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Congratulations to the following award recipients on receiving the first ever Faculty’s Outstanding Alumni Award (in alphabetical order of the last name):

Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Entrepreneurial Achievement of PolyU Faculty of Humanities 2022
Mr Law Wai Hung, Freddy
Co-founder and CEO, Storius
Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Language Studies with Business 2007
Department of English and Communication

Outstanding Young Alumni Award in Professional Achievement of PolyU Faculty of Humanities 2022
Dr Enrico Santus
Director (AI and ML), Bayer
Doctor of Philosophy 2017
Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies

The Outstanding Alumni Award of PolyU Faculty of Humanities aims to recognise the graduates of the Faculty for their contribution to University and Faculty, and their diverse accomplishments in various areas, including professional achievement, scholarly achievement, and community service achievement. Click HERE to read more about the recipients.

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Elite swimmer Ho Nam Wai Tinky and sprinter Leung Kwan Yi have been admitted into our BA(Hons) Scheme in English and Applied Linguistics and BA(Hons) Scheme in Linguistics and Translation respectively through the Student-Athlete Learning Support and Admission Scheme (SALSA Scheme). These student-athletes will start their studies in FH this September.

From the academic year 2022/23 onwards, the University will support the SALSA Scheme to provide opportunities for student-athletes who are eligible to represent Hong Kong in significant international competitions with remarkable achievements in sports to pursue their undergraduate studies at PolyU.

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Our Chinese Language Centre is launching two new online learning platforms for students who are eager to master Cantonese – whether for better understanding a significant part of Chinese culture, exploring the emerging global innovation hub of the Greater Bay Area, or simply for ordering and enjoying their favourite dimsum in restaurants. The full article is available in the April Issue of Pulse@PolyU.

Click HERE to visit the online platform. Please stay tuned for the MOOC which will be launched this autumn.

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Conducted by Dr Chersoni Emmanuele (Research Assistant Professor of CBS), Dr Enrico Santus (CBS PhD graduate) and the team of the University of Udine in Italy, a project on using Natural Language Processing technologies for monitoring and analysing COVID-19 vaccine opinions on Twitter has been nominated for the "E-science" category of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Prizes 2022. Directly sponsored by the United Nations, the WSIS Prizes 2022 is a global event that recognises WSIS stakeholders by identifying and showcasing their successful and impactful ICT-related implementation of the WSIS Action Lines and Sustainable Development Goals. Out of a thousand submitted proposals, the team’s work was selected together with 19 other outstanding projects that promote beneficial ICT applications in the field of E-science.

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Our student Miss Ho Hiu Man, winner of the Most Outstanding PolyU Student Award 2021, shared with the media^ her learning experience and visions for the future, as well as her strong passion for Cantonese Opera.

Under the Outstanding Students Award Scheme, each faculty or school selects one excellent student every year for the “Outstanding Student Award”. Among them, one student is selected as the “Most Outstanding PolyU Student” of the year. The Outstanding Student Awards Presentation Ceremony was held virtually on 21 April 2022. Click HERE for the sharing of Hiu Man.
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^{^Online coverage: https://polyu.me/36GYzCY; https://polyu.me/3k4g6Ix and https://polyu.me/3OztQsI}

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The following FH-UBSN Joint Distinguished Lecture will be held on 25 May 2022 in celebration of the PolyU 85th Anniversary:

"The Brain’s Infrastructure for Human Uniqueness"
Speaker: Prof. Peter Hagoort (Director, Max Planck Institute, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Radboud University Nijmegen)
Registration: https://bit.ly/3KvNsvo

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EVENTS

• (20 May 2022)"Talking Across the World" Symposium 2022
• (20 May 2022)The Writing Roundtable 2022
• (22-25 June 2022)17th International Conference on Language and Social Psychology
• (13-15 July 2022)20th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine, and Ethics