Convocation Newsletter, Summer 2018

“Ritoma” Screening The Gala Premiere of "Ritoma" was co-presented by the Foundation and the Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) on April 8, 2018. The feature documentary on the Tibetan nomads of Ritoma was produced and directed by Oscar-winning director Ruby Yang 楊紫燁 , Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities. NGOs Meet Foundation Members Philanthropy, “the love of humankind”, is about Giving – money, time and expertise. At the Philanthropy Speed Dating session co-hosted by the HKU Foundation and the Faculty of Social Sciences, 70 Foundation members “speed-dated” with 35 NGOs in intensive sessions on June 27, 2018, as part of the 2018 ARNOVA-Asia Conference. The Foundation co-presented a performance by the SMASH trio – CY Leo (harmonica), KJ Wong (piano) and Timothy Sun (saxophone) – with Music Lab and the General Education Unit on June 21, 2018. HKU students also benefitted from a series of pre-concert workshops. Professor Luk Kam-biu 陸錦標 (BSc 1976), Hung Hing Ying Distinguished Visting Professor in Science and Technology and a scholar in experimental particle physics, led a guided tour of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Plant for Foundation members in April 2018. Professor Luk won the 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, and generously designated some of the award money to his alma mater for the establishment of a prize in experimental physics. Visit to Daya Bay SMASH: Originals HKU Foundation in Action