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Professor Joe Qin Sizhao, Chair Professor of Data Science, Dean of the School of Data Science at CityU, and Director of the Hong Kong Institute for Data Science, has been elected to the rank of Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
The Greater Bay Area Joint Laboratory of Big Data Imaging and Communications has been established by the Department of Electrical Engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Terahertz and Millimeter Waves at CityU.
The Chief Executive of the HKSAR re-appointed Mr Lester Garson Huang, SBS, JP, as the Council Chairman of CityU for another three-year term, and appointed three new members to the Council.
A research team led by a scientist at CityU has discovered that kangaroos can intentionally communicate with humans, challenging the notion that this behaviour is usually restricted to domesticated animals like dogs, horses or goats.
The Dialogue Series with Consuls General series organised by the Office of the Vice-President (Student Affairs) at CityU was held on 11 November.
Speaking at recent speech day ceremonies, President Way Kuo encouraged secondary school students to meet challenges with a positive attitude.
A comprehensive fundraising campaign named “United, We Soar” signals the start of a new era at CityU. The campaign, which is the first of its kind for CityU, was launched on 1 December with its public phase.
Some 288 library professionals from Hong Kong, the mainland, Taiwan, Japan and the US gathered at CityU’s Wei Hing Theratre, 30 November and 1 December, to attend the 5th Hong Kong Innovative Users Group (HKIUG) meeting, hosted by the Run Run Shaw Library.
Renowned Turkish writer, Mr Orhan Pamuk, concluded the Distinguished Lecture Series with a discussion on Ottoman painting and the influence of Western art on Eastern painting—the predominant theme of his prize winning novel, My Name Is Red. His lecture attracted a full house at the Wei Hing Theatre, 25 November.
Professor Zhu Qingshi, President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), talked about Chinese traditional culture and the advancement of science in a lecture titled “Dialogue between Technology and Culture in Everyday life", 19 November, organized by the Chinese Civilisation Centre to celebrate CityU's 20th anniversary.