by admin | May 19, 2026
In 2011, Professor Hayden Kwok Hay So took up a challenge to create a course for first-year engineering students that would go beyond traditional classroom learning. Students were asked to perform a simple task – design a Rube Goldberg machine to pop a balloon that...
by admin | May 19, 2026
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) can produce art, videos, stories and other outputs normally associated with creativity. But whether that makes it creative is debatable. Two new Common Core courses, one led by Kathryn Goldstein, Lecturer in the Faculty of...
by admin | May 19, 2026
AI developers are known for making bold statements about their products. In 2023, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman proposed that AI could be creative. A year later, his then-Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati asserted AI could even take over some creative jobs. To Professor...
by admin | May 18, 2026
In a tech-driven world, the humanities can seem to fall by the wayside, steamrolled by the momentum behind STEM-related subjects. But in HKU’s Faculty of Arts, that story is being flipped.Under the leadership of Professor David Pomfret, who was confirmed as Dean in...
by admin | Nov 19, 2025
In October 2024, the Government of the HKSAR launched the ‘Study in Hong Kong’ campaign to entice more students from around the world to enrol in local universities. With that came a doubling in the quota of non-local students that local universities could admit –...
