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The 2026 Taoyuan Land Art Festival, themed “Pearl Coast,” was held from July 4 to August 30 at Zhuwei Fishing Harbor, Yong’an Fishing Harbor, and four ecological exhibition areas featuring wetlands, dunes, algal reefs, and stone weirs. Through artistic creation, the festival connected the rich natural ecology and cultural landscapes of the Taoyuan coastline. Faculty members and students from the Department of Art and Design, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yuan Ze University, participated extensively in curation, artistic creation, and interdisciplinary collaboration, demonstrating the practical achievements of integrating public art, local culture, and environmental sustainability into art and design education.

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Students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Informatics, Yuan Ze University, delivered outstanding performances at the 2026 Chinese Institute of Engineers Student Paper Competition. In the Computer Science and Engineering Division, they received one Excellence Award and two Honorable Mention Awards, earning a total of three awards and demonstrating the department’s research strength and innovative achievements in artificial intelligence, edge computing, and intelligent sensing.

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Design was not only about creating aesthetics but also about responding to real-life needs. The course “Introduction to Structure and Form” offered by the Department of Art and Design, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Yuan Ze University, integrated the Ministry of Education’s Teaching Practice Research Program and the concept of University Social Responsibility (USR). In collaboration with the Jiayi Social Welfare Foundation, the course brought design education into local communities and focused on improving the living environments of underprivileged families, enabling students to understand the connection between design and society through real-world cases.

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To provide children with rare diseases who had long resided in care institutions and had limited opportunities to engage with the outside world a chance to experience nature, Yuan Ze University’s Global Cultural Initiative, a USR project, organized a special summer outing during the summer break. By bringing together resources from various sectors of society, the project accompanied children from Heng-An Nursing Home on a visit to Dongyanshan National Forest Recreation Area for an ecological exploration trip. Through the beauty of the forest and hands-on experiences in nature, the program aimed to create unforgettable and joyful summer memories for the children.