THE COLLEGE 書院簡介

The College continued to nurture interesting conversations in 2018-2019. Professor ROSSA CHIU helped us kick off the year with a Formal Hall Dinner talk during which she explained how her team’s ground breaking research on non-invasive prenatal testing was confronted by a critical patent dispute. Later in the term, SUKI KIM, author of Without You, There Is No Us: My secret life teaching the sons of North Korea’s elite, was the star of the College’s inaugural “One Book Programme”. The only writer to have lived undercover in North Korea for immersive journalism, Kim spoke of the difficulties of uncovering the truth on North Korea, which she described as a “cultural Galapagos”.

One of Professor CHRISTOPHER GANE’s final duties as Acting Master was to preside over a graduation celebration for the Class of 2018 in November. Weeks later, the college community welcomed Professor SIR MICHAEL MARMOT, director of the University College London Institute for Health Equity to the final Formal Hall dinner of the term. Sir Michael gave a talk entitled “The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world”.

In the new year, Morningside welcomed its incoming Master, Professor NICK RAWLINS and his partner, The Honorable LALLA WARD, to campus. They quickly jumped into life at the College, hosting the Vice-Chancellor for conversations with fellows and students, attending weekly communal dinners, officiating at college ceremonies, and holding a variety of activities in the Master’s Lodge.

書院於2018-2019年度繼續提供多個機會促進有趣的交流討 論。趙慧君教授在學期初首次高桌晚宴上擔任演講嘉賓， 解釋其研究團隊在「無創性胎兒染色體篩查」的突破性研究 成果所面對的專利糾紛問題。學期中，《沒有您，就沒有 我們》 作者金淑姬擔任書院首次舉辦的「賞書活動」講座嘉 賓。她是唯一曾以秘密記者身份在北韓生活的作家。在講 座上，她講述揭露北韓真相的困難，並形容當地為「文化 加拉巴哥」。 京柏年教授以署理院長身份執行的最後一項院務，是為 11 月舉行的 2018年度畢業典禮擔任主禮人。典禮後數星期， 學期內最後一次高桌晚宴邀得倫敦大學學院健康公平學院 院長 MICHAEL MARMOT教授，發表題為「健康鴻溝：來自不 平等世界的挑戰」的演說。

新年伊始，書院迎來新任院長汪寧笙教授及其伴侶 LALLA WARD 女士。他們隨即投入書院生活，主持院務委員和學 生與校長面談的環節、出席書院共膳活動、主持書院的典 禮，以及在院長宿舍舉辦各類型活動。