News & Stories

2021

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Mental Health, Student Development, Education
De-stress with Furry Friends
HKUST has launched the Comfort Paws Program to help students de-stress and refresh particularly during challenging times.
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Sustainability, Sustainability Smart Campus, Sustainable Development
HKUST Establishes New Sustainability/Net-Zero Office
The University is strengthening its commitment to building a sustainable culture and environment while enhancing its goal on attaining a net zero.
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STEM Education, Teaching and Learning, Partnership
Results Announcement for 2021 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards co-organized by HKUST
Tsz Hin CHAN from Pui Ching Middle School received the Gold Award for his research report titled “On Non-Torsion Solutions of Homogeneous Linear Systems over Rings” at the 2021 Hang Lung Mathematics Awards. The Scientific Committee noted that Tsz Hin’s research report was at postgraduate level and demonstrated outstanding logical thinking and analytical ability. On Ki LUO from Pui Ching Middle School and Wai Lok LAI from St. Paul’s Co-educational College won the Silver Award and the Bronze Award, respectively. Together with the five Honorable Mentions of equal ranking, HK$1 million in prize money will be shared among winning students, and their teachers and schools, in recognition of their mathematics research projects that meet the highest academic standards in terms of methodology, research, and scholarship. 
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Research, Economics
Impact Series: Asia’s Economy in Good Hands
https://30a.hkust.edu.hk/our-impact/asias-economy-good-hands
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Award, Recognition, Staff Development
HKUST Presents Long Service Awards 2020 and 2021
HKUST honors faculty and staff members who have served the University for at least two decades.
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Bioengineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering
Goodbye to the Terror of Eye Injections
People who suffer from diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration would usually be treated with intravitreal eye injections — a procedure to deliver drugs directly to the eye using a thin, tiny needle. This invasive treatment involves a certain degree of risk and the scary-looking procedure is surely not for the fainted heart. Langston SUEN and his fellow researchers at HKUST explored an alternative method of non-invasive drug delivery using ultrasound as part of his PhD studies at the University. Now he is working with pharmaceuticals to bring the technology to market. 
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Prof. YAN Lianke Named RSL International Writer
Prof. YAN Lianke is named an RSL International Writer for his contribution to English literature.
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Research, Marine Life, Genetics
Research jointly led by HKUST and HKBU Unlock Biogeographical Secrets of Deep-sea Limpets
Researchers from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have decoded for the first time the demographic history, genetic structure, and population connectivity of a deep-sea limpet widely distributed in vent and seep ecosystems in the Northwest Pacific. This study not only enhances our knowledge of the historical population divergence and contemporary gene flow of deep-sea organisms under the intricate interactions amongst local habitats, seafloor topography, and ocean currents, but also serves as a scientific basis for better conservation of marine biodiversity and more effective environmental management.