Newsletter No. 447

447 • 19.11.2014 5 Officiated by Mr. Peter Cheng ( 3rd right, front row ), chairman of the foundation; Prof. Francis K.L. Chan ( 3rd left, front row ), Dean of Medicine, CUHK; and Prof. Emily Chan ( 4th left, front row ), director of CCOUC, a cheque presentation ceremony was held on 17 October. Also in attendance were Mr. Koo Tong-fat ( 2nd right, front row ), director of the foundation, and Ms. Sharon Chow ( 1st right, front row ), CEO of Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation. With the donation from the foundation, CCOUC will provide professional and systematic training programmes to participants of the Wu Zhi Qiao project. The Public Health Train-the-Trainer Project, which is expected to last two years, aims to promote public health and effective disaster prevention measures in remote villages and communities in mainland China. Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation has recently donated HK$1 million in support of the ‘Public Health Train-the-Trainer Project in China’s Rural Communities’ initiated by the Collaborating Centre for Oxford University and CUHK for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC). 周大福慈善基金支持公共衞生培訓 Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation Supports Public Health Trainer Project 大學承蒙周大福慈善基金的支持,慷慨捐贈 一百萬港元予CCOUC災害與人道救援研究所, 與無止橋慈善基金合作開展「中國農村公共衞生 培訓者培訓計劃」。 支票捐贈儀式於10月17日舉行,由周大福慈善基 金理事長鄭家成先生( 前排右三 )、中大醫學院院 長陳家亮教授( 前排左三 ),以及CCOUC災害與 人道救援研究所所長陳英凝教授( 前排左四 )主 禮。周大福慈善基金理事古堂發先生( 前排右二 ) 及無止橋慈善基金行政總幹事周嘉旺女士( 前排 右一 )亦應邀出席見證儀式。 CCOUC將以專業和規範的培訓,裝備無止橋計 劃的參加者走進中國偏遠農村地區,進行公共衞 生及防災減災工作,並培訓當地人員。計劃預計 為期兩年,期望能提升偏遠貧困社區的公共衞生 和防災水準。 深圳研究院李偉波樓命名 Naming Ceremony of Li Wei Bo Building CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute 為銘謝萬利加集團主席兼總裁李偉波博士多年來鼎力支持中大發展,並捐資三千萬港元,令深圳研究院 大樓順利建成,大學特命名該大樓為「香港中文大學深圳研究院李偉波樓」,並於10月23日舉行命名 典禮。 典禮由( 右起 )李博士、沈祖堯校長和常務副校長及深圳研究院署理院長華雲生教授主禮,出席嘉賓逾三百 人,包括政府及學界人士、公益機構代表等。 中大深圳研究院李偉波樓位於南山虛擬科技園,2011年啟用,建築面積二萬五千平方米,樓高九層,具備完 善的配套設施,供培訓、研究及科技轉移之用。 In appreciation of the long-term support and generous donation of HK$30 million made by Dr. Li Weibo, chairman and CEO of Glory Harvest Group and honorary chairman of Li Weibo Charitable Foundation, CUHK named its Shenzhen Research Institute main building Li Wei Bo Building. Officiated by (from right) Dr. Li, Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor, and Prof. Benjamin W. Wah, Provost and acting director of CUHK’s Shenzhen Research Institute, the naming ceremony was held on 23 October. Over 300 guests from the government, institutions and charity organizations attended the event. Opened in 2011, the Li Wei Bo Building, CUHK Shenzhen Research Institute is located in Virtual University Park in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen. The nine-storey building, with a gross floor area of 25,000 sq. m., is equipped with comprehensive facilities for training, research and technology transfer. 預測兒童數學成績 Predicting Children’s Math Achievement 美國密蘇里大學校董會榮譽教授兼傑佛遜心理學及跨領域神經科學 講座教授大衛 • 格爾瑞教授應聯合書院之邀,擔任本年度的「到訪傑出學 人」,於10月22至28日到訪書院及作專題講座。 格爾瑞教授為傑出的認知發展和進化心理學家,主要研究興趣包括數學 學習和性別差異。他以「數學成績和成績增長的早期預測」為題主講,簡 介關於幼稚園至九年級,以及學前班至一年級學童的數學學習及學習障礙 風險的研究,並探討以幼兒學前的知識量化指標,預測他們的一年級數學 成績。格爾瑞教授亦主講了「特質易感性的進化」,兩個講座的錄像將稍 後上載於iTunes U。 Prof. David C. Geary, Curators’ Professor and Thomas Jefferson Professor of Psychology and Interdisciplinary Neuroscience, University of Missouri, US, was invited to visit United College from 22 to 28 October, as the College’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar in 2014–15. Professor Geary is a notable cognitive developmental and evolutionary psychologist with interests in mathematical learning and sex differences. In the lecture, ‘Early Predictors of Mathematics Achievement and Achievement Growth’, he talked about the studies which include kindergarten to ninth grade and preschool to first grade longitudinal investigations of the cognitive underpinnings of children’s mathematical learning and risk of learning disability. Professor Geary also covered the study to determine the preschool quantitative knowledge that predicts first-grade numeral knowledge. He gave another lecture on ‘Evolution of Trait Vulnerability’. The lecture recordings will be uploaded to iTunes U later. 校園消息 Campus News

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