ThemedAncientandPresent,theSHNUChinesePaintingShowwasheldatWuxing(meaningintangibleinChinese)GalleryofCollegeofFineArtsonOctober12th.SponsoredbySHNUCollegeofFineArtsandafewartscentersorassociationsofShanghai,theshowexhibitedlandscapeworksof8SHNUfineartsteachersandsomeSHNUundergraduatesandpostgraduates.

Lastweekend,CI(ConfuciusInstitute)ofMizzou(UniversityofMissouri)attendedactivitiesofMuseumDayandChinaDay.Theculturalexperienceprogramwonmuchacclaimfromlocalteachers,studentsandresidents.TheCIteachersandvolunteerswerealsoreceivedbyofficialsfromtheChineseconsulateinChicago.ThethemeofChinaMuseumDayatMizzouisWomenMakingHistory.ThreedistinguishedwomenofdifferentagesofChinawereintroducedtotheaudiences.Meanwhile,culturalshowswerepresented,includingGuzheng(atraditionalChinesestringinstrument),andTaiji(s

SponsoredbySHNUUrbanCultureResearchCenter,theSymposiumonOceanCivilizationandContemporaryYangtzeRiverDeltaSocialTransformationswasheldatSHNUonOctober6thand7th.Itinvolvesover50scholarsandexpertsfromuniversitiesandresearchinstituteshomeandabroadtodeliverabout40papers.ThemedOpen,Multifaceted,Tolerant,andEnterprising,theconferenceprobestheinfluenceofblueoceaniccivilizationoncontemporarysocialandregionaltransformationsofYangtzeRiverDelta.Also,suchissueswerediscussedastheeconomicreformsandsocialchanges

Recently,threeSHNUpostgraduatesfromCollegeofFineArtsstoodoutat1stShanghaiYouthSealCuttingContestwhichinvolvedover180worksofsealing.Altogether11workswereawarded.Moreover,apostgraduatefromSHNUCollegeofFineArtswasawardedatNationalWatercolorPaintingShowandwascollectedbySuzhouArtsGallery.

Newscamethatamaster’sdegreecandidateandanundergraduatestudentfromSHNUwonNewPhotographerAwardandYouthPhotographerrespectivelyatPingyaoInternationalPhotographyShow,whichmarkedthe9thtimethatSHNUhaswonsimilarawards.Asoneofthefivephotographshowswithinternationalreputation,thisshowdrawsabout10,000worksfromover3,000photographersfrom35countriesandregions.Ithasbecomeagreatopportunityforcandidateshomeandabroadtoexchangeandimprovetheirprofessionalskills.

Recently,representativesfromSHNUCollegeofHumanitiesandCommunicationvisitedUniversityofGeorgiaandsignedanagreementoncooperativeresearchandcultivationoftalents.ItisagreedthatSHNUsophomorescouldapplyforUniversityofGeorgiabeforeJanuaryof2019andcouldcontinuetheireducationthereforbachelor’sorevenmaster’sdegreesaftertheysurvivedtheinterviewfromUW.Afterthat,NoelFallows,VicePresidentofUW,signedacooperativeresearchagreementwithSHNUDeanofCollegeofWomenCulturesforfurtherpossibilitiesincommunicationandcultur

AccordingtotheESIdataupdatedinSeptember2018,SHNUengineeringdisciplinehasenteredtheESI(EssentialScienceIndicators).ShanghaiNormalUniversity(SHNU)enterswith1765/5701anda30.96%.Sofar,SHNUboast4disciplinelistedinESI:mathematics,materialsciences,chemicalsciencesandengineering,witharankingof155/251、597/829、758/120and1374/1376,andapercentageof61.75%、72.01%、63.11%and99.85%respectively.Asagloballyinfluentialacademictool,ESI(EssentialScienceIndicators)isauniquecompilationofperformancestatisticsandtrendsex

The2018OpeningCeremonyofSHNUInternationalStudentswasheldatSHNUMusicHallonSeptember21st.ItwasattendedbySHNUVicePresidentJiangMingjun,DeanofSHNUCollegeofBusiness,DeanofSHNUICCS(InternationalCollegeofChineseStudies),andallthenewinternationalstudentsofSHNU.ItwashostedbyDirectorofSHNUDepartmentofInternationalAffairs.AsophomoreinternationalstudentfromGhanasharedherone-yearexperienceoflearningatSHNU.Anew-comerfromFrancetalkedaboutChineselearningmemoriesandexpressedherdreamoffusionintoChineseculture.Aft

ApprovedbyChinaNationalPhilosophicalandSocialSciencesPlanningLeadingGroup,thelistof2018NationalFundsofSocialScienceswasreleasedand613programsarefunded.Amongthemare6programsfromSHNUwitharankof14amongalluniversitiesacrossChinaandcomeup3rdamonguniversitiesinShanghai.Thefundssupportunpublishedexcellentacademicachievementsofhumanitiesandsocialsciencesresearch.

Duringsummervacation,theSHNUBoyueChorusGroupperformedat5thJinanInternationalChorusFestivalandwonacclaimandapplausefromtheaudiencesfortheirdazzlingperformances.TheSHNUBoyueChorusSingingGroupcooperatedwithaCzechicChorusGrouponAugust25thforthreesongs:YouandMe,BecauseofYou,andLife.ThisshowexperiencepromotedartsexchangebetweenSHNUandothersocialgroupsandpromotedthedevelopmentofSHNUBoyueChorusGroup.