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Staff and faculty members celebrated the Year of the Goat at the Chinese New Year Staff Party on 27 February.
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A mentoring scheme that enhances understanding between young people and the elderly has been successfully completed.
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A CityU delegation led by University President explored collaboration opportunities with prestigious universities and institution in France.
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Students from different countries experienced Chinese culture and tradition and celebrated the arrival of the year of Goat at a Lunar New Year Bazaar at CityU.
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Around 350 local and international students at CityU helped to promote internationalisation through a new cultural exchange competition called Resonance.
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A $100 million donation from Dr Li Dak-sum will support the long-term development of the School of Veterinary Medicine at CityU.
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Dr Raymond Lee Man-chun, Chairman of Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Limited, has been appointed by the Chief Executive of HKSAR to the CityU Council.
Gao Xingjian's City University of Hong Kong Lecture (Note: This is an excerpt from a lecture delivered on 31 January, 2001 at City University of Hong Kong by Mr Gao Xingjian, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature. The sub-headings were added by the editor.)
Professor Zhang Longxi of CityU responded to the SCMP article on Gao's visit to Hong Kong (2 February 2001) Nobel Prize winner GAO used to fewer restrictions in his adopted home of France (1 February 2001, SCMP)
Although his novel Soul Mountain is all about questioning -- of literature, Chinese history and even language -- Gao Xingjian, the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says he has no desire to overturn anything. "There's no need to overturn the tradition. It is there and no one can deny it," said Gao at his public lecture on 31 January at CityU, where the celebrated author talked to a large and enthusiastic audience about his views on literature and writing.

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