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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

Besides a couple <strong>of</strong> chancellors <strong>of</strong> UC‘s Campuses, representatives <strong>of</strong> academicians<br />

and students attending President Dynes to China, there was also an ambitious<br />

―10+10‖ joint research alliance plan which would set up a cooperative and<br />

communication bridge between 10 UC‘s Campuses and 10 famous universities in<br />

Mainland China, to study the issues concerning several realms, such as the sea,<br />

environment and energy resources etc.<br />

The delegation <strong>of</strong> UC already held a seminar regarding the details <strong>of</strong> ―10+10‖ joint<br />

research alliance as well as signed the cooperation memorandum with delegates<br />

from 10 universities in Mainland China, including <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Tsinghua<br />

<strong>University</strong>, Fudan <strong>University</strong> and Nanjing <strong>University</strong> on Oct. 10th.<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California (short for UC), opened in 1869, has been a celebrated state<br />

university for a long time, covering 10 UC‘s Campuses including UC Berkeley and<br />

UC Los Angeles, among which six are members <strong>of</strong> AAU (Association <strong>of</strong><br />

Universities).<br />

So far, 55 Nobel Prize Awarders and 357 members <strong>of</strong> the National Academy <strong>of</strong><br />

Science have come out <strong>of</strong> UC so that UC has a considerable impact in USA.<br />

Robert C. Dynes, a physicist and an expert on semiconductors and superconductors,<br />

serving as chancellor <strong>of</strong> UC‘s San Diego campus since 1996, is the 18th president <strong>of</strong><br />

the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> California, assuming the responsibility in 2003.<br />

Edited By : Zhang Yuan<br />

Translated By : Sun Yifei<br />

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