Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001
important moments of his life. A l l manifest his remarkable contribution to the study of physics, to science e d u c a t i o n and t e c h n o l o g i c al development in China , and to cultural exchange between China and the West. A t the opening ceremony o f the archive, Prof. Yang presented the manuscripts of two of his most important papers to Prof. A r t h ur K . C . L i , vice-chancellor of the University. They were 'Conservation Isotopic Spin and Istopic Gauge Invariance' (1954) and 'Question of Parity Conservation in Weak Interactions' (1956). Officiating at the ceremony was also D r . D a v i d Sin Wa i - k i n, memb er o f the University Council. Prof. Daniel Tsui, Nobel laureate in physics 1998, was among the guests attending the ceremony. Prof. Daniel Tsui (left) congratulating fellow Nobel laureate, Prof. Yang Chen-ning New Scholarship to Oxford T h e E s t h er Y e w p i ck Lee M i l l e n n i u m Scholarship was established in February 2000 to provide C U students with opportunities to further their studies at the University of Oxford. Funded by the estate of Dr. Esther Yewpick Lee, the scholarship scheme marks the Lee family's strong connection w i th The Chines e University and the University of Ox f o r d and w i l l strengthen the ties between the t wo un i v e r s i t i e s. D r . Es t he r Y e w p i ck Lee's husband, Dr. R.C. Lee, was an Oxford alumnus and a f o u n d i ng membe r o f The Chinese University who had served as vice-chairman of the University Council for two decades. Her daughter, D r . Deanna Lee Ru d g a r d, also graduated from Oxford and is a current member of The Chinese University Council. Attending the foundation ceremony of the scholarship on 28th February were Prof. Arthur K.C. Li, vice-chancellor, and D r. Deanna Lee Rudgard, representing the Lee family. New Programmes of Study The Un i v e r s i ty Senate has a p p r o v e d the i n t r o d u c t i o n of the f o l l o w i ng academi c programmes from end of 1999 to 2001: • D o c t or of Philosoph y P r o g r amme and Ma s t e r o f P h i l o s o p h y P r o g r amme i n Business Administration (School o f Hotel Management) • M i n o r P r o g r a mme i n I n f o r m a t i o n Technology (Faculty of Engineering) Self-financed Programmes • Master of Chinese Medicine Programm e • Ma s t e r o f Science (Chinese Me d i c i n e) Programme • Master of Science Programme in Clinical Gerontology • Master of Arts Programme in Linguistics • Master of Arts Programme i n Intercultural Studies Chinese University Bulletin S p r i n g • Summer 2 0 00 56
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