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ISSUE 28 - JULY 2025

Aidan Tam Explores Medical Research, Innovation at UMass Chan

Morningsider Aidan Tam recently returned from a seven-week medical clerkship at the University of Massachusetts's T.H. Chan Medical School (UMass Chan), where he contributed to the Massachusetts AI Assurance for Healthcare Lab and the insti...

Students Return from Service Learning Trips to Morocco, Greece and Kaiping

Three groups of Morningsiders embarked on GEMC3001 service learning trips this summer to Morocco, Greece and Kaiping, China. Each trip consisted of fifteen students and two Junior Fellows. In Morocco, students learned more about NGO...

Inaugural MC Essay Competition Concludes

In addition to its annual Photography Competition, the College held its first ever Essay Competition this year. The Morningside College Essay Competition was open to all undergraduate students of CUHK, inviting them to submit their original...

Eventful Formal Hall Marks Last Day of Term

The second term of the 2024-2025 academic year drew to a close on Thursday 17 April, as Morningsiders gathered in the Dining Hall alongside Fellows, College leadership, and families of the graduating class. Master of Ceremonies Islam Zhanda...

A Music Night to Remember

On Tuesday 15 April, the second and final Music Night of the academic year took place in the Morningside College Dining Hall during communal dinner. Despite the looming exam season, a great number of students turned up to watch their peers ...

Food and Games at Morningside’s Cultural Fair

Morningside’s patio was alive with music and festivities on Friday 21 February as the MC Student Union hosted its third annual Cultural Fair. Celebrating the diversity of the College's student body, booths were hosted by students from Brazi...

Photo Day for Class of 2025!

On Friday 28 March, Morningside’s graduating class assembled in the dining hall to commemorate the end of their undergraduate studies alongside friends, fellows, the Student Union, and college leadership. The ceremony, which took place indo...

First James A. Mirrlees Postgraduate Scholarship Awarded

On Wednesday 26 March, the College held its second Award Ceremony of 2024-2025. In addition to celebrating the accomplishments of its current students, the first James A. Mirrlees Postgraduate Scholarship was awarded to Maxwell Choi, a 24’ ...

Guilt-Free Chocolate Tasting with Cacao HK

Cacao, a family-run and Hong Kong-based chocolate business, returned to Morningside on Tuesday 25 March to lead its popular chocolate tasting workshop for a group of twenty-five Morningsiders. Cacao prides itself in ‘guilt-free’ chocolate, ...

Morningsiders at the Hong Kong Arts Festival

On Sunday 16 March, six Morningside students and Junior Fellow Kait Roukey attended No Reality Now, a unique performance that combined virtual reality with theatre to mind-twisting effect. In this “dual reality” experience, every audience m...

Wine Tasting with Sommelier Perry Mok

23 Morningsiders gathered on the evening of Tuesday 18 February for a wine tasting workshop led by sommelier Perry Mok of Premier Fine Wine. Mok familiarized students with the wine-making process before describing the different types of win...

MCAA Presents: Where can an engineering degree take you?

That was the topic of the latest alumni sharing session organized by the MC Alumni Association on the evening of Tuesday 11 February. Building on the success of last fall’s talks, the MC Alumni Association invited four graduates of Mornings...

Alumni and Students Hike Ma On Shan

On 8 February 2025, the MC Rangers collaborated with the College Office and MC Alumni Association to organize the 2025 Morningside Spring Hike. It was a chilly Saturday morning, but by the time the hike kicked off at the Ma On Shan Country ...

First Formal Hall of the Spring Term

On Wednesday 5 February, the students, staff, resident tutors, fellows, and leadership team of Morningside College gathered in the candle-lit dining hall for the first formal hall dinner of 2025. The Master of Ceremonies was Season Lam, a Y...

Morningside Fellow Professor Edward Ng Wins Luke Howard Award

Professor Edward Ng Yan-yung, Morningside College Fellow and Yao Ling Sun Professor of Architecture at CUHK’s School of Architecture, has recently been honoured with the Luke Howard Award by the International Association for Urban Climate (...

Kicking off 2025 with a College BBQ!

On the sunny afternoon of Friday 24 January, students, Fellows, and the College Office gathered on Morningside’s patio for the annual college barbeque. With the Chinese New Year break right around the corner, students chattered and enjoyed ...

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