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12.29 2025Nankai University Holds 2025 Annual Meeting of Insurance and Actuary 40 Forum
On December 20, the 2025 Annual Meeting of Insurance and Actuary 40 Forum was held at the ChernBuilding on Balitai Campus, Nankai University. The event was organizedby Nankai University and jointly undertakenby the Nankai-Taikang College of Insurance and Actuarial Science, China Life Reinsurance Company Ltd., and the School of Economics at Nankai University, with the theme “Technology-enabled Development and the New Health and Elderly Care Ecosystem”.This forum was attended by: Liang Tao,
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12.29 2025Nankai University Team Achieves New Breakthrough in the Designing of Strongly Coupled Structures for Photonic Devices
A research team from Nankai University, in collaboration with teams from Tsinghua University, Shanghai JiaoTong University, and the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, has published a paper titled “Designing Strongly Coupled Polaritonic Structures via Statistical Machine Learning” in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study proposes a novel statistical machine learning framework that enables accurate and efficient design of photonic devices with strongly coup
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12.26 2025Nankai University Team Reports Major Advances in Mid-Infrared Plasmonics
A research team led by Professor Xu Jingjun, Professor Cai Wei, and Associate Professor Luo Weiwei from the School of Physics and TEDA Institute of Applied Physics at Nankai University has achieveda series of significantadvances in the regulation mechanisms and near-field optical characterization of mid-infrared plasmons. The related findings have been published in Science Advances and Nature Communications.The mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectral region encompasses a series of key physical processes,
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12.26 2025Nankai University Research Team Achieves New Advances in Intelligent Assessment of Parkinson’s Disease
A research team led by Professors Huo Weiguang and Han Jianda from the College of Artificial Intelligenceat Nankai University, in collaboration with researchers from Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, City St George’s, University of London, and Imperial College London, has published a study in npj Digital Medicine, a leading journal in the field of digital medicine. The study is titled “Deep Learning-enabled Accurate Assessment of Gait Impairments in Parkinsons Disease Using Smartphone Videos”.The studypr
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12.22 2025A Research Group at Nankai University Releases the 2024 China Insurance Institution Governance Index
On December 13, the China Insurance Institution Governance Evaluation Research Group at Nankai University released the 2024 China Insurance Institution Governance Index (CIIGI). Drawing on the latest annual disclosure data from China’s insurance sector, the 2024 CIIGI represents the index’s ninth annual release since its inaugural publication in 2016.Led by Hao Chen, Associate Professor in the Department of Financial Management at Nankai Business School, the research group leveraged their long-t
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12.19 2025A Delegation from Universidad de los Andes, Columbia Visits Nankai University
On December 11, a delegation led by Silvia Caro, Vice President of Universidaddelos Andes, Colombia, visited Nankai University (NKU). Fang Yongchun, Vice Presidentof NKU,met with the guests onBalitai Campus.FangYongchunextended a warm welcome to Vice President Caro and her delegation. He introduced NKU’s distinctive educational characteristics, research strengths, and international engagement. He highlighted the substantial collaborative foundation the two universities have built over nearly two
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12.18 2025Nankai University Research Team Pioneers Novel Pathway for Broad-Spectrum Anti-Influenza A Therapy
Recently, a research team led by Researcher Liu Shulin at the College of Chemistry, Nankai University, achieved a significant breakthrough in broad-spectrum anti-influenza A therapy. Liu’s team developed an innovative multiplexed PROTAC antiviral strategy capable of simultaneously degrading multiple key components of the viral ribonucleoprotein (vRNP) complex, which is the core machinery for viral replication. This study offers a novel solution for potent, durable, and broad-spectrum influenza t
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12.17 2025An Initiative Undertaken by Nankai University is Endorsed as Part of the UNSciences Decade
Recently, the Engineering Capacity Building for Africa Programme (ECBAP), undertaken by Nankai University (NKU), was officially included in the United NationsInternationalDecadeofSciencesforSustainableDevelopment (IDSSD).ECBAP isa ten-year programmelaunched by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), with the support of the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Indust
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12.16 2025Recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Donates the Medal and Archival Materials to Nankai University
Recently, Zhang Zhiting, a retired professor from the School of Foreign Studies, Nankai University (NKU) and recipient of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, donated the medal to UniversityArchives.Prof. Zhang previously served as a First Secretary of the Commercial Office at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in theRepublic of France, where he brought extensive diplomatic experience to his role. From 1995 till retirement, he had been dedicated to the establishment and development of th
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12.15 2025Nankai University President Chen Yulu Attends Tengchong Scientists Forum 2025
From December 5 to 7, the Tengchong Scientists Forum 2025was held in Tengchong City, Yunnan Province. The event was jointly hosted by People’s Government of Yunnan Province and China Association for Science and Technology, with support from Peking University, Tsinghua University, and Nankai University (NKU).Chen Yulu, Presidentof Nankai University, attended the opening ceremony, presided over the opening keynote session, and participated in University Presidents Forum. Fang Yongchun, NKU Vice Pr
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12.12 2025A Delegation from Yunnan Normal University Visits Nankai University
On December 4, Chen Fei, Vice President of Yunnan Normal University, and his delegation visited Nankai University. Chen Jun, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Executive Vice President of Nankai University (NKU), met with the guests at the Haibing Centeron Balitai Campus.Chen Jun noted that the profound friendship between the two universitiesdates back totheir shared origin in the National Southwestern Associated University. He expressed hope that both institutions would
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12.11 2025Nankai University Research Team Contributes to Groundbreaking Study Published in Nature
Recently, XiangpanJi, Associate Professor at the School of Physics, Nankai University (NKU), in collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory physicistJay Hyun Joand Louisiana State Universityprofessor Hanyu Wei, used data from MicroBooNE at Fermilab to achieve a major breakthrough in the study of sterile neutrinos. The study pioneered an innovative “single detector + two neutrino beams” approach, excluding the existence of a single sterile neutrino at a 95% confidence level. Their findings,
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12.10 2025Nankai University Presents the Mathematical Talent Award to Joshua Zahl
On November 30, Nankai Universitypresentedits second Mathematical Talent Awardto Joshua Zahl, Chair Professor at the Chern Institute of Mathematics.Prof. Zahlwas born in 1986. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the California Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. He held positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and the University of British Columbia, Canada, before joining NKU as a full-time Chair Professor in June 2025. Prof
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12.09 2025Nankai University Research Team Reports Significant Breakthrough in RNA m⁶A Modification
On November 29, the research group led by Changliang Shan at the College of Pharmacy, Nankai University (NKU), published a paper in Advanced Sciencewiththe title HPD is an m⁶A Methyltransferase that Protects Colorectal Cancer Cells from Ferroptotic Cell Death by m⁶A Methylating SLC7A11/GPX4.In this study, Shan Groupdiscover the tyrosine metabolism enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPD) as a methyltransferase responsible for m6A modification. Unlike METTL3, which requires the assistance
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12.08 2025Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Bernard L. Feringa Appointed as Yang Shixian Distinguished Lecturer at Nankai University
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
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