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Professor Michael Yang Mengsu, Senior Vice-President (Innovation & Enterprise) and Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Biomedical Sciences at CityUHK, has been elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) in recognition of his significant contributions to innovation, societal welfare, and economic development.
Thirty-two scholars from CityUHK were named Highly Cited Researchers 2024 by Clarivate, placing the University 29th globally, a leap of 15 places from last year. CityUHK was also ranked 8th in Asia and 2nd in Hong Kong. In terms of faculty size, the percentage of the world’s most Highly Cited Researchers put CityUHK first in Hong Kong for the ninth consecutive year.
CLASS hosted a signature event, titled “CityUHK as a Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange Hub – from Sham Shui Po to the World”, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of CityUHK on 18 October. Hundreds of guests, CityUHK faculty members and students exchanged insights and discussed the past and future roadmap of Hong Kong as a Sino-Foreign cultural exchange hub.
Thirty-two outstanding scientists from CityUHK have been awarded funding from the National Nature Science Foundation of China for 2024.
Professor Hu Jinlian, Chair Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at CityUHK, received the 15th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Prize from the Chinese Academy of Engineering in recognition of her highly innovative work in advancing shape-memory polymers and textiles.
Breaking new ground in sustainability research, Professor Liew Kim-meow, Yeung Kin Man Chair Professor of Sustainable Engineering at CityUHK, has become the first Asian recipient of the Carl-Zeiss-Humboldt Research Award.
Two HKIAS Senior Fellows at CityUHK and renowned physicists, namely Professor Xue Qikun and Professor Sir John B. Pendry, received the State Pre-eminent Science and Technology Award for 2023 and the 2024 Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology, respectively, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to technological innovation.
CityUHK Positive Education Laboratory joined hands with WEMP to hold the Launch Ceremony and Symposium for the Positive Education and Mental Health Promotion Ambassador Programme on 29 June.
Professor James Heckman, Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago and Nobel Laureate in Economics, gave a talk titled "Promoting Skills to Promote Equality and Social Mobility" on 24 June 2024. It served as the inaugural event for the Distinguished Lecture Series on Global Sustainability organised by the Office of the Vice-President (Research).
The 2024 William Benter Prize in Applied Mathematics was presented at the International Conference on Applied Mathematics 2024 held at CityUHK from 28 May to 1 June.