Press Releases and Stories

2020

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Scholarship, Arts and Creativity, Arts, Student Development
Recognizing Talents in Arts and Diversity
HKUST’s emphases on science and technology disciplines does not deter artistic talents from pursuing their studies and interests in creative endeavors. The University offers a wide range of scholarships to honor students also for their outstanding non-academic achievements.
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Entrepreneurship, Youth Entrepreneurship, Startup, Business, Alumni
The Keys to a Winning Virtual Pitch
With so many in-person conferences and trade shows being canceled or moved online due to COVID-19, countless entrepreneurs including Justin CHAN, co-founder and CEO of biotech startup Gense Technologies, specializing in wearable wristband for hand gesture recognition, are forced to make pitches t
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STEM Education, Chemistry
The Science Behind COVID-19 Testing
Prof. Jason Chan, Assistant Professor of Science Education in the Department of Chemistry, brings us lesson to the science behind COVID-19 Testing.
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Recognition, University Development, Donation, Major Events (On Campus)
HKUST Holds Fifth Inauguration Ceremony of Named Professorships for Outstanding Faculty Members
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held the fifth inauguration ceremony of named professorships today to honor 11 outstanding faculty members and their donors.  
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Cancer Genomics, Life Science, Scientific Computation, Discovery
HKUST Researchers Uncover Chemo-resistance Mechanism in Glioma Patients
An international research team co-led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Beijing Neurosurgical Institute, and the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) has discovered a mechanism that explains why patients of gliomas – a common and aggressive type of brain tum
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Entrepreneurship, Biomedical Engineering
HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 Puts Technological Innovation and Entrepreneurship into Practice
The HKUST-Sino One Million Dollar Entrepreneurship Competition 2020 has seen a record high number of participating teams at its 10th anniversary this year.  Three winning teams comprising students, faculty and alumni of the Hong Kong University
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Transportation, Artificial Intelligence
HKUST Signs Cooperative Agreement with Guangzhou Metro to Nurture Talents in Intelligent Transportation
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Guangzhou Metro Group Co. Ltd. (Guangzhou Metro) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly nurture HKUST postgraduate (PG) students into experts of intelligent transportation.
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Research, internship, Undergraduate, Physics, Chemistry
Jump-starting Your Research Career
Achieving top scores of 5** in seven subjects in Hong Kong’s Diploma of Secondary Education (DSE) examination, Katherine LAI Man-Wai was unsurprisingly accepted by two international elite universities.