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More than 20 international students clad in different national costumes and folk dresses paraded down the catwalk at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Friday) to celebrate the university's cultural diversity. The occasion was a multinational fashion show named "UST in Style". These international students under The Swire International Young Fellows Programme joined hands with local and exchange students to form six teams, each featuring the fashion of one cultural region, and competing against each other for the awards for "Best Model", "Best Presentation", and "Overall Championship". The teams featured the fashion and culture of China, East Asia, South Asia, the Philippines, Scandinavia, and Europe. They comprised students from Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mainland China, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, UK and Chile.

A delegation from Wuhan University, led by their President Prof Gu Hailiang, visited the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today and signed an academic agreement with HKUST President Paul Chu on the exchange of students between the two universities. President Chu also accepted an invitation by President Gu to give a keynote address at Wuhan University on 6 May 2009. For media enquiries, please feel free to contact : Ross Lai Tel: 2358 6306 / 9103 2928 Email: rosslai@ust.hk   Donna Wong Tel: 2358 6317 Email: donnaw@ust.hk  

The Council of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Monday) approved unanimously the appointment of Prof Tony Chan as the next President with effect from 1 September 2009, succeeding Prof Paul Chu who is retiring from HKUST in August this year. Prof Chan is currently Assistant Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) in charge of the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate, which is the largest directorate at NSF. In this position, he guides and manages research funding of almost HK$10 billion a year in astronomy, physics, chemistry, mathematical science, material science, and multidisciplinary activities. Prof Chan has been in this position since October 2006 upon taking temporary leave from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was the Dean of Physical Sciences from July 2001.

HKUST Biochemistry Department’s Head and Chair Professor Nancy Ip has been named Leader of the Year 2008 in the Research Category. Leader of the Year is an annual event organized by the Sing Tao News Corporation Limited since the award’s inception in 1994. The award seeks to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions both within their fields and towards Hong Kong’s development and success.

A total of 133 students from primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong and the Mainland were presented gold awards in an Elite Competition organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). This Elite Competition, held on 14 February 2009, saw 523 bright youngsters competing against each other in solving problems that most people find impossible to tackle. These youngsters were actually the best-performing students among the 3,800 students who took the April 2008 and November 2008 World Class Tests in Mathematics and Problem Solving. From these 133 gold award winners, 6 will be selected and granted scholarships for either the summer program jointly organized by HKUST and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth; or the summer program offered by Imperial College, London.

https://bm.hkust.edu.hk/press-releases/2009/03/hkust-mba-students-win-two-major-international-competitions

https://seng.hkust.edu.hk/news/20090318/hkust-engineering-school-kicks-first-community-services-project

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today announced the results of the World Class Tests (Mathematics and Problem Solving) held in November 2008 at the HKUST campus and various school test sites in Hong Kong. Over 2,280 youngsters took part in over 4,000 tests. Among them, about 500 came from places outside Hong Kong, including Beijing, Foshan, Shenzhen, Macau and Taiwan. For the 8 to 11 age group, 1,736 students took the Mathematics paper, and 853 students took the Problem Solving paper. For the 12 to 14 age group, 312 students took the Mathematics paper, and 195 students took the Problem Solving paper. Prof Edmund Chiang, who had analyzed the results of the Tests, said, “We are still at a relatively early stage of data collection, but with more data accumulated over the coming years, we will be able to draw meaningful conclusions.”