The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences (CLASS) of CityU is pleased to announce the awardees of two CLASS awards of the academic year 2023-24.
The Knowledge Transfer Award is established to honour knowledge transfer projects of high social impact. Award-winning projects should demonstrate clear evidences on innovation, engagement or impact on the community. Details of this academic year's awardees and their projects are as follows:
Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award 2023/24
Award
| Awardee
| Academic Unit
| Project Title
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|---|
| Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Award | Prof Ben LI Kin-kit & Prof Dannii YEUNG | Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences | Dissemination of the Caregiver Support Project for Caregivers of Frail Older Adults |
| Certificate of Merit | Prof LIU Xiaofan | Department of Media and Communication | AI for Farmers: A Speech Dialog App for Pesticide Safe Use |
| Certificate of Merit | Prof CHAN Siu-ming | Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences | Urban Graduation Approach to Uplift Poor Households out of Poverty
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Meanwhile, Prof CHAN Siu-ming of the Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences also won the New Researcher Award. The objective of this award is to recognise research excellence at CLASS and only full-time faculty members who completed their PhD within five years are eligible for consideration.
New Researcher Award 2024
| Awardee | Academic Unit |
| Prof CHAN Siu-ming | Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Cover Photo: Prof Dannii Yeung (left, top), Prof Ben Li Kin-kit (right, top), Prof Liu Xiaofan (left, bottom), and Prof Chan Siu-ming (right, bottom) received prestigious awards from CLASS in recognition of their academic and research achievements.
