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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.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology’s School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) is pleased to announce that Prof Jiatao Li, Senior Associate Dean of the School and Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, has been elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB). Prof Li has made extensive contributions to the field of international business strategy, particularly in Asia. His work focuses on three areas: international expansion and performance; multinational corporate strategy and governance; and joint ventures, top management teams, and knowledge transfer in China. He has 87 publications and his research has been published in premier management and international business journals, several of which have won best paper awards.

Simon Cheung, RMBI Student, was awarded the "Sai Kung District Outstanding Youth" which commends young people with outstanding personal achievement and contributions to society. Simon wants to encourage the youngsters to join him to volunteer for the betterment of Hong Kong. "Doing something good for the world will bring you long lasting happiness which good grades cannot offer you."

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held the third inauguration ceremony of named professorships today to honor eight outstanding faculty members and their donors.Officiating at the Inauguration Ceremony, President Prof Tony F Chan said, “I would like to express my most sincere gratitude to the donors for their generosity and support in establishing the named professorships. By giving due recognition to our exceptional faculty, the named professorship appointments help HKUST to recruit distinguished talents from around the world and to continue its unrelenting quest for excellence and innovation in education and research for the good of the University and the community.”

Scientists from HKUST and Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discovered new research to observationally distinguish different theories of how the universe first began. Prof Yi Wang, Assistant Professor of HKUST’s Department of Physics and his collaborators Prof Xingang Chen and Mohammad Hossein Namjoo from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and the University of Texas at Dallas note that some heavy particles that are known existing at the birth of the universe can be used as standard clocks. Such “clocks” can be used to measure the passage of time at the universe’s birth. Their research paper also proposes that the time of every primordial era can be labeled, such that new observations shall be like a movie, which shows in time order how the universe comes from.