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Mathematician Elected as Vice-President of International Mathematical Union

Professor Xuhua HE, Chair Professor in the Department of Mathematics under the Faculty of Science at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), has been elected Vice President of the International Mathematical Union (IMU). At 47, Professor He is the youngest Vice-President to join the Union’s leadership in nearly two decades, and only the second Chinese mathematician to hold this prestigious position since the IMU’s inception. The appointment was formally announced on 21 July at the IMU General Assembly in New York, USA.

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