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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted the 25th Anniversary Distinguished Speakers Series today, featuring Prof Niall Ferguson, Laurence A Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing.The event was well received by students, faculty members and guests from HKUST.

Students of the MPhil/PhD program in Environmental Science, Policy and Management (ESPM) won the Interdisciplinary Programs Office (IPO) Best Research Award 2015/16 which recognizes the outstanding achievements of research students and fosters the overall quality of research education in the University. The award presentation was held on 9 May 2016 to present the prizes.

In the "Psychology of Environmental Sustainability" course, students from a variety of backgrounds worked in groups to address real-world sustainability issues on campus.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) celebrated the opening of the HKUST The Big Data for Bio Intelligence Laboratory which is dedicated to designing data analytic solutions for big data in biology and healthcare to advance knowledge and improve people’s living. The HKUST The Big Data for Bio Intelligence Laboratory, located in HKUST, will be co-directed by Prof Qiang Yang, New Bright Professor of Engineering, Chair Professor and Head of Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Prof Yang Wang, Chair Professor and Head of Department of Mathematics. The Laboratory aims to become a leading laboratory in the research of big data for biological intelligence and to bridge the knowledge gap between academics and practitioners.

Interview of Ansh NASTA, Green Team member

Prof Nancy Ip, Dean of Science, The Morningside Professor of Life Science and Director of the State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as a Foreign Honorary Member.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) is hosting the grand physics competition in Asia – the 17th annual Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO) – for the first time in Hong Kong in the largest scale ever.  This is also one of the many activities celebrating HKUST’s 25th Anniversary.

"Hold On, Put Efforts" (HOPE) aims at assisting students to relieve examination stress and challenges in a more adaptive and soothing manner.