Moscow State University Celebration Held in Beijing UniversityRussia's biggest institute of higher learning, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Tuesday opened a celebration of its 250th anniversary at China's elite Beijing University.Dr. Victor Sadovnichy, rector of the Russian university, said at the opening ceremony that this is the first time for the university to celebrate its anniversary outside Russia. During the four-day celebration, the Moscow delegation headed by the rector will hold a photo exhibition of the achievements of Lomonosov Moscow State University in the library of Beijing University. Dr. Sadovnichy, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, is scheduled to deliver a speech on "Human Beings and the Cosmos: Problems of Life and Work in the Earth's Orbit." Meanwhile, other delegation members, who are directors of university departments, will also speak on their fields of study, including mathematics, physics, psychology, journalism, economics and history for students at Beijing University. Moscow State University established an "information center" at Beijing University last year, to promote exchanges and cooperation between the two universities. Beijing University is planning to set up a similar center at its Moscow counterpart later this year. |
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