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2022

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Business Education as a Family Tradition
Professor Ronald LAU knows HKUST and the School of Business and Management (SBM) well. A long service award recipient, he has spent over 20 years here, first as a Visiting Associate Professor and then as Associate Professor and UG Program Coordinator (Operations Management) at the SBM. He has taught many generations of students including all four of his sons.  I did not think teaching would be my life-time job. “I did not think teaching would be my life-time job,” Prof. Lau chuckles. “When I graduated from secondary school, my grades were not good enough to get me a place into university. I started working as a cost and operation analyst in a bank while studying to become a certified management accountant before I went to study in the US.”
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A Mother Nature's Guardian
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Lifting Students' True Potentials
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Impact Series: A Mathematician’s True Calling
https://30a.hkust.edu.hk/our-impact/mathematicians-true-calling

2021

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Teaching and Learning, Achievements, Award, STEM Education
The Power of Being Your True Self
Prof. Rhea LIEM's career is one that has been forged in adversity. A convergence of crises, both familial and societal, led to her making decisive career choices at a young age. “My life was turned upside down, but actually in a good way," says Prof. Liem, Assistant Professor of Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, who recently won the University Grants Committee (UGC) Teaching Award 2021 under the category of Early Career Faculty Members.
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Undergraduate, Sustainability, Green Finance
HKUST Launches Hong Kong’s First Sustainable and Green Finance Program
The new program is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge and skills to fill the talent gap for green and sustainable finance experts.
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HK's First Mixed Reality Classroom
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Teaching and Learning, Sustainability, Common Core, Interdisciplinary
The Eco Role Model
Led by Prof. Arthur Lau (third from the right), the teaching team of SUST1000 offer their widely varied academic knowledge and experiences to fosters mutual learning and emphasize different perspectives in debates. To foster a sustainability mindset among its students, HKUST is expanding its sustainability course offerings to equip them with the knowledge, understanding, and skills needed to live a more sustainable lifestyle.