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HKU weekly notice (from June 21 to June 28, 2014)

20 Jun 2014

 

Youth Biodiversity Conservation Leadership project holds graduation ceremony for secondary school participants
The Student Knowledge Exchange Project “Take Action! Youth Biodiversity Conservation Leadership Training Scheme” (“Take Action!”) is designed to give Hong Kong's secondary school students a chance to reconnect with nature and become leaders in promoting conservation and environmental education. After five months of classroom and on-field training, 63 local students from 16 different secondary schools around Hong Kong will be graduating as young leaders of local biodiversity conservation, spreading the message of what they have learned to their peers.

“Take Action!” is one of the first programmes of its kind to empower secondary school students to initiate conservation and environmental education work at their own schools. During the Graduation Ceremony, selected students will present their "School Biodiversity Conservation Plans" -- an initiative wholly designed and implemented by students to encourage conservation activities within their school area.

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the Ceremony. Details are as follows:

Date: June 21, 2014 (Saturday)
Time: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Venue: Room 3.04, 3/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU
Language: English

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Kathleen Ho (tel: 9882 1094 email: kathleen.hky@gmail.com) or Mr Xoni Ma (tel: 6900 8260 email: xonima33@gmail.com).

Take Action! Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/takeactionhk

Take Action! Official Website: www.takeactionhk.wix.com/hku-ke

HKU Department of Architecture to hold - Degree Show 2013-14 (June 21 to July 2)
The Degree Show is an annual exhibition of architectural thesis projects produced by the Master of Architecture Degree final year students in the Department of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong.  The projects represent the students’ visions of the built-environment, reflecting their concerns with social and cultural environments, and their determination to tackle contemporary issues in Architecture with new approaches.

With over sixty years of education history, the Department continues to promote public awareness of architecture, urbanism, heritage, the latest intellectual discourse, and research within the discipline. The Degree Show is an opportunity to introduce to the public the achievements of our graduating students.

Included in the Degree Show are graduation projects of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies, projects of the Master of Landscape Architecture and Bachelor of Arts in Landscape Studies degree programmes.

The exhibition will be held from June 21 to July 2, 2014 in the Department of Architecture on the third and sixth floors of Knowles Building from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm (Saturdays and Sundays inclusive).

For enquiries please contact the Department of Architecture at 2859 8992.

HKU Faculty of Education Distinguished Lecture “Empires of Learning in East Asia”
By Professor Simon Marginson, Professor of International Higher Education, Institute of Education, University of London

Higher education and science are central to modern societies and to the global strategies of states. East Asia is becoming the world’s third great zone of higher education, science and innovation, alongside North America and Western Europe/UK, though this development has yet to be fully understood outside the region. What are the drivers of the remarkable post-Confucian educational systems in China, Hong Kong SAR, Taiwan, South Korea and Singapore? What are their strengths and limitations? Is a new model of the university emerging?  What are the implications for world society, economy and polity?

The Faculty of Education of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) will hold the Distinguished Lecture on “Empires of Learning in East Asia”, to be delivered by Professor Simon Marginson of University of London. The lecture is sponsored by Tin Ka Ping Education Fund of Tin Ka Ping Foundation and UGC Knowledge Exchange Funds.

Date: June 25, 2014 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:00pm
Venue: Rayson Huang Theatre, HKU
Language: English

Enquiries: 2859 2529.

For media enquiries, please contact Ms Queenie Wong, Senior Manager (Development and Communications) (Tel.: 2219 4270 / Fax: 2540 6360 / E-mail: qlpwong@hku.hk).

University Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition
1. “Carlos Cruz-Diez: Circumstance and Ambiguity of Colour”
An exhibition to showcase the works of contemporary master of colour, Venezuelan kinetic and op artist Carlos Cruz-Diez, and is the first time Carlos’ art pieces are on view in Hong Kong. Celebrated for his attention to light and colour, Carlos’ paintings and light installations are based on his advanced theories on the perception of colour. He has been ranked among other masters of colours including Seurat (1859–1891), Cezanne (1839–1906), Albers (1888–1976), Frank-Stella (b. 1936).

Period:  May 24 to August 17, 2014
Venue:  1/F T. T. Tsui Building, University Museum and Art Gallery, HKU

2. "Lasting Fragrance: Chinese Ink Paintings by Chow Chian-chiu and Chow Leung Chen-ying"
An exhibition of ink and colour paintings by Chow Chian-chiu (1910–2006) and Chow Leung Chen-ying (1921–2005), prominent members of the Lingnan School of painting and widely recognised as a unique couple for their lifelong devotion to art and their teaching of Chinese art to students worldwide. The Chows are widely admired for their renderings of landscapes, bird-and-flower, animals, insects, as well as their calligraphy.

Date:  April 9, 2014 (Wednesday) to June 22, 2014 (Sunday)
Venue:  Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG)
Language:  English  and Cantonese

3. “The Tank Man and the Changing Art and Craft of Photojournalism”
An exhibition to display the artworks of American photographer Jeff Widener including the "Tank Man", one of the world’s most iconic images in modern photo-journalism. This centrepiece will be presented in a small group of 12 photos all documenting the political events at Tiananmen Square in June 1989 from June 3 through June 29, 2014.

Jeff Widener is an American photographer who took the famous image of a lone man confronting a column of tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising, an image so iconic that it is known simply as “the tank man photo.” For that picture, taken while he was a photojournalist for The Associated Press, Widener was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Widener managed to sneak into Beijing for the two-week assignment. He secretively positioned himself to take the tank man photo and then had it furtively sent for transmission — and eventual front-page display in newspapers worldwide. At the Square, Widener documented the campaign of the students and other street protesters, and was almost killed when a stray rock thrown by a protester struck him in the face.

Date:  June 3 to June 29, 2014
Venue:  Fung Ping Shan Building, University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG)

University Museum and Art Gallery
Opening hours: 9:30am to 6pm (Monday to Saturday); 1pm to 6pm (Sunday). Closed on University and Public Holidays
Website: www.umag.hku.hk/en/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/umag.hku

General enquiries: tel: 2241-5500.
For media enquiries, please contact Communication Officer Ms Elena Cheung by email at elenac@hku.hk or by phone at 2241-5512.