Qiu Yong meets President David Leebron of Rice University
The two universities will jointly establish the Tsinghua University-Rice University Joint Research Center for Human Capital and Sustainable Innovation
On the afternoon of May 20th, President David Leebron of Rice University visited Tsinghua University, President Qiu Yong met with him in Gong Ziting. The two sides held talks on further promoting cooperation between the two universities. Vice President and Provost Yang Bin attended the signing ceremony for the establishment of the Tsinghua University-Rice University Joint Research Center for Human Capital and Sustainable Innovation.
David Leebron noted that the establishment of the Tsinghua University-Rice University Joint Research Center for Human Capital and Sustainable Innovation is another important measure to expand and deepen the cooperation between the two universities. He hoped that the two sides would work together to help the research center produce more innovative research results that will be more conducive to promoting the future development of mankind.
Before the signing ceremony, Yang Bin noted in his speech that the establishment of the Joint Research Center will play an active role in promoting cooperation in human resource research, training top-notch talents, and stimulating innovative ideas.
Writer: Celina Jiang
Editors: Guo Lili, John Olbrich
