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美国 California大学 Berkeley分校化学学院2005届毕业典礼讲话(全英文)

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Today we're celebrating your graduation from the College of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. Before us are newly minted chemists and chemical engineers. The departments of chemistry and chemical engineering are among the best if not the best in the entire world. So it is understandable, that we at this event have great expectations for you. It goes without saying that you all have the tools and the capabilities to lead the Next Generation into the future.
What is that future going to look like? What expectations for us are in the minds of citizens in our country and our community. During the decade and a half in which I led the laboratory up on the hill, I came to the realization that managing community expectations is an extraordinarily important ingredient in advancing the cause of science and technology. Great science will not achieve its promise without the support of our society. Today's question is, what is your responsibility for communicating the value and the relevance of your profession and work to society.
I am sure I don't need to tell you that chemistry rings the alarm bells of concerned citizens. The car I rented yesterday had a warning label with small print. Did the label tell me to buckle my seatbelt or drive safely?--no, it merely warned me that chemicals in the car might cause cancer. We now find that foods like potatoes and breads which have been eaten for centuries naturally contain acrylamides, thought to be a carcinogen arising from industrial processes. The list of foods raising concern is impressive including crusty bread, taco shells, English muffins and French fries. Virtually everything we bring into our houses today carries a warning label about chemicals that will cause cancer or birth defects. Of course, there are well-placed fears that must be addressed, but who among us has the credibility to communicate effectively with the public about these issues? My mother told me to eat potatoe skins because that was where the vitamins were, now we say don’t eat potato skins because that is where acrylamides reside. Both of these statements are probably correct. The question is how do we communicate the concept of relative risk? We are confusing and scaring people about chemicals in the food supply.

I feel compelled to tell you a story which illustrates some of the challenges that lie ahead. One recent afternoon a proud African-American woman and her daughter were walking in downtown Oakland. To their delight they encountered the friendly and gregarious mayor of the city of Oakland, Jerry Brown. The mother related to the mayor that her daughter was home from UCLA where she was a student. The mayor asked the daughter, “what is your major?” To that the daughter replied that she was majoring in chemistry and would soon graduate. The mayor, who was formerly the Governor and a candidate for the President of the United States, exclaimed “what a bad idea, chemistry does such awful things to the environment.” To that the daughter retorted, “knowledge of chemistry is going to help us be good stewards of the environment.” To that the mayor replied, “we will just have to agree to disagree.”
What I find disturbing about stories like these is that they tell us that our leaders and a disturbingly large part of our society have a negative impression of chemistry. Yet chemistry is at the core of everything that we touch and experience in our lives. The breadth of the impact of chemistry and chemical engineering is enormous. From the life-sciences and medical sciences to the clothes we wear, the electronics industry, energy production, the impact of chemistry is ubiquitous.
So how is it that we have gotten to this point. Some might simply say Love Canal and may be the entire state of New Jersey. Yes, there have been problems and some people, through a combination of ignorance and lack of integrity, have created a legacy that we will have to work through. So today is my opportunity to provide advice to you, the Next Generation.

• Expect and demand the highest level of integrity for any professional activity in which you participate.
• Recognize that for your chosen profession to prosper, you'll have to go beyond the technical work that is our passion. You will have to participate fully in our society and communicate your point of view to your community.
• Use your knowledge of chemistry to solve the endless list of problems that plague our society. The National Academy of Sciences invited Tom Kean, the former governor of New Jersey and chair of the 9/11 commission to speak at one of its meetings. I was quite impressed with what Tom Kean had to say. He pointed out that scientists and engineers were virtually absent in Congress and the leadership of our country. If you look at Congress, there are only a handful of chemists, physicists, or engineers. Our country is missing technical understanding in its leadership. I have great expectations that your generation will remedy this. Governor Kean made a recommendation to us that I'm passing on to you. Things will not change until you scientists begin to attend more town meetings. in addition to the scientific meetings that drive your passion.

I cannot let this moment pass without telling you how excited I am about the future that chemistry is enabling. Here are a few things from the perspective of the year 2005 that will shape our future.
• Nanoscience, the science of making things from an atom at a time, we are going to make materials and devices that were only the subjects of dreams in the past
• Synthetic biology, creating life forms to efficiently synthesize chemical compounds, an example right here in Berkeley is the work of Prof. Jay Keasling who is developing a lowcost synthesis procedure for compound to cure malaria
• Bioimaging, the science of developing procedures to directly image biological processes such as those that occur in the brain
• Acceleration of the convergence of the lifesciences, chemistry, physics, engineering as we have witnessed with the Human Genome Project.
• Efficiently convert solar energy to readily usable chemical energy and reduce greenhouse gases that are warming the earth.

So as I summarize my thoughts on this occasion I would like to congratulate all of you for the hard work we are celebrating today. My great expectation is that you will pursue your career goals with great enthusiasm, displaying the wisdom to embrace your community, while pursuing new knowledge with the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

- 作者： Danny 2005年12月22日, 星期四 22:35　回复（0） |　引用（1）加入博采

中科院2005年高分子试题

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2005年中国科学院院士增选当选院士名单

2005年中国科学院院士增选当选院士名单 
    （共51人，分学部按姓名笔画为序）

数学物理学部（8人）
序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1  	王诗宬 	52 	数学 	北京大学
2 	王鼎盛 	64 	物理 	中国科学院物理研究所
3  	张家铝 	66 	天体物理 	中国科学技术大学
4 	张裕恒 	67 	凝聚态物理 	中国科学技术大学
5  	陈和生 	58 	粒子物理 	中国科学院高能物理研究所
6 	龚昌德 	72 	物理 	南京大学
7  	彭实戈 	57 	数学 	山东大学
8 	詹文龙 	49 	核物理 	中国科学院近代物理研究所

化学部（9人）
序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1  	冯守华 	49 	无机化学 	吉林大学
2 	田中群 	49 	物理化学 	厦门大学
3 	江  明 	66 	高分子化学和物理 	复旦大学
4  	吴云东 	47 	理论有机化学 	香港科技大学
5  	李洪钟 	64 	化学工程 	中国科学院过程工程研究所
6 	陈  懿 	72 	物理化学 	南京大学
7 	姚建年 	51 	物理化学 	中国科学院化学研究所
8  	麻生明 	39 	有机化学 	中国科学院上海有机化学研究所
9  	颜德岳 	68 	高分子化学与物理 	上海交通大学


生命科学和医学学部（12人）
序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1 	方精云 	45 	生态学 	北京大学
2 	王大成 	64 	分子生物物理学 	中国科学院生物物理研究所
3  	王正敏 	69 	临床医学(耳鼻咽喉科学) 	复旦大学附属眼耳鼻喉科医院
4  	王恩多(女) 	60 	生物化学与分子生物学 	中国科学院上海生命科学研究院
5 	邓子新 	48 	农业微生物学 	上海交通大学
6  	汪忠镐 	67 	临床医学（血管外科） 	首都医科大学附属宣武医院
7 	陈晓亚 	49 	植物生理学 	中国科学院上海生命科学研究院
8  	贺  林 	51 	医学遗传学 	上海交通大学
9 	赵国屏 	56 	分子微生物学 	中国科学院上海生命科学研究院
10  	常文瑞 	64 	结构生物学 	中国科学院生物物理研究所
11  	曾益新 	42 	肿瘤学 	中山大学肿瘤防治中心
12  	童坦君 	70 	老年医学基础 	北京大学医学部


地学部（7人）
序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1 	丁仲礼 	48 	第四纪地质与古气候 	中国科学院地质与地球物理研究所
2  	王铁冠 	67 	分子有机地球化学、石油地质学 	中国石油大学(北京)
3  	吕达仁 	65 	大气物理 	中国科学院大气物理研究所
4  	杨文采 	62 	地球物理 	中国地质科学院地质研究所
5 	邱占祥 	69 	地层与古哺乳动物学 	中国科学院古脊椎动物与古人类研究所
6  	金振民 	63 	构造地质学 	中国地质大学（武汉）
7 	魏奉思 	63 	空间物理 	中国科学院空间科学与应用研究中心


信息技术科学部(6人)
序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1  	王家骐 	65 	光学精密仪器 	中国科学院长春光学精密机械与物理研究所
2 	包为民 	45 	制导与控制 	中国航天科技集团公司第一研究院
3  	何积丰 	61 	计算机软件与理论 	华东师范大学
4  	吴培亨 	65 	超导电子学 	南京大学
5  	黄民强 	44 	信息通讯 	中国人民解放军总参谋部第五十八研究所
6  	褚君浩 	60 	红外光电子材料和器件 	中国科学院上海技术物理研究所


技术科学部（9人)

序号 	姓名 	年龄 	专业 	工作单位
1  	吴硕贤 	57 	建筑技术科学 	华南理工大学
2  	李  天 	66 	飞机空气动力学 	中国航天第一集团公司沈阳飞机设计研究所
3 	李述汤 	58 	材料科学 	香港城市大学
4  	陈祖煜 	62 	水利水电、土木 	中国水利水电科学研究院
5  	赵淳生 	66 	机械设计及理论 	南京航空航天大学
6  	都有为 	68 	磁性材料 	南京大学
7 	陶文铨 	66 	工程热物理 	西安交通大学
8  	顾逸东 	58 	航空、航天系统工程 	中国科学院光电研究院
9 	薛其坤 	41 	材料物理 	中国科学院物理研究所、清华大学

- 作者： Danny 2005年12月16日, 星期五 19:46　回复（0） |　引用（1）加入博采

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