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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and UC RUSAL invite Mr Barry Cheung, Chairman of the Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange and Independent Non-Executive Director of UC RUSAL, to speak at the UC RUSAL President's Forum on 2 November 2012 (Friday), during which he will explore the impacts of population growth on global consumer markets under the theme of '8.5 Billion Global Consumers by 2030: Opportunity or Looming Disaster'. Hosted by Prof Tony F Chan, President of HKUST, the UC RUSAL President's Forum features Mr Barry Cheung delivering his insights into how global consumer trends will be affected by global population growth, with the number of global consumers expected to hit 8.5 billion by 2030. Mr Barry Cheung will provide insights into a range of positive and negative implications of this tremendous population growth including: The sustainability of the global economic recovery; The global impact of limited resources;

The School of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Roche co-hosted the launch of the first Roche Young Scientist Award (RYSA) yesterday. The initiative aims to foster curiosity, creativity, and passion for science in the youth of Hong Kong by challenging them to apply their science knowledge towards improving human lives.

Mr Yu Pang-lin, a self-made business tycoon in Hong Kong and the philanthropist who topped the Hurun Philanthropy List of China for five consecutive years, has recently set up the Yu Pang-lin Scholarship to support tertiary students of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan. One hundred students from each of the following institutions, namely The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and The University of Hong Kong (HKU), will be awarded the Yu Pang-lin Scholarship.

https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/press-releases/2012/10/kellogg-hkust-emba-ranks-worlds-no-1-fourth-straight-year

Senior academics and administrators from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), the University of Southern California (USC) and Bocconi University gathered in Milan, Italy, to celebrate the official launch of the World Bachelor in Business (WBB) program, an innovative undergraduate program in which students will live and study on three continents and earn degrees from three universities. The WBB program, to be jointly offered by the three universities starting from the fall of 2013, represents a unique approach to undergraduate education that will prepare future leaders to meet the demands of the increasingly connected world. In celebration of the program's official launch, a conference on "Globalized Education for a Globalized World" was held in Milan on 12 October.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted Information Day 2013 to provide prospective undergraduates with up-to-date and comprehensive information, and course offerings. The event drew an overwhelming response with over 35,000 participants converging on the campus in a single day.

A research team led by Prof Yilong Han at the Department of Physics of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has for the first time successfully observed homogeneous melting at single-particle resolution, closing the long-term debate on alleged defects generated before melting. In addition to this, Prof Han and his team members Ziren Wang, Feng Wang, Yi Peng and Zhongyu Zheng also measured the superheat limit of colloidal crystals for the first time. All of these discoveries have been published in the latest issue of , one of the world's most prestigious scientific journals.

https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/press-releases/2012/10/hkust-business-school-introduces-new-master-science-global-operations