ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2025
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 60,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2025 on 7,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 290+ campuses worldwide (less than 5%) were selected to host the 4,500+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT HAO MEI, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2025.
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University | Suzhou, China | Advancing SDG 15, SDG 11 & UNAI 9
" My passion for ecology stems from witnessing how small actions, like campus bird monitoring, can inspire wider environmental change. I pursue my study and volunteer work because I believe biodiversity protection requires both science and community trust. I see the Millennium Fellowship as a platform to learn, collaborate, and innovate. With experience here, I hope to better integrate ecological research, government policy and civic action, ultimately contributing to global progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: XJTLU Biodiversity-Friendly Campus Construction
Our project is based at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in Suzhou Industrial Park, China—a rapidly urbanizing area where biodiversity is declining due to excessive development. On campus, birds frequently collide with glass buildings, and green spaces lack ecological diversity. Stray cats (not considered wildlife) dominate, further disrupting the local ecosystem. To address these issues, we’re: 1) Preventing bird collisions by applying anti-bird collision stickers to high-risk windows. 2) Collecting bird collision data on all campus buildings to identify hotspots. 3) Using infrared cameras to study wildlife distribution (excluding birds and insects, which are monitored separately). 4)Building an XJTLU campus network to promote biodiversity awareness and action among students. Our goal is to make XJTLU a model for urban biodiversity conservation while inspiring long-term ecological stewardship.
About the Millennium Fellow
Hao Mei is junior Environmental Science student specializing in Ecology at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University in Suzhou, China. Deeply passionate about nature, she an avid birdwatcher and actively engage in biodiversity conservation. As a nature lover, she turns her passion into biodiversity and environmental protection action. Hao serves as a science popularization volunteer at Shanghai Zoo, participates in citizen science survey project like 2025 XJTLU Campus Spring Bird-Collision research and Shanghai Raccoon Dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) Population Census. She plans to pursue a master’s degree in sustainability, strengthening her ability to address ecological challenges and contribute to global sustainable development goals.
