
Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Bernard L. Feringa Appointed as Yang Shixian Distinguished Lecturer at Nankai UniversityOn November 19, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and renowned organic chemist Bernard Lucas Feringa—a Foreign Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the Academia Europaea, Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as a

Recently, President Xi Jinping sent signed reply lettersto 61 young sinologists from 51 countries, encouraging them to continue their sinology research, introduce a real, multidimensional, and comprehensive China to the world, and serve as envoysconnecting Chinese and foreign civilizations. Batbaatar Tserenpuntsag, a Mongolian doctoral student at Nankai University, was among the representatives who wrote to the President and was honored to receive this meaningful reply.Tserenpuntsag excitedly re

From October 31 to November 3, the 19th “Challenge Cup” National College Student Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition concludedat Nanjing University.Nankai University won the special prize in the main competition, along with one first prize, two second prizes, and two third prizes.The special prize-winning project, titled “Intelligent Identification and Regulatory Program Analysis of GPRC5B+ Endothelial Cells as a Novel Tumor Stemness Targetto Tackle Tumor Immortality”, w

On October 31, theundergraduate team NKU-CHINA from the College of Life Sciences at Nankai University claimed a gold medal at the 2025 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Grand Jamboree, heldin Paris. It isthe fourth timethat students from the college secured top honorsat the prestigious competition.As the most influential international event in synthetic biology, iGEM fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among young scientists to address global challenges, drawing participati

On October 17, Laurent Lafforgue, the 2002 Fields Medalist, Member of the French Academy of Sciences, recipient of the 2025 Chinese Government Friendship Award, and Senior Expert at Lagrange Centre, Huawei Technologies France, was invited todeliver a lecturetitled “What is a point? What is a space?” as part of the Chern Lecture Series at theChern Institute of Mathematics.Prior to the lecture, Nankai University (NKU) President Chen Yulu met with Prof. Lafforgue atShiing-Shen Building. The meeting

To celebratethe Mid-Autumn Festival, the Schoolof Foreign Studies, the College of Chinese Language and Culture, and the Schoolof International Education at Nankai University successively held a series of diverse traditional cultural experience activities. These events offered Chinese and international participants an immersive experience of the rich cultural essence of this Chinese holiday.At the School of Foreign Studies, participants, both domestic and international, engaged in traditional Chi

On September 26 in Daejeon, South Korea, the Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society (MICCAI) officially announced that Professor Fan Dengping from the College of Computer Science at Nankai University wonthe 2025 MICCAI Young Scientist Publication Impact Award. This marks the first time that a scholaraffiliated with a university inChinese mainland has received this award.Professor Fan earned the award for his paper PraNet: Parallel Reverse Attention Network for Polyp S

From August 13 to 18, the RoboCup Malaysia Open 2025 was held in Malaysia, where two teams from Nankai University achieved a historic breakthrough by capturing three championship titles.As the world’s most influential robotics competition, RoboCup is renowned for its technical sophistication and broad international participation, drawing teams from dozens of countries and regions each year. This year,the eventbrought together more than 400 participants and staff from countries and regions suchas

The 2025 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe – Storytelling Contestconcluded on July 9 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Jocelyn (Chinese name: 曹秋慧CaoQiuhui), an international student from Indonesia studying at Nankai University, distinguished herself among 50 finalists from around the world and received the “Outstanding Eloquence”, one of three major individualawards. She was recognized for her strong command of Chinese and unique cultural perspectives.I

Nankai University held the opening ceremony for its 2025 International Summer School at Chern Building on the Balitai Campus on the evening of June 29. Chen Jun, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Vice President of Nankai University, delivered the keynote speech. The ceremony brought together distinguished scholars from around the world, alongside representatives of Nankai faculty and students, and was hosted by Li Yuelin, Assistant to the President and Director of the Teaching A

On June 26, the Nankai University-University of Glasgow Joint Graduate School held its 2025 commencement ceremony and degree conferral ceremony on Jinnan Campus.

On the afternoon of June 17, the College of Software held the graduation ceremony for its 2023 Master Program in Software Engineering (part of Foreign Aid Academic Education) at Shiing-ShenBuilding, Balitai Campus. The event was attended by Chen Jun, Vice President of Nankai University; Tong Jiadong, Chair Professor at Nankai University; and Fang Yong, Director of Foreign Economic Department of the Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Commerce. A total of 41 internationals students from 15 countries and

On June 8, the School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University held the “Bridging Cultures through Language and Drama: A SCO-Silk Road Showcase” thematicevent, offering a vibrant multicultural exchangethat drew domestic and international facultyand students, including those from Russia, Pakistan, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, the United StatesandItaly.The event began with a performance of theHorseman sDance, followed by a multilingual poetry recitationofTo the Seadelivered inChinese, Russian, English

On May 30, Chinese and foreign graduatesfrom the 2025 cohortatthe School of Foreign Studies of Nankai University gathered with Chinese and foreign facultyto celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and savor charming excellent traditional Chinese culture.The participantsexperienced folk activities including making sachets, weaving mugwort bouquets and colorful strings, and participated in interactive games including pitching-pot, making lacquer fans, and “fishing zongzi”.The event also featured a quiz

Recently, the art exhibition by the 2025 cohort graduates of the Department of Oriental Art as well asthe Department of Art and Design, School of Literature, Nankai University officially kicked off on Balitai Campus.The graduation exhibition of the Department of Oriental Art is held at the first-floor gallery of the Oriental Art Building. The paintings, which cover themes such as landscape, figureandflower-and-bird, demonstratingthe students’ reflectionon the principleof “innovating on the basis