A huge number of exchange programs and summer school programs are offered to international students around foreign universities worldwide. Today we explain the top student exchange programs -and -summer programs offered to foreign students.
Vienna Summer School
Vienna Summer School provides an incredible opportunity for 30 bachelor-level students to research side by side with world top researchers in the field of bioengineering. This paid summer program aims to attract international students and create an excellent research environment. This is a perfect opportunity for those students who are interested in the field of life science. The duration of Vienna Summer School is from Saturday, July 1 to August 28,2023.
SUSI Student Leaders Program
Bachelor-level students in Pakistan who are interested in the topic of public, local, state and federal policy making are invited to study in the USA through the short-tern SUSI student program 2023 held at the University of Massachusetts. This is an exchange program for Pakistani students. All expenses and accommodation costs will be covered by SUSI, so the application period is very short.
Hansen Leadership Exchange Program
The Hansen Summer Institute for Leadership is now open for the summer exchange program 2023. The Hansen summer program offers the opportunity to the USA and international students to build better leadership skills and a cultural understanding environment for the future. This 3-week summer exchange program is open for undergraduate, graduate,and doctoral students with any academic background.
IWP Summer Exchange Program
IWP Summer Exchange Program 2023 is a two-week writing and culture exchange program for Pakistani and Indian students in Iowa City, USA. The applicant from 18 to 22 from these countries with a background in art humanities is welcome to apply. This program will focus on creativity and is free for the selected applicants. The selected candidates will work together on the creation of paintings and sculptures.
Visionary architects design buildings which speak for themselves. From towering concrete pillars to sculptural modernist domes(穹顶), the work of Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi defined Indian architecture for the latter half of the 20th century. Known as B. V. Doshi, he was a versatile modernist architect—he designed everything from accessible housing projects to the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore. Sadly, the great architect died on January 24,2023, at the age of 95, leaving behind a fascinating legacy.
Born on August 26, 1927, in Pune, southeast of Mumbai, Doshi grew up with his father and grandfather, a furniture maker. As a child he came to appreciate how their house grew and changed. In 1947, shortly before Indian independence, he began architecture school.However, he never finished, a fact which he'd later point to in life as an advantage. He married his wife Kamala Parikh in 1955. When she passed away, Doshi lived in a house he designed and named for his beloved wife.
Doshi was influenced by the famous Swiss-French architect known as Le Corbusier. Doshi studied with him in Paris and then returned to India to supervise the architect's work in Ahmedabad. In 1956, Doshi founded his own firm called Vastushilpa. He traveled the world lecturing at universities, worked with other famous architects, and even founded the Center for Environmental Planning and Technology (now CEPT University) focusing on understanding, designing, planning, constructing and managing human habitats.
"We did not want to imitate someone else's approach," he told the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in 2018."We wanted to find our own identity."He drew from his pride in Indian culture to create a style distinct from Western designs."I think of my buildings as my friends, my family,"he said."I have a conversation with them, and that's how I create niches and staircases and openings and gardens…my buildings are not only pure and clear but designed to anticipate changes
Aside from his modern works, Doshi was devoted to creating works to benefit the poor.He designed the Aranya Low Cost Housing Project in Indore. The photographer Iwan Baan,who photographed some of Doshi's works, described the artist as "the most approachable architect I know. Even very poor people in his public housing projects knew him, which is exceptional"
PFAS are found in nonstick pans, water-proof fabrics and food packaging. They're called forever chemicals because of their ability to stick around and not break down. Now, using a bit of heat and two relatively common compounds, researchers have degraded(降解) the chemical in the lab.
While some scientists have found relatively simple ways of breaking down select PFAS,most degradation methods require harsh processes using intense pressure—in some cases over 22 mega-pascals—or extremely high temperatures—sometimes upwards of 1,000℃ —to break the chemical bonds.
William Dichtel, from Northwestern University in Evanston, and his team experimented with two substances found in nearly every chemistry lab; sodium hydroxide(氢氧化钠),also known as lye, and a solvent(溶剂)called DMSO. The team worked specifically on a group of forever chemicals which contain a large percentage of PFAS.
When the team combined chemicals with the lye and DMSO at 120℃ and with no extra pressure needed, the carbolic acid(羧酸)fell off the chemicals and became carbon dioxide."What happened next was unexpected," Dichtel said. The loss of the acid helped degrade the chemicals into fluoride ions(氟离子)and smaller carbon-containing products, leaving behind no harmful by-products.
"It's a neat method; it's different from others that have been tried," says Chris Sales, an environmental engineer at Drexel University in Philadelphia who was not involved in the study."The biggest question is how this could be adapted and scaled up. Understanding this mechanism is just one step in undoing forever chemicals," Sales said.
This process wouldn't work to deal with PFAS in the environment, because it requires a concentrated amount of the chemicals, but it could one day be used in wastewater treatment plants, where the pollutants could be filtered out of the water, concentrated and then broken down.
The idea that the normal human body temperature is about 37℃ was first presented by the German physician Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich in 1851. Since then, it's become so widely accepted that it serves as a touchstone for health—a diagnostic tool used by physicians and parents as a basic indicator of whether someone is sick or well. However, it turns out that this well-established fact isn't, in fact, correct—or, to put it more accurately, human beings have been getting cooler over the years.
Recent studies have shown that temperature records of groups of people have tended to run low compared to the accepted norm(标准), so the Stanford team, led by Julie Par-sonnet,
MD, professor of medicine and of health research and policy, decided to do a more in-depth study to compare modern measurements with historical records to try to identify body temperature trends and, perhaps, uncover the reason why this cooling is happening.
For their research, the Stanford team looked at three distinct data sets from two historical periods. After going through 677,423 temperature measurements, the team found that men born in the 21st century had an average body temperature of 0.6℃ lower than that of those born in the early 19th century while modern women showed an average decrease of 0.03℃ compared to those born in the 1890s.
As to why this is happening, the researchers say that the most likely mechanism is a reduction in the human metabolic rate(代谢率)due to environmental factors: One possibility is that improvements in public health over 200 years have reduced the incidence of inflammations(炎症),which promote metabolism. This combined with people living more comfortable lives in more stable environments means that the body doesn't have to work as hard to stay warm, so the average temperature falls.
"The environment that we're living in has changed, including the temperature in our homes, our contact with microorganisms(微生物)and the food that we have access to. All these things mean that although we consider human beings as the same for all of human evolution, we're not the same. We're actually changing physiologically,"Parsonnet said.
Born in 1961, Snoussi, a Frenchman, first came to China in 1983. At that time, he was a law student at Aix-en-Provence University and accompanied his father on a business trip to China.
In March 2006, Snoussi moved to Ningbo to help his father who had set up his export business. After living there for more than seven years, Snoussi realized that what he missed most was a traditional French bakery." . which made Chinese, Korean, or European-style bread, but we couldn't find that specific French taste. It was unlike our daily bread,because in my home country, bread is a bit like rice in China," he explained. In June 2013,Snoussi opened an authentic(正宗的)French bakery in Ningbo.Though he had no baking experience, he quickly learned the ropes from a French baker. .
What makes Mon Epoque unique is its authentic French identity, which guarantees a genuine French taste every day."We are one of the few French bakeries in China that directly imports flour from France, produced in the Cognac region from French wheat. . These are the two most important ingredients in baking. This allows us to guarantee the same taste and quality day in, day out. We pay attention to the quality and the taste of our products so that our patrons can experience the same feeling every day,"he said.
. In 2008,he donated over 30,000 yuan($4,300)to Wenchuan in Sichuan Province. In Ningbo, he donated T-shirts for students with disabilities and gave scholarships to outstanding students at a school. For several years, he sponsored(赞助)the Pink Ribbon Campaign organized by a team of foreign women to raise awareness about breast cancer. He also sponsored activities to encourage more people to look after stray dogs.
A. This French baker was famous for his unique bakery
B. Snoussi is keen on social activities in Ningbo
C. The butter used is also imported from France
D. Snoussi enjoys helping people in need
E. This visit was a culture shock for him
F. He named his brand Mon Epoque
G. We had good bakeries in Ningbo
During my stay at the University of Michigan, one of the senior professors asked me to join a seminar on culture and emotion. In a general1 of self-introductions, I introduced myself in a(n)2 Dutch way as one of those who are"interested in culture and emotion". The professor supplemented(补充) my self-introduction to3 American standards, saying I was one of the world's experts on the4 .In response, I looked down in 5 ,and thought that "expert" was a big word.
When I lived in North Carolina, my new friends came over to 6 . Conversations were full of interest and energy, and there was a lot of 7 .At the end of the evening, when my guests left, they thanked me for the dinner. My heart 8 , because I was born and raised in the Netherlands, where"thanking for dinner"means the relationship is 9 .Emotions are different enough to feel out of 10 when you move from one culture to another. The professor at the University of Michigan meant to make me feel 11 , but instead made me uncomfortable. My friends meant to show 12 , but they made me think they were distancing themselves from me.
We think about emotions as feelings deep inside us, but in 13 , our emotions happen in interactions with others. In my own culture, it was hard to observe the 14 emotions of others, but I was able to see them when I moved to the US—a different 15 from where I was raised.
3D bio-printing inside the human body could be possible thanks to a new soft robot. The device featuresprinting head directly mounted onto the tip of a soft robotic arm. This printing head, consists of soft artificial muscles that allow it to move in three directions,works very(similar) to conventional desktop 3D printers.
The soft robotic arm van bend and twist and can be made at any length (require), The printing nozzle(喷嘴)can be programmed to print per-determined shapes,or operated manually; addition, a research team used a machine learning-based controller which can aid the printing process.
The team(explain)how the device could potentially be used as an all-in-one surgical tool to perform a range of(function). They said this could be especially important in surgery(remove) certain cancers.
The ability to carry out such multi-functional procedures(demonstrate) on a pig's intestine(肠) last month and the researchers say the results show that the device is a(promise)candidate for the future development of an all-in-one endoscopic surgical tool. The next stage of development for the system is in vivo(活体的)testing on living animals to demonstrate its practical use.
The annual Halloween arrived, during which kids dressed in traditional clothes went to neighbors' houses to ask for candy.
Allison lived in a small town. That day after dinner, Allison put on her dress her father had just bought for her. The dress was cheap and second-hand because her family was poor.But Allison still thanked her dad and said,"Everyone will love my dress!" Then, she left for neighbors' houses to ask for candy.
On the way, she came across Anna and her friends and wanted to join them."No! Look at your dress! It's ugly!" Anna said. Her friends also laughed."Look at our dresses, especially mine! It's new and beautiful," Anna added. Her friends nodded, and in some way they were right. Anna's dress was shiny and looked expensive. She always had the best clothes because her parents were rich.
Allison was shocked and sad. The kids not only disliked her dress but made fun of it."You can't come with us!" Anna stressed."We would never hang out with you!" The other kids agreed and laughed. They all left to start collecting candy for the night while Allison was left alone, embarrassed in the middle of the street.
Anyway, she knew all the neighbors. She often helped around carrying their groceries and helping them with their gardens. People around there knew her. She didn't need to hangout with Anna or her friends."I'll go just alone,"the little girl said to herself and started walking.
She as well as Anna and her friends walked in the same direction: towards their first neighbor Mrs Vaughan's house. But Allison walked behind and kept her distance from them.And she stopped when Anna and her friends were near Mrs Vaughan's house.
Just then, Mrs Vaughan looked out of her window. She noticed that Allison was being excluded by Anna and her friends. She knew it was probably because of Allison's poor dress.She immediately felt pity for Allison, who often helped her and other neighbors. She decided to give Allison much more candy as a reward and teach Anna and her friends a lesson.
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When Anna and her friends knocked on her door, Mrs Vaughan opened it. …… Anna looked up and said,"Our clothes are more beautiful! But you gave Allison more candy! Why?" |
