News & Stories

2013

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Innovation, Research and Technology, Interdisciplinary
HKUST 2013 One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition Fosters Entrepreneurial Spirit
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held the annual HKUST One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition with total awards amounting to HK$1 million to foster entrepreneurship.
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Research, Social Science
HKUST, Peking University and University of Southern California Researchers Conduct Massive China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study Revealing Adult Women Fare Worse than Men
Prof Albert Park, Director of the Institute for Emerging Market Studies, Chair Professor of Social Science and Professor of Economics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), collaborated with the researchers from Peking University, University of Sou
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Business, Social Science
HKUST Sponsored by Ernst & Young to Establish the Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Host Forum on 'Prospects for Emerging Markets in the Global Economy'
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) received a generous sponsorship from Ernst & Young for the establishment of the Institute for Emerging Market Studies (IEMS), which se
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Engineering, University Development, Interdisciplinary, Discovery
HKUST Receives HK$5 million Donation from Dr Simon Kwok and Dr Eleanor Kwok To support Interdisplinary Engineering and Medicine Research on Endoluminal Medical Devices
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) received a five-million-dollar donation from Dr Simon Kwok and Dr Eleanor Kwok for the development of bio-devices for treatment of endoluminal diseases.
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Education, Teaching and Learning, Massive Open Online Courses, Interdisciplinary
HKUST Joins World's Leading Institutions under edX's X University Consortium to foster online learning
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is pleased to join the X University Consortium of edX (xConsortium), the not-for-profit online learning initiative comprised of leading global institutions founded by Harvard University and MIT.
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International, Science
HKUST Faculty Elected Leibniz-Sozietät Academician
Prof Reinhard Renneberg, Professor of Department of Chemistry at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) was newly elected Academician of Leibniz-Sozietät.
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Award, Science
HKUST wins Three Awards for Research Excellence in Natural Sciences
Three pioneering research projects at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have won Awards for Research Excellence in Natural Sciences 2012 presented by the Ministry of Education, with two in First-Class and one in Second.
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Recognition, Teaching and Learning, Education
HKUST Launches Common Core Course Excellence Award to Foster Holistic Education
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) last Friday presented its first Common Core Course Excellence Award to courses which demonstrate the University's efforts to enhance balanced and holistic education in view of the four-year undergraduate reform.