Outstanding graduates from the Department of Mathematics have continued their academic journey overseas, with one of them headed to the University of Oxford for further studies. Tao Du, a 2023 graduate of B.Sc. in Computing Mathematics with First-Class Honours, is now a PhD student at the University of Oxford.

With financial support from CityUHK, Issac Ho, a third-year student from CSCI’s flagship GREAT programme (Physics stream), finished a fruitful 6-month research internship at the University of Cambridge in August 2024. His research is about condensed matter physics, which requires delicate equipment and precise measurement skills.

Eight outstanding scientists from the College of Science (CSCI), City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have been awarded funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) for 2024, comprising one-fourth of all CityUHK’s NSFC funding awardees.

With support from the College, Tasha Lam has undertaken the co-operative educational scheme for science students to work on a research project related to the catalytic decomposition of plastics in Professor Edman Tsang’s group at the University of Oxford in the summer of 2024.

To facilitate successful grant applications and recruitment of HKPFS students, the College of Science (CSCI) held the 2024 Grants Application Sharing Sessions: Success in HKPFS and on GRF/ECS on 28 Aug 2024.

Professor Condon Lau, Associate Professor from the Department of Physics of the College of Science, won a Gold Medal at the Silicon Valley International Inventions Festival (SVIIF) 2024.