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Professor James Heckman, Director of the Center for the Economics of Human Development at the University of Chicago and Nobel Laureate in Economics, gave a talk titled "Promoting Skills to Promote Equality and Social Mobility" on 24 June 2024. It served as the inaugural event for the Distinguished Lecture Series on Global Sustainability organised by the Office of the Vice-President (Research).
To promote the inclusion and development of people with disabilities in the workplace, the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences at CityUHK announced the launch of the DEI@WORK training programme in collaboration with the eConnect employment network, an alliance of eight social service organisations.
CityUHK held the Award Ceremony for its HK Tech 300 Southeast Asia Start-up Competition. 10 start-ups from five countries across the Southeast Asia region and Hong Kong topped over 100 teams in the region.
Exciting new chapters have opened up for the Class of 2024 at CityUHK following 38 commencement ceremonies held from 12 to 21 June.
COM of CityUHK reached a cooperation agreement with the School of Journalism and Communication at Peking University to initiate an undergraduate student exchange programme. This collaboration aims to enhance exchange and co-operation between students from both universities.
A farewell party was held on 18 June for more than 50 members of staff who are retiring from CityUHK, in appreciation of their contributions over the years and to wish them a new and enriched life after retirement.
CityUHK is committed to nurturing a new generation of business leaders with global insights and innovative thinking. The College of Business held a joint graduation celebration dinner, bringing together students, faculty, and alumni from four DBA and EMBA degree programmes.
CityUHK and the Hon Hai Research Institute of the Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) jointly established the Foxconn-CityUHK Joint Research Centre. The aim of the centre is to combine the scientific research efforts of industry and the academic sector to advance innovative research projects in artificial intelligence, semiconductor, next-generation communications, information security and quantum computing.
The pressing need for urgent solutions and approaches to the sustainability emergency dominated the opening keynotes, panel sessions, presentations and an exhibition spearheaded by teams from CityUHK at the Global Sustainable Development Congress in Bangkok held between 10 and 13 June.
The Hong Kong Institute for Clean Energy (HKICE) at CityUHK organised the HKICE Summit on Next-Generation Green Energy Materials and Applications, which took place between 13 and 14 June 2024, to explore innovative solutions in green energy production, storage, and utilisation.