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Symposium on “Academic Journals and China Studies towards the World” Held
The international symposium on “Academic Journals and China Studies Towards the World” was held at Fudan University from July 4 to 5, which was jointly sponsored by Fudan Institute for Advanced Study in Social Science(Fudan-IAS), Fudan Journal of the Humanities Social Sciences and ISSC-UNESCO.
More than 30 representatives including leaders from ISSC-UNESCO, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Peking University, People’s University of China, Nanjing University, Wuhan University, Fudan University, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Critical Asian Studies, Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, China Quarterly, Chinese Journal of International Law，The Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Chinese Philosophy, Fudan Journal of the Humanities Social Sciences, the editor-in-chief of SSCI, and renowned scholars participated in the symposium.
Vice Chairman of Shanghai Social Science Association and Fudan Pro Vice President Prof. Sang Yucheng presided over the ceremony. Vice Minister of the Publicity Department of Shanghai Municipal Government and Chancellor of Shanghai Social Science Association, Prof. Pan Shiwei made an address. Prof. Deng Zhenglai, Dean of Fudan-IAS Distinguished Professor of Fudan University and editor-in-chief of Fudan Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, addressed the ceremony on behalf of the hosts.
The seminar lasted one day and a half with keynote speeches in with 5 topics, namely “The Role of Academic Journals in Social Sciences”, “Academic Journals and Introduction of Chinese Academic Achievements to the World”, “Academic Journals and Indexing Services”, “Chinese Academic Journals towards the World” and “China Studies and Global Forum of Academic Journals”.
After the opening ceremony, Prof. Gudmund Hernes, President of ISSC-UNESCO, gave a lecture on “The State of China and the State of the Art”.
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2009 International Forum on Management Science Unveiled at Fudan
On July 18, 2009 International Forum on Management Science was unveiled at School of Management, Fudan University. Almost 200 scholars participated in the forum and held a heated discussion on the sustainable development of Chinese economy under the background of global economic crisis.
Former Vice Chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, Vice President of Management Award Foundation of Fudan University Mr. Cheng Siwei, Vice Director of Management Award Foundation, Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Mr. Liu Shanzai, and Secretary-General of Bo Ao Forum, Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, Vice Director of Management Award Foundation Mr. Long Yongtu also participated in the forum. Keynote speeches titled “Economic Crisis and Open-and-Reform Policy of China” and “The Development Chinese Management Science Under the Global Economic Crisis” were presented. Scholars from Fudan University, National University of Singapore, Columbia University, City University of Hong Kong and Alibaba Corporation also participated in the forum among the others.
Under the theme of “Beyond the Crisis: the Development of Management Science in China”, the forum is divided into sub-forums of “Management Science”, “Information Management” and “Research and Development Management in China”.
The Fudan Forum of Management Science has been contributed to enhancing the cooperation and exchange among Chinese scholars and overseas experts, to searching for the future development tendency of Chinese Management Science, and to serving for the national economic and social development.
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Pfizer - Fudan Joint Training Project Launched
The contract signing ceremony of "clinical data management and statistical programming graduate project", which is a joint training project between Fudan University and Pfizer Company was held on July 29 in Shanghai's Pudong Shangri-La Hotel. Mr. Jiang Liang, Director of Pudong New Area Government, Prof. Qin Shaode, Chancellor of Fudan University, Mr. Yang Xueming, director of Shanghai Education Commission, Mr. Li Jun, deputy Director of Degree Office of the State Council, Mr. Jeff Kindler, Global CEO of Pfizer Inc, Mr. Martin Ma Kai, the global R & D president, Mr. Tan Ling-shi, manager of China R&D center and delegates from Fudan Graduate School, the School of Pharmacy, attended the ceremony.
This project will serve graduate students in three-year professional master degree for joint training, aiming to nurture high-quality clinical research professionals to the rapidly developing field of biomedical. The first session will be held in September 2009.
Experts from Fudan School of Pharmacy and Pfizer Global R & D network will join the training project.
Professor Zhu Yizhun, Fudan Pharmacy School Dean, and Dr. Tan Lingshi signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of Fudan University and Pfizer. The implementation of this project marks the start of "Pfizer-Fudan Pharmaceutical Research & Development Education Center" programs.
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American Studies 2009 at VCU
The Summer Session” American Studies 2009” jointly organized by Fudan University and The Virginia Commonwealth University was held on VCU campus from July 13 to August 9, 2009.
This program provided over 30 hours of lectures on a wide range of topics, such as American history, politics, economics, culture, media, art, international trade and foreign policy.
The participants also had chances to visit Williamsburg, New York City, Washington D.C., and some other American cities of historic significance.
A variety of activities were planned for the program, including rowing, movies, family visits and visits to the Busch Garden and the Virginia Beach.
According to the requirements of the program, the students were required to submit a final paper on certain aspects of the States as their research result.
It is expected that “American Studies 2009” can offer the students direct experience in the States and inspire them to reflect on their experience for better understanding of the society and the culture.
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Nordic Centre Summer Course
Over 70 Nordic students from all five Nordic countries attended this year’s three-week summer course “Introduction to Modern China” at the Nordic Centre Fudan University from July 6 to 24. The course, which was divided into two parallel tracks, “Chinese Politics and Society" and "Chinese Politics and Economy”, provides Nordic students with a rare opportunity to familiarize themselves not only with China's history and development but also to gain first-hand impressions of everyday life in Shanghai.
It is the 10th year that the course has been organized. Like in previous years, the course was highly appreciated by the students. “The whole course was enlightening!” “The course is great! I could hardly expect more than what I have got here during the previous three weeks.” wrote some of the participants on the evaluation sheets.
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2009 Fudan-UNINET EU Summer School
From July 4 to 26 2009, 43 Fudan students attended EU Summer School that was jointly organized by UNINET and Fudan University.
The aim of the program was to provide the participating students with first-hand knowledge about European culture, economy, politics, literature and arts, with a special focus on the organization and function of the European Union.
The summer school attendees visited Brussels in Belgium, known as the heart of Europe, as well as other famous European cities including Paris, Salzburg and Vienna, where the students attended lectures and visited sites of important historical and cultural significance.
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Fudan-at-Yale Summer Session 2009
Fudan University held the fourth summer session at Yale University in the summer of 2009. Altogether 29 students, divided into 2 groups, attended Yale Summer Session B and Yale English Language Institute Summer Course.
Fudan-at-Yale summer session gives the students a great opportunity to experience American education at a prestigious institution. The summer session features a challenging curriculum and schedules time to experience campus life, which exposes students not only to international cultural identity, but also American humanity and Yale tradition. The summer session lasted for six consecutive weeks. From Monday to Friday, the students spent at least 20 hours for in-class lecture and seminar per week, with required courses in the morning and elective courses in the afternoon. The study topics include various aspects of American life, such as urban life, social class, gender study, education and religion. The coursework adopts fictional and non-fictional reading materials to help the participants acquire proficiency in approaching issues concerning politics, economics, the environment, etc.
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Georgetown University Summer Session
Georgetown University Summer Session is held each year and in 2009 for the first time a group of 31 Fudan students from a wide range of majors attended the Summer Session on campus. They were accepted as Fudan honored group and mixed with local students in class.
Georgetown University Summer Session lasted for 5 weeks from July 6 to August 8, 2009. The summer session is lectured by Georgetown faculties.
Besides academic courses, Fudan participants also had chances to visit baseball games, Alexander the old town and some places of interests in Washington D.C.
Georgetown University Summer Session is highlights with class experience in U.S and activities embracing all-round American cultures, which enriches Fudan students’ life experience and deepens the understanding of US society and culture.
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Fudan Center for Housing Policy Studies Established
On the afternoon of Aug.29, the launching ceremony of Fudan Center for Housing Policy Studies was held in Guanghua Tower. Mr. Liu Zhifeng，the standing committee of the CPPCC, Chairman of China Real Estate Research Association and the formal Assistant Minister of Ministry of Construction, made a remark on the opening ceremony and revealed the plaque with Chancellor of Fudan University Prof. Qin Shaode.
Fudan Center for Housing Policy Studies was established at School of Management with nearly 20 researchers and it has a certain degree of academic and social influence in domestic housing policy research field. The Center's work includes scientific research, public service, personnel training and the main research directions includes housing security, public housing policy, housing market regulation, housing finance, etc. Director of the Center is Fudan Vice president, Dr. Xu Zhen and Executive Deputy Director is Assistant Prof. Chen Jie.
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Fudan University Found New Features of GRK in Embryonic Development
Fudan University Research Institute of Brain Science and the Medical Research Group led by Professor Ma Lan of School of Medicine jointly found that intracellular G protein-coupled receptor encyme GRK2 can affect the early development of zebrafish embryos by regulating cell cycle proteins.
This new discovery reveals that GRK plays an essential role in the regulation of receptor signaling and embryo development; besides, GRK has a new feature that is non-dependent protein enzyme. The discovery, which lays the foundation for the further study in the mechanism that GRK involves in human embryo development, has been published in the latest issue of the International first-class magazine, "US National Academy of Sciences".
Professor Ma Lan is engaged in molecular neuro-pharmacology research work for many years. He found signal transduction of opioid receptor and new access to the role of opioids. Her research papers were published in Cell and other international journals and once received National Natural Science Award of China.
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Prof. Ge Zhaoguang Appointed Princeton Global Scholar
Word came recently that Prof. Ge Zhaoguang from National Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies at Fudan University was appointed Princeton Global Scholar from 2009 to 2010. News came through the letter from The Council for International Teaching and Research at Princeton University, who launched Princeton Global Scholars Program for the first year. As the guest professor at Princeton, Prof. Ge would be required to annually teach a six- week course for post graduates at Department of East Asian Studies in the coming three to five years. This appointment is regarded to inaugurate and sustain durable ties between Princeton and Fudan.
Princeton Global Scholars Program （from the website of Princeton University）
The Global Scholars Program enables the University to recruit stellar scholars from outside the United States into recurring, multi-year teaching appointments at Princeton in all disciplines and regional studies programs. The scholars are incorporated into departments’ and programs’ curricula and events, and engage in scholarly exchange with Princeton faculty and students. These appointments bring vital new voices from abroad to Princeton departments and classrooms to inaugurate and sustain durable ties between Princeton and academic centers of excellence around the world.
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Two Fudan Foreign Faculty Receive Shanghai Magnolia Award
Two Fudan foreign faculty members from Zhong Shan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Prof. Björn Jonson of Respiratory and Dr. Scott L. Friedman of Gastroenterology, won Shanghai Magnolia Award recently.
Prof. Björn Jonson is the original constructor of the ServoVentilator, which triggered a revolution in respiratory intensive care starting in the early 1970s. He has been the head of Department of Physiology at Lund University for nearly 20 years. Due to wide networks of co-operation with Prof. Jonson, the Department of Respiratory at Zhong Shan Hospital is now a centre for clinical research within the University Hospital.
Dr. Friedman has performed pioneering research into the underlying causes of scarring, or fibrosis associated with chronic liver disease, which affects millions worldwide. Dr. Friedman was the first to isolate and characterize the hepatic stellate cell, which is the key cell type responsible for scar production in liver. Dr. Friedman has made great contribution to the academic exchange between Zhong Shan Hospital and Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Shanghai Municipality introduced Shanghai Magnolia Award which is named after Shanghai’s official flower in 1989 to express appreciation to foreigners who live in Shanghai and contribute significantly to the city’s economic performance, international relations, business environment, management standards and community development.
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Prof. Bai Xuechun Named in Who’s Who at ATS
Xuechun Bai, M.D., Ph.D. and professor of Zhongshan Hospital Affiliating to Fudan University was named in Who’s who at the American Thoracic Society (ATS). Meanwhile, two doctoral candidates he supervises, Dong yang and Ziqiang Zhang, both won the Silver Paper Award of European Respiratory Society 2009 Annual Conference.
The ATS is committed to disseminating the latest advances, nationally and internationally, in the fields of lung disease, sleep disorders and critical care medicine. The annual International Conference has become the premier, international forum for physicians and scientists who work in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. The ATS called Dr. Xuechun Bai as “a clinical doctor, teacher and scientist focus on innovation” and highly compliment his outstanding achievement on respiratory diseases. He established the Center of Combined Modality Diagnosis and Treatment for Lung Tumors, integrating the departments of pulmonary medicine, thoracic surgery and radiology. Dr. Bai has received two “distinguished scientist” awards from the Shanghai Municipal Government for discovering a new anti-tumor drug based on RNAi and developing a fiber optic fluorescence oxygen sensor for real-time monitoring blood gases.
The European Respiratory Society (ERS) aims to alleviate suffering from respiratory disease and to promote lung health through research, knowledge sharing, medical and public education with members in over 100 countries and regions. The papers by Dong yang and Ziqiang Zhang came to the fore and won Silver Paper Award of ERS. Dong Yang discussed the effect of peroxiredoxin 6 in acute lung damage; Ziqiang Zhang found the probability of using apuaporins in lung cancer treatment. Their innovative work is a result from constant attention on youth education.
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Visit by Umeå University
On August 24, a delegation from Umeå University, Sweden, led by Pro-Vice Chancellor Åsa Bergenheim visited Fudan University. The delegation constituted of deans, vice deans and representatives from Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Science and Technology, Faculty of Social Sciences, as well as School of Education. Fudan Vice President Prof. Gui Yonghao warmly welcomed the delegation.
During the visit, the delegation received presentations of Nordic Centre at Fudan University, as well as Sino-Swedish R&D Centre for Food Safety, Nutrition and Health, which was jointly established by Fudan School of Public Health and a few Swedish universities including Umeå. Talks on future collaborations were held between the delegation and their Fudan counterparts in the afternoon.
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