News & Stories

Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M-DDP) Reunion Party is held annually to strengthen connections between students, alumni, staff and faculty. This year, around 130 students, alumni, faculty and staff joined the Annual Party on 12 March 2016.

The Green Society Promotion Awards aimed at rewarding student societies who demonstrated outperforming sustainable actions during the promotion period.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted the 25th Anniversary Distinguished Speakers Series today, featuring Dr Eric Betzig, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2014.  The event was well received by students, faculty members and guests from HKUST. In his talk titled “Imaging Life at High Spatiotemporal Resolution”, Dr Betzig told the audience the latest development of microscopy, he said, “As our understanding of biological systems has increased, so have the complexity of our questions and the need for more advanced optical tools to answer them.” He added that there was a hundred-fold gap between the resolution of conventional optical microscopy and the scale at which molecules self-assemble to form sub-cellular structures.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has launched the “Innovating Today, Imagining Tomorrow” Mentorship Program in collaboration with The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG) in its 25th Anniversary year with an aim of serving the local community and nurturing future leaders by advancing learning and knowledge. Through interdisciplinary trainings and mentoring activities, the mentorship program will broaden local high school students' horizons, and inspire them to unleash their potential and pursue personal goals. The mentorship program is one of the many community engagement events to mark the University’s 25th Anniversary.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced today the appointment of Prof Nancy Y Ip as the new Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies (VPRG), starting 1 November 2016. Prof Nancy Y Ip, currently Dean of Science and Morningside Professor of Life Science at HKUST, is a home-grown neuroscientist of the University who has gained worldwide recognition with her distinguished achievements in brain development and functions, as well as drug discovery for neurodegenerative diseases.  Her appointment is the result of a rigorous global search.

Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M-DDP) was honored to have Mr. Bin Lin, Co-founder and President of Xiaomi Corporation to be the guest speaker of T&M-DDP Executive Forum on 4 Mar 2016. Over 100 students joined the Forum and were inspired by Mr. Lin, an engineer pursuing for innovation and startup, who is a fantastic role model for T&M-DDP students.

International Technology & Management Business Plan Competition was held on 3 - 14 January 2016 in Sao Carlos of Brazil. 12 students from Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management worked with 36 peers from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), University of Bayreuth (Germany), and University of Sao Paulo (Brazil) to develop and present their startup business plans on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to a panel of drone experts from Brazil aeronautics, agriculture and manufacturing sectors. This is a credited experiential course covering technology innovation and international teamwork in a fiercely competitive environment where students go through 2 months of pre-trip class meetings and subject research to hit the ground running.

Damage to axons in the central nervous system (CNS) typically results in permanent functional deficits. If injured neurons can regenerate sufficient number of axons, the CNS may recover and overcome such functional deficits. A research team led by Prof Kai Liu, Assistant Professor from the Division of Life Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has recently discovered a novel strategy to promote axonal regeneration of injured neurons, which could inspire new directions for CNS repair research, including spinal cord injuries. The findings were published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science on 16 February 2016.