A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between UIC and Lancaster University, UK, on 29 November. The MoU encourages direct contact and cooperation between partner institutions, and their students, faculty, and administrative staff for the purpose of study and research.Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) at Lancaster UniversityThe delegation from Lancaster University consisted of Distingu...

The Division of Science and Technology (DST) invited guest speaker Prof Kevin Jones, a Lancaster University professor from the UK, who established the Lancaster Environment Centre, to give a lecture 8...

On Sep 26, 2019, Dr. Guo Jiaxin, a postdoctoral research fellow of the City University of Hong Kong and a UIC ENVS graduate of year 2014 delivered a lecture titled ‘The development of emerging membrane distillation technology for seawater desalination and advanced membrane fabrication’. In the lecture, he shared about the underlying principles of membrane distillation, its applications partic...

During the summer, four Environmental Science students from UIC were given the opportunity to go to Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, US as part of an exchange programme. In June, Trinity students had come to UIC to for a three week programme but now it was Trinity’s turn to host. The UIC students that went to Trinity University were divided up and placed into mixed groups with Trinity students to participate in research projects. Below are the accounts from three of the UIC students that visited Trinity.

A visiting group from Trinity University arrived at UIC in Zhuhai on 8 June and began their three-week study programme on 10 June. In total, there were 23 students with 12 coming from Trinity University and 11 from UIC. This programme aspires to continue collaboration among several liberal arts colleges in the US and UIC.

The Division of Science and Technology (DST) Environmental Science Programme (ENVS) Conservation Ecology class held a poster presentation on 15 May. The posters will continue to be on display until 21...

During the summer of 2018, four UIC students were given the opportunity to conduct summer research at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, USA. High caliber UIC students were encouraged to apply ...