February 2022 Issue 15

Video Story

PolyU celebrates 85th Anniversary with memorable and heartening theme song

For more than eight decades, PolyU has been committed to making positive societal impact and has played a vital role in the development of our community. We are celebrating our 85 Anniversary in 2022, and a theme song with a beautiful melody and lyrics was written as part of our vibrant celebratory activities. Click on the video to listen to the song and revisit some of the most iconic moments in the history of PolyU.

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New Vice President (Campus Development and Facilities) to join PolyU’s management team

PolyU is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Simon Wong Yuk Sun to the post of Vice President (Campus Development and Facilities) [VP(CDF)], effective 3 May 2022. Mr Wong possesses over 30 years of solid experience in senior management roles...

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PolyU joins the Student-Athlete Learning Support and Admission Scheme to help boost local sports talent development

PolyU has been supportive of the development of local sports talent, aiming to enable student-athletes to engage in dual-track development in sports and academic pursuits. Since 1998, PolyU has admitted more than 1,200 elite athletes to various...

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PolyU leaps to No. 5 in THE Young University Rankings

PolyU is pleased that the University has leapt from 12th to 5th place in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2022. As a young university, PolyU has stepped up efforts to equip its students with the necessary skills to meet...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Children’s eyesight worsens in pandemic lockdowns, but PolyU spectacles can slow it down

Spectacles co-developed by PolyU and Hoya Vision have proved effective in slowing down myopia progression by half even in the extreme circumstances of COVID-19 lockdowns. The finding came as another PolyU study showed that the share of students...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Proof-of-Concept funding scheme nurtures students’ entrepreneurship

Launched in 2017, the PolyU Student Entrepreneurial Proof-of-Concept (POC) Funding Scheme is one of the University’s key education components designed to nurture students’ entrepreneurship and provide different kinds of support. The POC Scheme...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Achieving carbon neutrality through innovative waste recycling

Waste is one of the top three sources of carbon emissions in Hong Kong. To help the city achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2050 and contribute to the Nation’s efforts to tackle climate change, PolyU has set up a new Research Centre for...

Achievements

Prof. Xiang-dong Li receives Clair C. Patterson Award

Professor Xiang-dong Li, Dean of Faculty of Construction and Environment at PolyU, was honoured with the Clair C. Patterson Award 2022 in recognition of his innovative and dynamic work in environmental geochemistry, including research in the fields...

Achievements

Prof. Li Ping honoured as a 2021 AAAS Fellow

PolyU’s Professor Li Ping, Chair Professor of Neurolinguistics and Bilingual Studies and Dean of Faculty of Humanities, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in the 2021 Class. The honour...

Achievements

Prof. Weng Qihao elected as an esteemed Academia Europaea Foreign Member

PolyU’s Professor Weng Qihao, Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence of the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics, has been elected as an esteemed Foreign Member of the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea) in the 2021...

Events

New online MSc degree in Hospitality Business Innovation to equip professionals in the digital era

It is undoubtedly true that the hotel and tourism industry worldwide is suffering under the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, it is worthwhile to remind ourselves that in the middle of difficulty always lies opportunity. PolyU’s School of...

Events

Greek Gastronomy and Diet Festival 2022

The School of Hotel and Tourism Management at PolyU hosted the Greek Gastronomy and Diet Conference on 15 February 2022 to kick off the Greek Gastronomy and Diet Festival 2022. About 400 people joined the online conference from Hong Kong, Greece and...

Events

Junior Researcher Mentoring Programme 2022 returns to offer more exciting research projects for secondary school students

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) debuted “The Junior Researcher Mentoring Programme” (the Programme) last year, providing secondary school students with the chance to participate in various research projects under the guidance of...

PolyU in the News

We have never been sequencing non-stop like this, says Dr Gilman Siu

As the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic enters its second anniversary and an unprecedented 5th wave outbreak is occurring in Hong Kong, Dr Gilman Siu, Associate Professor of the Department of Health Technology and Informatics at PolyU,...