December 2020 Issue 1

Achievements

Sampling the Moon’s Surface: Innovation, Precision and Reliability

Collecting soil from the Earth may be as easy as pie, but it is highly complicated and difficult to collect lunar samples from the Moon, which is over 380,000 kilometers away from Earth. Yet on 17 December, China’s Chang’e 5 probe successfully...

People story

Helping people in the dark with empathy and patience – Professor George Woo at School of Optometry being recognised by the Hong Kong Humanity Award 2020

For nearly 20 years, Professor George Woo, Emeritus Professor and Senior Advisor at PolyU’s School of Optometry (a.k.a. “Father of Optometry”), has been volunteering at the Samaritan hotline, contributing his own time outside of work hours...

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New appointments to central management team

The University has recently announced three important appointments. Professor Wing-tak Wong was appointed as the new Deputy President and Provost for a term of five years with effect from 1 December 2020 to succeed Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander...

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PolyU Annual Report 2019/20 has been released

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Annual Report 2019/20 has been published. Themed “Growing in Strength, Advancing our Mission ...

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Three distinguished individuals to be conferred honorary doctorates

The University will confer honorary doctorates upon three distinguished individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the fields of finance, scientific research, education and public health as well as their remarkable contributions...

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Strengthen your recovery; strengthen our community – PolyU’s new Occupational Therapy Clinic to address rising primary healthcare needs

We’ve all heard the adage “prevention is better than cure” – it couldn’t be more true when it comes to managing our health and well-being. Since decades ago, the Government has been investing significant efforts in advancing primary...

Research & Innovation

Professor Xiao-ming Tao receives Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award

We are very excited that Professor Xiao-ming Tao, Chair Professor of Textile Technology and Director of the Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, won the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology...

Achievements

PolyU team earns prestigious silver award in the Hong Kong Institute of Planners (HKIP) Awards 2020

Achievements

PolyU Occupational Therapy students win five Global Student Innovation Challenge awards for developing innovative assistive tools

Achievements

PolyU wins TechConnect Global Innovation Awards for the fourth year

Events

Launch of USR MOOC “Introduction to University Social Responsibility” co-produced by PolyU and Kyoto University

Events

The 5th Asia-Pacific Food Safety International Conference (APFSIC) goes virtual 27-28 January, 2021

Events

“Success: Practical Thinking Skills” - a Massive Open Online Course of PolyU, among the finalists of 2020 edX Prize

Events

2021 Info Day for Taught Postgraduate Programmes goes live on 9 January

Polyu in the news

PolyU-made space instruments complete lunar sampling for Chang’e 5

Polyu in the news

JCDISI discusses how to tackle the double ageing problem

Polyu in the news

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