When USR Meets the SDGs
USR aims to create shared value with society. To guide our progress, we adopt clear and systematic evaluation criteria—helping turn our vision into measurable impact.
In 2015, the United Nations launched 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering a global framework for balanced growth across economy, society, and environment through 2030.
According to Taiwan’s 2020 SDGs Education Handbook, schools play a key role in promoting sustainability and empowering informed decision-making. At NCCU, we apply the SDGs as benchmarks to shape and assess our USR outcomes—ensuring both direction and global relevance.
2022-04-08
Hsiao Hsin-Cheng on Identifying Social Problems and Designing Digital Tools
At the 7 April Brown Bag Talk, National Treasures Project founder Hsiao Hsin-Cheng—U.S.-trained physicist and now a Taiwan-based tech entrepreneur—explained how to pinpoint social problems and craft digital, open-data solutions.
2022-04-07
College of Communication teams up with Top Alliance Cable Group for a three-year media-literacy education program
NCCU’s College of Communication and Top Alliance Cable Group have begun a three-year media-literacy program—high-school micro-courses, summer camps, and guided electives—to seed communication skills early and groom future media talent.
2022-04-01
Brown Bag Talk — Analyzing Social Phenomena and Public-Policy Deliberation through Online Opinion Mining
At the term’s first Brown Bag on 31 March, Public Administration chair Hsiao Nai-yi used the series’ relaxed lunch slot to outline how online-opinion mining can inform policy deliberation “beyond attention, emotion, and favorability”—a title so expansive that Dean Yang Wan-ying joked she had to read it off the slide.
2022-04-06
【Small-Farmer Stories】A Herb Garden on Shenkeng’s Hills – Interview with Farmer “Sister Swallow”
Perched above Muzha and Shenkeng, Qingshan Herb Garden—easily reached via Guidan Rd. and Arouyang Rd. from NCCU—is now tended by second-generation owner “Sister Swallow,” whose story follows.
2022-03-15
【Small-Farmer Stories】Tea Aromas from Taigang — Interview with Tribal Farmer Chang En-tsu
Sun-drenched Taigang (Pn-gyanwagi) in Jianshi, long sustained by peach terraces, is now also tea country—thanks to farmer Chang En-tsu.
2022-03-11
Supporting the Anti-War Cause: CGBF to Host Forum on the Russia–Ukraine War from Multiple Perspectives
On March 3, students from the International College of Innovation joined a campus rally to support Ukraine and oppose war.
2022-03-04
【What’s Your Type? We Need You!】Blood Donation Drive Co-hosted by the Jinan Service Club
Co-organized by NCCU’s Jinan Service Club and the Taipei Blood Center, the “What’s Your Type? We Need You!” blood donation drive was held warmly at the Octagon Pavilion on February 24 and 25 from 11:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., encouraging the entire NCCU community to participate and show their compassion.
2022-02-21
Advocating Sustainability: NCCU and Fulbright Taiwan Plant Trees Together
NCCU planted 25 Formosan sweetgums on February 17 to support Fulbright Taiwan’s tree initiative and mark 60 years of U.S.–Taiwan academic exchange.NCCU planted 25 Formosan sweetgums on February 17 to support Fulbright Taiwan’s tree initiative and mark 60 years of U.S.–Taiwan academic exchange.
2022-02-21
NCCU Joins Voices with Taiwan’s Finest Choirs in Fundraising Concert for Austronesian Studies
NCCU’s “2022 Light Up Austronesia Fundraising Concert,” held on February 12 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, featured performances by Vox Nativa and drew distinguished guests, including former First Lady Chow Mei-ching, who joined the choir on stage.
2022-01-24
“Listen Before You Sing” Screening at NCCU—President Invites Students Staying for Lunar New Year
NCCU held a Lunar New Year screening of Listen Before You Sing, inviting students who couldn’t return home to join President Kuo and guests for a heartfelt film and discussion on Indigenous issues.
2022-01-14
NCCU's Institute of Development Studies Hosts TSMC ESG Lecture
On January 10, TSMC managers shared the company's ESG efforts in its first collaborative lecture with NCCU, attracting strong interest from faculty and students.
2022-01-13
Innovative ICI Course Showcases “Negotiation Theatre” on Offshore Wind Power at Taifu
NCCU's ICI partnered with STS scholars and artists to create the Taifu Offshore Wind Farm Negotiation Theatre, a course project combining renewable energy and performance at the Taipei Biennial.
