by admin | May 17, 2023
It takes someone skilled in weighing multiple variables to take the decision made by Professor Ming Wen last summer. She agreed to become the new Dean of Social Sciences, having never been to HKU or even Hong Kong Island.Professor Wen was headhunted for the position...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
Two decades ago, Professor Tatia Mei-chun Lee, Chair Professor of Psychological Science and Clinical Psychology and May Professor in Neuropsychology, was puzzled by a patient’s symptoms. The man had suffered from acute liver failure and undergone an emergency liver...
by admin | Nov 21, 2022
When the Jockey Club ‘Peace and Awareness’ Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative began in 2019, COVID-19 had not appeared on the scene. But the challenges the pandemic has wrought on the mental health of our community – especially youth – have made it both timely...
by admin | May 26, 2022
The best things in life are freeBut you can give them to the birds and beesI need money (That’s what I want) These lyrics come from an old American pop tune that has been covered by the Beatles and many other popular bands. But that fondness for material over...
by admin | May 26, 2022
About a decade ago, Dr Tom McDonald of the Department of Sociology was studying media use in rural China. But the deeper he got into his topic, the more he realised something bigger was afoot. Money exchanges on different kinds of social media were aligning with...
