First Research Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony

We would like to invite you to cover the following event:

Event:    First Research Excellence Awards Presentation Ceremony

Date:     17 March 2008 (Monday)

Time:      4 pm

Venue:     SCOPE Lecture Theatre, LG/F, School of Continuing and Professional Education, Academic Exchange Building, CityU (Turn left at the tunnel exit on CityU’s side)

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) has introduced the Research Excellence Awards Scheme to recognise and reward research excellence. After thorough deliberation, the Judging Panel unanimously decided to confer the Grand Award to Professor Zhang Longxi, Chair Professor in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics; and the Award of Excellence to Professor Paul Chu Kim-ho, Chair Professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science.

During the award ceremony on 17 March, Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki, Acting President; Professor David Tong Shuk-yin, Deputy President; and Professor Roderick Wong Sue-cheun, Vice-President (Research), will introduce the objectives and selection criteria of the awards, and CityU’s efforts in promoting research. The two recipients will share with the media their latest research developments in humanities and cross-cultural studies and plasma science and materials engineering respectively.

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CityU excels in professional education and applied research.

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Media enquiries: Karen Cheng, Communications Office, CityU (3442 6805 or 9201 8895).