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In the finale of the Smashing the Glass Ceiling series, Hong Kong-based artist Vivian Ho (HKUST MBA Alumna 2018) reflects on her journey in the art world and how she navigates the local art scene as a woman. I was judged by the boss of a well-known gallery saying he wouldn't invest in a young female artist.  One of Vivian Ho’s earliest encounters with the art world back in Hong Kong in 2012 after returning from studying art at Wesleyan University in the United States was less than positive.  “I approached a well-known gallery and the boss was like: ‘Why should I invest in a young female artist when she’s just going to get married in the future and stop being an artist?’ I had just come from this transgender-friendly campus, and was now hearing a man judging me based on whether I was going to get married off.”

The platform will greatly facilitate marine research work and offer valuable data to policy makers

In the second of this year’s Why HKUST? series of interviews, two students and a graduate from the Philippines detail how the University’s cross-disciplinary education approach enabled them to design their own curriculum. In doing so, all three were empowered to take measurable strides forward in their personal and professional development. Charting your own course Multi-talented candidates are more competitive now, so I found HKUST’s interdisciplinary learning is particularly attractive, says Clyde.

The table tennis Olympic medalist will be admitted to the School of Science in the new academic year (2022/23)

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Promoting gender equity is a team effort and the younger generations’ voices matter in driving changes in the future world. In the second part of the Smashing the Glass Ceiling series, a group of business students share with us how they gather momentum to help their female fellows approach the business world with confidence and fortitude.  Women in Business (WIB), one of HKUST’s newest associations for female students, was born out of necessity. Upon returning to Hong Kong in 2020 after an exchange trip abroad, Gillian DEL MUNDO (Global Business and Economics, 2021), found that the existing initiatives on campus lacked what she felt was needed to guide young women starting out in business.