Jesus College opened its new Cheng Yu Tung Building in the centre of Oxford at a formal dedication event on Saturday 22nd October, in the company of philanthropist Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun, members of his family, and special guests.
Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun and Jesus College Principal, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt, cut the ribbon to open the new Cheng Yu Tung Building and Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub. Image credit: Andrew Ogilvy Photography
The Cheng Yu Tung Building is Jesus’s largest physical transformation since the early 18th century, and the culmination of an ambitious five-year project on this historic site to create exciting new opportunities to position the College as a leading institution for learning and research at Oxford. The design includes new teaching and meeting spaces, exceptional postgraduate facilities, a gallery, new student café, and raised Fourth Quad. The building also boasts a state-of-the-art Digital Hub named after Dr Cheng.
The highly anticipated event, included a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new building led by Dr Cheng and College Principal Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng.
Sir Nigel reflected, “It was a privilege and an honour as Principal of Jesus College to come together with Henry to dedicate the new Cheng Yu Tung Building in memory of the late Mr Cheng Yu Tung, Henry’s father, and the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub, in honour of Henry himself. We are incredibly grateful to Henry for sharing our forward-thinking vision for education and the future of learning at Oxford. We believe that the Cheng Kar Shun Digital Hub will embody that vision, and become a great space for sharing knowledge and ideas in the Digital Age.”
Dr Henry Cheng Kar Shun takes in the view of the new Digital Hub named in his honour. Image credit: Andrew Ogilvy Photography.
Other guests included University of Oxford Vice Chancellor Professor Louise Richardson, Vice Chancellor Elect Professor Irene Tracy, and Dinah Rose KC, President of Magdalen College.