The Haifa University is set in a strategic location on top of the Haifa Carmel mountains overlooking the northern coastline of Israel and far into the Galilee region. It’s a rather small but well-known university in Israel, and the campus

Technion campus tour : Haifa, Israel
Technion is a university in northern Israel at the city of Haifa. It’s considered the regional MIT, of sorts, focusing mainly on engineering, technology, and exact sciences, though also accommodating other fields, like business/economics. I recently visited the Technion for

Education University of Hong Kong campus walk
After all these years in Hong Kong there are still areas and university campuses I have not been to. One such example is the Education University of Kong campus, up near Tai Po Market. It is only recently that I

Green Lake Park and Yunnan University : Kunming China
Yunnan province was one of my highlights so far touring around China, and the base was Kunming. Dali, Lijiang, and the smaller towns in Yunnan are the real attraction, but Kunming also has a few attractions worth visiting. I spent

Paris Nanterre University campus visit
During the summer of 2018 I was invited to visit Paris Nanterre University and was hosted by some of the local professors. I arrived after several hectic weeks of student demonstration, so the campus was severely damaged, and filled with graffiti,

Cambridge University campus visit : England
In my last visit to the UK I had a few days to explore the lovely old town of Cambridge and venture into some of the inner courts of the college campuses with a host professor. During that time there

Visions of Cambridge : United Kingdom
Cambridge is one of the top universities in the world, and one of the first, with centuries of top notch academia and some of the world’s greatest minds. It is also a very pretty university/college town with lovely old architecture

Walking tour of Vienna’s park, canals, and university
To wrap up my conference trip to Vienna, I’ll take you on a walking tour I did on the last two days around the Vienna canals, parks, and university area. The two days had very different weather, so you’ll be

Erasmus University Campus : Rotterdam
I recently visited Rotterdam for a quick visit to see Erasmus University on a weekend. Dutch academia is doing very well, and Erasmus is one of the more modern Dutch universities that has been climbing up the world rankings, especially

Visions of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
I recently revisited my old home of Hong Kong and stayed over as a guest on the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) campus at the new hotel next the new buildings for the business school and the