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Congratulations to three faculty members appointed HKU Endowed Professorships

21 Mar 2019

The 12th Inauguration of Endowed Professorships was held last night at Loke Yew Hall of The University of Hong Kong (HKU). Three Faculty members are appointed Endowed Professorships. They are:

Professor Haipeng SHEN
Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Analytics and Innovation

Professor James KUNG
Sein and Isaac Souede Professorship in Economic History

Professor Simon LAM
Ian Davies Professorship in Ethics

An “Endowed Professorship” is one of the most significant awards bestowed upon eminent academics within the University in support of their academic and research activities. A total of 116 Endowed Professorships have been established at HKU since 2005.

For more information about Endowed Professorship, please click here.

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