Professor Tobin J. Marks will receive the Harvey Prize for his ground-breaking research that has both fundamental and practical significance, in the areas of catalysis, organo-f-element chemistry, electronic and photonic materials, and coordination chemistry, all of which have strongly impacted contemporary chemical science.

Sir Colin Blakemore, professor of neuroscience and philosophy at the School of Advanced Study (SAS), University of London, has been awarded the President’s Research Medal, the College of Optometrists’ most prestigious honour. It was presented at the Wellcome Collection on 25 January when Professor Blakemore delivered the College’s Research Excellence Lecture, ‘A visual experience’, to a packed audience that included leading members of the optometric research community.

Two renowned scientists discussed electronic circuitry materials and the quest for infinity, respectively, at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 19 January. They were Professor Tobin Marks, Department of Chemistry and the Materials Research Center, Northwestern University, US; and Professor Wang Yifang, Director of the Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

A renowned engineering scholar, Professor Ye Yinyu, delivered a lecture on 4 January in the latest installment of City University of Hong Kong’s Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lecture Series: Frontiers in Operations Research/ Operations Management.

Two renowned scientists delivered lectures on biological transportation networks and pearl drops respectively as part of the IAS Distinguished Lecture Series.

City University of Hong Kong presented the prestigious Nobel Science Week that featured three Nobel Laureates in Chemistry and Physics from 6 to 10 November.

City University of Hong Kong (CityU) conferred honorary doctoral degrees on IAS Senior Fellow Professor Serge Haroche, Dr Joseph Lee, GBS, OStJ, JP and Professor Wendelin Werner in recognition of their significant contributions to education and the well-being of society at an awards ceremony held on 3 November. Dr Chung Shui-ming, University Pro-Chancellor, presided over the ceremony.

The basis for the development of the design for the foundation of the Rion-Antirion Bridge was based on an understanding of seismic behaviour, according to Professor Alain Pecker at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Distinguished Lecture at City University of Hong Kong on 15 November.

石四藥集團(02005)公布，旗下全資附屬石家莊四藥近日與諾貝爾化學獎得主萊恩(Jean-Marie Lehn)簽署關於建立諾貝爾獎工作站的合作協議。根據合作協議，石家莊四藥聘請萊恩擔任首席學術顧問，建立諾貝爾獎工作站，為石家莊四藥提供科學研究及人才培養等服務。

Domain-specific languages for convex optimisation are widely used in research projects and industry applications, said Professor Stephen P. Boyd at a distinguished lecture for the Institute for Advanced Study at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 12 September.