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At the Crack of Dawn

Here, I want to share with you a true story of my life “with” HKUST. I visited HKUST at the open day in 1997. I still remember Prof. King Chow claimed that it was the beginning of a grand era in biological science. I still remember the campus tour led by the senior students. Amazingly, I still walk the same path even to this day. I knock on the door of a professor to express to him how much I loved HKUST and Biology. He promised to let me in and asked me to come on registration day. Unfortunately, my result in HKAL examination was poor. I woefully explained to the professor about the subpar quality of my result. I felt shameful and felt myself not worthy for studying at HKUST. This ultimately resulted in me making a very bad decision in my life. I did not show up at HKUST that day.

Let's think for a second, how does a university life qualify for the best experience? What if it enlightened you for a whole new world for your intellectual pursuit? How about meeting someone who you called a life partner? And last but not the least a rewarding and meaningful career? The best of the best though, is when one gets the 3 wishes together! It all began in August 1998, the kickoff of a life-changing journey for a regular 19-year old in Hong Kong. I used to love Chinese history but it was the Humanities professors at UST who taught me how to study our own history from a totally different perspective. I also got to join AIESEC, the world's largest student run organization, in which I feel so lucky to meet my beloved wife and offered me the chance to go through a traineeship with my current employer in the US. Plus, all the advertising, consumer behavior and market research knowledge I accumulated that I call my professional expertise now.

This photo is taken on 4 April 2011, on the stage in Sheung Wan Theater. They are crew members of Annual Performance 2011 of Drama Society, HKUST. This is the last day of their performance. They had spent their effort more than half of year and gonna show their effort to audience on that night . Everyone were enjoying this moment and AP11 become their unforgetable memories in U-life.

I still remember the first day I went to UST for registration. Unfamiliar faces and unfamiliar surroundings. I wondered whether I would ever fit in the university. It was such a big transition from secondary school and I never thought that I would have learnt to love this place so much over the three years. I still remember my last day of university. All the familiar faces and the familiar surroundings. The sense of pride I set foot into UST campus everytime because of each and every one I got to know here, and the school that equipped me to go into the adult world. UST is my second home, it is the place we grew with tears and laughter, the place that contains memories that are irreplaceable. Happy Congregation 2011

In 2007, the HKUST MBA Alumni Association started out a project "Build Schools @ China" with an aim to contribute to providing education to the less privileged in the mountainous area of the Mainland, through the rebuilding of schools, provision of scholarship and encouragement from our MBA alumni. The photos were taken in Guizhou during the initial visit. While digital cameras had became part of our lives, these children, obviously, had no idea what it was. It took a while to break the ice and make them feel comfortable to take photos that can be seen immediately. Look at how amazed and how eager they show. I was so touched by the strength when you are eager enough. Coincidentally, this photo won the award of a photo contest held later by the HKUST. (C) 2007. Sean Lin. HKUST MBAAA Build Schools @ China

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Ms Lin Wang, a PhD candidate in the Department of Physics at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), has received the Chinese Youth Science and Technology Innovation Prize in recognition of her outstanding achievements in innovative science. Ms Wang also became the only young scientist in Hong Kong to receive the Young Scientist Award this year. The Young Scientist honor, presented by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), was awarded in recognition of her breakthrough research on the study of two-dimensional graphene structures containing resonant impurities, and their novel properties and physical mechanisms.