CUHK E-Newsletter
 
Volume 3 No. 9
03 June, 2006
 
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Ph.D. from CUHK Improves Tamiflu Supply and Production Cost

Ph.D. chemistry graduate of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Dr. Yeung Ying-yeung discovered a new organic synthesis that would substantially reduce the cost of production and improve the supply of Tamiflu. The discovery was made under the guidance of Prof. Elias James Corey, 1990 Nobel laureate in chemistry. Dr. Yeung is a post-doctoral fellow at Prof. Corey's laboratory at Harvard University. The breakthrough was reported in the influential Journal of American Chemical Society.

Dr. Yeung Ying-yeung
12 CUHK Mathematics Graduates Receive Full Scholarships to Further Studies at Top Overseas Universities
Twelve undergraduate and graduate students of the Chinese University have received full fellowships/studentships from top universities in North America and Europe to further their studies. The institutions include Stanford University, Princeton University, U.C. Berkeley, University of Chicago, the University of British Columbia and Tinbergen Institute in Netherlands. Prof. Yau Shing-tung, Fields Medalist and distinguished professor-at-large of the University attended the celebration held by the Department of Mathematics on 29th May.
Undergraduate and graduate students received full fellowships/studentships posing with Prof. Yau Shing-tung, distinguished professor-at-large of the University (back left 1) and Prof. Lau Ka-sing, chairman of the Department of Mathematics (back right 1)

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