CosponsoredbySHNUCollegeofLifeandEnvironmentalSciencesandShanghaiKeyLabofPlantMoleculesScience,the1stShanghaiSeminarofPlantMoleculeswasheldatLectureHallofSHNULibraryfromNovember8thto10th.ItwasattendedbySHNUVicePresidentLiYe,andrepresentativesfromSHNUCollegeofLifeandEnvironmentalSciences.ThemedPlantsHealthandConcertedInnovation,theconferenceattractedover200participantsfromChinesescientificresearchinstitutesanduniversities,includingChina’sAcademyofSciences,China’sAcademyofAgriculture,FudanUniversi

ProfessorLesleyHitchens,DeanofFacultyoftheLawsfromtheUTS(UniversityofTechnology,Sydney),wasinvitedtovisitSHNUCollegeofPhilosophyandPoliticalSciencesonNovember18th.BothpartiesfromUTSandSHNUcomparednotesanddiscussedonhowtopromotecooperationininternationaldevelopment.GraceLi,ViceDeanofFacultyofLawsofUS,alsodeliveredaspeechthemedLawsandFutureofthelawspractitioners.Thespeechintroducedabouttheeducationpatternsofthefaculty

TheFinalof16thChallengeCupNationalScientificWorksContestforUniversityStudentsdrewtoacloseonNovember13thandattractedover2millionuniversitystudentsfromabout2,000universitiestocompete.Afterfiercecompetition,449worksenteredthefinalandSHNUteamscoredabreakthroughrecordever:oneBestPrizeforfamilyeducationcoursesdevelopmentandtwosecondprizesforchildren’spicturebooksketchesandatrickyissuerelatedtodepressedeldersinthecountryside.

AccordingtoEssentialScienceIndicators,SHNUDisciplineofPlantsandAnimalsfromCollegeofLifeandEnvironmentalSciencesenterstop1percentamongallthoseofglobaluniversitiesandscientificinstitutes.ThisSHNUdisciplineranks804thwith531publishedpapers,3,135citationsandanaverageof5.90timesperessay.ThismarksabreakthroughforSHNUCollegeofLifeandEnvironmentalSciences.

TheOpeningCeremonyofSino-BritishMathTeachersExchangeProgramwasheldatSHNUonNovember11th,andattractedabout107mathteachersfromprimaryandmiddleschoolstoattendtheceremony.ItwasalsoattendedbyAndrewMcCully,DirectorofPreliminaryEducationDepartmentofMinistryofEducationintheUK,ViceDirectorofInternationalExchangeCenterofMinistryofEducation,andViceDirectorofShanghaiMunicipalEducationCommission,etc.TheparticipantsalsovisitedShanghaiExperimentalPrimarySchoolandauditedtheclassofgeometrypractices,whichwontheuna

The2ndChinaNationalImportExpowasheldatNationalConferenceHallinShanghaiduringtheperiodofNovember5thand10th.ThemedSharetheFutureataNewAge,theexpoattractedparticipantsfromover170countries,regionsandinternationalorganizations.Tofacilitateitssuccess,177SHNUstudentswereselectedandorganizedtoserveasvolunteers.TheyreceivedavisitofcarefromSHNUPartySecretaryLinZaiyong,SHNUPresidentZhuZiqiang,andSHNUVicePartySecretaryandVicePresidentGeWeihua.Thesevolunteerswouldbescatteredtoworkforgroupsofexpointroduction,

Recently,SHNUAlumniFoundationwinsthetitleof5ASocialOrganizationandbecomesthe5thonethatwinthesametitle,thehighestlevelratedbyChinaManagementMeasuresofSocialOrganizations.TheSHNUPartySecretaryLinZaiyongcongratulatedonthesuccessoftheSHNUAlumniFoundationandthankedfortheeffortsandcontributionsdevotedbyallthoseinvolved.TheSHNUAlumniFoundationaimsatpromotingthedevelopmentofboththosewhohavegraduatedandwhoarecurrentlystudyingatSHNU,andpoolingtogethertheresourcesofbenevolencehomeandabroadtosupportthegrowt

TheOpeningCeremonyof1stEducationReformClassofSHNUCollegeofEnvironmentandGeographywasheldonNovember5thandwasattendedbySHNUVicePresidentLiYe,teachers’representativesand25studentsoftheclass.TheSHNUVicePresidentLiYedeliveredaspeechtoencouragestudentstostriveharderforamoreintelligentglobeandbecomebetterequippedwithscientificinnovationskills.Thenewclassmadeupof25studentsarefreshmenfromvariousmajors,includinggeography,geographicinformationsciences,humanitiesgeographyandurbanplanningandenvironmentengine

ThelistofChina’sBestDisciplineswasreleasedbyQuacquarelliSymonds(QS)onOctober30th.ThecandidatesincludeallChineseuniversitiesthatisentitledtoconferacademicpostgraduatediplomas.Altogether4,986disciplinesfrom460universitiesareinvolvedinthelist.Thereare20disciplinesfromTheShanghaiNormalUniversity.Particularly,3SHNUdisciplinesareamongthe90percentile(top10%),includingmusicology,Chineselanguageandliterature,andworldhistory.7SHNUdisciplinesareamongthe80percentile(top20%),includingphilosophy,education,dra

The1stSouthChinaInternationalSymposiumonSouthChineseSocialHistorywasheldatShanghaiSocialSciencesHallandSHNUonOctober26thand27th.About66papershavebeenreceivedandover100scholarsandexpertshomeandabroadattendedtheconference,includingthosefromJapanOsakaUniversity,UniversityofVictoriainCanada,ChineseAcademyofSocialSciences,andamongothers.ThethemesincludeSouthChinaCultureandOrigins,SouthChinaUnderaGlobalView,DevelopmentofYangtzeRiverDelta,FolkBeliefs,DramaandGardens,ReligionandRegions,ArtsandConsumptio