35 Taiwanese universities listed in THE Impact Rankings
04/22/2021 02:02 PM
Image from the NCKU s Facebook page at: facebook.com/ncku.edu.tw
London, April 21 (CNA) A total of 35 Taiwanese universities have been listed in the Impact Rankings 2021 by Times Higher Education (THE), the only global performance tables that assess universities against the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) in Tainan and Taipei s National Taiwan University (NTU) were placed within the 101-200 rankings, the two top highest-ranked institutions in the country, the London-based survey showed Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Kaohsiung Medical University, National Tsing Hua University and Taipei Medical University were in the 201-300 range.
Taiwan News Quick Take
CWB issues warning
The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) yesterday issued this year’s first thunderstorm warning for Pingtung and Taitung counties, which was received by some people as good news amid a prolonged dry spell. While sporadic rain was forcast for northern Taiwan, the bureau cautioned residents in Pingtung and Taitung about likely thunderstorms and heavy rain in the afternoon. Meanwhile, farmers in Taichung said they were happy that heavy rain fell in the city’s mountainous areas, although it only lasted about 25 minutes. Former CWB Weather Forecast Center director Daniel Wu (吳德榮) said that more moisture from southeastern China is to reach Taiwan from Sunday to Wednesday next week, which might be the prelude to the plum rain season that usually starts in May or June. However, the moisture might not entirely alleviate the water shortage situation, Wu said.
GreenMetric ranks NPUST top green school in Taiwan
Staff writer, with CNA
National Pingtung University of Science and Technology (NPUST) has announced that it hit the top spot in Taiwan and fourth in Asia on this year’s listing of the world’s most sustainable universities.
The university remained No. 1 in Taiwan for the seventh consecutive year, and was listed among the greenest universities internationally, the UI GreenMetric World University Rankings showed.
In the latest global rankings, NPUST reached No. 31, up from No. 37 in 2019, while it moved up two places in the Asia rankings, from No. 6 in 2019.
The university attributed its rankings to efforts to improve campus infrastructure and waste disposal.
Environmental Impact Assessment: Mending muntjacs and saving civets
A team is working hard for its wildlife patients at eastern Taiwan’s first wildlife rescue center and hospital
By Steven Crook / Contributing reporter
On the evening of Sept. 2, just as they set off to eat dinner, the staff at WildOne Wildlife Rescue Center, in Taitung County’s Chihshang Township (池上), were notified that a car had collided with a Reeves’s muntjac a type of small deer on the other side of the Coastal Mountain Range.
“We don’t yet have a rescue vehicle, but the police in Changbin (長濱) didn’t hesitate to help. About an hour later, they brought the injured muntjac to us,” remembers Chi Meng-jou (綦孟柔), co-founder and chairperson of WildOne Wildlife Conservation Association (野灣野生動物保育協會).