Lingnan University announced today (March 26) the establishment of the Lingnan University Institute for Advanced Study (LUIAS), and held a plaque-unveiling ceremony and inauguration for Lingnan Fellows.
LUIAS consists of eminent scholars from all over the world, and experts from diverse academic fields, whowill bridge the gap between the sciences and the arts, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and integrating advanced scientific technology with a liberal arts education. The Institute will equip Lingnan students with skills and knowledge to navigate the rapidly changing landscape of the digital age.
Prof S. Joe Qin, President and Wai Kee Kau Chair Professor of Data Science of Lingnan University, presided over the plaque unveiling ceremony and inauguration of Lingnan Fellows. He was joined by Prof Xin Yao, Vice-President (Research and Innovation), Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu, Associate Vice-President (Strategic Research), and the newly appointed fellows, including Prof Tang Tao, a member of the Chinese Academy ofSciences and President of Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College, Prof Zhang Dongxiao, a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and Chair Professor of Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo (EIT), and Prof Zhou Min, an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies and Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in US-China Relations & Communications at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
President Qin extended a warm welcome and said that LUIAS is proactive in attracting outstanding scholars to serve asFellows, with the aim of raising the global profile of liberal arts and science at Lingnan University, and also other academic institutions in Hong Kong and Greater China.
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