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Shan Sisi: Racing Against Time to Fight COVID-19
“It is a race against time: we must fight side by side with the medical personnel and use our scientific research results as early as possible to help patients.” Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Shan Sisi and her team have worked in the laboratory day and night for half a year.Sisi joined Tsinghua School of Medicine in 2015 to study for her doctorate degree. Under the supervision of Profes...
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Richard Dunham: Turning Online Learning into Rewarding Experience
"We at Tsinghua will become innovators in online education and virtual classrooms." Professor Richard Dunham was home in the States when he first realised that this semester was going to look a little different.Global Business Journalism (@gbjprogram ) program students are spread across 19 time zones so one of the major tasks was coordinating a suitable time for everyone to attend Professor Dun...
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Ye Binbin: A Horticulturist and the Beautiful Tsinghua Campus
“Sketching a garden doesn’t always go well. I have to locate every single plant in my mind. Many times I have to repeatedly overturn my ideas,” said Ye Binbin.Having worked three years on campus as a horticulturist, Ye Binbin has been engaged in many campus revitalization projects, turning rundown places into scenic landscapes.As the only Asian campus nominated for best-looking campuses in t...
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Maddy King: 'Make New Friends, Learn Chinese Culture, Language'
“I was definitely inspired by the hardworking Tsinghua spirit and ethos and that’s why I decided to come back to Tsinghua to work after graduation,” said Maddy King, a student advisor at the International Students & Scholars Center.After completing a language exchange in Beijing, she fell in love with the city and decided to complete her Master’s degree in China. Coming from Canberra, Maddy...
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Shen Tianyang: Wowing Crowds with Snow Sculpture
“It is very rare to see Beijing snowing so heavily, I am from Dongbei, but I have been here for quite a few years and I have never seen this much snow.” Shen Tianyang, a student from Tsinghua’s Academy of Arts & Design, woke up and decided to see what it would be like to sculpt the famous Venus de Milo out of snow.“As a sculpture major student, I was curious to see what it would be like to ...
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Min Junrong: Restoring Cultural Relics to Former Glory
“Being able to do lacquerware repair at the Forbidden City is a very lucky thing for people who learn painting.” 20 years ago, Min Junrong (China) was admitted to the Tsinghua Academy of Arts and Design to study drawing and painting.For over 10 years, he has been working as a restorer of antiquities in the Forbidden City. In this quiet palace courtyard, Min deals with cultural artifacts with ...