Peking University, Feb.29, 2016: In Zhang Pingwen’s office, three shelves of books occupy a huge orange cabinet, with some certificates and trophies in it, alongside with several handicrafts that “my students sent to me as gifts”, Zhang says. There are clothes o...

Peking University, Feb 3, 2016: For Professor Xie Xincheng, 2015 marks the sixth year since he joined Peking University in 2009, “not very long nor short”, and also a fruitful year when he is elected a new member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences with five other coll...

Peking University, Jan 29, 2016: Playing a leading part in the environmental education and research in China, the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE) at PKU has built up a distinguished academic faculty team. Professor Ni Jinren, Vice Dean of CESE, is one of...

Peking University, Jan 28, 2016: [Editor’s Note] Peking University News is publishing a series of interviews with newly elected fellows of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In this article, we look into how Yu Dapeng became fascinated with Nano-physics and how he enjoyed rem...

Peking University, Dec. 23, 2015: Professor John Zacharias, chair professor at the college of Architecture and landscape and the founder of the laboratory of Urban Process and Modeling and Applications, first came to China in 1993 from Canada and started visiting various cities i...