China News Service, May 20th. According to Hong Kong Sing Tao Network, the board of directors of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (hereinafter referred to as "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology") has appointed Professor Ye Yuru as the next president of the University of Science and Technology, and replaced Shi Wei , who left office in October this year as president.
Ye Yu now meets teachers, students and alumni online this afternoon. When she introduced her vision, she mentioned that she has served the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the past 29 years and has a deep affection for the university. The next few years will be a critical juncture for the development of the "2.0" of the University of Science and Technology in Hong Kong. She hopes that she can lead the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and seize the opportunities of the Greater Bay Area . She also mentioned that if she becomes the first female principal since the founding of the University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong, she hopes to use her own experience to encourage women to have lofty ambitions.
Ye Yuru met with teachers, students and alumni online on the 20th. Image source: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology website.
The President Selection Committee of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology previously recommended former Vice President Ye Yuru to the school board to serve as president, replacing Shi Wei, who left office in October. After returning to Hong Kong from the United States in 1993, Ye Yuru joined the University of Science and Technology. She served as the director of the Department of Biochemistry and the dean of the School of Science, etc., and just stepped down as vice president (research and development) last month.
It is reported that Ye Yuru will become the first female principal since the founding of the University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong. After Xu Meide, the predecessor of the University of Education, the Hong Kong School of Education, there are women who have served as principals in the eight major universities in Hong Kong. She joined the University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong in 1993 and has been steadily promoted, first as the head of the Department of Biochemistry in 2000, and was promoted to the dean of the School of Science in 2011, and was then appointed as vice president (research and development) in 2016 until last month.
Ye Yuru is currently a professor of life sciences at the Morningside University of Science and Technology of Hong Kong. He has made remarkable academic achievements, promoted the development of local and international neuroscience fields, and has made important breakthroughs in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, and has also actively promoted the development of policies in relevant international fields.
