News & Stories
2019

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Creativity as a 21st Century Metaskill
In today’s workplace where many employers favor technical know-how over emotional aptitude, soft skills seem to be less desirable but for Professor Kellee TSAI, Dean of HKUST’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), creativity is deemed to be an essential skill for the future of work.
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HKUST Researchers Co-Discover a Novel Function of an Enzyme Offering Insight Into the Pathology of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
Researchers of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Science recently identified that an enzyme called atlastin (ATL) is used to regulate the transportation of proteins within cells.

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HKUST Signs MoC with China Banking Association, Shenzhen University, and China Construction Bank University to Co-develop First FinTech Qualification Framework in China
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with the China Banking Association, Shenzhen University, and the China Construction Bank University to co-develop a professional qualification for Fintech practitioners in China.

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A Passion for Helping That Never Fades
Rachel HUANG, a final year student of Global Business and Operations Management, remembers vividly how she was shocked and saddened to see people living in extreme poverty in a drought-hit village in India as she took part in volunteer work to take care of the homeless women and children there.