The COVID-19 has been spreading to most part of the world since the end of 2019.  ShanghaiTech University alumni are took quick actions to fight against the outbreak. Let ’s take a look at the epidemic-fighting stories of our Alumni. Voices of encouragement from overseas alumniAt this difficulty time, our alumni working and studying in all parts of the world are thinking about memb...

When that newest issue of Cell arrives, or you're checking out the latest articles in Nature, have you ever stopped to think about where the cover images and accompanying illustration come from? With their support, ShanghaiTech scientists’ groundbreaking research can jump from the page in full color and excite the reader.  Julie Liu, an illustrator who joined ShanghaiTech as a ...

ShanghaiTech’s newest institute is the most international of the university’s schools and institutes. While the university boasts 17% international faculty overall, almost 50% of the faculty of the Institute of Mathematics come from outside of China. This is a real boon for IMS Founding Director Chen Xiuxiong, who has worked very hard to bring in the highest caliber of faculty to the fledgi...

A university’s surroundings are often a magnet for incoming students and faculty. Stanford’s position near the business center of Silicon Valley, NYU’s central location in one of the world’s exciting cities, Harvard’s historic campus near to downtown Boston- they all make for attractive calling cards that attract top talents. ShanghaiTech University is no exception. Its location, not jus...

After participating in an intense two weeks of orientation activities, the 398 incoming first year ShanghaiTech students attended opening ceremonies held by the Schools of Information Science and Technology, Life Science and Technology and Physical Science and Technology on September 6th. President Jiang Mianheng and Vice President and Provost Yin Jie spoke to the students, welcoming them to their...

Each summer, a band of foreign students arrive on ShanghaiTech’s campus for six to eight weeks of research. For science major students, there are fewer opportunities for study abroad than other disciplines, and yet they are no less eager to experience another culture. The summer research program allows students from partner institutions the chance to experience Chinese culture while gaining resea...

On June 29, ShanghaiTech held its 2019 commencement and degree conferral ceremony. Chairman of the University Council and CAS Academician Li Ruxin presided over the ceremony honoring ShanghaiTech's 270 undergraduate degree candidates, 140 ShanghaiTech-CAS master's degree students, and 69 ShanghaiTech-CAS PhD candidates. In the audience were the graduates’family and friends, ShanghaiTech a...

When the Class of 2019 graduates cross the stage to receive their diplomas later this week, they will be representing the best ShanghaiTech has to offer. The paths they took converged for four years on campus together, and now they prepare to head off in different directions. Four students shared their journeys to and from ShanghaiTech. Gao Hanwen- Taking the LeapGao Hanwen, a senior fro...

When the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came out with their Special Report on Climate Change in October 2018, media attention focused on the short amount of time left to cut emissions before the 1.5-degree threshold that the signatory nations of the Paris Climate Change Agreement committed to is passed. At ShanghaiTech, School of Physical Science and Technology Professor Lin Bolin and t...

Gender equality in STEM fields is a global hot topic. ShanghaiTech’s female researchers may make up a smaller percentage of the total faculty, but they are making their mark at ShanghaiTech with their groundbreaking research and leadership.  Shui WenQing  School of Life Science and Technology, iHuman InstituteiHuman Assistant Research Professor Shui Wenqing says research has p...

As iHuman and SIAIS faculty and students stood in front of international and domestic media in the Ren Building auditorium for a press conference in late January, they spoke proudly of the hard work that had gone into their research, which resulted in the recent publishing of two groundbreaking research studies in the same issue of the prestigious Cell journal. What was also apparent at the p...

On January 25th, iHuman Institute and Shanghai Institute for Advances in Immochemical Science (SIAIS) held a joint press conference to announce the simultaneous publishing of two important research studies in the same issue of the prestigious Cell journal. Having two research studies in the same issue of a journal is rare, said Distinguished Adjunct Professor Rao Zihe, one of the co-corr...

On a tour of ShanghaiTech’s newest school, we pass by a life drawing class and an art gallery. Some people might look at ShanghaiTech’s newly established School of Creativity and Art and wonder…what’s art got to do with scientific research? Well, according to SCA Vice Dean John McIntosh, quite a lot.He’s part of the team that is spearheading a groundbreaking academic program in Scientific Rep...

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was announced on October 3rd.  The winners for this year are Frances H. Arnold (USA), George P. Smith (USA) and Sir Gregory P. Winter (UK). Frances Arnold shares half of the prize for her research for the directed evolution of enzymes. George Smith and Gregory Winter share the other half of the prize for their research for the phage display of peptides and an...