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International Space Design Organization “Idea-Tops” Cooperates with Asia University
The Department of Interior Design at Asia University (AU) cooperates with the international space design organization “Idea-Tops” recently, and holds together the Taiwan-area Contest in Asia Museum of Modern Art at AU, which was opened on June 8 by AU former Vice President Yu-Dong Liu, Idea-Tops Committee Chairman Qing-Xiang Zhao, President of Taiwan Association of Interior Designers Ming-Chuan Wang, and Honorary President of Kaohsiung Association of Interior Designers and Art Chuan-Jie Zeng. The Idea-Tops Award is one of the important awards in the design circle in Asia. Many designers try to win such an award. Professor Yu-Dong Liu said, “The …
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Asia University – The Youngest Top 100 University in Asia
UK Time Higher Education (THE) reported the 2015 ranking result of top-100 Asia universities on June 11. A total of 11 schools in Taiwan are within the top 100, and Asia University (AU) is in the list for the second year in an arrow. Being just 14 years old, AU is the youngest top-100 university of all over Asia! Only two private schools in Taiwan get into the list, namely, China Medical University (CMU) and AU. The two schools have the same founder Prof. Chang-Hai Tsai. The Board of Directors of AU and that of CMU have approved unification of …
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AU Museum Exhibits Degas’ Painting “Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet” from Japan
The famous painting “Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet” and nineteen engravings created for the famous French writer Maupassant’s short-story work “La Maison Tellier,” all by the renowned French Impressionist Edgar Degas and borrowed from the Kitakyushu Museum of Art in Japan, were opened today in Asia Museum of Modern Art at Asia University (AU) for exhibition. The painting “Monsieur et Madame Édouard Manet” was a mystery lasting for 181 years related to the friendship between Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet, both famous artists in the 19th century. “Today is a glory day in our exhibition of Edgar Degas’ works at …
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International Volunteer Team from Department of Social Work at Asia University Heads to Cambodia
“Spread Love to Cambodia!” Students of the Departments of Social Work, Foreign Languages and Literatures, as well as Leisure and Recreation Management at Asia University (AU) will head to Cambodia for volunteer service in the summer vacation for the fourth time. Starting from Apr. 20, a fund-raising charity sale at the atrium of the Management Building would last for one week. This year the students of the Social Work Department raised funds in a different way by selling Cambodian local products, including landscape post cards, fried instant noodles, hand-made cloth bracelets, hanging decoration accessories, small purses, and leather accessories made …
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Nobel Prize Laureate Dr. Ferid Murad Lectures at Asia University
Dr. Ferid Murad, an honorary professor at Asia University (AU) as well as a Nobel Prize laureate, gave a speech at AU. He encouraged AU students to be ambitious and dream big when they were young. In order to have a chance to become a first Nobel Prize laureate from Taiwan, he told the students that they also needed to work very hard, dare to challenge authorities, behave with creative thoughts, and overcome difficulties and stick it out. When AU was established, Founder Chang-Hai Tsai hoped that AU could cultivate a Taiwanese Nobel Prize laureate. Invited for the ninth time, …
