We will soon send off the Year of the Ox and welcome the Year of the Tiger. Before that auspicious day arrives, let’s review the highlights of the past year.
Great news from the Inaugural UG Class
Many among the 240 or so students in Duke Kunshan’s inaugural undergraduate class, who are graduating in May, have found their desired jobs or received offers of acceptance from graduate schools of their choice. Ege Duman was awarded the Rhodes Scholarship, while Wanying He was selected as a Schwartzman Scholar. Twelve students who applied through a fast-track application process received admission offers from Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering, and 15 students were accepted by Duke’s Fuqua School of Business. Some found jobs at leading domestic or international companies, including McKinsey and Tencent.
Duke Kunshan launches the Pathways to Success Program, assisting students in a successful transition into post-graduate opportunities.
Ege Duman, Class of 2022, named DKU’s first Rhodes Scholar
Wanying He, Class of 2022, named DKU’s first Schwarzman Scholar
Duke University graduate programs admit 27 students from DKU’s first undergraduate class
Student and Alumni Stories
Duke Kunshan’s newest class of students (2025) include a 13-year-old freshman, Olympiad winners, a basketball hotshot, and a debater who inspires public service volunteers.
Freshman, 13, sets sights on AI prize — but first, social interaction
Student in Duke Kunshan’s undergraduate Class of 2025 speaks up to spark innovation in African education
Basketball player Wenzhi Wang: from benchwarmer to key role player
Class of 2024: coming from 31 countries on five continents, embracing a different life at Duke Kunshan
Duke Kunshan students majoring in data science explore more possibilities for the future
DKU students majoring in psychology put their knowledge into practice and serve society
DKU academy lifts student leaders to the next level
Volunteer activities, internships, participation in projects, Duke Kunshan students employ diverse ways to explore the world
Econ scholar receives fellowship after developing innovative agri-business model
Student enrolls in Master in Global Health program thirty years after graduating from college
Joe Wu: Seek what matters most, and luck will find you
From MMS student to Bain to Harvard MBA, Abi Chen sets no limits in her life
MMS alumnus Yuchen Zhang: My ambition is to build Ark Invest of the East
From DKU to “Silicon Valley”: ECE students have received job offers from big companies
Student Research
With institutional support, Duke Kunshan encourages undergraduate students to conduct research projects. Our students are already making their mark by participating in international academic conferences, winning competition medals, and publishing papers in leading international journals.
DKU students’ work wins accolades at national design show
DKU students compete at NG+ Developer Conference
DKU student accepted to elite marine conservation research program
DKU-Duke team’s space plan wins U.S.-China Student Challenge
Junior students Yue Yu and Dingning Li present research at 2021 American Physical Society March Meeting
DKU team wins international health competition with inclusive Covid-19 vaccination plan
Data science undergraduate’s first published research comes from years of passion for computing
Senior student Dingning Li publishes paper as first author at Journal of Applied Crystallography
Duke Kunshan empowers undergraduates as they start their research journey
DKU students win silver medal in international biology event
Undergraduates Zikang Jia, Qianyu Pan and Yijia Yuan present research at conference of European Geosciences Union
Students and faculty celebrate publication of creative writing anthology
Duke Kunshan student team selected into innovation training program
Senior students Te Lai and Chenling Qu present research at international economics conference
Junior students Chen Lv, Jinchen Zhao and advisor Dr. Kai Huang present research at leading physics conference
Study advances understanding of membrane permeability
Faculty Research
Duke Kunshan continues to be ranked in the ESI top 1% in clinical medicine and in the top 50 universities in China for its outstanding research in global health and related fields. Duke Kunshan faculty members have been awarded research grants, published work in prestigious international journals, participated in international scientific conferences and won awards in competitions.
Nine DKU professors win funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Arts and humanities faculty win international support for research
Research brings DKU professor to the edge of medical breakthrough
Team wins award for work on sound health detection
Research aims to illuminate the natural pollution-fighting qualities of river ecosystems
Offering more to living kidney donors without offering compensation
Duke Kunshan releases the first nationwide survey of bird-window collisions，research raises issue of damage caused by forest livestock grazing
DKU ranked among global top 1% in clinical medicine (global health) subject for four consecutive years
Chenkai Wu joins editorial board of The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
Mobile health app eases burden for stroke patients, doctors in rural China
Study reveals worrying implications of warming Western Antarctic Peninsula waters
Global experts propose ethical guidelines for DNA research on ancient human remains
Selina Lai-Henderson, Yitzhak Lewis and Wenqi Xiang convenes panel discussion at American Comparative Literature Association Conference 2021
Thinking collectively in a time of separation
Art exhibition in Berlin features Benjamin Bacon and Vivian Xu’s works
Using digital media to combat alienation
Tech driving crisis of community cohesion
New documentary film directed by Andrew Field debuts in Shanghai
Campus News
Duke Kunshan owes its development to contributions by each community member. Its growth is also closely linked to the rapidly developing region. In 2019, Duke Kunshan was included in the Yangtze River Delta Regional Integration Development Plan, and in 2021, it was part of the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan of Jiangsu Province.
In 2021, Duke Kunshan welcomed about 400 new undergraduates from 41 countries and regions who make up the class of 2025. Duke Kunshan has continued to enhance its international portfolio in the areas of industry-university research cooperation, integration of research and education, and campus construction. Duke Kunshan held conferences that included the inaugural meeting of the DKU University-Industry Alliance and an investment forum where leading scholars and industry experts from home and abroad discussed such hot topics as industry-university innovative research and digital innovation to empower green development. Duke Kunshan has collaborated with universities and institutions at home and abroad on a broad range of research projects. And organizations including the Gates Foundation have funded the establishment of leading labs on campus.
Duke Kunshan is committed to promoting excellence in education and leading students to realize their ambitions.
Duke Kunshan included in the Outline of the 14th Five-Year Plan of Jiangsu Province
Entrepreneurs from Yangtze River Delta region gather at inaugural meeting of DKU University-Industry Alliance
Duke Kunshan hosts investment forum “Unlocking Digital Innovation for a Green Future”
Freshmen urged to think across boundaries as pioneering peers steer course for success
Chancellor Feng speaks about liberal arts education at forum about joint venture universities
DKU talent attracts top enterprises to fall career fair
Duke Kunshan awarded by Gates Foundation to establish China Vaccine Delivery Research Lab
ECE professor Xin Li named dean of graduate studies
DKU appoints joint co-directors of global health
New associate deans, divisional chair to strengthen DKU’s undergraduate mission
Director of DKU’s Medical Physics Program awarded distinguished professorship at Duke University
DKU dean joins Times Higher Education advisory board
Chief Financial Officer Helen Hu elected to AmCham Shanghai’s board of governors
Dean a catalyst to DKU’s burgeoning music community
Duke awards highest honor to DKU Advisory Board Chair Rick Wagoner
DKU awards tenure to five faculty members
Level Up: Duke Kunshan Phase 2
Aerial images show rapid progress of phase 2 construction
The Year of the Tiger is coming soon. In the new year, let’s forge ahead with the vigor and vitality of the tiger and create more brilliant success!
Duke Kunshan recently launched the Duke Kunshan 2022 Species Calendar, produced by the DKU Student Media Center, DKU Communications, the International Master of Environmental Policy Program and DKU Operations. The calendar, which is bilingual and hand-drawn by students, captures the diversity of flora and fauna on the Duke Kunshan campus and showcases the talents of our students. Click here to march into 2022 together!
