By Li Han

Staff Writer of the Tsinghua News Center

President David Leebron of Rice University and his wife Ms. Y. Ping Sun visited Tsinghua University on June 24. Tsinghua University President Gu Binglin had a discussion with President Leebron. Tsinghua University Vice Chairperson Han Jingyang also attended the discussion.

During their talk, President Gu and President Leebron exchanged ideas on further promoting collaboration in such frontier areas as materials science, strengthening exchanges in the humanities and the social sciences, and expanding student exchange programs.

President Leebron visited the Department of Materials Science and Engineering after the discussion.

Professor Leebron became President of Rice University in 2004.

(Photo by Guo Haijun)