HKUST Annual Report 2016-17

29 FACULTY DIVERSITY As reflected by our commitment to fostering diversity in the Strategic Plan 2016-2020, the University has taken proactive steps in the previous years to enhance senior female faculty hiring and address career development of female faculty through policies in assisting them to manage both professional and family responsibilities. The recent assessment shows that the ratio of gender diversity has improved across all ranks of tenure-track faculty and in all Schools. Diversity in ethnicity in the faculty community is also our focus, and a series of measures were introduced last year to monitor our progress in increasing faculty diversity in the hiring process. NEW APPOINTMENTS Leading theoretical particle physicist Prof Andrew Cohen joined HKUST as Director of the HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, LamWoo Foundation Professor and Chair Professor of Physics. Prof Cohen is a prominent figure in the global science community and keen to take the Institute to even higher level of international scientific visibility and success. Prof Yang Wang was appointed Dean of Science, concurrent with his appointment as Chair Professor of Mathematics. Prof Wang joined HKUST in 2014 as Head of the Department of Mathematics. Building on his established Departmental, School and University experience, he is well positioned to take the School of Science forward. Other senior faculty concurrent appointments over 2016-17: Prof Xun Wu Director of Institute for Public Policy Prof Chung-Yee Lee Director of Institutional Research