Law faculty to get new dean

Appointments City Polytechnic Dr Wang Guiguo has been appointed Interim Dean of the Faculty of Law from July 1. He will take over from Professor Derek Roebuck, who has completed his term and will resume his post of Professor of Law.

* * * Lingnan College Dr Howard Stanley Ward has been appointed Associate Vice-President with effect from October 1. Dr Ward will be responsible for the further development of quality assurance mechanisms at the college.

* * * Seminars University of Hong Kong ''On the Potential Between Quarks Derived from QCD'' by Department of Physics. Room 522. Physics Building. Today. 4 pm. (English). * * * ''Understanding Reflective Practices: Perspectives on Teaching and Context'' by Faculty of Education. RMS - 403. Tomorrow. 11 am. (English). * * * ''Spatial Distribution of Quasars'' by Department of Physics. Room 522. Physics Building. Tomorrow. 4 pm. (English).

* * * Chinese University ''Effects of Noise at the Onset of Rayleigh-Benard Convection'' by Physics Department. L3, Science Centre. Tomorrow. 3.30 pm to 4.30 pm. (English).

* * * University of Science and Technology ''Colour Effects in Advertising: They Are In The Shade'' by Department of Marketing. Room 7342. Today. 9.30 am to 11 m. (English). * * * ''Molecule-specific Diagnosis of Diseased Tissues via Optical Fibre Guided Raman Spectroscopy'' by Department of Chemistry. Lecture Theatre C. Today. 10 am to 11 am. (English). * * * ''Estimation of Survival Function with Current Status Data: A Two-sample Problem with Interval Censored'' by Department of Management. Rm 3308.

Today. 10.30 am to noon. (English) * * * ''A Series of Lectures on Gauge Theory, Low Dimensional Topology, Symplectic Geometry and Floer Theory'' by the Department of Mathematics. Room 3407. Today. 3.30 pm to 5 pm. (English). * * * ''Mechanism of High-Temperature Superconductivity in Layered System'' by Department of Physics. Lecture Theatre F. Tomorrow. 11 am to 12 noon. (English).