UIC Prof Xu Baojun admitted as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry

Professor Xu Baojun of UIC's Faculty of Science and Technology has recently been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC).FRSC was established in 1841 and is a chemical academic society with the most extended history in the world and the most significant impact in Europe. It is one of the most influential international authoritative academic institutions. Its members includ...

2023-06-21

Learn and taste Pu'er tea at lecture

Mr Zhang Tianfu, a successful entrepreneur of two tea companies in Yunnan, was invited to give a lecture on "Origin of Pu'er Tea" at UIC on 6 December 2022. President Tang Tao, Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, attended the lecture. Prof Xu Baojun, Head of the Department of Life Sciences, held the lecture. The lecture also welcomed partici...

2023-01-04

FS graduate publishes her paper in Food Chemistry

Publication is never easy for college students. However, at UIC, many sparkling academic paper authors were cultivated in its liberal arts education atmosphere.Tan Yongqi, a fresh graduate from UIC's Food Science and Technology Programme, is about to publish her paper as the first author in an SCI Journal.Her final year project during her undergraduate study, "Chemical Profiles and Health-promo...

2022-09-22

UIC teachers win prizes at Guangdong Provincial Junior Teaching Competition

Two UIC teachers from the Division of Science and Technology (DST) won prizes at Guangdong Provincial Junior Teaching Competition. Lecturer Ji Yanyan was awarded the second prize, and Assistant Professor Dr He Wenmeng the third prize.A total of 166 junior teachers from 65 universities and colleges participated in the competition, divided into five groups according to different majors: Arts, Sci...

2022-08-25

Road to academic success: Passion, purpose and preparation

UIC encourages experiential learning, guiding students with solid skills both in theories and practice and releasing their potential for good. Here are three students sharing how they locate their paths in scientific research after their four-year study at UIC. Yao Yueying graduated from UIC's Food Science and Technology (FST) programme in 2021. Sh...

2022-05-27

UIC signs MoU with Università del Piemonte Orientale

UIC has entered into yet another Memorandum of Understanding with an overseas partner university. This latest MoU was initiated by UIC staff in the Food Science and Technology Programme of the Division of Science and Technology, and signed by UIC and the Università del Piemonte Orientale (UPO), a university in Piedmont, Italy. The two schools have pledged their mutual interest in developing cul...

2022-05-20

[People of UIC] Meet Huang Kaiyuan: Never too late to change

Success is about how high you bounce when you hit bottom. Having successfully counterattacked adversities twice, Huang Kaiyuan, a Food Science and Technology (FST) graduate, is currently studying at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in Analytical Chemistry. In his freshman and sophomore years, Kaiyuan didn't have any goals. At that time, his...

2022-05-18

Long lasting love: UIC alumni continue life's journey as PhD students and parents

Scientific research could be a lonely and arduous adventure. Luckily, Luo Jiaqiang and Wu Tong have each other by their sides on their academic journey. The couple met at UIC and then went to Australia for their Master's and Doctoral degrees together. Wu Tong, 2014 FST graduate, obtained a Master's Degree in Food Sciences at the University of Melbourne, pursuing Doctoral...

2022-03-10