March 2021 The “Urban Climb 300M+” Challenge, a charity climb by paraplegic rock climber Lai Chi Wai, Ignite Community Services, raised more than HK$ 7.7 million for the HKU “Get up and Walk” Campaign, thanks to the generous support of the general public and a dollar-for-dollar matching donation by Chinachem Group. The funds raised will …
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October 2020 Professor Rosie Young 楊紫芝 is very special to HKU. She is a graduate of MBBS and MD, the first female Dean of Medicine and Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor and currently the Chairperson of HKU Foundation. She is a world-renowned educator and one of the foremost global authorities on endocrinology. To celebrate her 90th birthday, …
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September 2019 Professor Luk Kam Biu, Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visiting Professor in Science and Technology and alumnus of the Department of Physics at HKU, has been chosen as a laureate of China’s 2019 Future Science Prize. The Future Science Prize is considered China’s “Nobel Prize” and was established to recognise those scientists whose original research, conducted mostly in …
Mar 2019 A total of 116 Endowed Professorships have been established since 2005. This year, the Endowed Professors are inaugurated in March. Inauguration of Leong Che-Hung Distinguished Visiting Professorship in Leadership梁智鴻傑出訪問教授席 (領航)Appointment to be announced 待聘 “University education is more than adding knowledge or engaging in vocational training. It encompasses the preparation of young people to meet …
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December 2018 The University of Hong Kong (HKU) will establish an Institute of the Mind to take on the grand challenge of studying the science and art of human wisdom, and harness it in the form of mind technology and neuromorphic computation. The Institute has been made possible thanks to a generous donation of HK …
August 2018 Four years after he passed away, the executors of Professor Ian Davies’ bequest announced the establishment of a Professorship of Ethics in his name. Dr Gordon Chiu 趙啟聰 (BDS 1987; MDS 1989), speaking on behalf of Professor Davies’ executor Ms Maggie Crosswaite, said that “Ian was adamant regarding his wishes on the establishment …
Feb 2018 With a $2.4 million donation from Tsz Shan Monastery, the Centre for Chinese Architecture and Urbanism of the Faculty of Architecture together with Tsz Shan Institute will spearhead a 4-year teaching and research programme on the study of Buddhist Architecture in China and Asia. The Tsz Shan Monastery has been a landmark for …
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Sept 2017 As a part of the efforts to internationalize the learning environment at HKU, three students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay took part in a research internship programme offered by the HKU Department of Chemistry in the summer of 2017. This collaboration would not have materialised without the support of the Indian …
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April 2017 This year, we are proud to present ten Professorships from the Faculties of Business and Economics, Dentistry, Medicine, and Engineering, and the Asia Global Institute. A total of 95 Endowed Professorships have been established since 2005. Each of these gifts came with a story, and a dream. Kingboard Professorship in Advanced Dentistry建滔基金教授席 (先進牙醫學)Incumbent: Thomas F …
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