Bulletin No. 1, 2010

50  Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2010  Lecture Series by CAE Academicians F our academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) visited CUHK this year for four days from 1 December 2009. They were (above from left to right): Prof. Sun Jiulin from the Division of Agriculture, an expert in resource management; Prof. Li Deren from the Division of Information and Electronic Engineering, an expert in photogrammetry and remote sensing; Prof. Lu Shibi from the Division of Medicine and Health, a renowned orthopaedist; and Prof. Zhang Yun also from the Division of Medicine and Health, an authority on atherosclerosis and heart failure. The four spoke for the Lecture Series by Academicians on 3 December. Wei Lun Public Lecture on Climate Change C UHK presented the Wei Lun Public Lecture on ‘Rainstorms, Typhoons and Cold Surges in East Asia: Observation, Simulation and Impact of Climate Change’ by Prof. Lau Ngar-cheung Gabriel from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Geosciences, Princeton University, on 13 January 2010. In his lecture, Professor Lau reviewed the current state of observations and computer models in climate and weather research. A CUHK alumnus, Professor Lau is the lead scientist of the Climate Diagnostics Group at the GFDL. He concurrently serves at the Department of Geosciences and Program of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University. Intellectual Cross-currents