Founded in 1895 as Peiyang University, Tianjin University is the oldest institute of higher education in China, and pioneered the development of modern Chinese education.
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COVID-19 Fighter Donates Salary to Set up Medical Scholarship
Wu Qi, Professor of the Medical College of Tianjin University and leader of COVID-19 municipal medical treatment expert team, recently donated his salary to set up "Wu Qi Medical Scholarship".This scholarship is to reward students who are admitted by the experimental class of emerging medical education at Tianjin University and are determined to take medicine and health as career. Each scholar...
2020-07-24 -
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School of Education Holds Online Doctoral Dissertation Defense
At 19:00 on July 19, 2020, the School of Education held an online doctoral defense for doctoral candidates, Xu Shijian and Zhang Hui. The defense meeting was chaired by Professor Shi Weiping from East China Normal University. Researcher Jiang Dayuan and Professor Zeng Tianshan form the Institute of Vocational and Technical Education Center of the Ministry of Education, Professor Wang Rong of P...
2020-07-22 -
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Chinese Underwater Glider ‘Petrel’ Sets World Diving Depth Record
On July 16, 2020, a scientific research and observation team organized by the Pilot National Laboratory of Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) returned from their experimental voyage. They announced that the underwater glider “Petrel-X” had set a new world diving depth record of 10619 meters, breaking the world record of 8213m it set in 2018.During the voyage, two “Petrel-X” underwate...
2020-07-20 -
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Tianjin University and Binhai New Area Sign an Agreement
On July 16, 2020, the Government of Tianjin Binhai New Area and Tianjin University signed an Agreement of Deepening Strategic Framework of Cooperation.Both parties will build new research and development institutions jointly, carrying out communications and training of talents at a high level. Through integrating advantageous resources, both parties will improve medical care and promote industr...
2020-07-20 -
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TJU Researchers Find New Way to Inhibit Tumor
Associate Professor Li Nan’s group from the School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology reported a boosted photocatalytic activity induced NAMPT-regulating therapy to simultaneously inhibit tumor proliferation, migration, and inflammation, offering a new point of view for cancer therapy with low side effects and high therapeutic efficacy. The research result was published on Biomaterials ...
2020-07-17 -
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【Graduation】Huo Jierong: Dream may cheat you, but never will your efforts
Huo Jierong, an undergraduate student majoring in Applied Physics at the School of Science graduated this summer. He has obtained a recommendation to pursue his graduate study at Tsinghua University’s Department of Physics, specializing in computational experiment for topological quantum.Since he entered Tianjin University in 2016, he has the clear idea in mind that he will be a man of science...
2020-07-17 -
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A Cloud Report by Associate Prof. Zhen-Yu Yin from Hong Kong Polytechnic University
In order to understand the design of the caisson foundation widely used in the construction of offshore engineering and offshore infrastructure, the School of Civil Engineering invited Associate Prof. Zhen-Yu Yin from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to present a special report named " Offshore caisson foundation in sand: from numerical modelling to macro-element design tool" on Tencent mee...
2020-07-17 -
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A Cloud Report by Prof. John Williams from Queen Mary University of London
On June 11, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held the 11th“Cloud Report” and invitedProf.John Williams from Queen Mary University of London,to present a report named “Fluid/Structure Interaction using the CgLes/Y-Code”.This report was hosted by Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the Department of Civil Engineering. Prof. Chunning Ji from the Departme...
2020-07-17 -
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A Cloud Report by Dr. Mohammed Elshafie from University of Cambridge
On June 8, 2020, the “Innovation Base of Earthquake Engineering Comprehensive Simulation” held a “Cloud Report”, and invited Dr. Mohammed Elshafie, the Laing O’Rourke Senior Lecturer at the University of Cambridge, to present a report named “Smart Infrastructure: talking tunnels, self-sensing bridges, simulation and artificial intelligence”.Associate Prof. Jie Xu from the School of Civil...
2020-07-17 -
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Research on Deep Marine Methylmercury Published on Nature Communications
Mercury (Hg) is a toxic and volatile element, which can be transported globally. Since the Industrial Revolution, atmospheric Hg concentrations have increased by 3-5 times due to human activities, resulting in elevated Hg burden in surface ecosystems. Hg that entered the ocean can transform to highly toxic mono-methylmercury (MMHg) by anaerobic bacteria, which tends to bioaccumulate and magnify...
2020-07-14 -
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ACS Weekly PressPac: Fluorescent peptide nanoparticles, in every color of the rainbow
On July 8, the ACS (American Chemical Society) Weekly PressPac released a news about the research on fluorescent peptide nanoparticles with rainbow colors conducted by Dr. Wang Yuefei’s team from Tianjin University’s School of Chemical Engineering and Technology under the supervision of Prof. Qi Wei. The news is as follows and the original link is https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/...
2020-07-14