conference was held in Beijing (December 12), Vice president Feng Xiaoyuan met the foreign and Chinese colleagues from 7 Confucius Institutes which Fudan participating the establishment. He also mentioned “Fudan Day” in the meeting, and was actively echoed by Sydney University.
The University of Auckland is one of Fudan’s significant partners on international exchanges. Both universities cooperate and co-construct the Confucius Institute of the University of Auckland.
| ALUMNI |
Two Fudan Graduates Receives Prestigious American Fellowship
Two Fudan alumni, LI Weijie and ZHANG Liu have both been named McDonnell International Scholar at Washington University in St. Louis. The McDonnell International Scholars Academy is a program for future global leaders to obtain PhD or master’s degrees. Employing an unusual approach, it brings together top scholars from Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and Latin America to pursue world-class education and research while forging a strong network with one another. It provides an opportunity for talented international graduate and professional students to join the Washington University community.
Zhang, who earned a bachelor of arts in economics from Fudan University in 2008, is pursuing a master’s of business administration at Washington University’s Olin Business School. In addition to being a Scholar, Zhang Liu has been named the Brown Shoe Corporate Fellow in the Academy.
Li, who earned a bachelor’s of science degree majoring in both material physics and in economics from Fudan University in 2007, is pursuing a master of business administration degree at the Olin Business School at Washington University. In addition to being a McDonnell Academy Scholar, Li has been named the Boeing Corporate Fellow in the Academy, a position that offers special opportunities for internships and building ties to Boeing.
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Professor Junichi Hamada, President of the University of Tokyo visited Fudan on Dec. 9. As an alumnus of the University of Tokyo, Fudan Vice Chancellor Chen Limin warmly received President Hamada and the delegation. President Hamada expressed his wish to further strengthen student exchanges between Tokyo University and Fudan.