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According to the list of government-sponsored senior fellows, visiting scholars, and postdocs in 2020 announced by the China Scholarship Council (CSC), 45 CUG teachers will receive full funds for studying abroad from the CSC.The 45 teachers are 1 senior fellow, 36 visiting scholars, and 8 postdocs. This year, 93.7% of all the CUG applicants are selected, setting new record highs.(Edited and tra...

​“What is an earthquake?” “How to prevent earthquake damage?” “How do we take the right protective measures and choose the right escape route when a disaster happens?” Prof. XIANG Weifrom CUG answered these questions during his lecture on a streaming platform on May 12, the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Day.This year’s theme of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigati...

Faheem, a Pakistani PhD candidate from the School of Environmental Studies, passed his oral defense remotely on May 12 and became the first international student of CUG to complete online oral defense of his PhD dissertation in 2020.Faheem has published four SCI papers as the first author in the past three years, demonstrating outstanding learning ability and research potential. Despite the COV...

Mount Everest, the main peak of the Himalayas, is the highest mountain in the world. So, many people dream of climbing onto the top of Earth. Its most common Tibetan name, Qomolangma, means “Goddess Mother of the World” or “Goddess of the Valley”. 10 CUG members have reached the summit of Mount Everest for 9 times since the establishment of CUG.WANG Fuzhou, CUG alumnus from the Geology Depa...

The team of the 2020 measurement of the height of Mount Everest formed by survey members and mountaineers, which contained 12 CUG members, set out at the base camp of the world’s highest peak on the afternoon of May 6.A group photo of some CUG members in front of Mount Everest on departureThe team started doing mountaineering and adaptive training from January 12 this year.The new measurement,...

​ The planetary geology team in which Associate Professor HUANG Jun and Prof. XIAO Long work in has published “Diverse rock types detected in the lunar South Pole–Aitken Basin by the Chang’E-4 lunar mission” in the prestigious journal Geology. They identify a variety of rock types including plagioclase- and pyroxene-rich materials in the landing region of the Chang’E-4 (CE-4), but not the...

When CUG is under closed-off management, a group of workers at CUG clean and disinfect the campus every day to guarantee a safe and healthy environment.They contribute to making our campus a better place with their labor and hands. We are grateful beyond words for the service and hard work of so many CUG members.The International Education College‍The express service outletDisinfection of air ...

To strengthen the popularization of intellectual property and create an atmosphere of respecting knowledge and advocating innovation, CUG held the “Strengthening Cultivation of Intellectual Property and Promoting Transformation of Scientific & Technological Achievements” themed online communication activity on April 26, the World Intellectual Property Day. The activity attracted over 300 part...

CUG won the “outstanding organization award” in the National Reading Competition for the Natural Resource System when the World Book Day is approaching. Thebook review Humans Influence the Climate and the Climate Changes History writtenby CUG teacher CHEN Huawen won the first prize in the Competition.More than 1,300 entries have been received since the Competition started in July, 2019. Among...

CUG team led by Prof. LIU Yongsheng of the School of Earth Sciences has published “Archean, highly unradiogenic lead in shallow cratonic mantle” in ​Geology, explaining the origin of highly unradiogenic lead in mantle and the corresponding deep geodynamic processes and establishing the important relationship between the Great Oxidation Event (about 2.3 ~ 2.4 billion years ago) and the lead i...