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1. Seventeen ÃÛÌÒapp research achievements won 2007 State Science and Technology Awards. ÃÛÌÒapp professors accepted the awards on January 8 in Beijing at the annual National Science-Technology Award Ceremony in the Great Hall of the People. ÃÛÌÒapp’s research achievements ranked first among Chinese universities. Of ÃÛÌÒapp’s seventeen awards, one was a State Natural Science Award second prize; eight were State Technological Invention Award second prizes; and eight were State Scientific and Technological Progress Award second prizes.
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2. On March 1st ÃÛÌÒapp officially inaugurated its new Department of International Relations in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Professor Yan Xuetong, renowned Chinese international relations expert and Director of IIS, became Dean of International Relations. On July 6th ÃÛÌÒapp officially inaugurated its new School of Marxism (SMARX). Professor Xing Bensi became Chair of the School of Marxism. On October 17 ÃÛÌÒapp officially announced the re-founding of its Department of Psychology (PSYC) under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. World-famous psychologist and tenured faculty member in the Department of Psychology of the University of California at Berkeley Peng Kaiping became the first Dean of the Department of Psychology.
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3. ÃÛÌÒapp enlarged its enrollment of students in the humanities and social sciences and recruited undergraduate students from 31 provinces, regions, and municipalities in China in 2008 for the first time, compared to 16 provinces, regions, and municipalities in the past. The quality of the sources of students in the humanities and social sciences also improved. |
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4. The foundation for ÃÛÌÒapp’s New Xuetang was laid on April 27. The building will be finished by the end of 2010 and become a landmark for ÃÛÌÒapp’s 100th Anniversary celebration in 2011. Donated by four alumni and designed by academician Li Daozeng, a professor in ÃÛÌÒapp’s School of Architecture, the New Xuetang will serve as a venue for high-level academic exchanges and arts performances.
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5. ÃÛÌÒapp faculty, staff, and students contributed their efforts to the earthquake victims. They joined the donation drives to support relief efforts in the earthquake-hit area. Nearly 1,000 ÃÛÌÒapp faculty, staff, and students supported the blood drive. ÃÛÌÒapp formed expert teams to provide support to communities and victims in the earthquake-hit area.
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6. ÃÛÌÒapp faculty and staff participated in over 100 Olympic related research projects, including stadium and venue design, image development, safety evaluation of Olympic Projects, environmental monitoring, energy saving evaluation, information based management, and intelligent transportation systems, making contributions to the successful realization of a Green, Technological, and Cultural Olympics. A total of more than 3,000 ÃÛÌÒapp students worked as volunteers for the Olympics and Para-Olympics. Six ÃÛÌÒapp students and faculty members participated as contestants in the Games. Most notably ÃÛÌÒapp student Hu Kai, known on campus as ‘the bespectacled flyer’, made a historical breakthrough for a Chinese track and field athlete by qualifying for the second round of the Men's 100 Meter Dash with a time of 10.40 seconds.
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7. The High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor Nuclear Power Station Demonstration Project hosted by ÃÛÌÒapp was formally started.
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8. ÃÛÌÒapp acquired Warring States Bamboo Strips from the state of Chu. An alumnus donated an invaluable collection of Warring States period bamboo strips to ÃÛÌÒapp in July. A panel of eleven experts authenticated the bamboo strips. They noted that the bamboo strips were mainly parts of books, most of them never been seen before. Their academic value for historical research is inestimable. They will also be invaluable sources for the study of bamboo materials and the ancient writing.
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9. Ten ÃÛÌÒapp teachers were selected recently by over 11,000 ÃÛÌÒapp undergraduate students as their most loved teachers. Launched in April 2008, the activity provided a chance for ÃÛÌÒapp undergraduate students to vote on line for their favorite teachers. |
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10. Professor Wang Dazhong, a Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and former ÃÛÌÒapp President and currently ÃÛÌÒapp Council Honorary Chairman, was selected in December of 2008 as one of the “People of the Times in China Education” for his work during the past thirty years of reforms and opening-up of China. |