"American Corporate Compliance meets Chinese Corporate Governance: Lessons in Applied Comparative Law

"American Corporate Compliance meets Chinese Corporate Governance:
Lessons in Applied Comparative Law"
Friday, September 21, 12:00pm
Preston M. Torbert, (JD, '74, HLS; Partner, Baker & McKenzie LLP, Chicago Office)
Pound 419, Harvard Law School
East Asian Legal Studies Lunchtime Talk
Sponsored by East Asian Legal Studies
Contact: tlocher@law.harvard.edu

"Reform and Characteristics of Party-Government Relations in Contemporary China"

"Reform and Characteristics of Party-Government Relations in Contemporary China"
Thurs day, September 20, 4:00-5:30pm
Speaker: Xu Baoyou (Associate Professor, Central Compilation and Translation Bureau , China )
Discussant : Chang Xinxin (Central Party School of CPC , China )
Chair : Sun Zhongxin ( Fudan University , China )
1730 Cambridge St., CGIS S153
Working language for this seminar is Chinese
China Study Seminar
Sponsored by the Fairbank Center
Contact : xchang@fas.harvard.edu

Transforming China's Military: New Missions; New Measures"

"Transforming China 's Military: New Missions; New Measures"
Thursday, September 20, 12:15-2:00pm
Ellis Joffe (Professor of Chinese History, Hebrew University )
1730 Cambridge St., CGIS S153
China Lunchtime Seminar
Sponsored by the Fairbank Center
Contact: (617) 495-4046

GSAS Barbecue on September 23

GSAS Barbecue
Natural History Museum Lawn (near GSAS residence halls)

1:00pm-3:00pm Grilled food will be available
3:00pm-5:00pm Drinks, Chips, Leftovers!

Free food! And lots of it! Carnivores, omnivores and herbivores unite over the grill at the annual GSAS barbeque! There will be plenty of food and drink for all. Feel free to bring frisbees, soccer balls and the like! Open to all GSAS students and their families and sponsored by Dudley House, your Resident Advisors, the Graduate Dormitory Council, and the Graduate Student Council. Rain or shine on the Museum Lawn, next to Conant Hall on Oxford Street. Proper ID required for alcohol. See you there! Questions? E-mail Mary Ruth at maryruthwindham@gmail.com

HROCC Welcome Reception TOMORROW!

親愛的老師、新生、在校生，畢業生、老朋友、新朋友，

歡迎大家一起參加今年的新生歡迎會，一起享受美食，跟新朋友分享生活點滴，與老朋友打打招呼！
本次活動的所有餐點，包括前菜、主菜、甜點，全部由本會熱心同學及眷屬自行烹飪料理。

感謝各位預定出席的各學院師長以及已經報名的會員、會友，與友校朋友們。因所有餐點皆為自製，請有意參加的朋友們趕快報名，以便我們能精確地準備量足質優的各色美味！我們為每位提前報名的朋友準備了一包保證感動的小禮物（份數有限，新生優先，請恕贈完為止）！

在哈佛飽嚐幸福，品味溫馨，這是不能錯過的初秋饗宴。

時間：2007年9月15日晚間6點
地點：22 Divinity Ave., Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA 02138（過燕京圖書館以後，位於Divinity Ave.路底）
費用：會員與會友免費，非會員或非會友每人$10。歡迎現場繳交會費$10成為本會會員（哈佛學生）或會友（眷屬、校友、訪問學者、教職員、博士後研究員、他校朋友等等），即可免費參加本活動。我們也歡迎鄰近學校的同學參加。

為便利餐飲的預備，請有意參加的朋友將以下資料寄到HarvardROCC@gmail.com報名：

1. 姓名：
2. Email：
3. 學院：
4. 參加人數：

若有任何疑問，請來信至HarvardROCC@gmail.com詢問。

再一次歡迎各位加入這個溫馨的大家庭！

本會感謝駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處文化組張組長善楠教授贊助本活動。

HROCC敬邀

Dear Friends,

Your kind attendance is sincerely requested to join us for the 2007 HROCC Welcome Reception on 09/15/2007. Please come to meet new friends as well as old friends, and share authentic Chinese homemade cuisine. Come and taste the flavor of family and warmth!

Time: 6:00pm, 09/15/2007.
Venue: 22 Divinity Ave., Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA 02138 (at the end at Divinity Ave.).
Fee: Free to Members and Friends of HROCC, others $10/person. You can pay the membership fee $10/person to become a Member (as Harvard students) or a Friend (faculty, officers, post-docs, visiting scholars, alumni, non-Harvard students, etc.)of HROCC. Friends from neighbor schools are welcome to join us as well!

Please email us the following information to register:

1. Name:
2. Email:
3. School:
4. Number of attendee(s):

We prepare a heart-touching gift for every single friend who register in advance (limited offer, incoming students and scholars first)!

If you have any question, please feel free to contact us at HarvardROCC@gmail.com

This activity is honorably sponsored by the Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston.

Cheers,
HROCC

MCB Doty Lecture: Remembrance of Things Past, by Dr. Sydney Brenner, 2002 Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Speaker: Dr. Sydney Brenner of Janelia Farm Research Campus
Title: Remembrance of Things Past
Time: September 20, 2007, 12-1 PM
Venue: Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Dr. Sydney Brenner is the 2002 Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and honored with the MCB Doty Lecture this year.

Senior Common Room Dinner on "The Origins of China's Takeoff" by Prof. Ezra F. Vogel

Time: October 1, 2007, 6 PM
Venue: Dudley House Common Room

Senior Common Room Dinners are held once a month during the academic year with the idea of bringing together local scholars and students for discussion on a topic of common interest while enjoying dinner together. Our first Senior Common Room dinner this year will be held on Monday, October 1. Ezra F. Vogel, the Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences at Harvard University will speak on “The Origins of China's Takeoff.” Professor Vogel is a leading expert in Asian Studies and the former director of the Fairbank Center as well as the Asia Center at Harvard. The Senior Common Room dinner will start at 6 p.m. in the Dudley House Common Room, with a reception in the Graduate Student Lounge at 5:30 pm. A limited number of free tickets will be available at the Dudley House Office on the 3rd floor beginning Monday, September 17, at 9 a.m. If you are a Longwood student please contact the House Office at 617-495-2255 and we will make arrangements for you to get your tickets. Contact Yanyan Liu (liu3@fas.harvard.edu) for more information.

Travel Grant of the Ministry of Education for Overseas ROC Students Available

駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處文化組通知，本年度此項補助仍有名額，歡迎同學踴躍申請。
申請表格請由此下載
若有問題，請洽駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處文化組承辦人趙維新小姐weichau@tecoboston.org。

教育部鼓勵在國外留學生參加留學國家全國性及國際性學術會議或藝能展演補助要點
中華民國91年04月01日
教育部文（三）字第91043425號令發布
中華民國92年03月10日
教育部文三字第0920032756號令修正
中華民國 93年12月20日
教育部台文(三)字第0930167616號令修正
中華民國95年12月28 日
教育部台文（三）字第0950178769B號令修正

一、目的
教育部(以下簡稱本部)為因應知識經濟時代及國際變遷，輔導及鼓勵在國外之我國留學生積極參與留學國家之全國性及國際性學術會議或藝能展演，以提昇留學品質及學術研究成效，展現留學活力及效益，特訂定本要點。

二、補助對象
（一）在國外就讀本部外國大專校院參考名冊上所列之外國大學博、碩士班具中華民國國籍之留學生。
（二）未編入參考名冊之國外大專院校，以經當地教育行政機關、有關權責機關或專業認可團體立案認可者為限。

三、補助原則
（一）參加留學國家之全國性及國際性學術研究團體或學會等辦理之全國性、國際性學術研究會議或研討會，並經列名於會議或研討會議程（program），且正式發表學術研究論文。
（二）參與留學國家全國性及國際性音樂、美術、戲劇等藝能比賽或展演活動。但參加畢業藝能展演者，不予補助。
（三）參與中國、香港、澳門地區之國際學術會議或藝能展演活動者，以由國際組織主辦者為限。

四、補助名額及基準
（一）駐外單位每年得補助名額，依當年經費預算及上年度執行成效而定。
（二）補助基準：
１、每人補助美金三百元。
２、每人同一年度內以申請一次為限。
３、申請人不得同時或分別向我國政府機關申請同案補助。

五、申請及審查作業
（一）留學生應於參加全國性及國際性學術會議或藝能展演活動後一個月內（應於同一會計年度內），檢附申請表（如附件），向留學國家之本部駐外單位申請；未設置駐外單位之國家或地區，向最鄰近留學國家之駐外單位申請。
（二）申請表內各項證明資料應完全齊備，方予補助，申請表及相關證明資料留存駐外單位備查。申請表得由本部國際文教處網站 (http://www.edu.tw/bicer)「行政規則」選項之「留學輔導」項下下載。

六、經費請撥及核銷
（一） 駐外單位接受留學生申請後，應確認查核留學生參加學術會議發表論文或參與藝能展演活動情形，並將受補助者名單及參加學術會議或展演活動名稱及心得報告公布於各駐外單位網站。
（二） 駐外單位於核定補助後，應於每季或依實際情形（應於同一會計年度）將駐外單位領據、留學生出具收據及受補助者名冊報本部核撥。

七、其他事項
(一) 所有申請補助案件之相關資料，由各駐外單位專案建檔管理。
(二) 駐外單位可鼓勵留學生據此同時向留學就讀之大學（科系）申請參加學術會議論文發表或藝能展演獎助金。
(三) 申請資料及心得報告有不實者，除追繳補助費外，並視情節公告週知，於下次申請時，不予補助。

HROCC Welcome Reception on 9/15, Please Register! 會前報名者有感動小禮物！

親愛的老師、新生、在校生，畢業生、老朋友、新朋友，

歡迎大家一起參加今年的新生歡迎會，一起享受美食，跟新朋友分享生活點滴，與老朋友打打招呼！
本次活動的所有餐點，包括前菜、主菜、甜點，全部由本會熱心同學及眷屬自行烹飪料理。

感謝各位預定出席的師長以及已經報名的會員、會友，與友校朋友們。因所有餐點皆為自製，請有意參加的朋友們趕快報名，以便我們能精確地準備量足質優的各色美味！我們為每位提前報名的朋友準備了一包保證感動的小禮物！

在哈佛飽嚐幸福，品味溫馨，這是不能錯過的初秋饗宴。

時間：2007年9月15日晚間6點
地點：22 Divinity Ave., Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA 02138（過燕京圖書館以後，位於Divinity Ave.路底）
費用：會員與會友免費，非會員或非會友每人$10。歡迎現場繳交會費$10成為本會會員（哈佛學生）或會友（眷屬、校友、訪問學者、教職員、博士後研究員、他校朋友等等），即可免費參加本活動。我們也歡迎鄰近學校的同學參加。

為便利餐飲的預備，請有意參加的朋友將以下資料寄到HarvardROCC@gmail.com報名：

1. 姓名：
2. Email：
3. 學院：
4. 參加人數：

若有任何疑問，請來信至HarvardROCC@gmail.com詢問。

再一次歡迎各位加入這個溫馨的大家庭！

本會感謝駐波士頓臺北經濟文化辦事處文化組張組長善楠教授贊助本活動。

HROCC敬邀

Dear Friends,

Your kind attendance is sincerely requested to join us for the 2007 HROCC Welcome Reception on 09/15/2007. Please come to meet new friends as well as old friends, and share authentic Chinese homemade cuisine. Come and taste the flavor of family and warmth!

Time: 6:00pm, 09/15/2007.
Venue: 22 Divinity Ave., Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room, Cambridge, MA 02138 (at the end at Divinity Ave.).
Fee: Free to Members and Friends of HROCC, others $10/person. You can pay the membership fee $10/person to become a Member (as Harvard students) or a Friend (faculty, officers, post-docs, visiting scholars, alumni, non-Harvard students, etc.)of HROCC. Friends from neighbor schools are welcome to join us as well!

Please email us the following information to register:

1. Name:
2. Email:
3. School:
4. Number of attendee(s):

We prepare a heart-touching gift for every single friend who register in advance!

If you have any question, please feel free to contact us at HarvardROCC@gmail.com

This activity is honorably sponsored by the Cultural Division of Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston.

Cheers,
HROCC

Harvard University Museums Community Day, September 16, 1-5 PM

Harvard University Museums Community Day
September 16, 1-5 PM

All seven Harvard University Museums, along with Gund Hall and the Collection of Scientific Instruments, will throw their doors open for FREE! Come enjoy a wide selection of must-see exhibits, tours and events! For more information, visit
Http://www.harvard.edu/museums