2012 UM-SJTU JI Graduate Students Recruiting Summer Camp

2012 UM-SJTU JI Graduate Students Recruiting Summer Camp

JI is hosting its third annual graduate students recruiting summer camp in early July (the actual date is stated in the invitation letter). It aims to build an interaction platform for outstanding undergraduates from all over China to learn about the Joint Institute....
Welcome UM Students to the JI Summer Program

Welcome UM Students to the JI Summer Program

The Joint- Institute Summer Program kicked off on May 14, 2012. Thirty-four students from University of Michigan arrived at SJTU over the weekend and participated in the orientation sponsored by JI’s International Program Office on Sunday, May 13. After a nourishing...
The Center of Optics and Optoelectronics (COO) Established at JI

The Center of Optics and Optoelectronics (COO) Established at JI

The Center of Optics and Optoelectronics (COO) is established at the UM-SJTU Joint Institute on May 4, 2012. It consists of a group of electrical engineers, mechanical engineers, physicists and material scientists. The faculty’s research spans the areas of...
SJTU President Zhang Jie Elected as NAS Foreign Associate

SJTU President Zhang Jie Elected as NAS Foreign Associate

Zhang Jie, president of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has been selected to be a foreign associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS), according to an announcement made by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) on May 2, 2012. President Zhang, a prominent...
JI Attracts Attention in 2012 SJTU Entrance Exam Advisory Fair

JI Attracts Attention in 2012 SJTU Entrance Exam Advisory Fair

The annual SJTU Entrance Exam Advisory Fair was held in the Xuhui campus on April 29, 2012. More than a thousand prospective students and parents showed up to learn about SJTU’s recruiting policies and information about the majors offered. The JI recruiting team...
Professor Benjamin Yellen Publishes a breakthrough paper in Nature Communications

Professor Yellen publishes seminal paper in Nature Communications

Binary Colloidal Structures Assembled through Ising Interactions The diverse functionality of crystalline materials found in nature has inspired the quest to develop man-made versions with building blocks ranging in size from atoms to bricks.  Self-assembly of...