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The final round of Hong Kong Underwater Robot Challenge 2010 competition, organised by CityU, took place on 11 April. Two winning teams will represent Hong Kong at the international contest to be held in University of Hawaii at Hilo in June.
The Academy of Social Sciences (UK) has conferred the award of “Academician” on Professor Ray Forrest, from the Department of Public and Social Administration, in recognition of his significant contribution to social sciences and its promotion.
A recent graduate from the Department of Applied Social Studies, Melody Wong Kai-yan, has been bestowed the Certificate of Merit in the 2009 International Student Research Award organised by the Division of International Psychology, American Psychological Association.
To promote and stimulate the interest of secondary school students in developing their career in Hong Kong's construction industry, CityU's Department of Building and Construction is holding the region's first-ever Build And Shake Inter-School Competition (BASIC).
CityU students joined their counterparts at Zhejiang University to present a cultural performance on 18 April at the Wei Hing Theatre, bringing the concept of student exchange to new heights.
Committed to helping the cause of CityU, a dozen University alumni formed the 2002 CityU Alumni Association Executive Committee under incoming Chairman Patrick Lee, who pledged that he and his committee would devote themselves to uniting CityU's alumni in support of University development.
The Council of City University of Hong Kong announced its decision to set up an independent committee to review issues surrounding the recent events involving the School of Law.
With regard to the discussion at the Special Meeting of the Legislative Council's Panel on Education on 2 April on the appeal for contract renewal by some teaching staff of the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong would like to make a statement as follows:
To further promote research on cultural interactions between the East and the West, the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, in cooperation with City University of Hong Kong Press, plans to publish a cross-cultural study series.
An open letter signed by 56 chair professors at CityU appeared as advertisements against a proposal to split Hong Kong's universities into teaching-oriented and research-oriented institutions in Ming Pao and the South China Morning Post on 4 March. It has been reported that the universities with a longer history will be categorized as research-oriented universities, while the younger universities, including CityU, will be categorized as teaching-oriented.