HKUST Annual Report 2017-18

A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 7 - 1 8 45 HKUST The annual Intimacy of Creativity workshops and performances once again brought together young composers and established musicians to discuss and revise new compositions, which were later performed. The 2018 festival featured guest composer Robert BEASER and guest artists Gilad HOCHMAN, Yael MANOR, and Pius CHEUNG. Close to 3,500 people engaged in open discussions and lunchtime lectures. Audiences of around 1,500 in total attended concerts on HKUST campus and in downtown Hong Kong. The event was founded and is led by renowned composer and musician Prof. Bright SHENG, IAS Helmut & Anna Pao Sohmen Professor-at-Large. In addition, the School’s music faculty took part in the HKUST Music Alive concert series, co- presented by HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study and the Hong Kong government’s Leisure and Cultural Services Department, in November 2017, and many other music-related activities. Prof. CHEUNG Siu-Woo participated in the Yim Tin Tsai village migrants oral history project in the UK, and docent training and heritage services program in Yim Tin Tsai village, Sai Kung, Ngau Tau Kok’s community barrier-free access project, and an oral history project for Sai Wan District revitalization program. Over the past year, local, regional, and international media outlets have cited, quoted or interviewed more than one-third of Division of Social Science faculty. The media organizations included Apple Daily , Bloomberg, the BBC, China Daily , China News Network, Channel News Asia, Caixin Express, Daily Mail, Deutsche Welle, Eco- business.com, Forbes, Financial Times, Fox News , Hong Kong Economic Journal, Sina, and The Globe and Mail, among others. Prof. Naubahar SHARIF was appointed to the Hong Kong government’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health. New Undergraduate Program in Quantitative Social Analysis launched in Fall 2017