Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

• The Programme for Hong Kong Cultural Studies of the Research Institute for the Humanities organized an international symposium on ' Cu l t u r al Politic s o f Cosmopolitanism: Critiques of Modernity in the Non-Western Contexts' from 4th to 6th January 1996. • The University's Department of Curriculum and Instruction, the Hong Kong Association for Science andMathematics Education, and the Mathematics, Science and Computer Education Un it of the Cu r r i cu l um Development Institute jointly organized a seminar on resources for enhancing effective learning of physics in the sixth form on 6th January 1996. • The University's Department o f Surgery hosted the second Asian Pacific Burn s Conference from 9th to 11th February 1996 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. The conference was co-sponsored by the Wo r l d Health Organization, the International Society for Bums Injuries, the Japanese Society for Burns Injuries, the Health Department, the Hospital Authority, the Hong Kong Burns Society, and the Bums Foundation. • The University's Hong Kong Cancer Institute hosted the first annual symposium on EBV- related tumours on 4t h March 1996. That was one of the events to celebrate the first anniversary of the Sir Y.K. Pao Centre for Cancer and the Lady Pao Children's Cancer Centre at the Prince of Wales Hospital. VISITING SCHOLARS • Prof. Jean-Marie Lehn, 1987 Nobel Laureate in chemistry, visite d the Department o f Chemistry in December 1995 as its Advanced Chemicals Limited Distinguished Visiting Professor. During his visit, he conducted a public lecture entitled 'From Matter to Life: Chemistry?!' on 14th December, and spoke at a research seminar on 'Supramolecular Chemistry: Concepts and Perspectives' on 15th December. • Prof. Akin Mabogunje, chairman of the First Interstate Merchant Bank (Nigeria) Limited and Nigeria's Development Policy Centre in Ibadan, visited Shaw College as its 1996 Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar from 11th to 20th January 1996. Prof. Mabogunje delivered a public lecture entitled ‘ A f r i ca i n the Twenty-first Century : Challenges of the Last Investment Frontier' on 17th January. NEW POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES The University Senate has endorsed the introduction o f f i ve new postgraduate programmes in 1996-97: • Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Architecture • Doctor of Philosophy Programme in Nursing • Master of Philosophy Programme i n Pharmacy • Master of Science Programme in Finance • Master of Social Science Programme in Communication ACADEMIC COMMITTEE RENAMED The Committee on French, German and Italian Studies has been renamed Committee on European Languages . The new name accommodates the new elective courses in Spanish introduced in 1995-96 and is more succinct. DIPLOMA PROGRAMME RENAMED The ‘Diploma in Education' awarded by the University w i ll be renamed ‘Postgraduat e Diploma in Education’ with effect from the 1996-97 intake. 45