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HKUST is developing a mobile app named "Personalized Real-Time Air Quality Informatics System for Exposure - Hong Kong" to provide real-time air quality information of specific areas/streets to the public.

Today, Jessica Ho, aka Jessica Tse Sai Ka, is a well-known presenter for Commercial Radio, hosting popular programs such as Ultimate Song Chart Awards and Sai Ka Air Travel. But a career in the broadcasting industry was not in her mind when she entered HKUST as a shy and quiet girl majoring in chemistry. “I was a quiet and shy girl when I entered HKUST, but living in the dorm and meeting with so many different people opened me up,” Jessica said. She took her first steps into popular culture through studying minor subjects such as cultural studies and logical thinking alongside her science degree. While she began her career in a pharmaceutical company, she soon jumped at the opportunity to become a DJ by winning a contest hosted by Commercial Radio, a decision which would change her career forever.

In September 2016 our Campus Service Office appointed South China Reborn Resources (Zhongshan) Company Limited to collect food waste from our canteens every day and bring it to their facility in the Tuen Mun Eco Park to transform it into high-nutrient fish food pellets.

The MBA Program, offered by the School of Business and Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST Business School), has been ranked No.15 in the world by the Financial Times. This is the eighth consecutive year that the Program has been ranked in the top 15 globally. The HKUST MBA Program has constantly achieved positive results across multiple dimensions in the Financial Times Global MBA Ranking. This is a testament to the concerted efforts made by the Program throughout the years to understand the kind of business talent the market needs and to deliver lasting value to graduates.

"We create our own happiness." Positive psychology is about creating our own happiness in a proactive manner. Psychological research suggested that we have a capacity to control our individual happiness. We hope by participating in the event, students would learn more about how these "happiness habit" work and then put them into practice in our daily life.

ORCID is a non-profit, cross-disciplinary effort to create and maintain a Registry of unique and persistent researcher identifiers. By the end of 2016, close to 3 million ORCID iDs have been created. Research funders and institutions worldwide are joining the effort to integrate ORCID iDs into their systems. At HKUST, EVPPO is requiring all faculty to have ORCID iDs and connect them to the HKUST Scholarly Publications Database (SPD).

With the support of Hong Kong Jockey Club and IBM Global Business Services (IBM GBS), 2016 fall term's Corporate Project "Go Paperless" is to help change work habits by reducing paper consumption in Hong Kong Jockey Club business units. The project aims at providing students with hands-on experience in solving complex real business problems and polishing their advanced skills in strategic thinking and executive communication.

Researchers at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has uncovered a century-old mystery on marine benthos organisms, which not only leads to the finding of a non-toxic anti-fouling coating that could help the shipping industry saves fuel consumption, but also opens the gateway for future studies that could remap the marine ecosystem. Prof Qian Peiyuan, Chair Professor of the Division of Life Science, won second-class honor of the prestigious 2016 Natural Science Award from the State Council, for his discovery of biofilm’s impact on the initial colonization of marine benthos – organisms that live on or near the seabed such as corals and shells.