Newsletter No. 313

第 313 期 2008 年 3 月 4 日 No. 313 4 March 2008 中科院院士訪中大 主持首屆院士講座系列 First Academicians Lecture Series 中 國科學院(中科院)五位院士,聯同該院院 士工作局馬揚局長、港澳台事務辦公室張興 根主任,以及生命科學和醫學學部辦公室王澍主任 組成訪問團,1月28日蒞臨中大訪問六天,並主持本 校首屆院士講座系列。 講座於2月1日假祖堯堂舉行,中科院的動物研究所 劉以訓院士、昆明植物研究所孫漢董院士、上海生 命科學研究院生物化學與細胞生物學研究所張永蓮 透視三三四學制改革 Perspectives of 3 + 3+4 Education Reform 由 中大社會學系、港美中心及香港城市大學 合辦的「從亞洲視野看香港三三四學制改 革」論壇,已於1月10日舉行,吸引了逾百位來自 大學教育資助委員會資助院校及其他機構的教育工 作者參與。 T he Forum on HK’s 3+3+4 Education Reforms in Asian Regional Perspective, organized by the CUHK Sociology Department, the Hong Kong America Center (HKAC), and the City University, was held on 10 January. Over 100 educators from all UGC-funded and other institutions participated in the event. Prof. Wong Suk-ying and Prof. Kim Doo-hwan of the Department of Sociology organized the forum with Dr. Glenn Shive of the HKAC. Mr. Po Chung, chairman emeritus of DHL International Ltd., supported the forum as part of his generous contribution to the Fulbright— Hong Kong General Education project. Keynote speakers, including Dr. Barbara Schneider, Michigan State University, Dr. Anthony Tam, Academia Sinica in Taiwan, and Dr. Chang Duk-jin, Seoul National University, described to colleagues changes in the articulation from school to university, and from university to the world of work in the USA, Taiwan and Korea. All spoke of the need to strike a new balance between a broad liberal arts education and specialization in the various fields of study and work. 其他消息 Other News 以下消息詳情,請上網閱覽: Details of the following news are available at: www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/newsletter/ 山東大學 萌芽學者到訪 Budding Scholars from Shandong University ■ 中國公司治理的 機遇與挑戰論壇 Forum on Corporate Governance in China ■ 工程學院機械人及 科技教育中心成立 New Centre for Robotics and Technology Education ■ 亞洲大學高材生 參加中大首屆 理論計算機科學 冬季課程 CUHK’s First Theoretical Computing Winter School for Elite Students from Top Asian Universities ■ F ive academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and three CAS delegates — Mr. Ma Yang, (director general, General Office of Academic Divisions), Mr. Zhang Xinggen, (director, Division of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs), and Mr. Wang Shu, (director, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, General Office of Academic Divisions), visited CUHK from 28 January to 2 February and hosted the first lecture series by academicians. The five academicians including Prof. Liu Yixun (Institute of Zoology, CAS), Prof. Sun Handong (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS), Prof. Zhang Yonglian (Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS), Prof. Zhao Guoping (Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, CAS), and Prof. Ju Gong (Institute of Neurosciences, Fourth Military Medical University), delivered public lectures on 1 February. Over a hundred participants attended the event and engaged in fruitful dialogue with the scholars. 院士、上海生命科學研究院植物生理生態研究所趙 國屏院士,以及中國人民解放軍第四軍醫大學神經 科學研究所鞠躬院士,分別主持專題講座,與近百 名中大師生分享真知灼見。 訪問團到訪多個中大的研究設施,了解最新的科研 發展,包括植物分子生物學及農業生物科技研究 所、中醫中藥研究所、上皮細胞生物學研究中心和 李嘉誠健康科學研究所等,並與本校學者交流。 論壇由社會學系的王淑英 教授、金頭煥教授和港美中 心的夏龍博士統籌,並獲 「富布賴特—香港通識教育 計劃」的贊助人、敦豪國際 榮譽主席鍾普洋先生大力 支持。 應邀主講的學者有密歇根州立 大學Dr. Barbara Schneider、台 灣中央研究院譚康榮博士及首 爾國立大學Dr. Chang Duk-jin。他們講述了美國、台 灣及韓國三地,從中學、大學,以至投身社會的過 程當中,各階段銜接的轉變。三位均指出,在廣博 的通識教育與專門的知識培訓之間,取得平衡是相 當重要的。 左起:夏龍博士、鍾普洋先生、Dr. Barbara Schneider、王淑英教授、 譚康榮博士、金頭煥教授和Dr. Chang Duk-jin From left: Dr. Glenn Shive, Mr. Po Chung, Dr. Barbara Schneider, Prof. Wong Suk-ying, Dr. Anthony Tam, Prof. Kim Doo-hwan, and Dr. Chang Duk-jin

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