November 2006

Sander van der Leeuw and fellow IHDP members convene in Beijing

Professor Sander van der Leeuw, Director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, recently spent ten days days in Beijing to attend two meetings. First, as representative of the Scientific Committee of the IHDP <http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/> he met with colleagues of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other Chinese colleagues interested in, and concerned for the social dynamics of global change. The meeting was important to van der Leeuw because it "implied direct contact with the Chinese situation," and brought together like-minded scholars in China and abroad. Following that meeting, he attended the first Open Science Conference of the Earth Systems Science Partnership, which brought together around a thousand scientists from all over the world interested in diverse aspects of global change. This event was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization <http://www.wmo.int/index-en.html> (through its World Climate Research Program), the IGBP <http://www.igbp.kva.se/>, the IHDP, and DIVERSITAS <http://www.diversitas-international.org/>, and was a follow-up to the 2001 Amsterdam Open Meeting on Global Environmental Change. Van der Leeuw hopes to work with international colleagues in the near future in order to better position ASU as a regional node for research of the social challenges of sustainability.

October 2006

Dr. Crittenden receives title by Chinese University

Oct. 30 -- Dr. John Crittenden, the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering Richard Snell Presidential Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently honored by China's OceanUniversity with the official title of "Visiting Professor." Dr.Crittenden lectured on "Grand Environmental Challenges." Dr. Crittenden will next lecture at the Third International Conference on Environmental Enhancement and Sustainable Development.

Dr. West to lecture in Wuhan

Oct. 20 -- Stephen H. West will lecture on "Contested Space in Song Imperial
Gardens" at Wuhan University, as part of "The Green Bond: Cities and Gardens" an
international conference on urban gardens.

Link to Wuhan University's website

October 9, 2006 -- the presidential delegation of RenminUniversity visited ASU. President JI Baocheng and President Crow held fruitful meetings regarding the collaboration opportunities between the two institutions. Both agreed to initiate the collaboration in public policy and administration, and to expand it to a larger scale involving more disciplines. Three areas were identified for collaboration at the initial stage, including emergency management and city management, real estate management and training programs at the Decision Theater.

The presidential delegation of Renmin University took a campus tour to the Biodesign Institute, Asian Research Center and Hayden Library. They were deeply impressed by the facilities, and more importantly, by the concept of trans-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research..

Link to Renmin University website

Tongji University Visiting Scholars

This semester ASU hosts two visiting scholars from Tongji University, Professor XIA Siqing, and Professor SONG Ying. Professor Xia is hosted by Professor Bruce Rittman conducting research at the Biodesign Institute. Professor SONG Ying is hosted by Professor Terrence Wiley at the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education. She is working with ASU exploring collaboration opportunities between her home college and the Department of English and American English Culture Program at ASU.

XIA Siqing

Currently Professor Xia serves as the vice dean of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering of Tongji University. He is also the vice dean of the UNEP-Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development. His primary field of teaching and research are water pollutant control, water resource and engineering education. Professor Xia has published numerous articles on those topics and has seven patents.

SONG Ying

Professor SONG Ying is an associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages of Tongji University, Shanghai. Currently, she is the director of the undergraduate English-major program of the English Department. She teaches English majors reading, listening, speaking and writing.

Link to Tongji University website

September 2006

China's R&D spending up 24.5%

September 14, 2006 -- China's National Bureau of Statistics has announced that China's R&D spending for 2005 increased by 24.5%, the majority coming from private industry.

Link to story (People's Daily Online)

Chinese educators get a feel for life at ASU

September 13, 2006 -- A group of educators from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China spent five weeks over the summer learning about American culture and teacher training methodologies.

Link to story (ASU Insight)

United States cuts visa application delays

September 7, 2006 -- In an effort to increase the number of talented scientists working in the United States, US immigration officials have announced that wait times for visas will be dramatically decreased. This decrease in wait times and increase in recruitment should grant foreign scientists easier access to US universities and associated research benefits.

Link to story (Nature.com)

ASU,Chinese Academy of Sciences launch urban sustainability center

September 1, 2006

ASU, in collaboration with theChinese Academy of Science (CAS), co-launch a joint center for urban sustainability research. Faculty and students in the two labs will conduct joint research on urbanization and regional planning, urban landscape ecology, urbanization process and its environment impact on water resource, air pollution, dust storm, and other pertinent urban sustainability issues.

Link to story (CAS website)

August 2006

Presidential Delegation to China visits several universities, participates in 2nd Forum on University Design

August 24, 2006 --ASU President Michael Crow visited Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin to discuss possible collaboration in space and also in tech transfer.

Link to announcement on Tsinghua University website

August 26, 2006 -- ASU President Michael Crow, the Ministry of Education of China, and President Xie Heping, Sichuan University, convened the International Presidents Forum on University Design 2006. The Forum focused on innovation, community engagement, and knowledge entrepreneurship. President Crow opened the Forum with a keynote speech and led a series of discussions on knowledge entrepreneurship in universities, together with other university presidents from China, Korea, Japan, France, Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, and the United States.

President Crow made two PowerPoint presentations to the International Presidents Forum on University Design:

The University as Entrepreneur (download here)

Shaping an Entrepreneurial University (download here)

May 2006

ASU Awards Honorary Degree to Vice Minister Wu Qidi

May 11, 2006 -- Vice Minister Wu Qidi of the People's Republic of China was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of her significant achievements as a leader in higher education and her exceptional work in academic research, as well as her role in the formation of the Institute of University Design.

Link to full press release (English)

Link to press release (Chinese)

Downloadable images from the ceremony

Text of Wu's speech from Honorary Degree Dinner, May 10, 2006

April 2006

Sichuan University report on meetings with ASU counterparts

From April 18-21, 2006, ASU hosted a presidential delegation from Sichuan University. The 16-member group was on campus to sign a "sister-institution" agreement between the two universities and to explore areas of commonality in the interest of establishing collaboration with ASU counterparts.

Read here the brief Sichuan report about their meetings at ASU:

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Home > ASU in China > News & Events Insight Special on ASU in China As of Spring 2006, more than 500 Chinese students are currently enrolled at ASU!	November 2006 Sander van der Leeuw and fellow IHDP members convene in Beijing Professor Sander van der Leeuw, Director of the School of Human Evolution and Social Change at Arizona State University, recently spent ten days days in Beijing to attend two meetings. First, as representative of the Scientific Committee of the IHDP <http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/> he met with colleagues of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other Chinese colleagues interested in, and concerned for the social dynamics of global change. The meeting was important to van der Leeuw because it "implied direct contact with the Chinese situation," and brought together like-minded scholars in China and abroad. Following that meeting, he attended the first Open Science Conference of the Earth Systems Science Partnership, which brought together around a thousand scientists from all over the world interested in diverse aspects of global change. This event was sponsored by the World Meteorological Organization <http://www.wmo.int/index-en.html> (through its World Climate Research Program), the IGBP <http://www.igbp.kva.se/>, the IHDP, and DIVERSITAS <http://www.diversitas-international.org/>, and was a follow-up to the 2001 Amsterdam Open Meeting on Global Environmental Change. Van der Leeuw hopes to work with international colleagues in the near future in order to better position ASU as a regional node for research of the social challenges of sustainability. October 2006 Dr. Crittenden receives title by Chinese University Oct. 30 -- Dr. John Crittenden, the Ira A Fulton School of Engineering Richard Snell Presidential Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, was recently honored by China's OceanUniversity with the official title of "Visiting Professor." Dr.Crittenden lectured on "Grand Environmental Challenges." Dr. Crittenden will next lecture at the Third International Conference on Environmental Enhancement and Sustainable Development. Dr. West to lecture in Wuhan Oct. 20 -- Stephen H. West will lecture on "Contested Space in Song Imperial Gardens" at Wuhan University, as part of "The Green Bond: Cities and Gardens" an international conference on urban gardens. Link to Wuhan University's website October 9, 2006 -- the presidential delegation of RenminUniversity visited ASU. President JI Baocheng and President Crow held fruitful meetings regarding the collaboration opportunities between the two institutions. Both agreed to initiate the collaboration in public policy and administration, and to expand it to a larger scale involving more disciplines. Three areas were identified for collaboration at the initial stage, including emergency management and city management, real estate management and training programs at the Decision Theater. The presidential delegation of Renmin University took a campus tour to the Biodesign Institute, Asian Research Center and Hayden Library. They were deeply impressed by the facilities, and more importantly, by the concept of trans-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary research.. Link to Renmin University website Tongji University Visiting Scholars This semester ASU hosts two visiting scholars from Tongji University, Professor XIA Siqing, and Professor SONG Ying. Professor Xia is hosted by Professor Bruce Rittman conducting research at the Biodesign Institute. Professor SONG Ying is hosted by Professor Terrence Wiley at the Mary Lou Fulton College of Education. She is working with ASU exploring collaboration opportunities between her home college and the Department of English and American English Culture Program at ASU. XIA Siqing Currently Professor Xia serves as the vice dean of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering of Tongji University. He is also the vice dean of the UNEP-Tongji Institute for Environment and Sustainable Development. His primary field of teaching and research are water pollutant control, water resource and engineering education. Professor Xia has published numerous articles on those topics and has seven patents. SONG Ying Professor SONG Ying is an associate professor at the School of Foreign Languages of Tongji University, Shanghai. Currently, she is the director of the undergraduate English-major program of the English Department. She teaches English majors reading, listening, speaking and writing. Link to Tongji University website September 2006 China's R&D spending up 24.5% September 14, 2006 -- China's National Bureau of Statistics has announced that China's R&D spending for 2005 increased by 24.5%, the majority coming from private industry. Link to story (People's Daily Online) Chinese educators get a feel for life at ASU September 13, 2006 -- A group of educators from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China spent five weeks over the summer learning about American culture and teacher training methodologies. Link to story (ASU Insight) United States cuts visa application delays September 7, 2006 -- In an effort to increase the number of talented scientists working in the United States, US immigration officials have announced that wait times for visas will be dramatically decreased. This decrease in wait times and increase in recruitment should grant foreign scientists easier access to US universities and associated research benefits. Link to story (Nature.com) ASU,Chinese Academy of Sciences launch urban sustainability center September 1, 2006 ASU, in collaboration with theChinese Academy of Science (CAS), co-launch a joint center for urban sustainability research. Faculty and students in the two labs will conduct joint research on urbanization and regional planning, urban landscape ecology, urbanization process and its environment impact on water resource, air pollution, dust storm, and other pertinent urban sustainability issues. Link to story (CAS website) August 2006 Presidential Delegation to China visits several universities, participates in 2nd Forum on University Design August 24, 2006 --ASU President Michael Crow visited Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin to discuss possible collaboration in space and also in tech transfer. Link to announcement on Tsinghua University website August 26, 2006 -- ASU President Michael Crow, the Ministry of Education of China, and President Xie Heping, Sichuan University, convened the International Presidents Forum on University Design 2006. The Forum focused on innovation, community engagement, and knowledge entrepreneurship. President Crow opened the Forum with a keynote speech and led a series of discussions on knowledge entrepreneurship in universities, together with other university presidents from China, Korea, Japan, France, Germany, Scotland, England, Ireland, Australia, and the United States. President Crow made two PowerPoint presentations to the International Presidents Forum on University Design: The University as Entrepreneur (download here) Shaping an Entrepreneurial University (download here) May 2006 ASU Awards Honorary Degree to Vice Minister Wu Qidi May 11, 2006 -- Vice Minister Wu Qidi of the People's Republic of China was awarded the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in recognition of her significant achievements as a leader in higher education and her exceptional work in academic research, as well as her role in the formation of the Institute of University Design. Link to full press release (English) Link to press release (Chinese) Downloadable images from the ceremony Text of Wu's speech from Honorary Degree Dinner, May 10, 2006 April 2006 Sichuan University report on meetings with ASU counterparts From April 18-21, 2006, ASU hosted a presidential delegation from Sichuan University. The 16-member group was on campus to sign a "sister-institution" agreement between the two universities and to explore areas of commonality in the interest of establishing collaboration with ASU counterparts. Read here the brief Sichuan report about their meetings at ASU: Word document PDF document To visit our news archive, please click here

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