Spotlight
June
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Fishing and Global Warming Affect Fish Spatial Dynamics and Sustainability
Date: 2019/6/8
An NTU-NTOU team found that fishing-induced age truncation and warming temperatures drive marine fishes into uneven spatial distribution and weaken their sustainability. This study was published in Nature Communications on May 26. ... Read more
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Updates on NTU’s Building Access Control Policy (Starting June 8)
Date: 2019/6/8
Starting June 8, visitors are only required to tap their ID cards for record keeping without temperature check before building entry, and the access control stations staffed by NTU personnel will be removed. ... Read more
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Updates on Building Access Control and Epidemic Resource Management
Date: 2019/6/2
Starting June 2, NTU will loosen the restrictions on building access control, and non-NTU members will not have to present a work/visitor pass or fill out the NTU COVID-19 Prevention Form before building entry. ... Read more
May
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NTU-Sinica Team Makes Predicting Conduction in Nanostructures Easy
Date: 2020/5/25
The last 20 years have seen a revolution of nanomaterials. An NTU-Sinica team applied complex networks to explore and make conduction in nanostructures easy. Their work was published in Nature Materials this April. ... Read more
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NTU to Lift Restrictions on Gathering Size on Campus Starting June 1
Date: 2020/5/25
Under strict compliance with the daily anti-COVID-19 instructions, NTU will lift the restrictions on gathering size (100 people indoors; 500 people outdoors) and make further relaxations starting June 1. ... Read more
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NTU to Relax Anti-COVID-19 Measures on Gatherings and Others
Date: 2020/5/12
As COVID-19 is under stable control in Taiwan, NTU will relax its measures against the pandemic. Starting May 18, classes, meetings, and club activities of 100 participants or fewer can be held physically on campus. ... Read more
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NTU Signs Letter of Intent with TAISE to Promote Sustainable Development
Date: 2020/5/11
NTU and the Taiwan Institute for Sustainable Energy (TAISE) signed the “Letter of Intent on Sustainable Development Cooperation” this March to promote sustainability in the context of higher education. ... Read more
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Art Settlement Planning: NTU Breathes New Life into Historical Buildings
Date: 2020/5/11
To pass down the heritage of its historical buildings in the nearby neighborhoods, NTU will invite faculty, students, artists, and locals to join discussions on the development of a blueprint for a local art settlement. ... Read more
April
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NTU-TKU Team Advances Typhoon-Related Flood Forecasts by 2 Days
Date: 2019/4/30
A research team led by NTU and TKU applied AI technology to develop a model capable of predicting flood patterns and total rainfall two days in advance. Their study was published in ature Communications this last April. ... Read more
March
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NTU to Enforce Access Control on Main Campus Starting March 30
Date: 2020/3/27
Starting March 30, NTU will enforce access control on the main campus to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Only seven entrances remain accessible. Please bring your NTU ID cards with you for campus entry. ... Read more
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NTU Enforces New Measures for COVID-19 Response on Campus
Date: 2020/3/19
Closely monitoring the COVID-19 outbreak, NTU has raised its level of alert and introduced new measures on access control, move to distance learning, facility closures, and suspension of large gatherings on campus. ... Read more
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Distance Learning Begins on April 6 for Courses of 100 Students or More
Date: 2020/3/17
Due to escalating coronavirus concerns worldwide, NTU will upgrade its epidemic preventive measures again and move all courses enrolled by 100 students or more to distance learning on April 6. ... Read more
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NTU Azalea Festival Goes LIVE Online for the First Time
Date: 2020/3/12
The Opening Ceremony and Department Expo of the 2020 NTU Azalea Festival are going to be held online during the weekend of March 14-15. Watch the ceremony and join the expo LIVE online! ... Read more
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COVID-19 Preventive Measures Upgraded to Ensure Campus Safety
Date: 2020/3/2
NTU has decided to upgrade its COVID-19 preventive measures starting from March 2. These practices will be reviewed and possibly updated two weeks later according to outbreak development. ... Read more
February
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NTU Library Publication Receives Special Award from Okinawa Times
Date: 2020/2/24
NTU Library and the University of the Ryukyus collaborated in publishing an anthology of Ryukyu Kingdom’s historical materials, which won the editors and the library the Special Award of the Okinawa Times Book Awards. ... Read more
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Bioinspired Nanostructure “NanoMuscle” Featured as Cover Story of Nanoscale
Date: 2020/2/21
A team led by an NTU associate professor of applied mechanics constructed NanoMuscle, a bioinspired molecular-muscle-like structure, with DNA origami. The study was featured as cover story of Nanoscale. ... Read more
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Gift Made to Build Dr. Chen Wen-Chen Incident Memorial Square at NTU
Date: 2020/2/18
Dr. Chen Wen-Chen Memorial Foundation and the interested parties on and off campus launched a fundraising campaign to build a memorial square for the Chen Wen-Chen (陳文成) Incident, and presented a gift of NT$11 million to NTU on Feb 17, 2020. ... Read more
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NTU Team Develops Novel Method for Rapid Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Date: 2020/2/10
An NTU-NTUH research team has developed a rapid breast cancer diagnosis method with a potential for clinical point-of-care testing. The study was published and featured as front cover in Analytical Chemistry (Jan, 2020). ... Read more
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NTU System Members to Delay 2020 Spring Semester by 2 Weeks
Date: 2020/2/3
To prevent the spread of the epidemic caused by 2019-nCoV and in line with national policy for epidemic prevention, the three member universities of NTU System have deliberated and agreed unanimously to postpone the opening of the 2020 Spring Semester by two weeks to March 2, 2020. ... Read more
January
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Facing the Wuhan Coronavirus
Date: 2020/1/30
To all the NTU colleagues and students：While facing the Wuhan Coronavirus pandemic, the University administrator would make the following announcement and require all the faculty, staff, and students follow the required procedures. ... Read more
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D-School Facilitates International Exchange and Community Engagement
Date: 2020/1/17
In Dec 2019, NTU D-School hosted an international exchange event for students from local schools and a senior high school in Japan to learn from one another and share examples of community engagement. ... Read more
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Accurate Prediction of Liver Cancer Risk in Patients with Hepatitis B
Date: 2020/1/17
An NTU research team applied a novel biomarker to optimize liver cancer risk prediction for patients with hepatitis B. This finding was published in prestigious medical journal Gastroenterology in Dec 2019. ... Read more
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Social Work Professional Dr. Shu-Chiung Liu Wins Purple Ribbon Award
Date: 2020/1/17
Dr. Shu-Chiung Liu (劉淑瓊), Associate Professor of NTU’s Department of Social Work, received Purple Ribbon Award for her long-term dedication and contributions to the promotion of child and youth welfare. ... Read more
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NTU Professor Receives 2019 Science & Technology Contribution Award
Date: 2020/1/17
Prof. Yih-Min Wu (吳逸民), a pioneer in earthquake early warning research and Chairman of NTU’s Department of Geosciences, received Outstanding Science & Technology Contribution Award on Dec 12, 2019. ... Read more
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Science Monthly Donates Digital Content to NTU at 50th Anniversary
Date: 2020/1/17
Taiwan’s oldest popular science magazine, Science Monthly, recently celebrated its 50th anniversary by donating its digital version’s right of use to NTU’s Center for the Advancement of Science on Dec 27, 2019. ... Read more
