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About 300 alumni from CityU attended the event “Hi President – A Dialogue with the President” on 18 June, in which they learned about the latest developments of CityU from the sharing by President Way Kuo of CityU and other CityU representatives and strengthened their links with their alma mater.
MoUs signed between CityU and three venture capital fund and technology companies will establish a co-investment partnership that will provide at least HK$15 million in additional angel fund investment each year to selected start-ups incubated by HK Tech 300.
For his outstanding achievements in robotics and biomedical engineering, Professor Sun Dong has been elected as a Fellow of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering (IAMBE).
To further drive innovation and technology (I&T) development in Hong Kong and mainland China through a contest, CityU announced the first nationwide HK Tech 300 Start-up Competition, which will be held in various regions on the mainland.
Six faculty members have received Teaching Excellence Awards for their contributions to raising the quality of teaching at CityU.
A psychology research paper on homosexuality by Pizza Chow Ka-yee, a recent Applied Social Studies graduate, received the Award of Excellence in the 2008 Student International Research Awards organised by Division 52 of the American Psychological Association.
Applying classroom lessons on e-commerce and market leveraging to the running of their e-business, three electronic commerce students of CityU clinched champion and runner up titles in the 2008 eBay Young Entrepreneur Contest.
Some CityU students worked as volunteers at the 2008 Olympic equestrian events in Hong Kong. Some performed duties as ceremony hostesses, sharing with athletes the joys of their success, and one of them served international royal family dignatories.
Competing in Malaysia, CityU's Rowing Club was crowned Men's division coxless four champion and was runner-up in the Women's division, demonstrating the excellent sporting capabilities of CityU students.
CityU invited top experts from some of the world's most renowned universities to provide advice on establishing energy and environment related academic programmes. These programmes will be beneficial to Hong Kong as well as south-eastern China.