Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

New Programmes The University Senate approved in June 2004 the i n t r o d u c t i on of the f o l l o w i ng new programmes: From 2004-5 • Executive Master of Science Programme in Logistics and Information Technology Management (offered at the South China University of Technology) • Master of Science Programme in Sports Medicine and Health Science • Master of Social Science Programme in Advertising • Postgraduate D i p l oma Programme i n Chinese Language and Literature • Postgraduate D i p l oma Programme i n Psychology of Family Violence • Postgraduate D i p l oma Programme i n Psychology of Life Adversities • Postgraduate D i p l oma Programme i n Sports Medicine and Health Science • Postgraduate D i p l oma Programme i n Ep i d em i o l o gy of Infectious Diseases (upgraded from the self-financed diploma programme) • Minor Programme in Cultural Heritage Studies • Minor Programme in Cultural Studies • Minor Programme in Japanese Language • Minor Programme in Japanese Culture • Minor Programme in Linguistics • Minor Programme in Language Studies • M i n o r P r o g r amme i n E n g i n e e r i ng Management From 2005-6 • Master of Arts Programme i n Trauma Psychology Conferences/Workshops/Seminars • First International Congress of Ethnic-Chinese Biblical Scholars, 25th to 29th May 2004, jointly s p o n s o r ed b y the E t hn i c -Ch i nese B i b l i c al Colloquium and the Theology Division of Chung Chi College; • Seminar on 'Moving Towards Virtual Supply Chain Management', 28th May 2004, organized by the Centre for Supply Chain Management of the Faculty of Business Administration, sponsored by the European Commission and L i & Fung Group, supported by the Hong Kong Logistics Association and the Chinese Executive Club; • The Professional Development Workshop for secondary school teachers, 5th June 2004, jointly Lectures Wei Lun Lectures • Prof. Louis Caplan, professor neurology at the Harvard University, delivered a public lecture entitled ‘What Is Stroke — How Can We Prevent It —H o w Can It Best Be Managed' on 7th October 2004. • Prof. Takeshi Oka, Robert A. Millikan Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Depa r tment of Chemi s t r y, De p a r t me nt of A s t r o n omy and Astrophysics, and the Enrico Fermi Institute, University of Chicago, delivered a public lecture entitled ‘Astronomy and Chemistry' on 28th October 2004. • Prof. Neil Bryan Oldridge, distinguished research scientist, College of Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and visiting professor, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indiana University, spoke on ‘Cost-effectiveness of Cardiac Re h a b i l i t a t i on Us i ng Patient and Community Preferences: Does It Matter?' on 2nd November 2004. Other Lecture • Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff, Nobel laureate in physics 1996, and J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics at Stanford University, delivered a public lecture entitled ‘Understanding the Columbia Shuttle Accident' on 8th October 2004. Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2004 76