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Professor Pierre Corvol, President and Chair of Experimental Medicine, Collège de France, delivered a lecture in the France-Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series, becoming the first president of the college to visit CityU.
Professor Jacques Livage of Collège de France, Paris, delivered a lecture in the France-Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series on “soft chemistry”, which allows the low temperature formation of glasses and ceramics.
Three research projects led by CityU have received funding from the RGC Collaborative Research Fund 2008-09 totalling HK$16.2 million. CityU was granted the highest amount of funding among the local universities this year.
The opening ceremony for the Wind Tunnel Facility of CityU was held on 4 December. The facility will enhance CityU’s research in wind engineering and improve urban development planning and the environment in Hong Kong.
Renowned mathematical physicist Professor Sir Michael Berry, Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus) from the Department of Physics at the University of Bristol, UK, delivered a fascinating physics lecture at CityU on 7 November.
The Fourth Pacific Rim Conference on Mathematics opened at CityU on 7 December, bringing together an esteemed collection of mathematicians from around the region and marking the tenth anniversary of the University’s Liu Bie Ju Centre for Mathematical Sciences.
About 40 international and local experts in bioethics are participating in a three-day workshop co-organised by CityU from 6-8 December to explore critical issues relating to human nature amid the rapid development of biotechnologies in the 21st century.
Nobel Prize-winning chemist Professor Jean-Marie Lehn led a full-house audience of almost 200 people to an illuminating journey into the world of chemistry at a distinguished lecture held at CityU on 30 October.