On October 11, the UCAS Men’s Basketball Match final was held on Yuquanlu campus. CES team beat the team from the College of Resources and Environment (CRE) 40-21 to won the championship.

Both CES and CRE players gave us an impressive match of basketball, through which their love for life and their passion for basketball were fully demonstrated. The collective sense of honor of CES students was enhanced by this basketball match. It is hoped that CES basketball team will continue to achieve great glories.

On the morning of June 9^th, jointly invited by the Bureau of International Co-operation, CAS and UCAS, Prof. Mark Harrison, member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and famous geochemist, delivered a lecture under the title of “Search for Extraterrestrial Impact Signatures in Terrestrial Zircons” on Yuquanlu campus. Mr. Ding Lin, professor of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, CAS, and several experts involved in this research field were present at the lecture.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The College of Earth Science (CES) held the 2013-2014 Academic Year Opening Ceremony at Yuquanlu campus on the morning of September 2. It was attended by teacher representatives from several institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and over 750 first-year graduate students from both the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) and 24 institutes of CAS. Vice dean Zhou Yuanze of CES emceed the ceremony.
Prof. Zhu Rixiang, academician of CAS and dean of CES, delivered a speech to kick start the ceremony. He communicated his hopes on all students.
Prof. Sun Wenke, executive dean of CES, gave a general introduction on CES, which included the teaching and research situation, student activities and the Key Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, CAS.
Speaking on behalf of the teaching faculty and all students, Prof. Wei Dongping, teacher representative of CES, and Jiang Tenglong, graduate student of CES, made their speeches respectively. Mrs. Fan Hong, secretary of the general party branch of CES, explained the relative rules and regulations on student affairs in UCAS. Finally, Ms. Wang Cuicui, teaching secretary of CES, presented the procedures and regulations concerning teaching activities.
    A psychological test for all students was arranged after the ceremony.

On October 26 2012, the College of Earth Science (CES) held the inaugural meeting of the first College Affairs Committee in Beijing. Academician Zhu Rixiang, Prof. Sun Heping, Prof. Zhu Huaicheng, Prof. Huang Liangmin, Prof. Lvyu, Prof. Chen Hongbin, Prof. Gaoxing, Prof. Xia Yanqing, Prof. Hou Quanlin and Prof. Sun Wenke attended the meeting. The meeting was hosted by academician Zhu Rixiang, dean of CES and director of the College Affairs Committee of CES.