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The USJ Science and Environment Research Center is developing a new research project funded by the Macao Science and Technology Development Fund (FDCT) to study the incidence of endocrine disruptors, a category of pollutants that interfere with hormonal signaling, in Macao and their physiological effects in organisms. These pollutants have been associated with many disruptive effects and diseases in organisms, including humans, and their study has been considered a priority by environmental agencies worldwide. The study will characterize the environmental levels of some of these pollutants in Macao, their neurophysiological and behavioral effects in a species from the local fauna, the mudskipper Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, and possible bioremediation strategies. Ultimately, the project aims to provide baseline data on the incidence of these pollutants in the territory, understand possible physiological consequences of exposure to these substances, and investigate the feasibility of using microorganisms to combat the prevalence of these pollutants in the environment. The project has an estimated duration of 3 years and is being conducted in collaboration with the Faculty of Biotechnology of the Catholic University of Portugal, the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, and the Hong Kong Baptist University. More information can be found here.

Novo projecto de investigação sobre disruptores endócrinos em Macau. O Centro de Ciência e Ambiente da USJ está a desenvolver um novo projecto de investigação financiado pelo Fundo para o Desenvolvimento da Ciência e Tecnologia de Macau (FDCT) sobre a incidência de disruptores endócrinos, uma categoria de poluentes que interfere com os sistemas hormonais, em Macau e seus efeitos fisiológicos em organismos. A libertação destes poluentes no ambiente tem sido associada ao desenvolvimento de desordens e doenças em várias espécies, incluindo humanos, e o seu estudo é considerado prioritário por agências ambientais de todo o mundo. O projecto irá caracterizar os níveis ambientais de alguns destes poluentes em Macau, os seus efeitos neurofisiológicos e comportamentais numa espécie da fauna local, o mudskipper Boleophthalmus pectinirostris, e possíveis estratégias de bioremediação. Este estudo visa assim providenciar dados objectivos sobre os níveis ambientais destes poluentes no território, contribuir para compreender as consequências fisiológicas da exposição a estas substância e investigar a possibilidade de se utilizarem microorganismos para mitigar a prevalência destes poluentes no ambiente. O projecto terá uma duração de 3 anos e está a ser desenvolvido em colaboração com a Escola Superior de Biotecnologia da Universidade Católica de Portugal, o Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, e a Hong Kong Baptist University. Mais informação sobre este projecto pode ser encontrada aqui.

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Prof. João Cordeiro in the Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ, presented his latest artistic work at the INTER-FACE conference in Lisbon, on 21 November. He participated in a project called FuXi at the capital of Portugal, a live audiovisual performance based on the behavior of a fish, which, according to its movements, determines the sonic and visual outcomes of the piece.

The project had started a couple of months ago over an informal discussion between João Cordeiro and Prof. David Gonçalves, Dean of the Institute of the Science and Environment in USJ. Prof. Gonçalves challenged João to make artistic creation with the fish in the laboratory for scientific experiments. After some debate and lots of experimentation, FuXi came to live, receiving favorable critics from a highly respectful audience in the conference, comprised of international multimedia artists, academics, musicians and general public.

FuXi Performance #1 from Joao Cordeiro on Vimeo. Performance Audiovisual FuXi de João Cordeiro apresentada na conferência INTER-FACE

João Cordeiro, professor na Faculdade das Industrias Criativas da USJ, apresentou no passado dia 21 de Novembro o seu mais recente trabalho artístico, na conferência INTER-FACE em Lisboa. O projeto apresentado na capital portuguesa chama-se FuXi e consta de uma performance audiovisual baseada no comportamento de um peixe que, de acordo com os seus movimentos, determina o resultado sonoro e visual da peça. Este projeto começou há alguns meses atrás após uma conversa informal entre João Cordeiro e o Professor David Gonçalves, Dean do Instituto de Ciência e Ambiente, onde este ultimo laçou o desafiou para que João Cordeiro desenvolvesse um trabalho artístico tendo como ponto de partida os peixes que o Instituto tem em sua posse para o desenvolvimento de experiências científicas. Após alguma troca de ideias e muita experimentação, FuXi tronou-se uma realidade, tendo recebido critica favoráveis por parte do publico especializado que participou na conferência, composto por artistas multimédia internacionais, académicos, músicos e público geral.

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Zélia Lai, student from the programme of Bachelor of Communication and  Media received two awards for her documentary "A Glimpse on the Handicapped" at the Award Ceremony of the Sound&Image Challenge 2014 on 4 December 2014. The contest was jointly organised by the Faculty of Creative Industries, USJ and Creative Macau - Centre for Creative Industries. This year 397 entries from 56 countries were received in various categories including Fiction, Animation, Documentary and Advertisement.

Zélia was awarded the Best Local Entry and Macau Cultural Identity, with a prize of MOP10,000 sponsored by Fundação Oriente and an Hotel Package of MOP 12,000 sponsored by Sands, China. Her winning short film provided an insight on the needs and issues of the handicapped in Macau, showing local organisations are working on the issues.

The project was initially developed as an academic assignment under the supervision of Mr. Tomé Quadros. It had proven the achievement is up to standard recognised other professionals. Congratulations to Zélia Lai!

Prof. João Cordeiro, USJ and Inah Quejano, USJ alumni were invited to be the Executive Producer and Assistant Producer respectively.

Zélia Lai, estudante da licenciatura em Comunicação e Media da Universidade de São José, recebeu, na passada Quinta-feira (4 de Dezembro), dois prémios pelo seu documentário “Um olhar sobre os deficientes” durante a cerimónia de entrega de prémios do Sound & Image Challenge 2014. Este concurso foi organizado em parceria pela Faculdade das Industrias Criativas e a Creative Macau – Centro para as Indústrias Criativas, tendo recebido um total de 397 filmes oriundos de 56 países, nas categorias: ficção, animação, documentário e publicidade. João Cordeiro, professor na USJ, desempenhou o papel de Produtor Executivo do concurso e a antiga aluna da Licenciatura em Comunicação e Media, Inah Quejano, o de Assistente de Produção. O documentário da Zélia Lai recebeu os prémios para Melhor Entrada Local e Identidade Cultural de Macau, no valor de 10000MOP patrocinado pela Fundação Oriente e 12000MOP (pacote de hotel) patrocinado pelo Sands, China, respectivamente. A curta-metragem expõe as necessidades e problemas dos deficientes em Macau e dá a conhecer o trabalho que algumas instituições locais desenvolvem neste âmbito de ação. O projeto foi produzido no contexto académico, sobre a supervisão do professor Tomé Quadros e é uma evidência da grande qualidade do trabalho desenvolvido pelos alunos da USJ no decorrer do seu percurso curricular. Parabéns à Zélia!

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On 6 December, as one of the co-organizers, USJ participated in the Educational Institutions Carnival to celebrate the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 15^th Anniversary of the Founding of the MSAR. Mr. Cheong U, Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture of the Macau Government, Liu Xiaohang, Director General of Cultural and Educational Branch of the Liaison Office of the Central Government, and representatives of local universities, colleges and educational associations participated in this event. On behalf of USJ, Pro-Rector Vincent Yang attended the ribbon-cutting opening ceremony. Some 20 USJ professors joined over 1,000 people in this full-day carnival.

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The Bank of China Macau Branch announced a donation of MOP500,000 to University of Saint Joseph on 6 December, 2014, at a sports event to celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the handover of Macau. Vice Rector Prof. Maria Antonia Nicolau Espadinha and Pro-Rector Prof. Vincent C. Yang attended the ceremony on behalf of USJ. They thanked Mr. Tian Guoli, Chairman, and Mr. Ye Yixing, President of the Bank, for this generous donation. At this event, the BOC announced its donations in a total amount of MOP20 million to 66 educational institutions, sports groups, scientific and technology institutes and community service groups.

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The inauguration ceremony of MALA (Macau Academic Library Alliance) took place in the University of Macau Library on 3 December 2014. Pro-Rector Vincent Yang joined senior representatives of the Macau Government, 8 other universities and colleges in Macau and the Pacific Rim Digital Library Alliance at this ceremony. MALA is the first ever alliance of libraries created in Macau for the sharing of library resources amongst the local university and college libraries. Teachers and students of all 9 member universities and colleges can use MALA library cards to borrow books from the academic libraries. With funding support from GAES of the Macau Government, MALA is also able to centralize the purchase of electronic resources and make them accessible to all the faculty members and students of the 9 participating universities and colleges.

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Environmental issues have become pervasive in our daily lives and there has been an increase in public concern on the degradation of the environment in recent decades. The Macau SAR government has been a major player in the promotion of public environmental awareness in the local arena but there has been no territory-wide assessment of the general public’s environmental consciousness. Consequently, the University of Saint Joseph conducted a survey, sponsored by the Macau Foundation, with a view to evaluate the current environmental knowledge and attitude, as well as the pro-environmental behaviour among members of the general public in Macao. Over the summer, there were 1,005 completed questionnaires. The speakers will present the main findings from their data analysis. Since the same survey had been conducted in Hong Kong, the talk will also discuss comparative perspectives between the two SARs, and offer both general and specific recommendations for the way forward in enhancing public policies and educational strategies in the protection of the environment.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Prof. Dr. Eric Tsang is currently Associate Director of the UNESCO UNEVOC HK hosted by the HK Institute of Education, and visiting professor of the South China Normal University. He has over twenty years of experience in research related to environmental studies and sustainability studies. To date he has published over 70 international refereed papers and numerous book chapters and edited books. In the community he serves as the chairman of Green Power, a HK a green NGO and also member of the Advisory council on the Environment HKSAR. Internationally, he is a panel member of the United Nation’s International Year of Understanding spearheaded by the International Geographical Union.

Dr. Emilie Tran is Assistant Professor coordinating the Government Studies programme, and the former Dean of the Faculty of Leadership and Administration at the University of Saint Joseph in Macao. She teaches politics and international relations, doctoral seminars, and supervises master and PhD students in government studies and global studies. Dr. Tran’s research interests and publications (over 20 to date) pertain to contemporary China’s elite politics and the formation of government leaders; concurrently she researches on the gaming industry in Macao and identity issues in the SARs.

MODERATED BY

Prof. David Gonçalves, USJ

CONDUCTED IN English ORGANISED BY Faculty of Administration and Leadership, USJ MEDIA SUPPORTED BY O Clarim " ["post_title"]=> string(103) "Public Lecture|Survey on Public Environmental Consciousness in Macao — A Pearl River Delta Comparison" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(21) "public-lecture-survey" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2014-12-05 11:05:40" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-12-05 03:05:40" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=4588" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [12]=> object(WP_Post)#3795 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(4667) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "1" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2014-12-01 15:16:58" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-12-01 07:16:58" ["post_content"]=> string(2563) "Last 3 December, 2014, on the feast of St. Francis Xavier, the patron saint of missionaries, the Faculty of Religious Studies celebrated its Faculty Day held at St. Lawrence Church.  The students came in their traditional national costumes. The colorful Big Day with the theme “Seeking, Loving, and Serving Wisdom” opened with a Eucharistic Celebration presided by Emeritus Prof. Fausto Gomez, OP, with Prof. João Eleutério as homilist. The General Intercessions were made in the different languages of the students and staff of the Faculty. After the beautiful Eucharistic celebration, the whole FRS community gathered together to listen to the inspiring, thought-provoking, and challenging talk on St. Francis Xavier given by the Rev. Fr. Luis Sequeira, SJ.  A couple of years ago, the University of St. Joseph awarded Fr. Sequeira a Doctorate in Religious Studies honoris causa. Everyone was invited to a hearty lunch and to the cultural exhibits prepared by the students.  At one o’clock the most-awaited cultural presentation started.  Students from East Timor, Myanmar, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam prepared either a cultural dance or a song that surely awed the audience.  But the professors did not like to be outsmarted by their students, thus Prof. Eleuterio rendered two Portuguese songs with dance interpretation from Prof. Roberto Ceolin and two sisters from the Franciscan Missionaries of our Lady.  Prof. Fausto Gomez sang a lively Spanish song to the bewilderment of all.  Prof. Franz Gassner performed a Mozart-composed song in German.  Parlor games with prizes interspersed the numbers.  Results of the Essay Writing Contest on the topic “Yes to Peace, No to Violence” were announced and awards were given to the winners. After seven years of the Faculty’s existence, it has now some 46 students (both religious and lay), mostly coming from the Order of Preachers (Our Lady of the Rosary Province), Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Rosary, Missionaries of Christ Jesus, Divine Word Missionaries, Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady, and the Diocese of Macau. At the end of the day, the Dean of the Faculty of Religious Studies, Prof. Arnold Monera, thanked the distinguished visitors and staff for their attendance; he commended the students for their active participation and creative organization. The program ended with the whole community singing, “Joy to the World.” The FRS wishes to thank Fr. Jojo Ancheril, CMF, for the generous use of the facilities of St. Lawrence Church." 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At a special press conference on Nov. 26, the MFA urged foreign governments to help China to resolve the problem of corrupted fugitives hiding overseas. Since July, through “Operation Fox Hunt 2014”, Chinese law enforcement agencies have managed to bring back nearly 300 fugitives. It is widely believed that thousands more are still hiding overseas. On Nov. 9, the Beijing APEC conference adopted a joint declaration of cooperation in combating corruption. In November alone, China’s President Xi Jinping seven times urged foreign governments to send back the fugitives. Cooperation in this field is also required under the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Prof. Yang has worked with leading Chinese and international experts in research projects on implementation of the UNCAC. He has given expert opinions in high-profile fugitive cases in Canada, including the landmark case of China’s most notorious fugitive Lai Cheong Sing (賴昌星). Lai was sent back to China to stand for trial in 2012 after fighting a deportation order for 12 years in Canada. 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USJ students from East Timor  received the guests with delights and pleasure.  " ["post_title"]=> string(50) "Minister of Public Works of East Timor visited USJ" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(44) "minister-public-works-east-timor-visited-usj" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2014-11-28 16:58:15" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-28 08:58:15" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(49) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=4576" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [15]=> object(WP_Post)#3792 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(4570) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "1" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2014-11-27 11:54:22" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-27 03:54:22" ["post_content"]=> string(1027) "

Earlier this year, Rector Peter Stilwell visited Fu Jen Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan and met with President Vincent Han-Sun Chiang. On 27 Oct, 2014, accompanied by Prosecutor Liang Kuang-Tsung from the Justice Department responsible for international legal affairs, Pro-Rector Vincent Yang paid a visit to Prof. Shang-Shing P. Chou, Vice President for Academic Affairs in Fu Jen.

They discussed the possibilities of forming a closer cooperative relationship between USJ and Fu Jen in joint research and faculty-student exchange activities. Like USJ, Fu Jen is a well-established Catholic university. The university was originally created in Beijing. It is committed to a constructive dialogue leading to the integration of Chinese culture and Christian faith, the promotion of genuine knowledge and the development of advancement of humankind. USJ has had a history of exchange activities with Fu Jen for many years.

" ["post_title"]=> string(64) "Rector and Pro-Rector visit Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(57) "rector-pro-rector-visit-fu-jen-catholic-university-taiwan" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2014-11-27 11:54:22" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-27 03:54:22" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(49) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=4570" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [16]=> object(WP_Post)#3791 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(4569) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "1" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 16:19:21" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 08:19:21" ["post_content"]=> string(1432) "Macau is witnessing an important transition in the field of higher education. Since 2013, the Tertiary Education Services Office (Gabinete de Apoio ao Ensino Superior, GAES) of the MSAR government has been making good progresses in developing a system of higher education accreditation in Macau. To enhance the quality of higher education in Macau, the Office has hosted a series of consultation conferences to discuss a set of guidelines for institutional accreditation and auditing as well as new program accreditation by well recognized external agencies. The guidelines are now being finalized by experienced experts from the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications after intensive consultation with representatives from higher education institutions in Macau. To support this unprecedented reform and make USJ an outstanding learning institution, the university has actively participated in the consultation process. Rector Fr. Stilwell, Pro-Rector Yang, Advisor Kong and other administrators attended the various GAES meetings and provided opinions to the Hong Kong team of experts. The following is a press release of GAES about a recent debriefing meeting to introduce a pilot project of new program accreditation that will be launched in 2015. Click Here to read the news." ["post_title"]=> string(80) "USJ Participates in GAES-Led Initiative to Develop Accreditation System in Macau" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(71) "usj-participates-gaes-led-initiative-develop-accreditation-system-macau" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2014-11-28 16:23:26" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-28 08:23:26" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(49) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=news&p=4569" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(4) "news" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [17]=> object(WP_Post)#3790 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(4565) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "1" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 11:58:24" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 03:58:24" ["post_content"]=> string(4466) "DATE & TIME 26 November 2014, 18:00 - 22:00 VENUE Speakers Hall, USJ ABOUT THE EVENT

On November 26^th 2014  at 6 - 10 pm, the Students’ Association cooperates with the Pearl River Delta Cultural and Creative Exchange Association, will be hosting a documentary event, where we will show two movies. This event is open to all.

The first film is called “No Impact Man” directed by Laura Gabbert / Justin Schein, they show how an environmentalist, Colin Beaven and his wife, Michelle’s fundamental lifestyle change. The Second documentary film is about an Earthquake in East Japan on 11^th March 2011, countless of people lost their homes and their love ones. This is a consequential accident happened at the Fukushima Nuclear Reactor caused a great threat. Director IWAI SHUNJI, having all those meetings and conversations with his friends, he would hope to find the bet step towards Japan’s future.

謹訂於2014年11月25日黃昏六時正至晚上十時，假聖若瑟大學演講廳舉行CNEX主題紀錄片活動，此活動將會由三角文創主辨，聖若瑟大學學生會協辦，當日將會有兩部紀錄片公開放映，影後設有座談環節。

“No Impact Man”  熟男減碳日記 -美國 | Directed by Laura Gabbert and Justin Schein “Friends after 3.11” 311 之後 -日本︱ Directed by IWAI SHUNJI 岩井俊二  " ["post_title"]=> string(31) "CNEX Documentary Screening Tour" ["post_excerpt"]=> string(0) "" ["post_status"]=> string(7) "publish" ["comment_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["ping_status"]=> string(6) "closed" ["post_password"]=> string(0) "" ["post_name"]=> string(31) "cnex-documentary-screening-tour" ["to_ping"]=> string(0) "" ["pinged"]=> string(0) "" ["post_modified"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 12:08:40" ["post_modified_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 04:08:40" ["post_content_filtered"]=> string(0) "" ["post_parent"]=> int(0) ["guid"]=> string(51) "http://www.usj.edu.mo/?post_type=events&p=4565" ["menu_order"]=> int(0) ["post_type"]=> string(5) "event" ["post_mime_type"]=> string(0) "" ["comment_count"]=> string(1) "0" ["filter"]=> string(3) "raw" } [18]=> object(WP_Post)#3789 (24) { ["ID"]=> int(4558) ["post_author"]=> string(1) "1" ["post_date"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 11:21:36" ["post_date_gmt"]=> string(19) "2014-11-26 03:21:36" ["post_content"]=> string(2977) "  

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE EVENT

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