Annual Report 2014–15

除鼓勵畢業生創業，中大一向支持學 生廣作嘗試，畢業後不應只局限於留 港就業。相反，可盡情放眼世界， 前往本港以外地區累積工作經驗。 今年度就有六百二十位中大生到全球 四十一個國家實習，不但擴闊了視 野，還對我們居住的地球村，以及世 界公民身分有更深入的了解。 2014年11月伍宜孫書院舉行開幕典 禮，標誌着中大五所新書院已全部投入 服務學生的行列。本年度還有許多新 的教研設施落成，當中不少是善心人士 與中大友好慷慨捐助的成果，《年報》 往後的章節會更詳盡介紹。 研究成就 在研究方面，中文大學在本年度碩果 纍纍。本校有致力從事世界級研究 的悠久傳統，我們的實驗室和其他研 究設施，是體現智慧、勤奮、耐心、 堅毅和卓越團隊精神之地。以獎項而 言，去年也是豐收的一年，我們的研 究項目屢獲國內和國際學術和權威機 構嘉獎，本校同事也因他們的學術 成果而獲得殊榮。詳情載於〈開拓人 類知識的版圖〉一章，我在此摘舉 一些去年在中大校園出現的精采發現 和發明。 獲國際認可和獲得來自全球學術群 體讚譽的項目，主要屬科學、工程學 和醫學領域，包括：破解男性不育之 謎、破解粉塵蟎基因組、發現新的小 腦萎縮症變異基因、發現新的植物蛋 白質、發現新DNA、研發世上最準確 人面識別系統、提升液流電池能量密 Entrepreneurialism aside, the University has always made it its policy to encourage graduates not to take local, salaried employment as the only career possibility, but to look farther afield for work experience gained outside the vicinity of Hong Kong. Our efforts during the year under review resulted in the placement of 620 students in 41 countries as international interns, bringing valuable breadth to these students’ horizons and profundity to their understanding of the global village. The University community rejoiced as Wu Yee Sun College formally opened its doors in November 2014, meaning that all five new Colleges had become fully functional in their services to the student community. A number of other teaching and research units were also established during the year, in many cases the result of the munificence of friends and benefactors. They are more amply described in subsequent sections of this Annual Report . Research Achievements For the Chinese University, the year under review was a very fruitful one in terms of research results, thanks to our long tradition of world-class research work, and the wisdom, diligence, patience, perseverance and excellent team spirit that have always prevailed in our laboratories and other facilities. It was also a year of rich 6 步入成年的大學 A University That Has Come of Age