Spotlight
November
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NTU Faculty Awarded National Chair Professorships and Academic Awards
Date: 2022/11/23
Four NTU faculty members won the 26th National Chair Professorship and three were presented with the 66th Academic Award. They are the epitome of academic research in the country. Congratulations to them all! ... Read more
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Nine Universities Jointly Established Taiwan University Alliance for Sustainable Governance
Date: 2022/11/23
In response to the in-depth discussion on the issue of human survival at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), nine national universities jointly established the “Taiwan University Alliance for Sustainable Governance” on November 11 ... Read more
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NTU Celebrates 94th Anniversary with Joy and Festivities
Date: 2022/11/15
NTU celebrated its 94th anniversary with a ceremony at the NTU Sports Center on November 15 and a series of festivities and events throughout the month. The ceremony was presided over by President Chung-Ming Kuan and attended by NTU’s former presidents, senior administrators, as well as alumni ... Read more
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NTU Delegation Strengthening Ties with Partner Universities in Israel
Date: 2022/11/10
President Chung-Ming Kuan recently led a delegation to Israel. This meaningful trip not only deepens diverse partnerships between NTU and partner universities in Israel but also opens up new possibilities for future collaborations with corporations in Israel. ... Read more
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Breaks before Synthesis, Dr. Hsueh-Ping Chu’s Finding Published on Nature Communication
Date: 2022/11/10
How do cells initiate the breaks at telomeres? Dr. Hsueh-Ping (Catherine) Chu’s team in the Molecular and Cellular Biology department at NTU discovered that TERRA R-loops and XPF are the drivers. TERRA is a long non-coding RNA, which contains telomeric repeat sequences and forms DNA:RNA hybrids at telomeres ... Read more
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First Large Genetic Study of Bipolar Disorder in Asian Populations by Prof. Po-Hsiu Kuo and Global Teams
Date: 2022/11/10
A-BIG-NET project is the first large genetic study of BP in Asian populations, a collaboration between the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (led by Hailiang Huang), National Taiwan University (led by Po-Hsiu Kuo), Virginia Commonwealth University (led by Kenneth Kendler), and Johns Hopkins University (led by Peter Zandi) ... Read more
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Mining Big Data for the Transcriptional Landscape of Bacteria in Cancer
Date: 2022/11/3
This study is jointly conducted by Dr. Hsueh-Fen Juan, Distinguished Professor of the Department of Life Sciences and Graduate Institute of Biomedical Electronics and Bioinformatics and Director of the Center for Computational and Systems Biology, and Dr. Hsuan-Cheng Huang. ... Read more
October
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NTU’s College of Medicine Found New Treatment Strategy for Sepsis
Date: 2022/10/26
The study from Dr. Kang-Yi Su’s group (Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, College of Medicine, NTU) published on eLife identifies a heat shock protein 40, HLJ1, has emerged as a key factor in both innate and adaptive immunity ... Read more
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Prof. Kevin Tseng Awarded 2022 Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award
Date: 2022/10/19
Congratulations to Associate Processor Kevin Tseng from NTU’s Department of Finance for winning the Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award in the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences. In order to encourage young scholars to ... Read more
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NTU and University of St Andrews Become Partner Universities
Date: 2022/10/19
In October of 2022, Executive Vice President Chiapei Chou signed a new agreement with University of Edinburgh (UE) in Scotland. Also, NTU and University of St Andrews (UOSA) have officially become partner universities ... Read more
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Novel Pathogenic Mechanisms of Epilepsy Were Revealed
Date: 2022/10/19
In an article published in PNAS on August 11, 2022, Dr. Hsien-Sung Huang and his team from Graduate Institute of Brain and Mind Sciences revealed the clues to the pathogenesis of RBFOX3-linked epilepsy ... Read more
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Updated Epidemic Prevention Measures Effective from October 13, 2022
Date: 2022/10/12
In accordance with the latest epidemic prevention guidelines announced by the Central Epidemic Command Center and the Ministry of Education, NTU would like to announce the following epidemic prevention measures, effective from October 13, 2022 ... Read more
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Published in Nature: International Collaboration Based on Cross-Sectional STM
Date: 2022/10/12
Professor Ya-Ping Chiu (Department of Physics, TSMC-NTU Research Center, Graduate School of Advanced Technology) and her team (graduate student Zi-Liang Yang and Dr. Bo-Chao Huang) took part as co-authors in the research of 2D layered semiconductors with cross-sectional STM ... Read more
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Prof. Wen-Chang Chen Elected NTU’s 13th President
Date: 2022/10/6
On October 7, 2022, Prof. Wen-Chang Chen, Dean of NTU’s College of Engineering, was elected the next President of National Taiwan University. The Presidential Search Committee (The Committee) will prepare all the relevant documents of the new President ... Read more
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Student Safety Center, Center for Student Well-Being, & Disability Support Services Office Inaugurated
Date: 2022/10/6
NTU has always been striving to improve student well-being. To serve this purpose, the Student Safety Center, Center for Student Well-Being, and the Disability Support Services Office were relocated to the west side of the Administration Building to provide better care for NTU students ... Read more
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Riemannian Geometry Theory of Nonlinear Optical Properties of Materials
Date: 2022/10/6
Professor Guo of NTU’s Department of Physics, together with coworkers from RIKEN and University of Tokyo, Japan as well as Harvard University, USA, investigated the second-order optical conductivity in topological semimetals ... Read more
September
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NTU and the Bunun Tribe Join Hands to Revive Millet
Date: 2022/9/28
NTU has made great efforts working with the local tribes in XinYi Township, Nantou, to revive not just the millet industry but also the local culture of the Bunun community while meeting sustainable development goals. ... Read more
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NTU Ranks Top 1 in CommonWealth University Citizen (USR) Rankings 2022
Date: 2022/9/28
The “2022 CommonWealth University Citizen (USR) Rankings” by CommonWealth Magazine hosted an award ceremony on September 8. NTU won the first place in the national public university category for three consecutive years. ... Read more
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Immersive Art at NTU: The Future Exhibition Hall Inaugurated
Date: 2022/9/21
An avant-garde immersive experience presented by NTU’s College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), College of Bioresources and Agriculture (BICD), and the Department of Drama and Theatre was unveiled at the Future Exhibition Hall in August ... Read more
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NTU Sets Up Liaison Office - Chinese Language Program at Indiana University
Date: 2022/9/21
To implement the Taiwan Huayu BEST Program launched by the Ministry of Education, NTU collaborates with its partner universities to promote Chinese language teaching resources in Taiwan. Executed by NTU’s International College, this program not only provides scholarships ... Read more
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Aphid Research at NTU Featured Seven Times on Journal Covers and Is the Subject for a Recent Commentary
Date: 2022/9/14
To understand how aphids develop asexually and viviparously at the molecular level, Chun-che Chang— Professor in the Department of Entomology in the College of Bio-resources and Agriculture at NTU—has worked on this issue for nearly twenty years since he joined NTU in August of 2003 ... Read more
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Updated Epidemic Prevention Measures Effective from September 5, 2022
Date: 2022/8/31
Individuals diagnosed or tested positive for COVID-19, please notify the epidemic prevention contact person of your unit/department and report to the “Reporting confirmed cases” system of the NTU epidemic prevention website ... Read more
August
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Congratulations to Our 2022 Ta-You Wu Memorial Award Winners!
Date: 2022/8/31
The National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) established the Ta-You Wu Memorial Award to encourage future academic talents of the country to continuously devote themselves to academic research while commemorating the contributions that the late Mr. Ta-You Wu. ... Read more
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NTU Faculty’s Scientific Breakthrough Published on Nature Communications
Date: 2022/8/31
Dr. Hsun-Ming Hu, the first author, and Prof. Chuan-Chou Shen, the leader of this international project, published their latest prominent study of the split westerly winds over Europe during the early LIA in the prestigious journal “Nature Communications” on August 20 ... Read more
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NTU Opening Ceremony Leads New Students to Start a New Life
Date: 2022/8/31
The NTU opening ceremony was quite different this year. Titled “#NTU New Life,” the ceremony was one-of-a-kind with a series of meaningful activities presented during the event. In addition to inviting first-year students to take pictures and check in on Facebook ... Read more
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The NTU MOOC Project for High School Students
Date: 2022/8/18
The NTU Digital Learning Center is planning on further extending the NTU MOOC project to high schools nationwide starting from the academic year 2022-2023, offering students the opportunities to utilize NTU’s open curriculum. A series of courses from NTU OCW and NTU MOOC x Coursera will be offered to high school students as independent electives at the beginning of the fall semester of 2022 ... Read more
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NTU’s Disaster Prevention Technology Alleviates Climate Impacts on Belize
Date: 2022/8/3
NTU Center for Weather Climate and Disaster Research (WCDR) helps integrate Taiwan’s early warning system for floods into Belize's disaster management protocols, which effectively minimizes the impact caused by extreme weather ... Read more
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Target Net-Zero Emissions: NTU Signed an MOU with CPC Corp., Taiwan
Date: 2022/8/3
In response to the government’s energy transition policy and moving toward the 2050 net-zero emission goal, NTU and CPC Corporation (CPC), Taiwan jointly signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on net-zero emissions on July 25 ... Read more
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Professor Fang-Jen Lee’s Research Reveals the Mechanism of Fibronectin-Induced Small GTPase Stability and Promotes Cell Migration
Date: 2022/8/3
The research team of Prof. Fang-Jen Lee from the Institute of Molecular Medicine recently published an innovative paper, finding for the first time that fibronectin can trigger small GTPase Arl4A/D proteins stability and enhance cell migration ... Read more
July
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2021 Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report
Date: 2022/7/19
The year 2022 marks the third year of NTU’s “Social Responsibility and Sustainability Report.” Since the announcement of our carbon neutrality goals in 2020, we have proactively developed a carbon neutrality pathway as well as specific measures for the NTU campus to become carbon neutral ... Read more
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Professor Ruby Huang’s Research Predicting Cancer Metastasis Through 3D Genome Organization
Date: 2022/7/19
Recent research led by Professor Ruby Huang from NTU School of Medicine discovered evidence of architectural changes of the cancer cell genome at the three-dimensional (3D) level during the epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) process ... Read more
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Congratulations! NTU Faculty Members Li Chyong Chen and Yiting Li Elected as the 33rd Academicians of Academia Sinica
Date: 2022/7/7
Academia Sinica recently announced its latest list of Academicians. NTU faculty members Li Chyong Chen and Yiting Li were elected as the 33rd Academicians of Academia Sinica ... Read more
June
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NTU IoX Center and IRCAI Sign an MOU to Promote Academic Collaboration
Date: 2022/6/22
After more than a year of interaction and collaboration, NTU IoX Center officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the International Research Centre on Artificial Intelligence (IRCAI) in May 2022 ... Read more
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Dr. Ru-Shi Liu Found the Evolution of Phosphor Materials and Their Application in Light-Emitting Diodes, Findings Published in Chemical Reviews
Date: 2022/6/22
The team led by Distinguished Professor Ru-Shi Liu from the Department of Chemistry published a review on the evolution of phosphor materials and their applications in light-emitting diodes, in order to clarify the development history of phosphors, the design principles, and the future of phosphor crystal structures ... Read more
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Dr. Li-Pen Wang from the Department of Civil Engineering co-developed the new operational object-based storm nowcasting system for the UK Met Office
Date: 2022/6/8
Dr. Li-Pen Wang from the Department of Civil Engineering recently worked with a team of international researchers from Imperial College London (UK), KU Leuven (Belgium) and Rain++ (a UK-based startup) to co-develop a new object-based radar rainfall nowcasting system for the UK Met Office ... Read more
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NTU Vice President of Office of Research and Development Pai-Chi Li Won the Otto Schmitt Award
Date: 2022/6/8
Pai-Chi Li, Vice President of the Office of Research and Development and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering, won the Otto Schmitt Award presented by International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering (IFMBE) ... Read more
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Five NTU Faculty Members Won the 20th Y. Z. Hsu Science Awards
Date: 2022/6/1
The list of winners of the 20th Y. Z. Hsu Science Awards has been announced recently. Five NTU faculty members were presented with the awards ... Read more
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Dr. Kai-Chien Yang’s Team discovered the novel atherorelevant mechano-transduction mechanisms, findings published in Science Advances
Date: 2022/6/1
An international collaborative study led by Dr. Kai-Chien Yang, Associate Professor of NTU’s Department and Graduate Institute of Pharmacology, discovered the novel atherorelevant mechano-transduction mechanisms mediated by thioredoxin domain containing 5 (TXNDC5) in vascular endothelial cells ... Read more
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Direct investigation of the reorientational dynamics of A-site cations in 2D organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite by solid-state NMR
Date: 2022/6/1
The research collaboration team led by Prof. Chun-Wei Chen (NTU) and Dr. Tsyr-Yan Yu (Academica Sinica) reported the result of the reorientational dynamics of A-site cations in two-dimensional organic–inorganic hybrid perovskites (2D OIHPs), which was published in Nature Communications recently ... Read more
May
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Antioxidant Compound from Soybeans May Prevent Marijuana-Induced Blood Vessel Damage
Date: 2022/5/18
A team of researchers from NTU, NTU Hospital, Academia Sinica, Stanford University, University of California, and University of Colorado, have identified a compound in soybeans that may help to prevent the adverse cardiovascular effects of both recreational and medical marijuana use ... Read more
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Starting today, all courses to be switched to distance teaching mode until the end of semester
Date: 2022/5/14
Starting from today, all classes (including experimental, practicum, and hands-on courses) will be switched to remote-only instruction for the rest of the spring semester (110-2) due to the ongoing pandemic ... Read more
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Updated Pandemic Measures and the Distribution of Rapid Test Kits
Date: 2022/5/9
In accordance with the latest announcements of Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) and Ministry of Education (MOE), the university updated the pandemic prevention measures as follows, effective from today ... Read more
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All Courses to Be Switched to Distance Teaching Mode From May 9
Date: 2022/5/5
A comprehensive plan of two-week distance teaching mode will be applied to all courses (including experimental, practicum, and hands-on courses) from May 9 (Monday) as the drill in prevention measure of epidemic ... Read more
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Contact Information Registration Removed and Other Updated Epidemic Prevention Measures
Date: 2022/5/2
In accordance with the adjusted epidemic prevention measures announced by CECC for the time from May 1 to 31, the NTU Epidemic Prevention Team has reached a consensus on May 2 and approved the following epidemic prevention measures, which will be implemented as from today. ... Read more
April
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NTU Ranks 37th in THE Impact Rankings 2022
Date: 2022/4/29
Times Higher Education (THE) released the Impact Rankings 2022 on April 27. National Taiwan University ranked 37th in the total of 1,406 participating institutions worldwide ... Read more
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Updated NTU Epidemic Prevention Measures for Confirmed Cases, Close Contacts, and Casual Contacts
Date: 2022/4/27
In accordance with the latest epidemic prevention measures announced by CECC, the university has adjusted NTU epidemic prevention measures as follows ... Read more
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NTU Has 9 Subjects Ranked in Top 50 in the QS Subject Ranking 2022
Date: 2022/4/20
QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) released the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 on April 6. Of the 41 subjects ranked this year, NTU has 9 subjects in the world's Top 50, and 36 subjects within the world's Top 100 ... Read more
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Updated Epidemic Prevention Measures for Confirmed Cases and the Contacts
Date: 2022/4/14
In response to the recently confirmed COVID-19 cases on campus, NTU has taken swift disfection measures and conducted contact tracing ... Read more
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Updated Pandemic Response to the courses over 80 students or without social distancing since April 18
Date: 2022/4/13
In response to the current epidemic situation, courses with enrollment of 80 students or above, or appropriate social distancing－2.25 square meters/person－can’t be kept ... Read more
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Updated Pandemic Response to Infected NTU Employees and Recent Nationwide Surge in COVID-19 Cases
Date: 2022/4/7
We received notifications during the extended Tomb Sweeping holidays and again on April 6 that two employees at the University’s Undergraduate Academic Affairs Division ... Read more
March
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NTU Updated COVID-19 Pandemic Measures Per CDC Announcements on March 28
Date: 2022/3/30
In compliance with the announcements issued by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on March 28, 2022, all NTU faculty members, staff and students are required to wear a face mask at all times ... Read more
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Prof. Chun-Liang Pan & His Team Discover Mechanisms of Memory and Learning under Cellular Stress
Date: 2022/3/23
Prof. Chun-Liang Pan and his team found that when nematodes are confronted with cellular stress, they can induce memory and learning behaviors via serotonergic circuits. Their research findings can be found in a recent issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) ... Read more
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Ultrafast 2 × 2 Green Micro-LED Array Driving Simultaneous Growth of Smart Displays and Communications
Date: 2022/3/16
The collaboration among Dr. Gong-Ru Lin 林恭如 (Professor of NTU’s Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics and the Dept. of Electrical Engineering), Dr. Hao-Chung Kuo 郭浩中 ... Read more
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VISION 2022 NTU Campus Recruitment Fair
Date: 2022/3/9
After two years of cancellation, the annual NTU Campus Recruitment Fair finally returned on March 5th. This theme of this year's fair was "Guiding Digital Transformation & Creating New Applications for Knowledge.". ... Read more
February
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NTU Prof. Keh-Chyuan Tsai Elected International Member of U.S. National Academy of Engineering
Date: 2022/2/25
The U.S. National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announced its latest members on February 9, 2022. In recognition of his international leadership and contributions to earthquake engineering research and design of steel structures ... Read more
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NTU Partners with ECCT to Cultivate International Talent
Date: 2022/2/16
This January, National Taiwan University (NTU) officially partnered with the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan (ECCT) and joined the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan Low Carbon Initiative (ECCT LCI) ... Read more
January
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NTU Updated COVID-19 Pandemic Measures - Medical Advisement for Symptomatic Individuals
Date: 2022/1/25
In response to the latest developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Taipei City Hospital has announced that, starting from January 24, 2022, individuals experiencing symptoms ... Read more
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NTU Updated COVID-19 Pandemic Measures Per CDC Announcements on Jan. 9
Date: 2022/1/11
In compliance with the announcements issued by the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) on January 9, all NTU faculty members, staff and students are required to wear a face mask at all times ... Read more
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American Girl - Department of Chinese Literature Alumna's Journey from Literature to Film
Date: 2022/1/6
In her feature-length directorial debut with American Girl, NTU Department of Chinese Literature alumna Feng-I Fiona Roan (阮鳳儀) earned seven nominations ... Read more
