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HKU weekly notice (from February 8 to 14, 2014)

07 Feb 2014

 

HKU exhibition on Science and Art Crossover artworks
Over 100 junior secondary students participated in a one-day workshop held by the Faculty of Science of the University of Hong Kong on January 18 (Saturday) to learn about the intertwining possibilities between Science and Art.

An exhibition showcasing the students’ artworks is now held in Chi Wah Learning Commons of the University of Hong Kong and will last until February 18 (Monday). The artworks will be shown at the Central MTR Station in April.

At its second year, the crossover programme introduced science theories to the students with an even greater variety of visualised artworks.

The programme commenced with a series of lectures examining the science perspective behind natural patterns, coffee art, paper folding and animations before the students began putting their new knowledge at work. The molecular gastronomy lecture particularly grasped the students’ interest with the demonstration of 3D coffee art.

Details of the exhibition:
Date: February 4 to 17
Time: 8:00am to 11pm, Monday to Friday; 8:00am to 1pm, Saturday; close on Sunday and public holidays
Venue: Chi Wah Learning Commons, HKU

HKU to present Long Service Awards to staff members
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) Professor Lap-Chee Tsui will present long service awards to 142 staff members of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) to thank them for their loyalty and contributions to the University in a ceremony to be held on February 11 (Tuesday).

The staff members awarded this year come from 53 departments. Among them, 12 members will receive the 40-year award, 21 will receive the 35-year-award, 55 will receive the 25-year award and 54 members for the 15-year award.

Details of the award presentation ceremony are as follows:
Date: February 11, 2014 (Tuesday)
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Loke Yew Hall, Main Building, HKU

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 (Senior Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) Tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.

HKU Baby Scientist Program – Parent Talk
The visual world of 0-1 year old babies
Babies need good vision to learn to walk and talk. However, newborns are color-blind and nearsighted. They see objects such as their parents in a blur, and everything is colorless.

How and when do they start to be able to see color, depth, and motion during the first year of life?
How do developmental psychologists study these developmental milestones?
How do these milestones enhance infant’s learning and movement?

In this free public talk held particularly for parents, Director of the HKU Baby Scientist Program Dr. Chia-huei Tseng will share the visual world of 0-1 year old infants with interested parents.

The Baby Scientist Program was started in 2010 by the Department of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong.  Baby Scientists aged between one to 12 month-old have been recruited to help researchers understand how human perceptual and cognitive abilities develop and mature. To date, there are more than 500 baby scientist alumni members.

Details of the parent talk are as below.
Date:   Feb 15, 2014 (Saturday)
Time:  2 to 4 p.m.,
Location:  HKU Centennial Campus Central Podium LG -61
Speaker:  Dr. Chia-huei Tseng, Director, HKU Baby Scientist Program
Medium: English (supplemented with Cantonese)
Charge:   Free

Space is limited. Registration required at: http://www.psychology.hku.hk/pall/publictalk.html
Registration deadline: February 11, 2014 (Tuesday)

Enquiries can be sent to hku.pal@gmail.com or call 3917-8043 for Diane.

More information about HKU Baby Scientist Program can be found at
http://www.psychology.hku.hk/pall/bbintroduction.html, or
https://www.facebook.com/HKUbb