The 8th Inter-School Competition of Study Projects on History and Culture Comes to a Close
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The 8th Inter-school Competition of Study Projects on Hong Kong History and Culture has come to a close with the presentation ceremony held today (September 25). The competition aims at enhancing students’ knowledge about Hong Kong’s history through in-depth investigations outside class, encouraging students to learn actively about Hong Kong through the understanding of its historical developments and cultural changes.
Researchers from various fields of science have submitted their applications to win the hongkong prize this year. These include life and health, artificial intelligence, new materials, and advanced manufacturing. Many of the applicants are also HKUST scientists, with some of them having worked in HKUST laboratories. The winners of the hongkong prize will be able to conduct research at HKUST and expand their global networks.
HKUST also offers the Hong Kong University Research Fellows Program to reward outstanding young scientists and research teams from mainland China or other countries for their achievements in scientific innovation and transformation. Scientists will be able to collaborate with their peers at HKUST to further their research, as well as take advantage of opportunities to develop their leadership skills and international perspectives.
This year’s hongkong prize was awarded to a team from HKUST for their research on the molecular mechanism of age-related diseases. Other finalists included a team led by Prof. Wang Jie from the Chinese University of Hong Kong for their work on cellular reprogramming, and another team from HKUST for their study on the detection of chemical contaminants in human breast milk.
The hongkong prize also awarded the winner of the vogue hong kong women’s art prize to artist Michelle Fung for her mixed media piece Red Bean Stalk, and artist Demet to the public vote for his painting Palette Emulation. Pakistani artist Sameen Agha was shortlisted for the grand prize, which went to her sculpture A Home is a Terrible Place to Love, made out of red marble and depicting a house collapsing like a cardboard box in the process of being dismantled.