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A pioneer in nanotechnology and winner of the US National Medal of Science delivered a lecture on materials science research at the nanoscale in CityU's Distinguished Lecture Series on 29 May.
At a tour of CityU on 29 May, Hong Kong's top education officials said they were "very impressed" with the University's facilities and developments, particularly the Wireless Communication Laboratory, School of Creative Media, Chinese Civilisation Centre and Plasma Laboratory.
CityU has added yet another university, Concordia University of Montreal, Canada, to the list of educational institutions with which it has signed exchange agreements.
In an effort to strengthen academic ties with CityU, a delegation of scholars from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led by Professor Lu Yongxiang, the President, visited CityU on May 22.
Marketing students were rewarded with prizes and a valuable experience through recent company visits to two leading mainland enterprises, Galanz Enterprise Group and Gree Air-Conditioner International Corporation Ltd.
In light of the recent economic downturn that has posed great challenges to the social welfare system in Hong Kong, CityU's Division of Social Studies teamed up with the Hong Kong America Centre to present the "Building New Capacity for Social Entrepreneurship in Hong Kong" conference on May 16.
At 15 May inauguration ceremony establishing its Zhuhai Applied R&D Centres, CityU became the first local university to set up a research base at Guangdong's Southern Software Park.
Mrs Diana Ying, Associate Vice-President for Institutional Advancement, treated principals and career masters from seven secondary schools to an exclusive campus tour on 14 May as CityU once again extended a warm welcome to the Hong Kong educational community.
More than 160 Form 6 students and their teachers from 22 Hong Kong secondary schools had their interest in social studies aroused by lectures over the past couple of months organized by the Department of Applied Social Studies.
The scientist who coined the term "quarks" to describe the fundamental building blocks of nature delivered a lecture on the simple and the complex in the universe at the Faculty of Science and Engineering's Distinguished Lecture Series.