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2007
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The Co-organized Conference on Higher Education Administration at HKUST (Chinese)
香港十一所高等院校聯同中聯辦教育科技部於十一月二十六日至三十日舉辦「甘肅青海高校校級領導及高級行政人員高校管理研討會」,目的是促進香港與甘肅和青海兩省高校的交流協作。研討會的總結會今日於香港科技大學舉行,由香港中文大學副校長鄭振耀教授主持。
是次為香港高校首次攜手合作為內地高校舉辦研討會,獲得國家教育部和香港特區政府教育局支持。
研討會的主題為香港高等教育發展及高校管理。研討會開幕儀式於十一月二十六日在香港浸會大學舉行,由該校副校長陸大章教授等主禮,其後一連五天輪流在十所高校舉行。
來自甘肅和青海兩省教育廳的官員及兩省十二所高校的校級領導及高級行政人員共二十六人參加了研討會,就高校管治、人力資源管理、課程質量評審、全人教育、學生管理和國際化等課題與本港高校同行討論和交流,並參觀了多所高校的不同設施。
研討會籌委會主席香港理工大學境外中心拓展處處長羅璇女士表示,參與籌辦是次研討會的香港高校希望結合大家的力量為內地高校舉辦研討會,為國家的教育事業出一分力。與會者均表示是次來港參加研討會的機會難能可貴,獲益良多。
籌辦是次研討會的香港高校包括港大、中大、公大、城大、科大、浸大、教院、理大、演藝、樹仁和嶺大。
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HKUST and Tsinghua University establish "Lau Fu Wing Engineering Education Exchange Fund" (Chinese)
劉富榮教授教育基金、清華大學及香港科技大學三方於今天(2007年11月20日),在科大簽署設立「劉富榮教授工程教育交流基金」協議書,加強香港和內地工程教育的交流,進一步提升工程人才的質量。
劉富榮教授教育基金創辦人劉富榮教授、清華大學教育基金會理事長賀美英教授、科大工學院院長陳正豪教授及科大土木工程系系主任張慕聖教授等出席了簽約儀式。
劉富榮教授亦是昭興建築運輸有限公司董事總經理。最近,他捐資500萬元人民幣,設立「劉富榮教授工程教育交流基金」,加強香港和內地工程教育的交流。基金所支持的項目,將以土木工程專業為主,並優先為清華大學與香港科技大學的教授和學生開展交流及研討互訪等活動。
劉富榮教授向來大力支持教育。他是科大及理大的兼任教授。在科大,他於2006年捐資500萬港元,設立「劉富榮助學金」,協助本地與內地有經濟需要的土木工程學系學生。最近,他更捐助清華設立工程結構實驗室,作為國家教育部的重點實驗室。
劉教授表示:「國家的發展需要一流的工程人才,我希望可以盡點綿力,透過交流基金,進一步提高人才培養質量。」
賀美英教授及陳正豪教授表達對劉教授的感謝。他們不約而同表示,「清華和科大一直保持友好關係,今次得到劉教授支持成立交流基金,兩所院校日後合作機會必定更多。」
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HKUST Launches IAS HKUST - Scripps R&D Laboratory
HKUST’s Institute for Advanced Study will launch its first R&D laboratory in collaboration with The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), a world-class research institute based in San Diego, California, USA.
At a ceremony today (Friday 16 November), HKUST and TSRI signed a Memorandum of Understanding which formally endorses the set up of a joint HKUST – Scripps R&D Laboratory under the auspices of the Institute for Advanced Study at HKUST.
TSRI will establish its research team and conduct research projects in biomedical sciences in collaboration with scientists from the Schools of Science and Engineering in HKUST. The teams will be led by TSRI’s Prof Paul Schimmel, member of US National Academy of Sciences, and Prof Zhang Mingjie, Professor of Biochemistry at HKUST.

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科大與香港教育城攜手發掘少年科學家 網上網下激發學生數理潛能
為了發掘更多在數理方面具優厚潛質的本地少年優才,與及更有系統地培育他們,香港科技大學(科大)與香港教育城合作,並得到尊科(香港)有限公司支持,攜手合辦第二屆「少年科學家優才計劃」,讓全港近3000名12-14歲的初中學生提早得到啟發,激發他們的數學潛能。
「少年科學家優才計劃」今年已是第二屆進行,形式與上一屆大致相同,將分三個階段進行,主辦單位早前已邀請了全港中學推薦校內的中一至中三學生參加。第一階段是為期8個星期的「每日一數」網上學習及訓練,所有題目均由國際著名學者編寫,同學從互動數學難題從中得到啟發。完成8個星期的訓練後,同學們可繼而挑戰2008年4月舉行的「世界數學測試」,尊科公司將提供考試費優惠及接受申請考試費減免。
第一階段「每日一數」最高分數的600名同學將有機會進入第二階段,參與科大的數理互動工作坊;而在「世界數學測試」最高分數的200名參加者,將有機會參與科大的數學增益課程、通識講座及珠三角考察團,體驗多元化的學習經歷,全面提昇個人潛能。
科大數學系副教授蔣翼邁博士表示:「『少年科學家優才計劃』去年成功推行,反應踴躍,今年科大與香港教育城再次合作,並得到尊科公司慷慨提供『世界數學測試』的考試費優惠。同時,參與這個計劃的學校名額由去年的80所增至今年的120所,增幅達五成,令更多學生受惠。我們希望透過這些互動及有趣味的數學測試,激發學生的數理潛能,提高學生對數學的興趣;而科大一系列為中小學生舉辦的數理增益課程及珠三角考察活動,更能培育學生全人發展。」
今日的計劃簡介會中,主辦單位邀請了上屆參與學校的老師分享「每日一數」對學生的裨益及推行「世界數學測試」的經驗。同時,曾參與這個計劃的同學代表亦有到場分享感受,他們均認為這個計劃增強他們學習數學的樂趣,使他們在解答數學難題時更有信心。
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HKUST Celebrates 15th Congregation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held its 15th Congregation from 7-9 November, conferring 1,862 Bachelor’s, 1,317 Master’s, and 149 Doctoral degrees.
The final day Ceremony (9 November) was presided over by the Chief Executive of HKSAR Government and Chancellor of HKUST, the Hon Donald Tsang.
During this ceremony, the University conferred honorary doctorates on three distinguished awardees in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions. They are:
Prof the Hon Louis Cha, GBM, influential author and co-founder of Ming Pao: Doctor of Letters honoris causa
Dr William M W Mong, GBS, celebrated philanthropist and Chairman & Senior Managing Director of Shun Hing Group: Doctor of Business Administration honoris causa
Prof K Barry Sharpless, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry: Doctor of Science honoris causa
The Congregation also saw other University awards presented for outstanding achievements.

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HKUST Professor Develops Foldable Paper-like Electronic Displays
HKUST Physics Professor Wen Weijia and his research team have pioneered the development of foldable paper-like electronic displays. The device can be bent or wrapped around a column like a piece of paper for a wide range of commercial or industrial applications.
Measuring about one sixth of the thickness of a credit card, the break-through device is made by embedding conductive wiring patterns into thermochromic composite films. With its thermochromic quality, the images produced are clear and the color displayed can be tuned, reversed or repeated by varying the temperature.
Speaking at a press conference today (November 2), Prof Wen remarked, "Light weight and portable display technologies have been developed and applied to electronic gadgets including mobile phones and digital cameras, but most of them use LCD technology which can become very expensive as the size of the display increases."

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Citi raises awareness on environmental protection through Citi International Case Competition 2007
Thammasat University from Thailand has emerged the winner of the Citi International Case Competition 2007, beating 17 other outstanding teams from leading business schools around the world. The theme for this year's competition was environmental protection to reduce the impact of climate change in business.
Held in Hong Kong from October 22 to 25, 2007, the fifth Citi International Case Competition attracted 18 teams from Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Thailand and the USA.

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No. 1 in the World for Kellogg-HKUST EMBA
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Executive MBA Program, taught in conjunction with the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, ranks No.1 in the world in this year's Financial Times EMBA global rankings. This is the first time a Hong Kong-based program has topped an international rankings chart.
In addition, the program is listed No.1 for "work experience" of its participants, No.2 in "international faculty" and No.3 in "international students".
There are 17 nationalities represented in the current class of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program. Over 50% of the students are based outside of Hong Kong.
The partnership EMBA program has won a place in the top 10 in the Financial Times' annual survey since it entered the rankings in 2003.