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The first episode of the course “Cultural and Natural Heritage”, presented by CUG team led by associate professor LI Jiangmin from the Department of Tourism Management, School of Economics and Management, was broadcast on Wuhan Education Television’s “Science Lecture Hall” on March 24.Cultural and natural heritage is the masterpiece of human ancestors and nature. What is world heritage? Wh...

On March 15, the birthday of Prof. YIN Hongfu, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a ceremony was held for Prof. YIN’s donation to YIN Hongfu’s Golden Nail Scholarship.The YIN Hongfu’s Golden Nail Scholarship was proposed by Prof. YIN Hongfu and Prof. TONG Jinnan in 2002. From 2002 to 2019, Prof. YIN gave the scholarship three infusions of over 600,000 yuan in total. 26 undergraduat...

According to the Top 10 Paleontological Findings of 2021 announced by the Palaeontological Society of China, two research results from CUG are among the top 10 list.One is “Reconstruction and tracing of different paleoclimate factors by palaeolipids” by Prof. XIE Shucheng’s team. It opens up a new direction for geobiology to be applied in the field of global change and shows the promising pr...

“Metamorphism-facilitated faulting in deforming orthopyroxene: Implications for global intermediate-depth seismicity”, of which the first author is associate professor SHI Feng from the State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources was published online in Proceedings of the National Academy of Scienceson March 7. The co-authors are Prof. WANG Yanbin from the University of...

Prof. YAO Zhuosen (State Key Laboratory of Geological Processes and Mineral Resources and School of Earth Resources, CUG) and Prof. James E. Mungall (Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University) co-authored “Magnetite layer formation in the Bushveld Complex of South Africa” which was published in Nature Communications. The abstract of the paper is as follows.The great economic significa...

The Key Laboratory of Functional Materials of China’s Non-metallic Materials was approved by China Non-metallic Materials Industry Association, becoming the first key laboratory in the industry.The Laboratory will become a new platform for the integration of materials science and engineering, geology, environmental science and engineering, chemistry, etc., further strengthen the ties between C...

CUG’s Zigui Industry-Education-Research Base is on the list of the second batch of Research Center for Primary and Middle School Students of Hubei Province, according to the Department of Education of Hubei Province.As one of the fieldwork education bases of CUG, Zigui Industry-Education-Research Base has its unique education and research resources of geological fieldwork. Many universities an...

As the new semester came, the Aurora Garden cafeteria for faculty and staff opened the doors for trial operations on February 18. Despite the snow, quite a lot faculty and staff members were attracted to the new building by the tasty, varied food on offer. The new cafeteria, located on Guiyuan Road, East Area, Nanwang Mountain Campus, mainly serves faculty and staff. It offers nearly 20 Chine...

The National Observatory of Geohazards in Badong of Hubei Province and CUG Yifu Museum are included in the first batch of 2021-2025 national science education bases by China Association for Science and Technology. Relying on CUG’s academic advantages and the Comprehensive Field Test Site of Badong, the National Observatory of Geohazards in Badong of Hubei Province is established for both resea...

According to the list of the second batch of the Double First-class Universities and Academic Disciplines released by the Ministry of Education on February 14, CUG’s Geology and Geological Resources & Geological Engineering are included in the Double First-class Initiative again. A total of 147 universities and a range of disciplines have been selected in the second stage after expert reviews....