The17thSHNUFinalofDebatingContestforPostgraduateswasheldatNo.2HallofCampusConferenceCenteronNovember5th.Afterroundsofpreliminariesandsemi-finalsforoveronemonth,thecontestwitnessed12candidateteamsthatstoodoutforthefinal.

SponsoredbyShanghaiTeacherEducationInnovationDevelopmentCenter,the2ndRoundofUGS(University,Government,andMiddleandPrimarySchools)washeldatNo.1ConferenceCenterofSHNUonNovember3rd.ParticipantsincludememberofShanghaiInstituteofEducationandScience,SHNUBasicEducationDevelopmentCenterandShanghaiTeacherEducationInnovationDevelopmentCenter.Backgroundforprogramsapplicationwasprobed,aswellastheprogressionofUGScooperativepracticeprogram.Itisagreedthattheprogramshouldconcernthecloserelationwithmiddleschools

TheChorusSpecialConcertbySHNUXingzhiChorusGroupandBoyueChorusGroupwasheldatFengxianTheatreonNovember29th.Itstagedagrandauralandvisualfeastforaboutathousandaudiences.Inrecentyears,thetwoSHNUchorusgroupswonquitesomehonorsatChinaNationalArtsFestivalandInternationalChorusArtsFestivals.

Recently,SHNUYoungProfessorFangWeifromCollegeofMathematicsandMechanicalEngineering,publisheda122-pagepaperDynamicalsystemsappliedtocosmology:Darkenergyandmodifiedgravity》（Phys.Rept775-777(2018),1-122）onNovember24th,2018bycooperatingwith5scholarsfromUniversityCollegeLondon(UCL),UniversityofNottingham,UniversityofLisbon(ULisboa),andGermanMax-Planck-GesellschaftzurFrderungderWissenschaftene.V.(MPG).PhysicsReportsisarenownedinfluentialinternationaljournalwithanimpactfactorof20.099anda5-yearaverageIF

Recently,SHNUCollegeofFineArtscosponsoredaninternationalpaintingshowwithEastChinaNormalUniversityofShanghaifromNovember23rdto30th.Theshowinvolvesworksofoilpainting,photographyequipment,statues,andvideosfromabout20artist.Theseworksdisplaytheirattentiontothecurrentsociety.AseminaronAestheticsandModernArtswasheldatEastChinaNormalUniversity.TheseartistsprobedtheinnovativedevelopmentofChinesemodernartsandaesthetics.

The3rdroundofEngland-ShanghaiMathTeachersExchangeProgramswerestartedatSHNUConferenceCenteronNovember26th.ItwasattendedbyPaulKett,representativefromMinistryofEducationoftheUK,LiYongzhi,ViceDirectorfromShanghaiMunicipalEducationCommission,andabout86primaryandmiddleschoolmathteachersfromtheUKSHNUPresidentZhuZiqiangwelcomedteachersfromtheUKandhopedthattheycouldexchangemorewithmathteachersofShanghaimiddleandprimaryschools.TheSino-BritishTeacherExchangeProgram,initiatedsince2014,hasfulfilledawin-winsi

TheFoundingCeremonyofSHNUCollegeofChemistryandMaterialSciencesand1stAcademicForumwereheldatNo.1HallofConferenceCenteronXuhuiCampusofSHNUonNovember24th.ItwasattendedbySHNUPresidentZhuZiqiangandSHNUVicePresidentGeWeihua,andrepresentativesfromFudanUniversity,ShanghaiUniversityofElectricPower,TongjiUniversityandEastChinaNormalUniversity.Apromotionclipwasplayedattheceremonytocommemoratethehistoricprocessof64yearssincetheopeningofSHNUDepartmentofChemistry.SHNUPresidenthopedthatmorestudentswouldstickto

TheinternationalfinalofWRO(WorldRobotOlympiad)washeldatChiangMaiCityofThailandfromNovember16thto18th.Thecontestisregardedasagrandshowforyoungrobotfans.Itaimsatdevelopingskillstoconsiderandsolvetheproblemsofrobots.About486teamsfrom63countriesandregionscompetedforitthisyear.FourSHNUstudentsfromCollegeofInformationandMechanicalEngineeringranked13thatthefinalafterover9monthsofardentpreparations.Startingin2004,WorldRobotOlympiadhasdevelopedtoatrulyglobalcompetition.WROtournamentsareorganizedinmoretha

ThemedDancingPleasureatGoldenAutumn,SHNUstudentsstagedagrandshowofdancingatShanghaiInternationalDanceCenteronNovember23rd.Thespecialdancingshowincluded12dances:Chineseclassic,ballet,moderndancesandtapdancesinformsofsolodance,pasdedeux,andgroupdances.Asoneofthe8membersofDancingLeaguesponsoredbyShanghaiMunicipalEducationCommission,SHNUhasalwaysbeenactiveinpromotingthemechanismofdancingeducationintegrationstandardsandexploringdancingcoursesformiddleschoolsandprimaryschools.

TheGraduationCeremonyofConfuciusInstitute(CI)atUniversityofBotswanaandChineseTalentShowcametoasuccessonNovember16th.ItwasalsoattendedbyrepresentativesfromChineseEmbassyinBotswana,Sino-AfricanCulturalArtsExchangeAssociation,andSHNUCollegeofHumanitiesandSocialSciences.Afteraseriesofartsshow,includingshortplays,songs,dances,martialarts,chorussinging,andpoemrecitals,thegraduationceremonywasheldand27graduateswereconferredcertificatesandflowersfromthedeansofCIatUniversityofBotswana.Thesegraduatesweree