Peking University, Oct 23, 2013: Hou Renzhi, a renowned professor at PKU and China's most prominent scholar in the field of historical geography, passed away on Oct 22 at the age of 102.Professor Hou Renzhi has devoted himself to the development of Modern Chinese historical geogr...

The Faculty Employment and Assessment Committee of the School of Economics, Peking University, recently decided not to renew the employment contract with Xia Yeliang as a result of its anonymous ballot. The decision is “not to renew the employment contract” with Xia Yeliang, not...

Peking University, Oct. 20, 2013: Wang Yanglin, a celebrated scholar of geography, was appointed vice president of Peking University (PKU/Beida), read a document dated September 10.Prof. Wang Yanglin (File photo)Wang, 50, holds a concurrent post as Chief of General Services, whic...

Peking University, Oct. 9, 2013: Professor Meng Zhiyong, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, School of Physics, Peking University (PKU), received the 2014 Editor’s Award of American Meteorological Society (AMS), for her excellent reviews of the AMS Monthly Weather Rev...

Peking University, Oct. 18, 2013: Six top global mathematicians visited Peking Universityas invited for the centennial of the establishment of mathematics discipline. Brilliant academic reports were offered by them at the lecture hall in Beijing International Center for Mathemati...