I want to warmly welcome you to TWO great talks on the 27th of September (this coming Friday) to be delivered by a distinguished guest of the University of Texas at Dallas.

This person is Dr. Fujia Yang. He background spans three continents.

First is Europe, where he is currently the Chancellor of one of England's most distinguished research university, Nottingham University, and one of the first scientists from China to visit Denmark in 1962.

Second is Asia. He was the former President of one of the most prestigious universities of China: Fudan University of Shanghai.

Third is North America. He was also recently appointed to be a member of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). According to the website of NTI, it came about because of the

".....concerned that the threat from nuclear weapons had fallen off most people's radar screens after the end of the Cold War, CNN founder Ted Turner asked former Senator Sam Nunn in the spring of 2000 to help assess whether a private organization could make a difference. After months of discussions and consultations with some of the world's most respected security experts, Mr. Turner and Senator Nunn founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) in January 2001. NTI is supported by a pledge from Mr. Turner to provide $250 million - believed to be the largest sum any private individual has ever invested in these security issues."

For more information about NTI, visit http://www.nti.org/

I first met Fujia in the fall of 1979, when we were both visiting professors at the Niels Bohr Institute (NBI) of the University of Copenhagen, one of Europe's premier centers in nuclear science research. It was obvious from day one that Fujia is destined for greatness.

After he returned to China in 1980, Fujia had the following positions:

* Director of the Academia Sinica Institute of Nuclear Studies
* President of Fudan University, a premier university of China
* Special Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong University,
* Founding President of the Association of University Presidents of China,
* Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Academician)
* Fellow, Third World Academy of Sciences since 1991.

He is a leader of higher education as well as the economic development of Shanghai and China. His series of articles in national newspapers on "knowledge economy" are read by millions of Chinese.

Fujia will be delivering TWO talks on this coming Friday, September 27th, 2002.

First is a PUBLIC lecture.

"Responsibilities of Global Universities
in the 21st Century"

Sept. 27, 2002
3:00 p.m.
The McDermott Library Auditorium on The University of Texas at Dallas campus

Second is a dinner lecture

"Economic and Intellectual Development of Shanghai as a World Class City of the 21st Century"

Shanghai of China is rapidly becoming the economic and intellectual focal point of Asia Pacific rim. Come and listen to an individual who has been an important component of this significant development.

Dinner-lecture in honor of Dr. Fujia Yang
Sept. 27, 2002
6:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel
1981 N. CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY RICHARDSON, TX 75080 Tel: 972-644-4000

This lecture is limited to 100. It will be first come first serve.
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Please send the following to keithly@utdallas.edu

My name is __________________________________

One (Two) will be coming to the dinner lecture

My email address is ____________________________

Da Hsuan Feng
Vice President for Research and Graduate Education and Professor of Physics
The University of Texas at Dallas
AA: Mary Caspari (972-883-4566 and mcaspari@utdallas.edu)
http://www.utdallas.edu/research/
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