Saluting Academic Excellence
HKU Scholars Win Worldwide Recognition
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Professor Ying Chan receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian-American Journalists Association
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Professor Kathryn Cheah – Fellow Elect of The World Academy of Sciences
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New Academician Professor Anthony Yeh is welcomed by the Academy of Social Sciences

HKU boasts many local and international scholars whose work continues to win accolades from around the world. Professor Ying Chan, Director of Journalism and Media Studies Centre; Professor Kathryn Cheah, Chair Professor of Department of Biochemistry; and Professor Anthony Yeh, Head and Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, have received international acclaim in recognition of their contributions in their respective fields of study.

Formerly an experienced and award-winning journalist, Professor Ying Chan was presented with the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award at the Asian-American Journalists Association’s national convention in New York this August. This prize is awarded to an Asian American or Pacific Islander who has demonstrated courage and commitment to the principles of journalism over the course of a life’s work. It recognises Professor Chan’s contributions to the media and society, as well as her efforts in developing professional journalism in Asia.

At the 24ᵗʰ General Meeting of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) held in Argentina in October, Professor Kathryn Cheah, together with other 51 outstanding scientists, was elected as a Fellow of the Academy. Professor Cheah’s research focusses on the regulation and function of genes and mechanisms of disease with an emphasis on the skeletal system, human degenerative skeletal disorders and the inner ear. The elected Fellowship recognises the scientific excellence of her work and her long-standing contributions to the advancement of science. The new TWAS Members, comprised of 46 new Fellows and six Associate Fellows, will be inducted at the Academy’s 25ᵗʰ General Meeting in 2014, bringing the total TWAS Membership to 1,115.

Professor Anthony Yeh was named an Academician by the United Kingdom’s Academy of Social Sciences. All selected Academicians have a wide range of expertise in the social sciences, including education, urban studies, social policy, gerontology, law, politics, sociology, criminology, geography and linguistics. Professor Yeh is among the 51 leading social scientists who have been awarded with this prestigious honour this year. Aiming to promote social sciences in the UK for the benefit of the public, the Academy of Social Sciences has over 900 Academicians from universities and the policy and practice communities, and 46 member learned societies, representing almost 90,000 social scientists.