【College Updates】College Head Prof. Hector Sun-On Chan was appointed as Associate Vice-President (Education), CUHK

CUHK has approved the appointment of our Head Prof. Hector Sun-On Chan as Associate Vice-President (Education) on a concurrent basis for three years, with effect from 1 August. Prof. Chan will strive to enhance the quality of teaching and learning at the University, and further develop the unique collegiate education system of CUHK.

Prof. Chan is an alumnus of our College. He obtained his BSc degree in Biology in 1986, and MPhil degree in Anatomy in 1988 from CUHK. He was awarded the Croucher Foundation Scholarship to pursue a DPhil degree in Neuroscience at The University of Oxford in 1988.

Upon returning to Hong Kong after graduation, Prof. Chan started to teach in the Department of Anatomy (now School of Biomedical Sciences) at CUHK in 1991 and serve the College in 1992. His senior postings in our College include Dean of Students and Associate College Head, and he has been appointed the 13th Head of the College from 1 January 2021.

In teaching and researching area, the major research interests of Prof. Chan include development of neural connections in the brain, and protection of the eye in degenerative and inflammatory diseases. His contributions in teaching are recognized and exemplified by a number of awards in medical education, which include ten Teacher of the Year Awards and one Master Teacher Award in 2005 from Faculty of Medicine, and the Vice-Chancellor’s Exemplary Teaching Award in 2012 from CUHK. He is now Professor and Associate Director of the School of Biomedical Sciences.


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【College Updates】College Head Prof. Hector Sun-On Chan was appointed as Associate Vice-President (Education), CUHK
【College Updates】College Personnel Updates
【Cultural Topics】Six Book Released (Chinese Only)
【Cultural Topics】Article Repost: “Artistic Crosscurrents from Guangdong to Lingnam” (Chinese Only)
【Cultural Topics】Article Repost: “Remembering Mr. Tang Chun-i” (Chinese Only)
【Student Development】New Asia College / Yale University Student Exchange Programme 2021/22
【Student Development】New Asia College / Ewha Womans University – Global Student Partnership Programme
【Student Development】New Asia Drama Club Held 2022 Annual Performance of Wedding
【Student Development】Results Announcement of Food and Culture Short Video Competition
【Staff Engagement】Prof. Yu Jun received the 14th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award from the Chinese Academy of Engineering
【Staff Engagement】Prof. Lee Man-chun and Prof. Zhang Xiang were recognized by China’s Excellent Young Scientists Fund 2022
【Staff Engagement】Prof. Xu Jianbin awarded appointment as Choh-Ming Li Professor of Electronic Engineering
【Staff Engagement】Prof. Bryan Mercurio Named RGC Senior Research Fellow
【Staff Engagement】Promotion of College Teaching Staff
【Staff Engagement】Farewell Luncheon and Presentation of Long Service Awards
【Staff Engagement】Three Activities Organized by the Staff Association
【Staff Engagement】Two Activities Organized by the Committee on College Culture
【Staff Engagement】New Affiliated Colleagues (mid-May to Aug 2022)
【Alumni Connections】Obituary: Dr Vincent H.C. Cheng
【Alumni Connections】Three alumni appointed as Principal Officials of Sixth-term HKSAR Government
【Alumni Connections】Plaudits for NAC Alumni on Government Honours List 2022
【Alumni Connections】Three alumni earned The 16th Hong Kong Arts Development Awards
【Alumni Connections】NA Alumni interviewed by CU Alumni Magazine (Chinese Only)
【Alumni Connections】Updates from Overseas College Alumni Association
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