Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST

05/05/2023

Prof. Arthur Lau, Program Director of BSc in EVMT and MSc in EVSM, has been selected as one of the first recipients of the SENtastic Staff Award. The Award aims to recognize and appreciate the exceptional efforts of our faculty and staff members who go above and beyond to care students' overall well-being and diverse learning needs. Congratulations to Prof. Lau again and thank you for his continued effort in making a positive impact on students’ personal life and facilitating their overall learning experience in HKUST.

27/04/2023

Join our Seminar in-person & through Zoom about green space planning 🌲 and its relation to public mental wellbeing 👩‍⚕️ in Hong Kong and Singapore.

📅 11 May 2023 (Thurs)
⏲ 10:30am - 12:00pm
📍 Room 2306, Academic Building (Lift 31-32)
🗣 Prof. Kwan Ok Lee, NUS Business School
👤 Prof. Masaru Yarime, HKUST

More Details 👉 https://lnkd.in/gKnss-8f
Registration 👉 https://lnkd.in/gnXF6aCj

Organised by the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, HKUST

26/04/2023

The Great Eagle Group Scholarship Signing Ceremony was held on 21 Apr 2023. We are honoured to receive a scholarship amounting to HK$1 million over 5 years from the Great Eagle Group to support ENVR undergraduate students. At the ceremony, Prof. Jimmy FUNG, Associate Provost (Teaching & Learning), Prof. Huamin QU, Director of Interdisciplinary Programs Office, and Prof. Alexis LAU, Head of Division of Environment and Sustainability, delivered a welcome speech to express their heartfelt gratitude to the donor for their generosity and support to our students.

Mr. Alexander LO, Executive Director at Great Eagle Holdings Limited, also shared his view on sustainable development in Hong Kong and hoped that this scholarship could groom future sustainable leaders. The session continued with the sharing from our EVMT student representatives on their fruitful journey during the study. Students had an in-depth discussion with the donor on the career prospect and sustainability issues in the field.

14/04/2023

We are delighted to have over 100 alumni and current students joining our EVMT Mid-Term Break BBQ Gathering on 4 April. Our current students have gained useful academic and career advice from mingling with our faculty members and alumni, as well as rekindled relationships with them after 3 years of cloistered existence under COVID curbs.

More events will be coming up soon for reuniting our EVMT family😊!

06/04/2023

What are the risks to human health 👩‍⚕️ in facing climate change-related disasters 🌲? What are the relevant response strategies 👨‍🚒 in Hong Kong as a subtropical metropolis in Asia 🌏?

Join us in-person at HKUST for the latest discussion on the topic:
📅 17 April 2023 (Mon)
⏲ 12PM to 1:30PM
📍 Room 4621, Academic Building (Lift 31-32)

🗣 Prof. Emily Chan - Assistant Dean (External Affairs) & Professor
Faculty of Medicine, CUHK

👤 Prof. Laurence Delina - Assistant Professor, ENVR, HKUST

Register Here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gH6EpthT
More Details 👉 https://lnkd.in/g9c-bYca

Organised by the Interdisciplinary Programs Office, HKUST

30/03/2023

If you are passionate about the environment and sustainable development and would like to know more about the Environmental Management and Technology (EVMT) major, you are cordially invited to join our program talk with details as follows:

🗓️Date: 12 April 2023 (Wed)
🕕Time: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
📌Venue: IPO Learning Commons A (Room 4380, Lift 17-18)
🎙️Speaker: Prof. Arthur Lau (Program Director of EVMT)
📝Registration Link: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eUKiZ1ubpF8faPc
Registration Deadline: 7 April 2023 (Fri)

We hope to see you at our program talk!

22/02/2023

[💬A Dialogue with Students and Young Professionals on Environment and Sustainability – Challenges and Opportunities]

The Dialogue with Members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Prof. HAO Jiming (郝吉明) from Tsinghua University and Prof. ZHANG Yuanhang (张远航) from Peking University was successfully concluded on 21 February. The dialogue has provided an excellent opportunity for our current students and young professionals to meet and chat with two honourable academicians to learn from their thoughts and insights on sustainability. We hope that this remarkable experience sharing could cultivate more young talents in the Environment and Sustainability field.

📝Speakers Biography

Prof. Hao has been recognized for his outstanding work on Energy and Environment, Air Pollution Control in China. As one of the main pioneers and leaders in China's air pollution research, he made significant contributions to the policy-making of acid deposition control and vehicle emission control in China. His research on the characteristics and mechanism of complex air pollution promotes the implementation of joint prevention and control of regional air pollution in China. He is also one of the experts actively leading different academic initiatives in climate change and promoting synergic reductions of pollution and carbon under China’s double-carbon policy.

Prof. Zhang is one of the leading figures in the field of atmospheric environmental chemistry in China. His research has integrated measurement technology development, air quality science and pollution control policies, and achieved prominent breakthroughs in the mechanism of atmospheric oxidation enhancement and haze pollution formation. He has steered the development of national key R&D programmes on ‘Air Pollution Causes and Control Technology Research’, and significantly advanced the understanding of the formation and environmental impact of urban and regional air pollution through his pioneering research. His research also provides outstanding scientific and technological support for the government to develop the air pollution prevention and control technology system.

20/02/2023

The next IPO Sustainability Seminar Series will be on 13 March 2023, Dr Renzo Guinto from Planetary and Global Health Program & St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, The Philippines will share more on his research about planetary health, which is an integrated positive vision for the advancement of health of both people and the planet. Details are as below:

Date: 13 March 2023 (Monday)
Time: 12:00nn-1:30pm (HKT)
Topic: “Planetary Health: A New Paradigm for the Era of COVID-19 and Climate Change”
Speaker: Dr Renzo Guinto, Inaugural Director, Planetary and Global Health Program & St. Luke’s Medical Center College of Medicine-William H. Quasha Memorial, The Philippines
Moderator: Prof Laurence Delina, Assistant Professor, Division of Environment and Sustainability, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Format: Online via Zoom
Registration: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ddsx6SeYfNxVoRo

Interdisciplinary Programs Office, HKUST will have more Sustainability Seminars in the semester, stay tuned for more information!

08/02/2023

RTHK 《十萬八千里》電台分享

04/02/2023 - 俄烏戰爭跟進 (10:36開始)
主題：聯合國估計臭氧層可修復
嘉賓：香港科技大學環境研究所所長劉啟漢教授

主持︰陸宇光、周嘉俊   

07/02/2023

IPO Sustainability Seminar Series returns! On 17 Feb, Prof Eri Amasawa from Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo will share more on her research about sustainable consumption including typology development of consumption-production patterns. Details are as below:

Date: 17 February 2023 (Friday)
Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm (HKT)
Topic: “Environmental Implication of Sharing Economy Based on Life Cycle Thinking”
Speaker: Prof Eri Amasawa, Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Format: Online via Zoom
Registration: https://ust.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9vu2wZN6bmC20ES

Interdisciplinary Programs Office, HKUST will have more Sustainability Seminars in the semester, stay tuned for more information!

16/12/2022

Here are some highlights of the Congregation 2022! Over 60 MPhil in AES, MPhil in ESPM, MSc in EVSM and BSc in EVMT graduates attended the IPO session of HKUST 30th Congregation on 2 December 2022 which was taken place at the Shaw Auditorium.

A special thanks to our graduate representatives, Shelly from EVMT and Dane from ESPM, for delivering the valedictory address on behalf of their classmates.

🏷️Tag Division of Environment and Sustainability, HKUST in your graduation photos to share your joyful moments with us!