Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1994

News in Br ief Council News Vice-Chairman Dr. James Z.M. Kung has been elected vice-chairman of the University Council for two years from 19th January 1994. New Member Mr. Tony Fung has been appointed by the Chancellor as a member of the University Council for three years from 20th October 1993. New Head of Shaw College Prof. Yeung Yue-man has been appointed by the University Council as head of Shaw College for four years from 11th February 1994, succeeding Prof. C.N. Chen. University Treasurer Awarded OBE Dr. Alice Kiu-yue Lam, Council member and treasurer of the University, was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on the Queen's New Year Honours List announced on 3 1st December 1993. Professor of Ma t hema t i cs Awa r ded C r a f o o rd Prize Prof. Yau Shing-tung of the Department of Mathematics has been awarded the prestigious Crafoord Prize by the Swedish Academy of Sciences. The prize which is worth US$300,000 will be presented in September and Prof. Yau will share it with another mathematician, Simo n Donaldson of Oxford. Prof. Yau's contributions to differential geometry have won him the award. His work has helped prove Einstein's geometric interpretation of gravity and deepen the understanding of such phenomena as black holes in space. Fostering Ties and Building up Connections The vice-chancellor spent two weeks in New York and San Jose in February visiting institutions of higher learning and major foundations, and introducing the University and Hong Kong to the Americans. Early in the trip he visited Yale University and discussed with its president Prof. Richard C. Levin joint initiatives to strengthen collaborative research and foster faculty and student exchanges. He then met with representatives of the New York University and the Institute of International Education, an d gave talks at the New York Academy of Sciences, and at the Hong Kong Association of New York Seminar. At the seminar he was warmly greeted by a large group of CUHK alumni. Prof. Kao then flew to San Jose, California to preside over the International Management Committee meeting of the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, and gave a talk to the Photonics Society of the Chinese Americans. In both New Yor k and San Jose the vice- chancellor visited potential donors including the A T & T Foundation, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Starr Foundation to enlist funding support for the University's research an d development programmes. Prof. & Mrs. Kao with President Richard Levin of Yale University (right 2), Mr. Christopher R. Reaske (right 1), Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations at Yale, and Mr. Jacob Leung (left 1), University Secretary, CUHK. News in Brief 34