Annual Report 2014–15

度、發明幫助中風病人的機械腳托、 揭開巨型恆星誕生之奧秘，以及研發 骨折手術用的新物料。這些項目本身 全部是很有價值的學術研究，但也 直接與醫學和健康、環境、生態和其 他人類知識領域相關，有助提升全人 類的生活品質，並推翻一種普遍但 謬誤的想法──高深學術研究與普通 人的生活和福祉並不相干。 服務與關懷 中文大學在去年繼續一貫的政策，鼓 勵學生在本地和海外參與社區服務和 援助項目。大學為學生尋找服務機 會，提供訓練和資源，協助他們實現 服務校園以外有需要人群的項目。 大學在2011年推出的博群計劃，以 harvests with regard to the awards presented to our research projects by national and international academic and benchmarking organizations, and the honours bestowed on individual colleagues for their achievements. The full details may be found in the chapter on this subject, but it is a joy to note here some of the exciting discoveries and inventions that occurred on our campus during the past year. Projects that invoked international recognition and garnered accolades from the global academic community mainly occurred in the fields of science, engineering and medicine, and they included, in random order, the discovery of a new clue to male fertility, unveiling the genome of dust mites, the discovery of gene mutation causing a novel form of spinocerebellar ataxia, the discovery of a new plant-specific protein, the discovery of a new DNA, a face recognition system with the highest accuracy in the world, high- energy-density redox flow batteries, an ankle-robot to aid stroke patients in rehabilitation, new discovery in the formation of massive stars, and a new material for bone fixation in osteoporosis- related bone fractures. All these projects, while meritorious in their own rights as academic undertakings, are also directly relevant to medicine and health care, the environment, ecology, and other branches of human knowledge that impact beneficially on the quality of life of all, and give the lie to the erroneous but popular belief that high-end academic research is often remote from the life and welfare of the common man. Serving and Caring During the year under review, the University continued its policy on facilitating students’ participation in community services and aid programmes both local and abroad, by exploring and identifying serving opportunities, providing training and resources, and helping students to realize their outbound service missions. The I • CARE Programme, an umbrella scheme initiated by the University in 2011 to create, coordinate and encourage service projects, went from strength to strength and supported 14 student social service projects in 2014–15. I • CARE, from its University-sponsored vantage point, was in a position to have 香港中文大學年報 CUHK Annual Report 2014 – 2015 7