May 2023 Issue 30 | Pulse@PolyU

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New student hostel to strengthen holistic education and promote a more diverse, global PolyU community

A new student hostel comprising four multi-storey dormitories with a total of 1,680 residential places will be completed in Kowloon Tong by 2028, enriching local students’ learning experience and attracting outstanding non-local students to study at PolyU. Let’s join the new hostel’s ground-breaking ceremony and learn more about how the project will inject new dynamics into campus life.

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PolyU’s impactful innovations win Grand and Special Prizes at Geneva

PolyU won a record-breaking number of accolades at the 48th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, with 28 PolyU innovations garnering 31 prizes. In fact, among the Hong Kong delegations at the Expo PolyU teams won the highest number of...

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Over 100 distinguished speakers gather at PAIR Conference

The first PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Conference was successfully held this month, gathering some 100 internationally renowned experts as distinguished speakers sharing their knowledge and insights, together with over 2,500...

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China National Opera House maestros perform at PolyU

Maestros from the China National Opera House visited PolyU on 8 May as part of their Hong Kong tour organised by the Bauhinia Cultural Group. They performed a special concert for PolyU staff and students at the Jockey Club Auditorium, featuring...

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PolyU co-hosts Guangming forum on HK, Shenzhen and Macao I&T collaboration

PolyU and Shenzhen Virtual University Park successfully co-organised the “Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Macao Forum for Coordinated Sci-Tech Innovation” in Shenzhen late last month, with over 30 leading experts from education, science and technology,...

Achievements

PolyU leads in Web3 cryptography tech global challenge

Over the past few years zero-knowledge cryptography has emerged from academia into the business world as a solution that could address the pressing issues of data privacy and scalability limits. Led by Prof. Allen Au from the Department of...

Achievements

PolyU Sports Teams win Grand Slam for fifth consecutive year

Congratulations to PolyU’s Sports Teams, who once again achieved remarkable results in the 2022-23 Inter-collegiate Competition organised by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong, China! The Teams managed to bring home sixteen...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

PolyU Press joins hands with Cell Press to publish Nexus, a new interdisciplinary journal

PolyU’s publishing house, PolyU Press, is partnering with Cell Press to publish a new fully open-access journal Nexus, which focuses on subjects in the areas of applied sciences, engineering, technology, and inter- and multi-disciplinary fields. In...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

PolyU and China Resources collaborate on carbon neutral new materials research

In a significant step towards fostering collaboration on sustainability and green technology, PolyU and China Resources signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 4 May on research collaboration in carbon neutrality and sustainability-driven...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

NVIDIA sets up first art technology joint research centre with School of Design

PolyU is collaborating with NVIDIA to establish the Research Centre on Culture and Art Technology (CAT), a joint research centre for innovation in culture, art technology and interactive media with the goals of nurturing talents, conducting...

Research & Knowledge Transfer

PolyU and NGOs help families build resilience to cope with adversity

With the support of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, PolyU has partnered with Hong Kong Children and Youth Services, Hong Kong Family Welfare Society, The Salvation Army and Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to deliver a three-year project...

Events

APSS joins IASSW to enhance global social work education with new learning platform

The Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS) of PolyU will cooperate with the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) to enhance the quality of social work education and nurture future generations of social workers around the...

Events

CubeSat Mission cultivates young STEAM talent

To promote STEAM education and cultivate the interest of the young in space science and technology research and development, the Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering (AAE) of PolyU partnered with the Orion Astropreneur Space Academy...

PolyU in the News

Prof. Christopher Chao on Hong Kong’s renewable energy development

Prof. Christopher Chao, Vice President (Research and Innovation) and Director of the Policy Research Centre for Innovation and Technology, shared his insights into the development of renewable energy in Hong Kong in an interview with Capital...

PolyU in the News

PolyU and Sing Tao join hands to promote ESG

PolyU and Sing Tao News Corporation signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 5 May to launch an environmental, social and governance (ESG) certification scheme to assess companies’ sustainable performance. The scheme aims to recognise those...