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Over 3,000 members of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) family comprising Court and Council Members, faculty, staff, students and alumni converged on campus today for the University's 20th Anniversary Celebration Party, featuring a dazzling array of culturally diverse performances presented by faculty and students. To kick off the celebration, HKUST Council Chairman Dr the Hon Marvin K T Cheung and President Prof Tony F Chan dotted the eyes of the dragon for a traditional dragon dance. They were joined by Court Chairman Dr John C C Chan, President Emeritus Prof Chia-Wei Woo as well as serving Vice-Presidents, Deans, representatives of faculty, staff, students and alumni in cake-cutting and toasting ceremonies.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) held its 19th Congregation today (18 November) and conferred honorary doctorates on four eminent academics and community leaders. Chief Executive of the Hong Kong SAR Government and HKUST's Chancellor, the Hon Donald Tsang presided over today's ceremony. HKUST's honorary doctorates are awarded to four outstanding individuals in recognition of their distinguished achievements and contributions. This year's recipients are: Dr Simon Ip Sik On, CBE, JP, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Stewards of the Hong Kong Jockey Club - Doctor of Laws honoris causa The Hon Elsie Leung Oi Sie, GBM, JP, the former Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong SAR Government - Doctor of Laws honoris causa

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering is hosting the "Bring Technology to Community" exhibition at Hong Kong Science Museum starting from today till 30 October 2011. The exhibition features the innovative works and research achievements of the School's students, professors and alumni. A majority of the exhibits are showcased to the public for the first time. Admission is free. The School welcomes members of the public to come and visit the exhibition. The exhibition is one of the celebratory events for the HKUST 20th anniversary. Demonstrating HKUST's commitment to contribute to the society with technology, the School of Engineering organizes this exhibition to bring technology to society and widen the public's horizons on technology. The exhibition also aims to raise the public's awareness of the close connection between innovations and daily lives, and how technology brings convenience to them.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted the first Asia Regional Jamboree of the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM), an undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition launched by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2003. Over 40 teams from universities in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, India and Australia have just gathered at HKUST and participated in the event. HKUST team has been selected as one of the 18 teams going to MIT for the final competition in November and has also won the Best Presentation Award in the Asia Regional Jamboree for its outstanding performance.

Dr Jim O'Neill delivering his first public lecture at HKUST (Left) Dr Jim O'Neill and Prof Tony F Chan analyzing the changing dynamics of the world with an enthusiastic response (From right) President Tony F Chan, Dr Jim O'Neill, and Ms Elena Morenko of UC RUSAL at the press conferenceThe Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) hosted the UC RUSAL President's Forum today (14 October) during which Dr Jim O'Neill, Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and creator of the acronym 'BRICs', spoke on 'The Changing Dynamics of the World' with an enthusiastic audience.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (24 June) conferred Honorary Fellowships on four distinguished leaders in recognition of their contributions. Dr the Honorable Sir Sze-Yuen Chung, Pro-Chancellor, Dr the Honorable Marvin Cheung, Council Chairman, and Prof Tony F Chan, President, of HKUST officiated at the conferment ceremony. The recipients of the 2011 Honorary Fellowships are: Dr Fong Yun-Wah, Prof Roger King, Ir James Kwan, and Prof Harry Shum. Their brief biographies are set out below:

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) joins hands with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute to launch the first IEEE Technology Time Machine (TTM) Symposium for three days from 1 June. Themed "Technologies beyond 2020", the TTM Symposium covers a selected set of potentially high impact emerging technologies as well as their current state of maturity and scenarios for the future.

The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) holds a three-day "Conference on Cosmology since Einstein" starting from 30 May 2011 at which world top scientists including a Nobel Laureate explore the most up-to-date developments and challenges of cosmology. This conference has brought together 24 top cosmologists and relativists from China, Japan, France, Switzerland, the U.K. and U.S to share as speakers their insights and latest research findings on cosmological theories. Distinguished speakers like Prof David Gross, 2004 Nobel Laureate in Physics and Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke on "Cosmological Challenges - The View of a String Theorist".