Features

Solving Earth’s Climate Puzzle: Prof. Yen-Ting Hwang’s 10-Year Quest

We often imagine scientists as being serious people, prone to solitude. However, Prof. Yen-Ting Hwang of the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at National Taiwan University (NTU), breaks from that mold. She is open and warm, and has a relentless passion for discovery.
Now starting her 12th year as a faculty member at NTU, Prof. Hwang specializes in large-scale climate dynamics and air-sea interactions. These phenomena belong to areas of physics concerning the movement of air on a global scale—thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, and more. In layman’s terms, she studies how the wind blows: how large-scale, long-term atmospheric patterns influence droughts, wildfires, and heatwaves, and where fronts and typhoons will travel.

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HONOR

President Chen Honored by France with Legion of Honour for Strengthening Global Academic Ties

On May 6, 2025, President Wen-Chang Chen of National Taiwan University (NTU) was awarded the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour), the highest civilian distinction conferred by the French government. The honor recognizes President Chen for his over two decades of unwavering commitment to strengthening Taiwan–France collaboration in scientific research, talent cultivation, and cultural exchange.

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Congrats to Excellent Female Scientists

At the 18th Taiwan Outstanding Women in Science Awards in 2025, National Taiwan University (NTU) proudly celebrated its members who were duly honored. Prof. Wan-Jiun Liao, Executive Vice President of NTU and Distinguished Professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering, received the event’s highest honor—the Outstanding Award. Meanwhile, Prof. Yen-Ting Hwang, Associate Professor of the Department and Graduate Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, was named a recipient of the Rising Star Award, as was Prof. Hsiang-Yi Yang, Associate Professor at the Department of Physics and Institute of Astronomy at National Tsing Hua University, who is also an NTU alumna.

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GLOBAL OUTLOOK

NTU Awarded for Outstanding Student Support at THE Asia Summit

At the prestigious 2025 Times Higher Education (THE) Asia Summit, held on April 22 at the Macau University of Science and Technology, National Taiwan University (NTU) received the Outstanding Support for Students Award, marking its first-ever entry and victory in the THE Asia Summit competition. NTU is also the first university in Taiwan to have received this honor.

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Beyond Borders: Int'l Traineeships Committed to Global Engagement

In January 2025, National Taiwan University (NTU) offered a diverse palette of immersive international traineeships, reaffirming its commitment to global engagement. These programs, which span cultures and industries, provided students with transformative experiences that bridged their classroom learning with real-world practice.

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Achievements

Landmark Study Dispels Fears Over Paternal Diabetes Drug Use and Birth Defects

In a major advance for global reproductive health and clinical safety, a research team led by Prof. Fei-Yuan Hsiao of the Graduate Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, has presented definitive answers to a question that has long haunted diabetic men planning fatherhood: “Is it safe to take metformin while trying to conceive?”

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Breaking the Code: Researchers Decipher How SCLC Powers Its Deadly Advance

Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) remains one of the most aggressive and treatment-resistant cancers. Patients are often diagnosed only after extensive metastasis has occurred, and current therapies provide limited long-term control, resulting in an average survival of less than a year.

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Metabolic Dysfunction Increases Mortality and Liver Cancer Risk in Hepatitis B & C Patients

Liver disease remains a critical national health challenge in Taiwan, closely linked to the high prevalence of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and hepatitis C (HCV) infections. Prof. Jia-Horng Kao, Vice Superintendent of National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), leads a pioneering research team dedicated to the management of hepatitis patients with concurrent metabolic dysfunctions.

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A New Twist in Material Transformations: Discovery of Pressure-Driven Charge Amorphization

In a breakthrough study led by Dr. Wei-Tin Chen, Assistant Research Fellow at the Center for Condensed Matter Sciences (CCMS) and the Center of Atomic Initiative for New Materials (AI-Mat) at National Taiwan University, researchers have uncovered an unexpected phenomenon in the material BiNiO₃: when exposed to high pressure at low temperatures, its orderly electrical charges collapse into a disordered “charge glass” state.

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Teaching & Learning

Strategic Alliance to Propel Taiwan's Drone Innovation to New Heights

In a major step toward integrating academic, industrial, and research resources, National Taiwan University (NTU), National Yunlin University of Science and Technology (YunTech), and National Formosa University (NFU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) on March 19, 2025. The collaboration is aimed to drive cutting-edge drone research projects, foster technological innovation, and bolster Taiwan’s global competitiveness in the drone industry.

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NTU x KU Course Dedicated to Sustainable Wellbeing

After two years of dialogue and pilot programs, the Trans-disciplinary Bachelor Degree Program (TBD) at D-School@NTU and the School of Interdisciplinary Science and Innovation (ISI) at Kyushu University (KU) officially launched an eight-week international Off-Site Study course in the Spring 2025 (113-2) semester. Centered on the theme of “Sustainable Wellbeing,” the course brought together 28 students from Taiwan and Japan, working in transnational teams through a hybrid model of online collaboration and in-person fieldwork.

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Smart Manufacturing: Bridging AI, Sensors, Real-World Applications

A modern smart manufacturing system is typically structured into five core layers: the device layer, control layer, network layer, application layer, and decision layer. As shown in Figure 1, these layers are interconnected by enabling technologies, such as digital twins, the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), control systems, big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud and edge computing.

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People

NTU Unveils the Design of Centennial Memorial Hall

National Taiwan University (NTU) officially revealed the long-anticipated design of its Centennial Memorial Hall, a cultural and architectural landmark commemorating the university’s 100th anniversary.
The project’s design—jointly created by renowned Japanese architect Akihisa Hirata and Taiwanese architect Huang Hsiang-Lung—won the public competition held on December 29, 2022. Subsequently, design adjustments have been made to accommodate changes in the project scale. After two years of refinement, the revised concept was formally presented by Hirata himself at the NTU University Council Meeting on March 22, 2025, where he shared the

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Entomologist's Antarctica Expedition

Associate Professor Matan Shelomi (薛馬坦) of the Department of Entomology at National Taiwan University (NTU) recently returned from a remarkable two-month scientific expedition to Antarctica. Based at Vernadsky Research Base, a Ukrainian research station on a small island off the Antarctic Peninsula at 65° south latitude, Prof. Shelomi conducted pioneering research on one of the most extreme and isolated ecosystems on Earth.

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Career Fair Unites Innovation, Industry and Talent

On March 8, the Center for Career Development at National Taiwan University hosted VISION 2025, the largest on-campus career fair in Taiwan. The event commenced with remarks by NTU President Wen-Chang Chen, Garmin Vice President Chih-Wei Liao, and Perfect Corp. CEO Alice Chang, setting an optimistic tone for a day of innovation, opportunity, and inspiration.

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Commencement Celebrates the Class 2024

On May 24, 2025, National Taiwawn University (NTU) held the Commencement Ceremony for the Class of 2024 at the NTU Sports Center. This year, the university celebrated the graduation of 4,794 undergraduate students, 5,373 master’s students, and 584 doctoral students—a total of 10,751 graduates.

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Higher Education-Nobel Laureated Asso. to Foster Global Research

To invite Nobel laureates to Taiwan for academic exchanges and long-term cooperation, the Taiwan Higher Education–Nobel Laureates Association was officially launched on March 15, 2025. With support from government, industry, academia, and research sectors, the association is aimed to enhance Taiwan’s research capacity and global visibility by fostering interactions between Nobel laureates and institutions. Through such exchanges, it seeks to inspire young scholars and students while elevating the nation’s innovation and scientific literacy.

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