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HKU weekly notice (from May 3 to May 9, 2014)

02 May 2014

 

HKU Young Brain Scientist Program to hold sixth public lecture for secondary school students - “Is it a boy or a girl?”: An introduction to gender development
Gender is a major category we can’t help noticing throughout life and in all aspects of development. Despite decades of research, many questions regarding gender are still debated. This talk will present a snapshot of current knowledge on whether and how males and female differ, why they differ, gender stereotypes and their consequences. An introduction to the theories of gender development will be accompanied by citations of classic scientific findings. The speaker is Dr. Ivy Wong.

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Young Brain Scientist Program is the first project in HK designed for secondary students, delivered by public lectures to increase their awareness of the potential impact from brain science research. With the success of previous lectures: Attention, The Asymmetries in Our Mind, Optical Illusions, False Beliefs, HKU Young Brain Scientist Program will deliver the sixth public lecture – Gender Development.

Details of the sixth lecture are as follows:
Date: May 3, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 12:45 pm to 2:15 pm
Venue: CPD 3.04, 3rd Floor, Central Podium Level, Centennial Campus, University of Hong Kong
Language: English

Public registration is now closed. For media enquiries, please contact Ms Angelina Mok at 9233-7071 or hkuybs@hku.hk

HKU Young Brain Scientist Program
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) Young Brain Scientist Program is the first project in HK designed for secondary students to increase their awareness of the potential impact from brain science research. Six professors from the HKU Department of Psychology speak on their expertise areas in public lectures lasting from December 2013 to June 2014. Participating students will receive a certificate from HKU Young Brain Scientist Program, and selected students will be invited to join privileged brain science lab tours and workshops. The lectures are free of charge. More details are available at: http://www.psychology.hku.hk/hkuybs/.

University Museum and Art Gallery exhibition: “Surviving Evil: The Pictorial Language of Sara Atzmon”
The Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre, the University Museum and Art Gallery and Goethe-Institut Hong Kong are organising a major exhibition in Hong Kong of artworks by Sara Atzmon, a Shoah (Holocaust) survivor who was born in Hungary and now resides in Israel. Ms. Atzmon’s artworks, many of which are large-scale, highly impactful paintings, reflect the artist’s memories of her horrible experiences during the Shoah. In 1944, Ms. Atzmon was first deported to Auschwitz and from there she was sent to Bergen-Belsen under terrible circumstances.

As an adult, Ms. Atzmon became a talent painter dedicated to use her, often very dramatic and explicit, paintings, to bring awareness to the cruel times in our fairly recent past, and to educate a young generation to treasure and practice tolerance, and foster understanding and compassion between people of different religions and cultural backgrounds.

Exhibition period: February 26, 2014 (Wednesday) to May 4, 2014 (Sunday)
Opening Hours:  09:30 to 18:00 (Monday – Saturday); 13:00 – 18:00 (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
(For details, please visit http://www.hkumag.hku.hk/about_us.html)
Venue: 1/F, T.T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong (For location, please visit: http://www.hkumag.hku.hk/location.html)
Tel: (852) 2241 5500 (General Enquiry)
Free Admission

For media enquiries, please contact:
Miss Elena Cheung (Communication Officer), Tel: (852) 2241 5512, Email: elenac@hku.hk       

For details of the exhibition, please contact:
University Museum and Art Gallery, the University of Hong Kong, Tel: 2241 5500, Email: museum@hku.hk.