On May 22, with joyfullaughter echoingonthe playground of Nankai University, the first Fun-Game Sports Meeting was held simultaneously on the Balitai campus and the Jinnan campus. Teachers and students showed their special prowess in interesting competitions and enjoyed the pleasure ofsports throughmultiple games.Qu Kai, deputy secretary of the CPC Nankai University Committee, attended the eventand cheered for teachers and students. Qu said that sports help to enhance our physical fitness and cu
On May 23rd, the key event of the 35th Tianjin Science and Technology Week- the2021 Nankai University Science and Technology Week kicked off. More than 400citizens, both adults and children,walked into Nankai campus to embrace the charm of science and technology.The opening ceremony was held inthe Lecture Hall of the Comprehensive Laboratory Building at theBalitai Campus. Li Jing, Vice President of Nankai University, and Lu Shuangying, a member of the Party Group and the Vice Presidentof Tianjin
Smart running track, intelligent trash bin, speaker box... Take a glimpse into the life of the future at a smart community in an eco-city in Tianjin, China.Let’s go to experience the smart life with Anush from Armenia,who is now studying at Nankai University.(Produced by Xinhua Global Service, edited by JianjingYun and Lu An)
This January, together with Sheffield Hallam University, the Council for Hospitality Management Education(CHME) announced its first annual Video Competition with the theme “Creating Hospitality Experience: Authenticity in an Emerging World of Hyper-Reality”. Students from all over the world were attracted to participate in the competition, and a total of ten teams submitted their video works.Under the guidance of their professor Qiu Hanqin, the team made up of Xue Tao, Qin Menglan, Du Yingying a
On May 12, Prof. Yan Xiyun, Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Director oftheKey Laboratory of Institute of Protein and Peptide Drugs, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, came to Nankai University and gave a course on The Story Behind the Discovery of the Nanozyme – Coincidence and Inevitability to more than 200 students.From her own experience, Yan talked about her journey in scientific research. Yan shared that the initial goal was just to achieve the application ofdet
On May 18th, the 45th International Museum Day, Nankai University Museum organized the Across the Millennium to Reproduce History-Museum VR Experience Activity to explore new cultural experiences and forms of communication.Technology Meets AntiquesIt was so stirring. I was able to ascend to the height of the cave, see the Buddhas face at eye level, and even see the veins in the eyes of the Buddha. After participating in the activity, Hu Xinya from the School of History excitedly gave this review
On May 15, the finals of the 12thNational College Students Mathematical Competition were held in Jilin University. Twelve students from Nankai University participated in the finals and obtained three first-prizes, four second-prizes and five third-prizes.For the first-prize winners in the senior-level group of mathematics majors, the recipients are Sun Yuzhe and Tian Zheshuai, students of the School of Mathematical Sciences, while in that of the non-mathematics majors, the recipient is Zhang Che
On April 30, the Peking Opera Costume Exhibition was opened in the exhibition area on the second floor of the library of Jinnan Campus, Nankai University. A vivid Peking Opera costume appreciation salon was held at the same time. Liu Jia, Associate Dean of the College of Chinese Language and Culture and Professor from the Peking Opera Inheritance Base of Nankai University, together with Professor Wang Qin, expert of Peking Opera and Vice Principal of Tianjin Arts and Crafts Vocational College, l
On April 28, Zhang Xuemin, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and director of the Medical Department of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), presented the course International Frontiers and challenges of Tumor Prevention and treatment to more than 200 teachers and students of Nankai University. This lecture is part of the “led by masters” general education course of Nankai University, one of the series belonging to Current and Future of Biological Sciences.In clas
In recent days, Nature Methodshas published a research paper entitled Critical Assessment of Protein Intrinsic Disorder Predictionand posted news entitled A Community Effort to Bring Structure to Disorder, which reported the details of the Critical Assessment of Protein Intrinsic Disorder Prediction(CAID). Hu Gang, a professor at the School of Statistics and Data Science, Wang Kui, an associate professor at the School of Mathematical Sciences, and Lukasz Kurgan, a professor at Virginia Commonwea
On April 29, the “New Energy-Excellence Lecture”of Nankai University was held with great aplombin the Joint Research Building. Wu Yicheng, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and professor from the Tianjin University of Technology, attended the lecture and made a speech on the development and application of nonlinear optical crystal materials. Chen Jun, Vice President of Nankai University and the head of the School of Chemistry, awarded Academician Wu Yicheng the honorary certif
Environmental contamination by mercury in its organometallic form, methylmercury, remains a major global concern due to its neurotoxicity, environmental persistence and biomagnification through the food chain.Methylmercury was also the “culprit” of the “Minamata disease”in Japan in the 1950s,causinga worldwide scandal. However, for a long time, the mystery of methylmercury formation in the environment has prevented people from controlling methylmercury pollution fromthe source.Recently, a resear
Recently, to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nankai University Library held the exhibition Dialogue with Masters – Exhibition of Nobel Prize-winning Works in the middle hall on the second floor of the Central Building of Jinnan Campus, exhibiting the main representative works of previous Nobel Prize winners. More than 180 books have been showed, involving literature, biography, economics, history, philosophy etc.The Nobel Prize in Literature is widely acknowledg
On April 21, Wei Fuwen, a conservation biologist, also Academician of the ChineseAcademyof Sciences and Academician of The World Academy of Sciences, gave a lecture themed “Conservation Biology” as one of Nankai University’s“Led by Masters” general education course series “The Current Situation and Prospect of Biological Sciences”. Nearly 200 teachers and students from Nankai University attended the event online and offline.Based on his own study experience, Academician Wei Fuwen introduced his
On April 23, World Book and Copyright Day, the 11th Nankai Reading Festival opened in the Central Library of the Jinnan Campus of Nankai University. This years reading festival featured a variety of activities. Nankai University Vice President Wang Xinsheng attended the opening ceremony, together with more than 200 representatives of teachers and students from the whole school.In his speech, Wang Xinsheng on behalf of the school expressed his congratulations on the opening of the 11th Nankai Rea