News -  March 05, 2007

IAS Attracts a Major Gift from the US

Prof. Paul CHU
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The US based T.T. & W.F. Chao Foundation has made a donation to HKUST

The US based T.T. & W.F. Chao Foundation has made a donation of US$ 2.6 million to HKUST for setting up an Endowed Chair Professorship for IAS at HKUST. This is the first major donation for IAS from overseas

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