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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 />

Academy for Advanced<br />

Interdisciplinary Studies founded at<br />

<strong>PKU</strong><br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2006—4-5<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=144294101<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, April 5th, 2006: The inaugural meeting <strong>of</strong> the Academy for<br />

Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies was held yesterday morning at Overseas<br />

Exchange Center to celebrate its memorable establishment. President Xu Zhihong<br />

attended the meeting and delivered a speech.<br />

Vice Chairman <strong>of</strong> National People‘s Congress, and Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong><br />

Health Science Center, Han Qide, took up the presidency <strong>of</strong> the newly founded<br />

academy, which would focus on interdisciplinary teaching and research, and<br />

consists <strong>of</strong> various interdisciplinary research centers and institutes. It would first<br />

enroll postgraduates on biomedicine engineering and theoretical biology.<br />

It was indeed a remarkable event in the history <strong>of</strong> <strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> and would be <strong>of</strong><br />

great significance for the development <strong>of</strong> scientific research, especially the<br />

interdisciplinary research <strong>of</strong> the university, according to President Xu. He also said<br />

the academy would rest upon basic disciplines and advanced technical ones <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>,<br />

performing innovative researches relevant to leading science, such as life,<br />

information and material and so on.<br />

Edited By : Hu Jun<br />

Translated By : Yuan Limei<br />

Source : <strong>PKU</strong> <strong>News</strong> (Chinese)<br />

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