Prof. Hu Shiu-ying, Honorary Professor of Chinese Medicine, and Senior Research Fellow (honorary), School of Life Sciences, CUHK, passed away on 22 May 2012 at the age of 102. The University is deeply saddened about Professor Hu’s passing. Professor Hu is a great authority on botany. She had devoted over half a century to the research of plants in Harvard. In 1968, she joined the Department of Biology (currently the School of Life Sciences) at CUHK as a senior lecturer and served as Senior Research Fellow (honorary) of the Department after her retirement in 1975; she also served as the senior college tutor of Chung Chi College in 1994 and Honorary Professor of Chinese Medicine in 1999, making tremendous contributions to the promotion of botany and Chinese medicinal research at the University. In 2002, she was conferred a CUHK Honorary Fellowship.