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香港大學每週活動推介（11月25日至12月2日）

2011年11月25日

 

香港大學舉行第一百八十五屆學位頒授典禮
香港大學(港大)將於11月29日(星期二)舉行第一百八十五屆學位頒授典禮，頒授學位予7,406名畢業生。

典禮由港大副校監李國寶博士主禮，並邀得胡紅玉女士擔任主禮嘉賓，胡女士及港大校長徐立之教授將在典禮上致詞。

現誠邀傳媒蒞臨採訪，典禮詳情如下：
日期： 2011年11月29日(星期二)
時間： 下午2時30分至4時
地點： 亞洲國際博覽館 一號展館

請注意 :
- 新聞界接待處位於亞洲國際博覽館一號展館 一樓入口處
- 進場採訪，請於下午2時15分前 (即典禮開始前十五分鐘)到達接待處登記
- 請避免於典禮進行期間離場
- 攝影記者宜配備長鏡頭拍攝

傳媒查詢，請聯絡港大傳訊及公共事務處助理總監(傳媒)徐佩瑩女士 (電話︰2859 2606/電郵︰pychoy@hku.hk)或港大傳訊及公共事務處經理(傳媒)尹慧筠女士 (電話︰2859 2600/電郵︰melwkwan@hku.hk)。

Seminar: The Case for Animal Welfare Legislation
The UK has a long history of protecting animals from cruelty. In 1822, UK Parliament passed the first legislation specifically intended to prevent cruelty to animals. In 2006, UK Parliament again passed ground breaking legislation to protect animals. The Animal Welfare Act 2006 has introduced the most significant changes to animal welfare legislation in almost a century. It recognizes that persons who keep animals have a responsibility to protect them from more than just overt cruelty. The Act focuses on the conditions in which the animal is kept and places a duty of care on those who keep them to provide their animals with a minimum standard of care. This talk will focus on the reasons for the introduction of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 and the improvements to animal welfare protection which have resulted from the new law.

The speaker Mike Radford is Reader in Public Law and Animal Welfare Law in the University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Date: November 29, 2011 (Tuesday)
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 pm
Venue: Room 404, 4/F, T.T. Tsui Building, HKU

Registration is required. For enquiries, please contact Flora Leung by email at fkleung@hku.hk or by phone at 2859 2941

Public talk: Dysfunctional Democracy in America
The United States is often held up as a model of democracy throughout the world. However, there are many ways in which the American political system falls short of democratic ideals. Some of these shortcomings reflect contemporary problems, but some are sewn right into the US Constitution. In this seminar, Professor Roscoe will evaluate how well the reality of American government and politics match the ideal. The discussion will focus in particular on elections and voting, as well as the role of money in politics, and how a core democratic value-political equality-is routinely violated. Proposals for reform will be considered, with an eye toward understanding the political factors that make these reforms difficult to achieve.

The speaker Professor Roscoe is a Visiting Fulbright Scholar at Lingnan University and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

Date: November 30, 2011 (Wednesday)
Time: 4:30 to 6pm
Venue: Room 813, K.K.Leung Building, HKU
Language: English

For enquiries, please contact Cice Chan by email at cice@hku.hk or by phone at 2219 4403.

HKU Centenary Distinguished Lecture "The Future of Medicine: Connecting Patients to Promising Research"
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, and Nobel Laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, two international experts on biomedical research and drug development, will discuss Dr. Blackburn's groundbreaking work on aging and how it applies to the future of medicine.

Dr. Blackburn, a UCSF professor and molecular biologist, was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her research into telomeres (pronounced TEEL-oh-meres) - the protective tips on the ends of our chromosomes that prevent them from damage each time our cells divide - and their role in protecting our genes as we age. Now, the health of those telomeres is being linked to a number of aging-associated diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, inflammation and poor immune function.

Together, Drs. Blackburn and Desmond-Hellmann will explore how physical exercise and stress affect telomere length and health, and how university research into fundamental biology such as Blackburn's can be harnessed to create better products and therapies for patients worldwide.

Shaw Prize-winning geneticist Yuet W. Kan, MB.BS, DSc. will moderate, with an opportunity for the audience to pose questions to the three acclaimed scientists.

Date: December 2, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 5:30 to 8pm
Venue: Lecture Theatre 1, Cheung Kung Hai Conference Centre, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, HKU
Language: English

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

高風世承：廣州許氏家族
香港大學美術博物館聯同廣州許地許氏宗親會合辦「高風世承：廣州許氏家族」展覽，通過嶺南第一家族的傳奇故事，追溯近現代中國的發展，作為辛亥革命及香港大學百周年的紀念活動。

許氏家族源自潮州，後來在廣州許地建基立業。從晚清歷民國至新中國，許氏家族成員一直在中國發展中擔任重要角色，既有抗英紳士、一品大員、封疆大吏、外交使節、民國將軍、紅軍將領，也有一代文豪的紅顏知己、才高八斗的詩人、德高望重的上庠祭酒、備受尊崇的科學家。

展品包括袍服、玉器、瓷器、書畫、文獻和照片等珍貴文物，例如殿試試卷、一品文官袍服及朝珠、福州金漆化妝箱、翡翠玉如意及金銀線壽帳等。

展覽日期: 2011年11月25日之2012年2月26日

博物館開放時間是星期一至六，上午9時30分至6時；星期日，下午1時至6時。12月24日至27日、12月31日下午，以及1月1日至2日、1月22日至25日等假期休息。免費入場，歡迎參觀。

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