Cover Story:
The Future of Work
The Future of Work
Research:
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only factor disrupting working lives. Automation and changes in worker-employee relationships are transforming labour across the world. HKU scholars have been considering the potential pros and cons of these changes.
A research team have spent over two decades locating and studying military relics left from World War II and are now campaigning for the government to conserve these historically significant structures.
Research:
Invention Turns Waste Heat into Electricity
Invention Turns Waste Heat into Electricity
Research:
The Global Inequities of Urban Development
The Global Inequities of Urban Development
Dr Tony Feng Shien-Ping has devised an effective, cost-efficient and greener way to recover low-temperature waste heat, even body heat, and use it to generate power.
The first study to compare urban development, urban greening and population growth in large cities around the world shows how low income cities are lagging behind.
Research:
Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion
Teaching and Learning:
Cutting-Edge Course for Future Surgeons
Cutting-Edge Course for Future Surgeons
The friendship between two poets – one from Chile and one from China – in the 1950s has lent a cultural perspective and legacy to diplomatic ties between the two countries.
A free online learning course challengingly entitled asks 'So You Want to Be a Surgeon?' is attracting big interest in Hong Kong and abroad.
Knowledge Exchange:
Copy This
Copy This
People:
Global Thinker Acts Locally
Global Thinker Acts Locally
Associate Professor of Law, Ms Alice Lee, has been partnering with students, alumni and colleagues in other disciplines to develop legal resources for classrooms and the community.
Professor Peng Gong has spent much of his career modelling Earth systems and devising ways to assess and manage climate change and other stressors. He now steps aside from that big picture to take on change at the local level as Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development) at HKU.
Books:
Humans in the Wild
Humans in the Wild
Arts and Culture:
True Colours
True Colours
Dr Hannah Mumby of the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of Politics and Public Administration has published a new book that captures the everyday experiences and heartbreak of studying elephants on the ground. It has also cemented her research path studying interactions between humans and wild animals.
An exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) sheds light on a body of work instigated by a Belgian artist who collaborated with indigenous artists in the Congo in the 1920s.
Cover Story:
The Future of Work
The Future of Work
The COVID-19 pandemic is not the only factor disrupting working lives. Automation and changes in worker-employee relationships are transforming labour across the world. HKU scholars have been considering the potential pros and cons of these changes.
Research:
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget
A research team have spent over two decades locating and studying military relics left from World War II and are now campaigning for the government to conserve these historically significant structures.
Research:
Invention Turns Waste Heat into Electricity
Invention Turns Waste Heat into Electricity
Dr Tony Feng Shien-Ping has devised an effective, cost-efficient and greener way to recover low-temperature waste heat, even body heat, and use it to generate power.
Research:
The Global Inequities of Urban Development
The Global Inequities of Urban Development
The first study to compare urban development, urban greening and population growth in large cities around the world shows how low income cities are lagging behind.
Research:
Poetry in Motion
Poetry in Motion
The friendship between two poets – one from Chile and one from China – in the 1950s has lent a cultural perspective and legacy to diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Teaching and Learning:
Cutting-Edge Course for Future Surgeons
Cutting-Edge Course for Future Surgeons
A free online learning course challengingly entitled asks 'So You Want to Be a Surgeon?' is attracting big interest in Hong Kong and abroad.
Knowledge Exchange:
Copy This
Copy This
Associate Professor of Law, Ms Alice Lee, has been partnering with students, alumni and colleagues in other disciplines to develop legal resources for classrooms and the community.
People:
Global Thinker Acts Locally
Global Thinker Acts Locally
Professor Peng Gong has spent much of his career modelling Earth systems and devising ways to assess and manage climate change and other stressors. He now steps aside from that big picture to take on change at the local level as Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic Development) at HKU.
Books:
Humans in the Wild
Humans in the Wild
Dr Hannah Mumby of the School of Biological Sciences and the Department of Politics and Public Administration has published a new book that captures the everyday experiences and heartbreak of studying elephants on the ground. It has also cemented her research path studying interactions between humans and wild animals.
Arts and Culture:
True Colours
True Colours
An exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) sheds light on a body of work instigated by a Belgian artist who collaborated with indigenous artists in the Congo in the 1920s.
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