Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2007

Intellectual Cross-currents Date Speaker Title 13 September Prof. Robert J. Lefkowitz, 2007 Shaw Laureate in Life Science and Medicine Seven Transmembrane Receptors 19 September Prof. Thomas C. Schelling, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Economics Managing Nuclear Proliferation Prof. Robert A. Mundell, 1999 Nobel Laureate in Economics China's RMB Exchange Rate Policy and the International Monetary System Prof. Edmund S. Phelps, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics Keys to Endless Economic Development The Sun Hung Kai Properties Nobel Laureates Distinguished Lectures 25 October Prof. Yang Chen Ning, 1957 Nobel Laureate in Physics The Great Excitement in 1957 about Parity Nonconservation Prof. Martin L. Perl, 1995 Nobel Laureate in Physics Developing Creativity and Innovation in Engineering and Science 20 November Prof. Kurt Wüthrich, 2002 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Molecular Structures in Post- genomic Research 4 December Prof. Craig C. Mello, 2006 Nobel Laureate in Physiology Return to the RNAi World: Rethinking Gene Expression, Evolution and Medicine Shaw and Nobe l Laureates on Campus Renowned scholars visited the University campus to give lectures and share with tertiary and secondary students, academics and the public. Many lectures were broadcast live to local institutions and key mainland universities, and uploaded to the Hong Kong Education City website. Prof. Robert J. Lefkowitz Prof. Thomas C. Schelling Prof. Robert A. Mundell Prof. Edmund S. Phelps Prof. Yang Chen Ning Prof. Martin L. Perl Prof. Kurt Wüthrich Prof. Craig C. Mello News in Brief 49