Recently, the Ministry of Education officially announced the nominees of the 2017 "Yangtze River Scholar Award Program". Prof. Yu Wei of the School of Education, Prof. Liang Maoxin of the School of History and Culture, and Prof. Zhang Qian of the School of Chemistry were selected as "Yangtze River Scholar" as the distinguished professors, Professor Zicheng Yu of Lehigh University of the USA was selected as the "Yangtze River Scholar" lecture professor. It is reported that 148 professors from 80 universities across the country were selected for the 2017 "Yangtze River Scholar"special professorship project, and the number of nominated professors in NENU ranks the fifth place among universities nationwide.
(From News Center, translated by Liu Wei, revised by Chen Yanxu)