Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2007

Contents Local Actions Global Tasks 2 • Towards a Sustainable CUHK 3 • Towards a Healthy University 8 • Eco-friendly Infrastructure 13 • Green Fingers Ruddy Cheeks 17 • Hands-on Feet-on 19 • Laurels 21 Pomp and Circumstance 23 Youngest Member of the College Family 30 The Freshest and the Brightest 31 News in Brief • Appointments 35 • Honours and Recognition 38 • Research 40 • Activities and Events 43 • Intellectual Cross-currents 49 • Benefaction 54 Cover photo: Common Tiger ( Danaus genutia ) by Mr John Tse, Laboratory Animal Services Centre Photo on P.2: An iceberg melts in Kulusuk Bay, eastern Greenland, 17 July 2007. (AP / John McConnico)