Bulletin Spring‧Summer, 2008

Contents 2 From Freshman to Renaissance Man  •  General Education 4  •  Student Exchange 6  •  Internship 10  •  Mentorship 14  •  Collegiate Experience 16  •  Leadership Development 22  •  Scholarships 24 25 Seventh Honorary Fellowship Conferment Ceremony 30 Earthquake Relief Efforts: CUHK in Action 33 Master-Designate of Lee Woo Sing College 34 State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology 36 Gao Xingjian on Infinite Freedom of Expression within Limitations 38 The Best and the Brightest 43 News in Brief  •  Appointments 43  •  Honours and Recognition 46  •  Research 51  •  Activities and Events 53  •  Intellectual Cross-currents 57  •  Benefaction 63 CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Spring • Summer 2008 © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2008 The Chinese University Bulletin is published biannually by the Information Services Office Address all correspondence to Information Services Office, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China Email iso@cuhk.edu.hk Website www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Laurence K.P. Wong Prof. Chan Hung-kan Prof. Joseph Man Chan Prof. David Parker Mr. Eric S.P. Ng Mr. Jacob S.K. Leung Ms. Amy Y.M. Tsui Mr. Tommy W.K. Cho Ms. Antonia Y.H. Yeung