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发表于 2008-11-19 18:11
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芝加哥大学数学系中国籍26岁博士生跳塔身亡
芝加哥大学数学系中国籍26岁博士生跳塔身亡（图）
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品学兼优的中国籍博士生卫任(译音)昨天晚上跳塔(芝加哥最具盛名的大教堂，在芝大校园内) 身亡，今天早上7点钟被人发现。该生今年26岁，男，上海人，来自复旦大学，学习成绩一直最优, 整个事件正在调查中，据警察说，不排除自杀和事故的可能。
卫任(译音)出国前就读与上海复旦大学，学习成绩一直名列前茅。
他一直为芝加哥大学低年级学生上课，他的导师说他是个数学天才。据他的同学讲，他为人热情，非常愿意帮助别人，是一个品学兼优的好学生。
芝加哥大学正安排卫任的母亲和父亲前往芝加哥
Wei Ren (above) was a calculus instructor and fifth-year graduatestudent in the mathematics department. His body was found outsideRockfeller Chapel Sunday morning, and police are investigating thecircumstances surrounding his death.
英文报道：
Wei Ren, mathematics Ph.D. student, dead at 26
Wei Ren, a calculus instructor and fifth-year graduate student in themathematics department, was found outside Rockfeller Chapel Sundaymorning. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding hisdeath.
Wei Ren, a Ph.D. student in mathematics, was found dead Sunday morning outside Rockefeller Chapel. He was 26 years old.
The official cause of death has not been determined, but Universityofficials said Ren suffered severe trauma. There was no indication ofcriminal involvement.
It appears that Ren fell after climbing the scaffolding on thebuilding’s exterior, according to a Rockefeller Chapel employeefamiliar with the incident. The source said there was no way for Ren tohave accessed the heights of the scaffolding from inside, as the chapelwas locked overnight, suggesting that he may have hopped the fencearound the construction area and climbed the scaffolding from theoutside.
Neither accidental nor suicidal death has been ruled out, accordingto police and University officials. The Chicago Police Department (CPD)is working with the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) toinvestigate.
A member of the Rockefeller Chapel maintenance staff found Ren’s bodyat 7:40 a.m. on Sunday on the building’s South Woodlawn Avenue side.According to University spokesman Steve Kloehn, the maintenance workerfirst notified UCPD, who called the CPD.
Ren’s mother and father, who live in Shanghai, were contacted Sundaynight by Robert Fefferman, dean of the Physical Sciences Division, andPeter Constantin, chairman of the math department. The University isworking with the family to arrange a trip to Chicago.
“They don’t speak English, so we had arranged for somebody whograciously agreed to be a translator, and we called in a conferencecall,” Constantin said. “Of course the family was devastated. He’s anonly son, and he is a wonderful—I’m still talking about him in present.He certainly had a reputation for being extremely bright and a goodteacher.”
Plans for a campus memorial service have not yet been established.Ren’s final resting place has not been determined, nor has the familyannounced funeral plans.
Ren taught a section of freshman calculus and was a year away fromcompleting his Ph.D. A fifth-year graduate student, he attended highschool in Shanghai and majored in mathematics at Colgate College, wherehe graduated as valedictorian of the class of 2004 with a 4.15 GPA.
His students and some colleagues in the graduate program were alertedof the news by an e-mail from the University. They met yesterdaymorning, along with two counselors from the Student Counseling andResource Service, at the hour that Ren would normally be teachingcalculus to a room full of undergraduates. The news came as a shock tomany members of the Math Department, according to people who attended.
“The first thing is, it was really very quiet at first,” Constantinsaid. “So we just sat there, and slowly people shared some stories.Mostly we were in a state of shock, and some people were quietlycrying, and I saw some people’s lips moving, maybe it was a prayer.There was a lot of quietness. A counselor offered some words, and gradstudents told some stories about Ren that lightened up the atmosphere alittle bit.”
In the Math Department, Ren was known as a talented and passionateteacher with an affection for urging students to understand theunderpinnings of complicated concepts.
He was reputed for stirring bleary-eyed undergraduates to attentionduring morning classes with his fast-paced, high-energy teaching style.When he taught his calculus class the distance formula in October, hewent beyond the simple mandate that students memorize the equation,bounding across the classroom scribbling pictures on the board toillustrate why the formula was true.
Many former students characterized Ren as approachable and funny, andhis course evaluations brim with student praise. Typical comments saidRen “genuinely cared about our comprehension” and thanked him for hiswillingness to offer help outside of class.
“He was absolutely first-rate,” said Paul Sally, director ofundergraduate math studies, in a written statement. “The students justloved him. He spent hours galore with them.”
According to professors in the Math Department, Ren possessed a keenunderstanding of how students learn. He helped Sally edit a math bookaimed at high school students and worked with him to teach giftedChicago Public School students.
“This guy was salt of the earth,” Sally said. “He worked hard and wasextremely bright and helped his students immensely. What more could youask?” |
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发表于 2008-11-19 18:40
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长的比我还老
