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School of Management Holds International Symposium on "China's Industrial Competitiveness and Sustainable Development"
The International Symposium on "China's Industrial Competitiveness and Sustainable Development in the Context of Globalization", co-hosted by Management School of Fudan University, Chinese Management Research Center of Lancaster University and Brunel University of United Kingdom was held on April 16.
Professor Lu Xiongwen, Dean of School of Management, Professor Rui Mingjie Head of the Department of Industrial Economics delivered welcoming remarks. Professor Gary Gereffi of Duke University, Anthony P. D'Costa, Director of the Center for Asian Studies of Denmark Copenhagen Business School and other experts in related fields attended the symposium to discuss the financial crisis in the context of globalization and the deepening of China's industries against the backdrop of sustainable development. .
In today's international economic context, it is of particularly great significance to explore the sustainable development. The success of the seminar not only updates the industry with the latest international development, but also facilitates recognition of the important path of industrial restructuring and upgrading, propelling China's enterprises to a more robust and sustainable path of development.
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The Fourth International Conference of Analytical Psychology & Chinese Culture held at Fudan University
On 10 April, 2009, hosted jointly by Fudan University, the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP) and the Chinese Federation for Analytical Psychology (CFAP), the Fourth International Conference of Analytical Psychology & Chinese Culture was held at Fudan University. The theme of this year’s conference was “The Image in Jungian Analysis: Active Imagination as a Transformative Function in Culture and Psychotherapy”.
More than 150 researchers and experts from over ten countries cross the world attended the symposium. Among them were Mr. Hester Solomon, President of International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), Mr. Joe Cambray, the designated President of IAAP for the next term, Mr. Paul Kuegler, Vice President of IAAP, Mr Tom Kelly, Honorary Secretary General of IAAP, Mr. Rie Mitchell, Vice President of The International Society for Sandplay Therapy (ISST), Mr. Harriet Friedman, President of Sandplay Therapists of America (STA) and Mr. Robert Bosnak, President of the International Society for Embodied Imagination (ISEI) and Ms.Jill Fisher, General Secretary of ISEI.
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The C.Y. Tung Program in Sino-US Relations To Be Co-operated By Semester at Sea and Fudan University
A new Semester at Sea program designed to engage and develop the next generation of Chinese and American leaders was unveiled on the evening of April 2 in Shanghai by the University of Virginia and the Institute for Shipboard Education. Prof. Yang Yuliang, President of Fudan University and Dr. Xu Zheng, Fudan Vice President attended the opening ceremony. In this year, a new program named “The C.Y. Tung Program in Sino-US Relations” will be co-operated by The Institute for Shipboard Education and Fudan University. Prof. Shen Dingli, Director of Center for American Studies at Fudan University, will be engaged in the design and implementation of the program. Mr. Chee Chen Tung, Board Member of Fudan University and his brother Mr. Chee Hwa Tung also attended the opening ceremony.
Semester at Sea has a history of 45 years and has 45 thousands alumni; it used to be one of the international exchange programs of the University of Virginia. Later, it became one of the most important programs of the Institute of Shipboard Education while University of Virginia became its academic sponsor. “The C.Y. Tung Program in Sino-US Relations” is named after the Chinese shipping magnate who was instrumental in the founding of Semester at Sea. The program focuses on the socio-cultural, policy and economic interactions among countries around the world to prepare future leaders to better understand each other’s cultures and work together for mutual benefit. In the spring of 2010, students in Fudan University will have the chance to attend the global trip in Semester at Sea program.
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Dell-Zhongshan Hospital Simplified IT Medical Lab Launched
On April 3rd, “Dell-Zhongshan Hospital Simplified IT Medical lab”, a collaboration between Dell and Zhongshan Hospital, was officially launched. Mr. Joe Kremer, General Manager Public Sector Asia-Pacific and Managing Director ANZ at Dell and Mr. Li Guoqing, General Manager Public Sector Great China, Prof. Fan Jia, Deputy Director of Zhongshan Hospital, and Yin Yiqing, Director of the IT Center of Zhongshan Hospital, attended the ceremony.
As agreed, Dell will provide the lab with relative facilities, technology and training for testing products and developing industry-specific solutions. Zhongshan Hospital will be able to develop and operate its IT system more efficiently and flexibly, while Dell will be able to develop products and solutions that meet the need of the hospitals. In future, Dell customers in the medical field will know more about how to “simplify IT” and explore their potential for serving the patients.
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Two Fudan Teams Win Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Two teams of Fudan University were awarded the title of “Meritorious Winner” of Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), which set a history record of Fudan’s performance in the MCM.
The members of these two teams are juniors from Fudan Academy of Mathematical Science. They are Wei Chen, Wang Lindi, Zhang Chaoyan, Wang Lazhi, Liu Chong and Lu Congfan. These two teams respectively won the title of “Meritorious Winner” in both MCM and the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). It is so far the best performance of Fudan students in these contests. Professor Cai Zhijie and Professor Cao Yuan are the advisors of the teams respectively.
Another team from Academy of Mathematical Science is rewarded with the title of “Honorable Mention” of ICM, whose members are Zhang Chengdong, Ma Jun, Qi Qing. Professor Tan Yongji is the advisor of them.
Initiated in 1985, MCM is organized by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications and sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences and the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications. It is the one and the only international modeling contest for students. 2049 teams from 14 countries including U.S.A., Australia, Canada, China, German, and U.K. competed for this year’s prizes. The participants shall master not only the knowledge of mathematical modeling, but also competitive capability of writing scientific papers in English.
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Norway Day @ Fudan
On April 16, the third-year students from BI Norwegian School of Management International Marketing bachelor program, who are currently studying at Fudan University for their final year studies, presented a Norway Day on Fudan Campus together with Nordic Centre at Fudan and Norway EXPO 2010. Some 200 students participated in the event and experienced a wonderful Norway Day.
The event was kicked off by Consul General of Norway in Shanghai Mr. Fred Nomme’s welcome speech and followed by a brief introduction to the Norwegian pavilion at the EXPO 2010. During the day, through a mix of speeches, company presentations, video presentations, movies, fashion show by the Norwegian students, as well as serving of traditional Norwegian food and snacks, students learned more about Norwegian society, economy, nature, culture and others.
On the afternoon, students were also given the chance to have a face-to-face talk with famous Norwegian companies in China, including DNV, Laerdal Medicine, Arwi Electronics, Becotek, among the others.
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Ground-breaking of The New Nordic Centre Building on Fudan Campus
On the afternoon of April 21, the ground-breaking ceremony of the new Nordic Centre Building was held on Fudan campus. The new Building will be located at the original site of the former Foreign Affairs Office Building and shared by Foreign Affairs Office and Nordic Centre for use when it’s completed. The construction work is scheduled to finish by the end of this year and the new Building will be inaugurated next May when Nordic Centre celebrates its 15th anniversary.
The Nordic Centre at Fudan University was founded in 1995 as a joint project between 14 Nordic universities and Fudan, with great support from the then President of Fudan Prof. Yang Fujia. Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Bruntland attended the inauguration, which contributed to much publicity and a wide interest for the Centre from the start. In the past 14 years, the Centre has grown rapidly with its members increasing to 26 Nordic universities and institutes. Through a number of teaching and research activities including courses, conferences, seminars, workshops and others every year, the Centre has become a bridge between Nordic and Chinese higher education institutions, which greatly facilitated the academic exchanges and cooperation between China and the Nordic region. As the Centre grows and its activities increases, a decision was made to build a Nordic Centre Building on Fudan Campus with funding raised together by all Nordic member universities.
Fudan University Chancellor and Board member of the Nordic Centre Prof. Qin Shaode, Chairperson of the Nordic Centre Board and Rector of Tampere University Finland Prof. Krista Varantola, Consul General of Finland in Shanghai Mr. Matti Heimonen, and Executive Director of the Nordic Centre Prof. Chen Yinzhang attended the ceremony and shoveled earth to the cornerstone, together with consuls from the other three Nordic consulates in Shanghai (Denmark, Norway and Sweden) as well as an Icelandic representative from the University of Iceland. Nordic Centre board and council members from its member universities also participated and witnessed the ground-breaking of the new Building.
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| The Fifth U21 Heads of Administration Meeting Held at Fudan
 Representatives from 10 member institutions, comprising 22 individuals, attended the fifth meeting of Heads of Administration of Universitas 21 (U21), held at Fudan University, Shanghai, on April 23 and 24. Prof. GuiYonghao, Vice President of Fudan, welcomed all the representatives on behalf of Fudan University. There were lively exchanges of experience and views on a range of topics including: Planning in times of uncertainty; Sustainability in our universities (with particular reference to student support), Staffing issues, Developments and trends in institutional governance, and Increasing the efficiency of support services. The participants also discussed U21’s Operational Plan and contribution which Heads of Administration might make to its success. There was also extensive informal discussion of a wide range of other topics of mutual interest. TOP RESEARCH |
Fudan Research Results Published on Science
On April 10, Science published “Gglioma-derived Dominant Negative Mutant IDH1 Enzyme Catalytic Activity---Activation of HIF1α" by the team of Professor Xiong Yue and Professor Guan Kun-liang of Fudan Institute of Biomedical Sciences. The results preliminary disclosed the growth of glioma molecular mechanism, and found the effective metabolite to contain tumor growth, which brings dawn to a new treatment of glioma and other tumor treatment.
Science spoke highly of the article and believed that the results of glioma gene mutation reveal the molecular mechanism with ground-breaking significance. Alpha ketoglutarate (αKG) analogues can contain the growth of the tumor include gliomas, which find a new path for Clinical Oncology drug development.
Institute of Biomedical Sciences of Fudan University is dedicated to the research of "the system of major diseases, biological science and technology innovation platform" of National Project 985 Phase II. Its primary mission is to provide a new theoretical basis, techniques and methods, health care and treatment means for diagnosis and treatment of disease prevention mainly through transform medical research. Molecular and Cellular Biology Research (MCB) is the important biomedical research units of Fudan University, it has been officially operating from October 2006, and experienced rapid development under the support of the University. Numbers of academic articles have been published in the international mainstream journals in just two and a half years.
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Research Project on Clinical and Research Studies of Several Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription Launched
Director of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine Department of Huanshan Hospital Affiliating to Fudan University Prof. Dong Jingcheng as chief investigator of National Basic Research Program of China 973 Project 2009CB523000 hosted the project launch conference on Clinical and Research Studies of Several Traditional Chinese Medicine Prescription with his team in Shanghai.
Through this 973 project, China aims to re-evaluate the Chinese traditional medicine prescription in hope that it will lead to an evaluation system in future, balancing both characteristics of Chinese traditional medicine and modern medical requirements. Definition of Chinese traditional medicine and clarification of the basic elements of medical effects and mechanism are required. The program is expected to incubate a high-level research in the area of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine.
973 Program was initiated by Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology of People’s Republic of China in 1997 to encourage basic research. This particular project is led by Fudan University, together with another 20 higher education and research institutes all over China. Prof. Dong Jingcheng from Huashan Hospital, Prof. Tai Guangxian from Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, Prof. Guo Liping from Tian University of Chinese Medicine and Prof. Lu Zhizheng from Guang An Men Hospital Affiliating to Chinese Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences were appointed investigators of the program.
Launch conference attendees came from various background including clinical, pharmaceutical, drug effect, statistics and evaluation. Leadership from Ministry of Science and Technology, State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Science and Technology Committee, Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau and Fudan University attended the conference. President of Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine Academician Chen Kaixian, Fudan faculty Academician Shen Ziyin and Party Secretary of Huashan Hospital Gu Xiaoping also attended the meeting.
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Research in Brain Science at Fudan Breaks Through
On April 22, a research group led by Associate Professor Yang Zhengang, a faculty member from Fudan Institute of Brain Science, found the distinct activities of nerve stem cell in the process of nerve regenesis. This discovery, made via experiments on mice, provides new possibilities for the treatment of brain damages with the transference and transplant of stem cell.
In the past decade, scientists have found that nerve stem cell exists lifelong in human body, which brings vernal promises for the reparation of brain damages with the help of internal nerve stem cell. However, the fact is that the damaged brain can’t repair itself. Mainstream scientists have been arguing that, the reason why human brain fails in repairing itself is that the number of the nerve stem cell within the brain is so small. Therefore, they believe, the problem can be solved if the number of the stem cell can be increased, and most of their efforts have been put into this task. Nevertheless, the research of Prof. Yang’s group cast light on the fact that, the true reason why the brain can’t repair itself could be its failure in developing into particular nerve fiber which is indispensable in the reconstruction of nerve system. This discovery redresses the long-existing misconceptions in the field of cell research. The Fudan group published the outcome of their research on the internationally renowned Journal of Neuroscience as a feature paper. In the meantime, the old-line American journal Science News also introduced this research.
Fudan University Institute of Brain Science, as one of the key projects in the second phase of “985 Project” initiated by Ministry of Education, aims to explore the secrets in brain science for the benefits of human being. In March 2007, Dr. Yang Zhengang, after finishing his Post-doctoral program in the United States, was appointed head of young-faculty project, and then established the lab of nerve system development and nerve stem cell. The average age of the fellow researchers is less than 30. After two years of efforts, Dr. Yang’s lab has built a development model of never fiber and neuroglia cell, two damage models of nerve system. The paper published this time is the third one that has been published in international journals.
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Prof. Dai Bingran Awarded Jean Monnet Prize 2008
Prof. Dai Bingran was recently selected as the sole winner of the Jean Monnet Prize 2008 among the twenty eminent candidates over the world. European Commissioner Ján Figel' presented the Jean Monnet Prize 2008 to Professor Dai Bingran in the presence of European Commission President José Manuel Barroso
Prof. Dai Bingran is honorary director of Center for European Studies of Fudan, Associate Director of Chinese Association for European Studies, Associate Director and Secretary General of Chinese Society for EU Studies and part-time researcher of many Chinese and overseas universities and research institutes. During his career in EU studies, he led and participated in a number of national and municipal projects, compiled, wrote and translated eight books, among which three books won special book Prize of Social Science in Shanghai. He lectured Europe integration to Master and Doctoral students. He has made constructive contribution to the EU studies in China with his deep understanding in the historical background, development, organization, legal system and policies.
Jean Monnet is a prestigious politician in Europe, an active advocate, one of the founders and early leaders of European Union, known as Father of Europe Union. Jean Monnet Prize is the highest honor of EU which usually awards the established European scholars who support and develop the research and teaching in the study of Europe integration.
Prof. Dai Bingran is one of the three Jean Monnet Chairs in China selected by European Commission in 2002. In 2006, Center for European Studies was honored Jean Monnet Center of Excellence by European Commission.
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Nobel Laureate Dr. Yang Chen-Ning Delivered Keynote Speech on “Fascinating Physics” at Fudan
1957 Nobel Laureate Dr. Yang Chen-Ning delivered a keynote speech on “Fascinating Physics” at Guanghua Towers, April 13. Prof. Yang Yuliang, President of Fudan University chaired Dr. Yang’s speech, while many specialists gathered to share perspectives on this occasion. The conference hall was filled to capacity.
Besides the great contributions physics has made to the society, Dr. Yang’s speech covered the area from electricity to electromagnetic wave particle. It was divided into 3 parts. First, he mentioned Farady was the person who took human beings into the era of electricity; second, it was Maxwell who unfolded the era of electromagnetic telecommunication; third, parity conservation law is not always true. There is evidence to believe that electromagnetic wave particle is of parity violation under weak interaction. Dr. Yang and Dr. Tsung-Dao Lee published their research findings on parity violation in 1956, and thus won the next year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
After his keynote speech, Dr. Yang answered questions raised by seated specialists and students, regarding physics studies and higher education. The lecture ended with the prolonged applauses.
It is reported that Fudan has conferred the Honorary Doctorial Degree on Dr. Chen-Ning Yang earlier in 1980s.
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Russian Consul General in Shanghai Visits Fudan
On 13 April, 2009, Russian Consul General in Shanghai Mr. Alexander Sharonov visited Fudan and met with Fudan President Professor Yang Yuliang. In the discussion, the two sides both expressed satisfaction with the effective cooperation carried out between various Russian universities and Fudan University, especially in the fields of journalism, international relations etc. President Yang Yuliang also expressed the hope to strengthen the collaboration in natural sciences in the future. Mr. Alexander said he was amazed at the tremendous changes that had taken place in Shanghai since his first visit to Shanghai ten years ago. It’s his hope to enhance the friendship and cooperation between the two countries during his term.
Mr. Alexander Sharonov also met two Russian students currently studying Chinese at Fudan.
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Visit by President of Uppsala University, Sweden
On Apr. 20, a delegation from Uppsala University in Sweden, consisting of President Anders Hallberg as well as other five Vice Presidents and University Director visited Fudan University. President Yang Yuliang met the delegation on campus.
Uppsala University is one of the member universities of the Nordic Center in Fudan University and has established exchanges of students, faculty and researchers with Fudan. After their meeting with Fudan President Yang, the delegation met Fudan professors from medical science, social sciences and natural sciences, exploring new cooperation possibilities.
Fudan University is one stop of the delegation’s China trip for Uppsala University’s China Strategy. As the oldest university in Sweden, Uppsala University was established in 1477. It is home to around 5,000 teachers and staff and about 35,000 students from over 40 countries and regions. Uppsala University has also nurtured most Nobel Prize Winners.
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