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Chancellor speaks on COVID-19 research at Nanjing Tech Week 2020

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“Chinese scientists are currently leading several of the most promising research projects at UW–Madison related to COVID-19,” said UW–Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank, as part of her recorded remarks at last week’s “Nanjing Tech Week 2020,” held in the city of Nanjing, capital of China’s Jiangsu Province. Chancellor Blank’s comments concluded the morning session of “Innovative …

UW–Madison celebrates 40-year relationship with Nanjing University

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In 1979, University of Wisconsin–Madison Chancellor Irving Shain led one of the first university delegations to China of the post-Mao era. Among the universities visited was Nanjing University (NJU), one of China’s top universities and a current member of the elite C9 League. Forty years later, another UW chancellor, Rebecca Blank, traveled to Nanjing University …