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Dr. Jason CHAN Kwan-Kit, Lecturer at the Department of Chemistry of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), received the University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award 2018 under the category of Early Career Faculty Members today, in recognition of his outstanding teaching performance and achievements. HKUST President Prof. Wei SHYY congratulated Dr. Chan on winning the award, “HKUST is committed to fostering innovation, open-mindedness, and a can-do spirit.  We strive to nurture a diverse and conducive culture to allow all our members to reach their full potential and achieve their aspirations, so that they can contribute to the society by conquering challenges that matter.  I am very proud of Dr. Chan, whose innovation and dedication to teaching excellence earned him not only the recognition from his students and peers, but also this great honor at such a young age.  I congratulate him sincerely for his outstanding accomplishments.”

With the support of Union Medical Healthcare, 2018 spring term's Corporate Project challenged students to improve patient journey at General Practice (GP) clinics. The project aims at providing students with hands-on experience in solving complex real business problems and polishing their advanced skills in design thinking and executive communication.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) received a HK$100 million donation from Lo Kwee Seong Foundation in support of the University’s frontier research in life science. The magnanimous gift will not only allow HKUST to purchase a state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) – a technology that has recently revolutionized the field of structural biology, it also helps the University establish an endowment fund named “Lo Kwee-Seong Research Fund” for the nurturing of research talent. In appreciation of the Foundation’s benevolent support, the University named the laboratory section of its Academic Building “Lo Kwee-Seong Building”, where the Cryo-EM machine will be housed.

The first Library photo contest has successfully concluded with 92 wonderful submissions from 57 participants (52 students and 5 staff members). Congratulations to all winners!

The Library recently studied overall trends in physical visits, book loans and e-book usage?...This reveals that users continue to visit the Library for activities other than borrowing physical books.

In September 2017, the Library conducted the Academic Reading Format International Study (ARFIS), an international project investigating students? attitudes and behaviors in regards to academic reading. So far, 32 different countries and territories have participated.

Electronic journals are a daily staple of scholarly research. We have done some analysis of how heavily used our e-journals have been. The chart below shows the total number of article downloads and the number of article downloads per student FTE for the past five years (from 2013 to 2017).

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is enhancing its efforts in promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education in Hong Kong.  With the support of its faculty, staff, students and alumni, HKUST has recently launched an interactive platform to help spark junior high students’ inquisitiveness and support local teachers in teaching STEM subjects in Hong Kong.