Delegates from Georgetown University revisited UIC on 23 October to discuss further potential cooperation based on the Memorandum of Understanding they inked last November.

Georgetown University, a 225-year-old private research university in Washington DC and one of the world’s leading academic and research institutions, has been providing UIC students with favourable admission prospects on biostatistics study programmes and expects to enrol more for its postgraduate programmes.

Whilst there, UIC’s Division of Science and Technology suggested that a more preferential recruitment offer should be presented.

Ms Caroline Wu, Director of Recruitment and Career Services at Georgetown University, noted that UIC graduates make up an important part of the body of Chinese overseas students at the US University.

In addition, UIC graduates who are studying at Georgetown University shared their experience of postgraduate life during the talk.

The talk was also attended by Georgetown University’s Dr Clark Robert, Dean of Research and Co-Director of Breast Cancer Programme at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Centre; Prof Ming Tan, Chair of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics; Dr Kan Wang from the Biology and Assay Development; and UIC’s Prof Stephen Chung, Dean of the Division of Science and Technology; Prof Peter Lam, Programme Director of Financial Mathematics; Dr Ye Huajun, Programme Director of Statistics; and Prof Yu Kai Fun of Statistics.

Photographer: Song Siyi (IJ, Year One)
Editor: Deen He
(from MPRO, with special thanks to the ELC)