Meet Therapy Dogs on campus! We facilitate weekly mingling sessions during term time for students to interact with therapy dogs.
Registration for this session or join our notification list via this link: DEAN OF STUDENTS' OFFICE
Enquiry email: comfortpaws@ust.hk
The Comfort Paws Program aims to bring joy and calmness to our community with our beloved pawed friends' companionship, and to educate our community about the caring of dogs. All dogs serving in our program are certified therapy dogs who have naturally friendly temperaments and are trained to provide affection and comfort to the people they meet.
Shaw Auditorium Room 207
Meet Therapy Dogs on campus! We facilitate weekly mingling sessions during term time for students to interact with therapy dogs.
Registration for this session or join our notification list via this link: DEAN OF STUDENTS' OFFICE
Enquiry email: comfortpaws@ust.hk
The Comfort Paws Program aims to bring joy and calmness to our community with our beloved pawed friends' companionship, and to educate our community about the caring of dogs. All dogs serving in our program are certified therapy dogs who have naturally friendly temperaments and are trained to provide affection and comfort to the people they meet.
Shaw Auditorium Room 207
香港藝術家陳鈞樂將於講座中透過不同時期的作品，分享他以水墨線條觀察自然與生活的創作歷程，並現場示範白描技巧。作品從潛入海底的景象到山間徒步的經驗，以筆墨探索傳統白描的可能性。
Hong Kong artist Chan Kwan Lok will share his creative journey of observing nature and everyday life through ink lines, presenting paintings from different periods and demonstrating baimiao techniques. His works range from underwater scenes to mountain hiking experiences, using brush and ink to explore the expressive possibilities of traditional baimiao.
語言 Language of talk: 普通話 (Putonghua)
- This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service” category under the “Self-directed Experience” of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1 hour, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.
- The talk will be recorded and photos will be taken during the talk. By attending or participating in this event, you are giving your consent to be photographed and video recorded and you are waiving any and all claims regarding the use of your image by the University.
Registration: https://lbcube.hkust.edu.hk/ce/event/11015
Enquiry: library@ust.hk
Library LG4 Multi-Function Room
講座將從傳統山水畫出發，探討當代藝術家如何借用這一古老的筆墨語言，回應急速變化的城市景觀、社會議題與個人情感的表達。聚焦幾位以山水為創作核心的水墨藝術家，透過其代表作品，讓觀眾快速掌握傳統如何被重新詮釋與轉化的脈絡與框架。再進一步分享自身創作歷程：以山水作為表達載體，反映社會變遷與個體情感，探索「山水」如何從古典符號變成與當代對話的媒介。講座後半部分將現場即席示範傳統山水中樹、石、雲、水的基本畫法。
The lecture begins with traditional Chinese landscape painting, exploring how contemporary artists employ this aged-old language to respond to rapidly changing urban landscapes, social issues, and the expression of personal emotions. It will spotlight several ink artists who take landscape as their core creative practice, using their representative works to help the audience quickly grasp the context and framework of how tradition is reinterpreted and transformed. The speaker will then share her own creative journey: using landscape as a vehicle of expression to reflect social change and individual emotions, while probing how “landscape” evolves from a classical symbol into a medium for dialogue with the contemporary world. In the latter half of the session, the speaker will conduct a demonstration of the basic techniques for drawing trees, rocks, clouds, and steams in traditional landscape painting.
語言 Language of talk: 普通話 (Putonghua)
- This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the “Personal Enrichment & Community Service” category under the “Self-directed Experience” of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1 hour, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.
- The talk will be recorded and photos will be taken during the talk. By attending or participating in this event, you are giving your consent to be photographed and video recorded and you are waiving any and all claims regarding the use of your image by the University.
Registration: https://lbcube.hkust.edu.hk/ce/event/11014
Enquiry: library@ust.hk
Library LG4 Multi-Function Room
Butterflies probably are the most beautiful insect in the world. There are about 20,000 recorded species of butterflies in the world. Among them, around 2,100 species can be found in China and around 250 species in Hong Kong.
Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve is located about 2 kilometers from Tai Po town center. It is a butterfly conservation and education center under the Environmental Association, dedicated to promote the importance of butterfly ecological conservation. It is listed as a “Site of Special Scientific Interest”, with high conservation value and is a renowned butterfly watching spot for nature enthusiasts and ecological photographers. There were over 200 species recorded in the Reserve.
In this seminar, representatives of Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve will explain why Hong Kong butterflies are so diverse and ecologically important and share with us what conservation works they are undergoing.
Mr. Wicky Lee (CMO) and Dr. Cindy Lam (OCES) will also share information about The Butterfly Garden at HKUST. This garden was established under the project ‘You Will See a Birdwing’, funded by the Sustainable Smart Campus (SSC) Living Lab whom they are the project leaders. It features 10,800 eco-bricks made from 3 tonnes of plastic waste collected on campus. The garden aims to enhance campus biodiversity by planting nectar and larval food plants that attract and support a greater variety of butterfly species.
Remarks:
*This is a HMAW1905-recognized event in the "Personal Enrichment & Community Service" category, under the "Self-directed Experience" of HMAW1905: Behavioral Foundations of University Education: Habits, Mindsets, and Wellness. To receive 1 hours, you must attend the event in full and miss no more than 10 mins.
Date: 24 November 2025
Time: 12:30pm - 13:30pm
Venue: Room 2405 (Lift 17-18), Academic Building
Seminar will be conducted in English
Please sign up HERE to reserve your seat by 18 Nov 2025. The event is opened to HKUST students, staff and friends – first come first serve and we will send through an email confirmation in due course.
Room 2405 (Lift 17-18), Academic Building
LT-C
LT-C
Abstract
The formation of heterochromatin and its faithful inheritance during development and adult life are required for silencing of transposons and lineage-specific cell identity genes. The speaker and his team have developed reporter-based systems that allow them to study the requirements for the establishment of epigenetic maintenance of heterochromatin in fission yeast and mammalian cells. Their work reveals roles for pathways ranging from DNA binding proteins and noncoding RNAs, which mediate specific assembly events, to complexes that mediate the spreading and epigenetic inheritance of heterochromatin. The speaker will discuss his recent results on the roles of specificity factors, RNA decay complexes, and the DNA replication machinery in heterochromatin establishment and maintenance.
About the Speaker
Prof. Danesh MOAZED is currently a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School and an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). He is affiliated with both the Harvard Biophysics Program and the Harvard Initiative for RNA Medicine (HIRM). In recognition of his contributions to science, he has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Prof. MOAZED's laboratory investigates the mechanisms of epigenetic gene silencing and its inheritance across cell divisions. The lab employs a multidisciplinary approach, integrating genetics, genomics, biochemical reconstitution, and structural biology to elucidate these fundamental processes.
For Attendees' Attention
Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Leung Yat Sing Lecture Theater (LT-F), Academic Building, HKUST
This information session presents general information about Fudan University International Winter Session (FIWS). All HKUST undergraduate students are welcome.
Fudan University International Winter Session (FIWS) aims to foster multicultural understanding, global perspectives, and meaningful connections among participants. Students will have the unique opportunity to explore China's rich culture and become an integral part of the vibrant Fudan community. The program offers a diverse range of courses covering topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Business and Economics, Science and Technology, Society and Politics, etc. In addition to academic courses, students will participate in a variety of extracurricular and social activities, including city tours, company visits, and cultural events.
Room 4504 (Lift 25-26)
Academic Building, HKUST
This information session presents general information about SJTU LEC Winter School. All HKUST undergraduate students are welcome.
SJTU LEC International Winter School (IWS) provides a distinctive opportunity for both SJTU undergraduates and external students. Participants can immerse themselves in academic courses, cultural activities, and business tours, gaining a comprehensive educational experience in Shanghai.
Room 2405 (Lift 17-18)
Academic Building, HKUST
Abstract
What can we learn about the mass and intrinsic spin of dark matter particles from cosmological and astrophysical observations? The speaker will discuss how spin can determine the lightest mass dark matter particles can have. When dark matter is a sufficiently light boson, it becomes wavelike — the speaker will show that in this case its mass and intrinsic spin angular momentum can impact the (i) variation of dark matter density inside halos, (ii) lead to formation of solitons with macroscopic intrinsic spin, and (iii) lead to early formation of structure. Time permitting, he might briefly discuss direct detection prospects for such dark matter, and novel connections to "spinor” Bose-Einstein Condensates in the laboratory.
About the Speaker
Prof. Mustafa AMIN's work is aimed at understanding the origin of structure and matter in our cosmos. He specializes in exploring nonlinear dynamics of cosmological fields, especially implications of nonperturbative phenomenon for the end of inflation in the early universe and structure formation in dark matter in the late universe. Prof. Amin obtained his PhD from Stanford University and undertook postdoctoral fellowships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge. He is currently an Associate Professor of Physics at Rice University in Houston, Texas.
About the Center for Fundamental Physics
For more information, please refer to https://cfp.hkust.edu.hk/.
For Attendees' Attention
Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
IAS4042, 4/F, Lo Ka Chung Building, Lee Shau Kee Campus, HKUST