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Sino-EU WIDTH Project Seminar Held in School of Information
On August 21, Sino-EU WIDTH(Warehousing Images in the Digital Hospital) Project Seminar was held in Fudan School of Information. WIDTH Project belongs to Marie Curie Foundation, which was supported by the Seventh Framework Program of European Union on Sci-Tech Development. Altogether 6 EU national research institutes and 5 Chinese universities and hospitals are involved in this project with the theme of "Categorization, Retrieval, and Storage of Warehousing Images in the Digital Hospital" .
Prof. Wang Yuanyuan, Vice Deputy Dean of School of Information and leader of the project at Fudan side, presided over the meeting. Totally 17 teachers and graduate students attended the meeting, including Dr. Xiaohong Gao of Middlesex University of UK, Prof. Davide Caremella of University of Pisa of Italy, Prof. Roald Bergstrom from Norwegian Ministry of Health.
In the morning session, three foreign experts gave lectures to introduce their research environment, technology or equipments, latest research fruits and project developments. In the afternoon session, graduate students at Prof. Wang Yuanyuan's research team introduced their researches and discussed with the experts. During the seminar, many ideas on cooperation and research collaboration were raised and had an active effect on the project.
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ZHAO Qizheng Speaks at Fudan BRICS Celebrity Forum
Fudan BRICS Celebrity Forum initiated by Fudan University Center for BRICS Studies started its first lecture on Sept. 5. Mr. ZHAO Qizheng, Director of Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the CPPCC and spokesman of NPC and CPPCC of 2012, was invited as the first speaker. Mr. ZHAO delivered a wonderful speech titleed "Cooperation and Public Diplomacy among the BRICS countries ". More than 100 faculty members and students from Fudan University and other academic institutes attended the lecture and had an impressive interactive communication with Mr. ZHAO.
Prof. ZHU Zhiwen, Chancellor of Fudan University, and Prof. YANG Yuliang, President of Fudan University, met with Mr. ZHAO respectively and welcomed his coming.
It is said that Fudan BRICS Celebrity Forum will start from the second half of this year, invite 5 to 6 well-known political, economic, cultural or academic leaders annually from the BRICS countries to give lectures. By building a high-level cultural platform and academic networks for the younger generations, Fudan BRICS Celebrity Forum is to provide an opportunity for the BRICS countries to communicate with the Chinese public.
Fudan University Center for BRICS Studies was formally established in April 2012. Since its establishment, the center has made full use of the disciplinary and institutional advantages of a comprehensive university for the development of the Institutes, and is now trying to cooperate with other universities and research institutes.
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Fudan Establishes Collaborative Innovation Center for BRICS Cooperation and Global Governance
On September 13th, the founding ceremony of Collaborative Innovation Center for BRICS Cooperation and Global Governance (hereinafter referred to as “Innovation Center”) was held in Siyuan Auditorium of Guanghua Building at Fudan University.
Li Weihong, Vice Minister of Education attended the ceremony and delivered a speech, then completed the unveiling for the Innovation Center jointly with Mr. Zhu Zhiwen, Chancellor of Fudan University, and Madame Weng Tiehui, Deputy Chief Secretary of Shanghai Municipal Government. Related participants in the ceremony also included staff from Chinese Ministry of Education and Shanghai Education Commission, and scholars from Fudan University, Tsinghua University, Sichuan University, East China Normal University, and Zhejiang Normal University.
It is reported that the Innovation Center would be governed under the joint efforts of Fudan University Center for BRICS Studies, Tsinghua University Institute of International Affairs, East China Normal University Center for Russian Studies, Institute of South Asian Studies of Sichuan University, and Institute of African Studies of Zhejiang Normal University. All the participating agencies have more experience in BRICS studies and global governance with top experts in this field and a wide range of domestic and international connections.
Fudan University Center for BRICS Studies has provided an initial stage for interdisciplinary research and comprehensive innovation through utilizing the discipline advantage of Fudan University and Fudan Development Institute.
In recent years, the collective rising of the BRICS countries has increasingly changed the balance of international power and order. China’s leadership have insisted on promoting the cooperation of BRICS on many occasions, which inspired the founding of the Innovation Center.
It is introduced that the overall objectives of the Innovation Center are as follows: to be a strategic advisory platform of promoting cooperation and offering support for the BRICS; to construct the first-class interdisciplinary international studies and talent training system; to form a BRICS union for the purpose of jointly providing advisory and training elite talents. The main functions of the Innovation Center include international strategic advisory research based on theoretical innovation and talent cultivation, pragmatic cooperation among BRICS governments, collaborative cultivation of senior officials and college scholars in these countries, etc.
It is also a new threshold for the related five colleges to change the research system. On request of the Ministry of Education, the Innovation Center has designated the reformation of college research system, including talent training, discipline building and research development as one of the main tasks.
The Innovation Center will be under the management of council led by Chief Expert and Chief Coordinator. The first council consists of leadership of the five colleges, with Fudan University as the leader. Chief Expert is in charge of the management and balance of the strategic advisory while Chief Coordinator is in charge of administration and communication with home and abroad. Both of them work together to deal with the building of the research teams oriented by BRICS and the recruitment of researchers and team leaders.
In the near future, the Innovation Center will strive to integrate domestic academic resources of BRICS studies under the principles of issue-oriented and innovation-driven practical collaboration, while pushing a college union forward by means of cooperating with the colleges of Russia, Brazil, India and South Africa.
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Fudan Foreign Expert Won the Magnolia Memorial Award 2012
Reviewed by Shanghai’s Joint Meeting on Awards for Foreign Nationals, and approved by the Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, Canadian professor Shoo Kim Lee, an expert from Fudan Pediatric Hospital, was awarded the 2012 “Magnolia Memorial Award”.
“Magnolia Memorial Award” is the honorary title in recognition of positive contributions made by foreign expatriates to the city’s overseas exchange and cooperation, economic construction and social development. Prof. Lee is the Professor of Pediatrics and Head of Division of Neonatology in University of Toronto. Also, he is the Scientific Director of Institute of Human Development, Child & Youth Health of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).
Prof. Lee established the Canadian Neonatal Assistance Website in 1995, which recently has 29 NICU members and undertakes the main Canadian Neonatal research programs. In 2004, he set up “China-Canada Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine International Training Project” with jointly Fudan Pediatric Hospital. Prof. Li also built the EPIQ system to investigate its function of improving the medical quality of NICU. Under his advocacy, Fudan Pediatric Hospital, cooperated with the Canadian Neonatal Assistance Website, set up in Shanghai the “China-Canada Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine International Training Center”, aiming to cultivate neonatal specialists and nurses for Shanghai and other provinces and cities in China. Till now, the center has held neonatal specialists training program for 8 times and neonatal nurses training program for 4 times. Altogether 57 neonatal specialists and 21 specialized nurses were cultivated for Shanghai and the other 19 provinces and cities in China.
Prof. Lee actively promotes student exchange between Canada and China, and the “International Neonatal Medicine Forum” has been successfully held for 3 times in Shanghai under the joint efforts. Besides, Prof. Lee actively develops joint projects with Shanghai, and has made important contributions to promoting friendly exchange between Shanghai and other countries.
The 2012 “Magnolia Award” Ceremony was held in the Conference Center of XiJiao Guesthouse on September 14. Li Mingjun, the Director of Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Office, issued the medals and certificates to the winners. Prof. Lee and his wife attended the ceremony.
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Fudan Proves China’s Indisputable Sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands with a New Anthology
An Anthology of Lewchewan Historical Documents Written in Chinese, a 32-volume work to prove China’s Indisputable Sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands in the perspective of local Lewchewans, was announced to be published by Fudan University Press by the end of this year.
It took Fudan scholars two years to accomplish collection and compilation of the data found in libraries, museums and universities all over the world. With time span of over 1200 years, materials collected--consisting of historical records, maps, poems and essays--are all written by Lewchew government and local upper-class literati. In these documents, it is evident that the Lewchewans regard consistently Diaoyu Islands as the inherent territory of China rather than as part of Lewchew, a China tributary state with local sovereignty during that spell of time.
The on-going sovereignty dispute between China and Japan over Diaoyu Islands raises awareness on academic responsibility in clarification on historical geography. Japan claims for its sovereignty over Diaoyu Islands on the ground of its sovereignty over Lewchew. However, with solid historical documents, Fudan scholars prove indisputably that these islands never belong to Lewchew, and thus rebut Japan’s wrong claim for sovereignty over them.
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Prof. Wang Xiangrong Attended Tyndall Assembly 2012 and ESE Annual Meeting
Prof. Wang Xiangrong, Director of Urban Ecology and Environmental Planning Center was invited to attend the Global Congress of Tyndall Center 2012, which is an internal conference for the people of the Tyndall Centre partnership, and also the Annual Meeting of Earth System Engineering. His report on the research results of global climate change and urban ecology system was highly recognized at the meetings.
Prof. Wang Xiangrong had a further exchange with Prof. Corinne Le Quéré, Director of Tyndall Centres, Prof. Richard Dawson, leader of global climate change research team and Prof. Jim Hall after the meeting, and reached the agreement to have a long-term cooperation on global climate change and urdan ecology system research. Prof. Trevor D. Davies, former Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of East Anglia, send a letter to express his support for the the cooperation.
It is known that Tyndall Centre will take Fudan Urban Ecology and Environmental Planning Center as one of its global cooperation partners to collaborate on the research of the global climate change in coastal or river mouth cities like Shanghai, London or Liverpool.
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Academician TANG Zhaoyou Awarded the Title of “Model Teacher”
On Aug 29th, Prof. TANG Zhaoyou, a professor from Fudan University Affiliated Zhongshan Hospital and member of Chinese Academy of Technology, was awarded the title of “Model Teacher 2012”.
Professor TANG has made a number of glorious achievements, among which is the organization of a high-end team in fighting with the liver cancer.
Prof. TANG endeavors to provide enough opportunities of practice as well as adequate possibilities for young researchers. The Research Institute for Liver Cancer set up by him has become an important platform to provide therapy for liver cancer, as well as a research and talent cultivation base in China and in the world. In the past 40 years, the team has grown from 7~8 people till over 100 today. The team also contains a key laboratory with the best equipments in the relevant field.
Prof. TANG pays very much attention on students’academic work. While he is extremely busy with clinical, scientific research and social activities, he still spares much time in correcting the dissertation written by the graduate students under his supervision, from punctuation to the overall structure.
Four of Prof. TANG’s Ph.D. students have won the national excellent dissertation awards, which ranks No.1 in the clinical field. This can hardly be achieved without Prof. Tang’s “initial creation”. He always says that “To cultivate my students actually encourages myself to move forward. In comparison with what I have given to my students, I have learnt a lot more from them.”
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Wang Rui and Li Shaobo Win U21 UNMDG Student Video Competition
Universitas 21 is a leading global network of research-oriented universities, working to foster global citizenship and institutional innovation through research-inspired teaching, learning and student mobility. Fudan University is a member of U 21. U21 Health Science group is the sub group of U21，aiming at creating for U21 members the opportunities of international cooperation and information shared in the field of health science. United Nation Millennium Development Goals (UNMDG) is one of important topics in U21 Health Science Meeting in recent years. In 2012，U21 Health Science group hosted 21 UNMDG Student Video Competition, the theme of which is showing the efforts the student group has made to achieve UNMDG. Wang Rui and Li Shaobo from School of Basic Medical Sciences, Fudan University actively participated in the competition and won the prize.
Wang Rui is a master student in Medical Education and LiShaobo is an undergraduate student in Forensic Medicine. Though Fudan University has done a lot of work to achieve UNMDG, the students finally chose “Caring for Children” as the theme of video completion because the activities could be presented more easily through pictures and video clips. The contents of their project include offering physiological and psychological class on hygiene habits and study to students from a small village in Hunan province, imparting knowledge on medical treatment and health to the children in “Teddy Bear Hospital” and working in a relay way as rehabilitation volunteers in “Shanghai BoAi Children Healthy Center”. Boasting of a long history, those kinds of activities are very common on campus and well recorded by student volunteers in various ways including audio-video materials. Li Shaobo collected the materials and did the film clips, and then Wang Rui made the modification.
Fudan’s video was played in UNMDG Meeting, the preparatory meetings of 2012 U21 HS Conference held in Newland. Wang Rui, as the representative of winners from Fudan, reported to the meeting the work related with UNMDG done by the students from School of Basic Medical Science, Fudan University. There are only two winners in this video competition, who are from Fudan University and Hongkong University. This is the first time that Fudan students won the competition and gave presentation on U21 in medical field, and thus projected the competence they have.
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Visit by Consul General of Kazakhstan in Shanghai
Mr. Gabit Koishibayev, Consul General of Kazakhstan in Shanghai, visited Fudan University September 25th. Prof. Yang Yuliang, President of Fudan, had a talk with him. Prof. An Jiesheng, Deputy Director of History and Geography Institution and others joined in the reception.
The main aim of the Consul General’s visit was to discuss the possibility of cooperation with Fudan, and to attend the conference ‘the Settlement of Nations in Southeast Asia and Far-Eastern Region’, which is among the series of international meetings ‘the Great Migration’ under the framework of UNESCO. The series of meetings ‘the Great Migration’ are hosted by leading universities from different continents every year. Columbia University held the latest session from December 1st to 2nd, 2011.
Kazakhstan expected to hold the meeting this early December. However, because Fudan does not have corresponding faculty as Ethnology and the deadline was too tight, Fudan will have to miss such significant meeting. The Consul General expressed his regret and expected further cooperation with us in the future. At present, Fudan has no exchange program with Kazakhstan. Both sides hoped that exchanges and cooperation will be established in the future.
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Consul General of India in Shanghai Visits Fudan University
Mr. Naveen Srivastava, Consul General of India in Shanghai, visited Fudan University on September 25th. Prof. Yang Yuliang, President of Fudan, Dr. Zhu Chouwen, Director of Foreign Affairs Office, and others received him warmly. Mr. Naveen Srivastava assumed office on August 6th this year.
Fudan University established Center for BRICS Studies in this March, aiming to set up University Union and provide educational training services as well as intellectual support for the cooperation among the BRICS countries. President Yang expects to strengthen exchanges and cooperation with Indian universities, and hopes Consul General will recommend excellent scholars to attend the Shanghai Forum held by Fudan.
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Fudan alumni Prof. Shousheng ZHANG wins Dirac Medal
The UNESCO International Centre for Theoretical Physics announced on August 12, 2012 that the Dirac Medal of Physics this year was awarded to Prof. Shoucheng ZHANG, a Fudan alumnus and now a professor of Stanford University.
Shousheng ZHANG won international recognition through his research on “Topological Insulator”. Dirac Medal is the highest award in the field of Physics. There are two other winners of the Medal this year, one is from Princeton University, and the other is from University of Pennsylvania.
Shousheng ZHANG was enrolled in Fudan University in year 1978, and studied in Germany a year later. He studied under the supervision of Dr. Chen-Ning Franklin Yang for his PhD at the New York State University of Stony Brook. Prof. Shousheng ZHANG taught at Stanford University since 1993. Prof. Zhang was selected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2011.
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