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Prof. Liu Jing Serves as Associate Editor of JGR Solid Earth
At the invitation of Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR), an internationally renowned journal in the field of geosciences, Professor Liu Jing from the School of Earth System Science (SESS) officially started to serve a three-year term as the Associate Editor of JGR Solid Earth on December 31, 2020.Journal of Geophysical Research, a flagship academic journal sponsored by the American Geophysic...
2021-02-03 -
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In Memory of Prof. Nie Lansheng
Professor Nie Lansheng, a doctoral supervisor of the School of Architecture and a famous Chinese architect and architectural educator, died of illness at 21:30 on January 18, 2021, at the age of 91.The photo of Prof. Nie LanshengProf. Nie Lansheng served as an editorial board member of Architectural Journal from 1981 to 2002.She was born in Toulouse, France in December 1930. When she grew up, s...
2021-02-03 -
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Why China is a second home to foreign students like me?
Editor’s note: Hira Khalid from Pakistan is now a doctoral candidate studying Chemistry at the School of Science. Below is an article she wrote about learning in China and at Tianjin University.China has made great efforts to bring down the wall between foreign and Chinese students at its university campuses, and also devoted much resources to support the development of talented foreigners.Stu...
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TJU Researchers Develop 3D-printed Pipe-climbing Robot
A white piece of equipment was “climbing” a round tube. With its body part stretching and contracting like inchworms, it inched forward freely and even passed a 90-degree angle successfully.The equipment is actually aone-piece 3D-printed pipe-climbing robot composed of sequenced novel soft bending mechanisms, developed by Prof. Zuo Siyang and Dr. Liu Jianbin’s research team at Tianjin Univer...
2021-01-21 -
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Remembering Professor Nie Lansheng, A Famous Architect and Educator
Professor. Nie Lansheng of the School of Architecture died of an illness at the age of 91 at 21:30 on January 18, 2021.Professor Nie is a famous architect and architectural educator in China. She had been teaching at the School of Architecture of Tianjin University since 1954 and retired in 2003. During her 50-year-long teaching career, she not only made outstanding academic achievements, but...
2021-01-20 -
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Developing High-quality Education for International Students
As the first batch of universities started to enroll international students in 1954, Tianjin University (TJU) has been improving the international education system from setting up an international education office to officially establishing the school of international education in 2000. Despite all the trials and hardships, TJU family has cultivated more than 30 thousand foreign students from o...
2021-01-20 -
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Prize Winners at 6th China Living Environment Design Award of 2020
On November 22,2020,the annual meeting and award ceremony of "The 6th China Living Environment Design Award of 2020" organized by Tsinghua University and Teaching Guidance Committee of Design Major in Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Education, was held in Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.The School of Architecture from Tianjin University won one gold medal in landscape design group, ...
2021-01-20 -
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Wang Yubo Meets with Tianjin University Delegation
On December 20, Wang Yubo, the deputy secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee and acting governor, met with Li Jiajun, secretary of the Party Committee of Tianjin University (TJU). Chen Shun, vice governor of Yunnan Province, Yang Jie, secretary-general of Provincial Government, Hu Wenbin, dean of the School of Materials Science and Engineering of TJU, and Wei Haiqiao, assistant dean...
2021-01-20 -
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ASEAN-China Smart Ocean Practical Program Help Young Men Pursue Blue Dream
January 15, 2021 was a big day for Du Fuqiang, a 27-year-old young man from Tanchang County which used to be a poverty-stricken area in China’s Gansu Province. On this day, Du together with 19 other young men who all came from China’s inner land and never saw the sea before completed their training of seafarers at the National Western Maritime Training Base, Shaanxi Province, gaining a pass t...
2021-01-19 -
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Clusterzymes Designed to Modulate Neuroinflammation
A team led by Professor ZHANG Xiaodong from Medical College of Tianjin University has successfully designed a class of artificial enzymes called “clusterzymes”, which are catalytically potent and selective. The clusterzymes have promising potential in modulating neuroinflammatory diseases. Relevant work has recently been published in Nature Communications.Enzyme, an important catalyst in orga...
2021-01-19 -
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Tianjin University Attends International Summit of University Leadership 2020
On Dec 19, the Southern University of Science and Technology hosted the International Summit of University Leadership 2020 in the city of Shenzhen. Guided by China Daily Press, the forum gained academic support from the China Association of Higher Education. It was co-sponsored by Peoples Network, the Education Department of Guangdong Province, Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government, and Shenz...
2021-01-18