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.

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.

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.

The two-day Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Symposium on Chemistry of Complex Matter at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) kicked off with a Nobel Laureate’s distinguished lecture on 14 November. The symposium invited scholars and renowned chemists from Europe and China to share their academic discoveries through a series of lectures delivered during the event.

香港城市大學（城大）於本月22日宣布成立高等研究院，並假黃翔羅許月伉儷講堂舉行了開幕儀式。研究院邀得國際著名愛滋病專家何大一教授，以及「創新工場」創辦人李開復博士出任國際顧問，並由哥倫比亞大學工業工程和運籌學院終身教授、美國國家工程學院院士姚大衛教授出任院長一職。