Spotlight
September
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Taiwan’s Physical Therapists Celebrate World Physical Therapy Day
Date: 2017/09/15
To celebrate the World Physical Therapy Day, physical therapists at NTUH and across Taiwan have joined hands to organize a series of activities to promote physical therapy knowledge ... Read more
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A Summer with 100 Sages: Building a Network for Asian Future Leaders
Date: 2017/09/01
NTU organized the 2017 BXAI Summer Program, which brought together more than 117 young scholars from 17 different countries to Taiwan for a 3-week (July 31-Aug 16) onsite learning and exploration venture ... Read more
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Know Your Library: Register for a Library Tour Now!
Date: 2017/09/01
NTU Library is offering tours for new students to explore its facilities and services. Register now and find out more about NTU Library ... Read more
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NTU Professor Provides Insightful Look into Taiwan’s Legal History
Date: 2017/09/01
NTU Prof. Tay-sheng Wang (王泰升) provides an insightful look into Taiwan’s legal history by identifying the multiple origins that have shaped the diverse legal cultures in Taiwan ... Read more
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Collaborative Development of Strong but Ductile Steel Published in Science
Date: 2017/09/01
NTU Assistant Prof. Hung-Wei Yen (顏鴻威) collaborated with scientists from Hong Kong and China to realize a breakthrough steel that is both strong and ductile ... Read more
August
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National Center for Theoretical Sciences Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Date: 2017/08/21
Founded in 1997, the National Center for Theoretical Sciences celebrated its 20th anniversary with a series of speeches and activities at the Astronomy Mathematics Building on August 1 ... Read more
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NTU and UTsukuba Students Share Summer Memories in Taiwan
Date: 2017/08/21
Students from the University of Tsukuba in Japan came to Taiwan for the three-day exchange activities held by NTU Center for Teaching and Learning Development during July 15-17. ... Read more
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Taiwan Higher Education Fair Draws Students from Malaysia
Date: 2017/08/21
NTU joined the 2017 Taiwan Higher Education Fair in Malaysia this July to recruit outstanding Malaysian students. Hosting 92 universities and colleges, the fair this year was the largest in scale over the past decade. ... Read more
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Access IC Lab Receives Best Paper Award at 2017 VLSI-DAT Symposium
Date: 2017/08/21
The Access IC Lab team comprising faculty members and students from the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering won the Best Paper Award at 2017 VLSI-DAT Symposium ... Read more
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NTU Team Wins Second Place at 2017 ACM ISPD Contest
Date: 2017/08/21
Winning the second place this year, the NTU team led by professors of electrical engineering and electronic engineering has kept a record that makes it the top winner of the ACM ISPD Contest ... Read more
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NTU’s 90th Anniversary Slogan Contest is Open Now
Date: 2017/08/21
NTU is going to celebrate its 90th birthday next year. All NTU students, faculty and staff, and alumni are welcome to propose slogans for the anniversary ... Read more
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High School Mathematics Award Helps Develop Young Scholars
Date: 2017/08/21
The 9th Shing-Tung Yau High School Mathematics Award Ceremony was held at NTU on August 4. The award provides a four-year scholarship for gold and silver winners who pursue mathematics studies at university ... Read more
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Interim President Chang Elected IAE Member
Date: 2017/08/21
Scholars from Russia and Taiwan discussed further collaboration at a six-day forum organized by IAE, during which NTU Interim President Chang was elected one of the academy’s members ... Read more
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NTU in Search of a President
Date: 2017/08/21
NTU has formed the Presidential Search Committee, and is now in search of a President. ... Read more
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NTU and Taipei Tech Jointly Offer Woodworking Course
Date: 2017/08/08
Stanley Wang D-School @ NTU and the Wood School of Taipei Tech collaborated in offering a woodworking course for students to put their creative ideas and designs into practice ... Read more
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Hack Together at 2017 HackNTU
Date: 2017/08/08
A total of 451 contestants from Taiwan and abroad gathered at the EXPO Dome of Taipei Expo Park for 43 hours of continuous hacking, brainstorming, and problem solving. ... Read more
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NTU Team Wins Gold in Macronix Golden Silicon Awards
Date: 2017/08/08
Teams from NTU won one top prize and three third prizes in the 17th Macronix Golden Silicon Awards: The Semiconductor Design and Application Competition. ... Read more
July
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Facebook AI Research Director Gives Speech at NTU
Date: 2017/07/26
Yann LeCun, the father of convolutional neural networks and Facebook AI Research Director, gave a speech titled “Deep Learning and the Path to AI” at GIS NTU Convention Center, drawing more than 400 attendees and over one thousand online viewers. ... Read more
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NTU Prof. Li-Chen Fu Awarded IFAC Fellow
Date: 2017/07/26
As the first and the only scholar in Taiwan to have been elected an IFAC Fellow, Prof. Li-Chen Fu (傅立成) headed for France to receive the award on July 8, 2017 ... Read more
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NTU Team Invited to Seek Primordial Gravitational Waves at Tibet
Date: 2017/07/26
NTU alumnus and Stanford Prof. Chao-Lin Kuo (郭兆林), having led a series of BICEP experiments to detect primordial gravitational waves at the South Pole, invites NTU professors to join the BICEP3 Project. ... Read more
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Memorandum on Academic Cooperation Signed Between NTUS and VNUHCM
Date: 2017/07/10
Memorandum signed by NTUS President Ching-Ray Chang (張慶瑞) and VNUHCM President Huynh Thanh Dat on July 7 initiates and facilitates Taiwan–Vietnam academic cooperation. ... Read more
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Executive Vice President Tei-Wei Kuo Awarded IEEE TCCPS Distinguished Leadership Award
Date: 2017/07/07
NTU Executive Vice President for Academics and Research Tei-Wei Kuo (郭大維) headed for the United States to receive the IEEE TCCPS Distinguished Leadership Award in late June. ... Read more
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NTU to Host the 22nd APRU-APM at 90th Anniversary in 2018
Date: 2017/07/07
At the 21st APRU-APM held this June, NTU invited other APRU members to join the next annual presidential meeting in Taiwan and celebrate NTU’s 90th anniversary together ... Read more
June
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President Yang Leaves Office with Wishes from NTU Colleagues and Students
Date: 2017/06/29
At the handover ceremony on June 21, President Pan-Chyr Yang (楊泮池) thanked all colleagues for working together to create a better learning environment for students ... Read more
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Taidah Entrepreneurship Center Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
Date: 2017/06/29
At the 3rd Anniversary Convention, Taidah Entrepreneurship Center announced the continuation of the accelerator program, and invited renowned alumni and 11 startup teams to share their entrepreneurship experiences ... Read more
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NTU Students Win 1st and 2nd Prizes in Youth Housing Competition
Date: 2017/06/23
NTU students performed to their fullest potential in the Youth Housing Competition organized by the Urban and Rural Development Department of New Taipei City, and won the 1st and 2nd prizes in the competition. ... Read more
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NTU Ranks 51-60 in World Reputation Rankings 2017
Date: 2017/06/23
NTU ranks 51-60 and is the only university in Taiwan to appear in the World Reputation Rankings 2017 released by Times Higher Education on June 14. ... Read more
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NTU’s First Undergraduate Thesis Awards Conferred to 12 Students
Date: 2017/06/23
NTU gave the first Undergraduate Thesis Awards to 12 students this June. This award competition aims to engage NTU undergraduate students in the academic research community and prepare them for future research careers. ... Read more
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NTU President Invited to Discuss Higher Education at Hamburg Transnational University Leaders Council
Date: 2017/06/16
NTU President Pan-Chyr Yang (楊泮池) visited Germany to discuss strategic cooperation with the University of Tübingen and attend the Hamburg Transnational University Leaders Council as a panel member from June 4 to 8 in 2017. ... Read more
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NTU and YongLin Collaborate to Build the World’s Top Biomedical Center
Date: 2017/06/16
NTU President Pan-Chyr Yang (楊泮池) and YongLin Health Foundation Founder Terry Guo (郭台銘) turned the first sod for the Radiation Science and Proton Therapy Center of National Taiwan University Cancer Center ... Read more
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Kai-Fu Lee Addresses NTU Graduates on How to Thrive in the Age of AI
Date: 2017/06/07
Dr. Kai-Fu Lee (李開復) was invited to give a featured address at NTU Commencement Ceremony on June 4, 2017. He noted the key role of AI in the future and how it may be used to innovate and improve the world. ... Read more
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2017 NTU Commencement: President Pan-Chyr Yang Urges Graduates to Think and Connect Globally
Date: 2017/06/07
The 2017 NTU Commencement was held on the main campus on Sunday, June 4. President Pan-Chyr Yang (楊泮池) led a procession through the campus, and gave words of encouragement to the Class of 2017. ... Read more
May
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“Eat Eco-Friendly”: NTU Students Crowdfund to Promote Eco-Agriculture
Date: 2017/05/26
On May 10, the NTU Creativity and Entrepreneurship Program (CEP) held a press conference at the Social Enterprise Hub in Daan District to announce the initiation of the “Eat Eco-Friendly” (EEF) Crowdfunding Project ... Read more
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All-English BACT Summer Program to Begin in July
Date: 2017/05/26
The Biodiversity, Agriculture, and Culture of Taiwan (BACT) Summer Program is the most international program organized by the College of Bioresources and Agriculture (BIOAGRI), National Taiwan University (NTU). ... Read more
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Influence of Human Nitrogen Emissions Found on Dongsha Coral Reefs: NTU Researcher
Date: 2017/05/26
Assistant Prof. Haojia Abby Ren (任昊佳) at the NTU Department of Geosciences led an international team to provide the first direct evidence for the influence of anthropogenic nitrogen sources on the open ocean. This work was published on Science on May 18. ... Read more
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Student-athletes shine in the 2017 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games
Date: 2017/05/06
The 2017 National Intercollegiate Athletic Games (NIAG) kicked off on a grand scale on the evening of May 6 (Saturday) at National Taiwan University (NTU), where Vice President Chien-jen Chen and Minister of Education Wen-chung Pan gave welcoming remarks in the opening ceremony. ... Read more
April
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Prof. Keh-chung Lin Awarded Membership of AOTF Academy of Research
Date: 2017/04/21
The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) held the Annual Conference & Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia on April 1. ... Read more
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MOST Minister Liang-Gee Chen Elected Fellow of U.S. National Academy of Inventors
Date: 2017/04/21
April 7, 2017. Newly elected fellows were honored at the Sixth Annual Conference of the National Institute of Inventors (NAI) convened in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Read more
March
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Director Li-Chyong Chen Won 2017 Taiwan’s Outstanding Women in Science Award
Date: 2017/03/24
The winners of the 10th Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards were announced on March 11, 2017, and the award ceremony was also held on the same day. This year the awardees are all researchers working in the field of “science of matter”. ... Read more
January
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New black hole simulator may shed more light on contradiction in fundamental physics
Date: 2017/01/25
A newly proposed experiment promises to create a “tabletop” black hole that could prove whether information is truly lost when black holes evaporate. The idea that information could be lost this way has created a paradox in our current understanding of basic physics ... Read more
