Faculty of ScienceIssue 5, February 2006 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Issue 5, Feb 2006

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FACULTY EXEMPLARY TEACHING AWARD & DEAN’S HONOURS LIST PRESENTATION CEREMONY

The Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2005 and Dean’s Honours List 2004/2005 Presentation Ceremony was held on Saturday 11 February 2006 from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon in L1, Science Centre. Highlights of the event as follows:

Photos with awardees and guests

From Left to Right1. Prof. Leung Kwok Nam

(Biochemistry)2. Prof. Chu Ka Hou

(Biology)3. Prof. Lai Hon Ming

(Physics)4. Prof. Kwan Hoi Shan(Acting Dean of Science)5. Prof. Chan Ngai Hang

(Statistics)6. Prof. Li Wai Kee

(Chemistry)7. Dr. Cheung Ka Luen

(Mathematics)

Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award 2005

Group photo with the awardees of Faulty Exemplary Teaching Award & Acting Dean of Science

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Dean’s Honours ListA total of 153 students have been awarded Dean’s Honours List 2004/2005 of Faculty of Science. For more photos, please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/deanlist

Welcome Speech by Prof. H.S.Kwan, Acting Dean of Science

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. P.C. Shaw presented certificate to a Biochemistry awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. P. K. Wong presented certificate to a Biology awardee.

Prof. H.S.Kwan & Prof. W.K. Li presented certificate to a Chemistry awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. K.F. Ng presented certificate to a Mathematics awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof.H.Q. Lin presented certificate to a Physics awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. N.H.Chan presented certificate to a Statistics awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. W. Li presented certificate to a Applied Chemistry with Mangement Studies awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. C.T. Che presentedcertificate to a School of Chinese Medicine awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. Jimmy C.M. Yu presented Certificate to a Environmental Science awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. Peter C. K. Cheungpresented certificate to a Food and Nutritional Sciences awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. P.C. Shaw presented certificate to a Molecular Biotechnology awardee.

Prof. H.S. Kwan & Prof. N.H. Chan presented Certificate to a Risk Management Science awardee.

Group Photo with Faculty Exemplary Teaching Award recipients & other staff

Group Photo with all awardees and staff

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INAUGURATION CEREMONY, THE 36th SCIENCE SOCIETY

The Science Society of the Student Union of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, founded in 1971, recently formed its 36th Executive Comitttee. The inauguration ceremony was held on Monday 13 February 2006 in T.Y. Wong Hall. Highlight of the event as follows:

Website of the Science Society: http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/sci/soc/

Registration Counter Refreshment

Speech by Prof. H.S. Kwan (Acting Dean of Science) Speech by Quinny Chan, the 35th President, Science Society

Comittee members taking the oath Philip Wang, the 36th President presented souvenir to Quinny Chan, the 35th President

Group photo with 35th and 36th Executive Committee members of the Science Society

Group Photo with Acting Dean, Associate Deans, staff & 36th Executive Committee

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Department Date, Time and Place EventsMathematics 3 March 2006

5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.ELB LT2

Seminar:Maths and SportSpeaker: Prof. John Barrow, University of Cambridge

10 March 20064:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.LSB 222

Colloquium:Dirac Operators and Representation TheorySpeaker: Prof. Jing-Song Huang, HKUST

Biology 4 April 200612:30 p.m. SC L5

Seminar: Retromer and the Recycling of Receptors from the Plant PrevacuolarSpeaker: Prof. D Robinson Department of Cell Biology, Heidelberg Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Heidelberg, Germany

20 April 200612:30 p.m. SC L5

Seminar: Cancer Chemoprevention: Rationale, Strategies and RealitySpeaker: Prof. Young-joon Surh, Chief and Professor, National Research Lab of Molecular Carcinogenesis and Chemoprevention, College of Pharmacy, Seoul National University, South Korea

Physics 3 March 20064:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.SC L2

Colloquium:Light Quanta and Quantum OpticsSpeaker: Prof. Wu Ling-An

3 March 20064:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.SC L2

Colloquium:A Variational Approach to the Moving Contact Line HydrodynamicsSpeaker: Prof. Qian Tiezheng

24 March 20064:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.SC L2

Colloquium:Formation of Droplets of Different Compositions in Microfluidic Channels and Applications to Protein CrystallizationSpeaker: Prof. Zheng Bo

Statistics 28 March 20062:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.LSB C3

Seminar:On Hierarchical Nonparametric Quantile RegressionSpeaker: Mao-Zai Tian, School of Statistics, Renmin University of China

SOCIAL CALENDAREvents Planned in the Months of March - April 2006

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LECTURE PRESENTED BY NOBEL LAUREATE IN PHYSICSTopics: Gaseous Bose Einstein Condensates: a New Form of MatterGuest Speaker: Professor Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics)Date: 28 February 2006Time: 4:30pmVenue: L1, Science CentreOrganized by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong