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National Central University (NCU) stands out in education for sustainable development. In 2022, NCU won the National Sustainable Development Award in the field of education awarded by the Executive Yuan, one gold and two silver medals of the Asia-Pacific Sustainability Action Awards (APSAA), and the award of Excellence in the University Social Responsibility awarded by the CommonWealth Magazine.

The pinecone-shaped NCU Multi-Functional Auditorium, which was inspired by pine trees, the symbolic icon of NCU, was the winner of the DNA Paris Design Awards 2022 in the Educational and Sports category and won the silver prize in architectural designs of the International Design Awards 2021. This award-winning auditorium caught the media’s attention, thereby being widely publicized by domestic and international architectural magazines, mass media, and online platforms.

Professor Liu Jann-Yenq, Dr. Wu Tsung-Yu, Dr. Lin Chi-Yen, and Professor Chang Chi-Wei published the article “The Three-dimensional Plasma Structures and Flows of the Earth’s Upper Atmosphere Due to the Moon’s Gravitational Force” on the world’s top journal Scientific Reports. They fully utilized the data of radio occultation collected by the satellites FORMOSAT-3 and FORMOSAT-7 for the past 15 years, analyzing the three-dimensional structures of the global ionosphere and the lunar tide effect cast upon it by the moon’s gravitational force. Their discovery was unprecedented.

NCU held a music concert on the evening of December 16, 2022, to celebrate its 60th anniversary of re-establishment in Taiwan. The Taipei Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (TPSO) was invited to play 12 music pieces covering classical music, modern compositions, film scores, and Taiwanese music. At the grand finale, the TPSO, the NCU Wind Band, and the NCU String Orchestra all played together; the audience stood up for such a magnificent scene, giving their cheerful applause and acclamation!

Taiwan began to provide foreign aid in 1959 and has offered feedback to international communities with various comparative advantages for many years. The Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research (CSRSR) at National Central University (NCU) and the International Cooperation and Development Fund (Taiwan ICDF) collaborated to produce the 2023 satellite image calendar "Taiwan's Allies from Above." From the perspective of a very-high resolution remote sensing satellite, the calendar allows us to witness the beautiful friendship and partnership between Taiwan and our allies.