The 6.4-magnitide Jiasian Earthquake again struck severely the August 8^th Flood disaster area in Kaohsiung, and many in southern Taiwan could imagine the life-threatening effect of earthquakes. This is another over the 5-magnitide major earthquake succeeding the Haiti and Chile earthquakes in 2010. Along with these repeated quakes came a sense of crisis in many countries. …

On January 27-28, President Michael Lai ( 賴明詔,) Professor Chin-Cheng Chen (陳進成Chair of Chemical Engineering) and I were graciously hosted by the President of Seoul National University (SNU,) President Jang-Moo Lee. Our mission to SNU was surgical. We were there to learn about the mission, process, and internal and external challenges for SNU to possibly enter into a profound transformation, …

Ms. Wang Yu-Pei (王玉杯,) General Manager and Mr. Chen Li-Shien (陳立賢,) President, Ladies and gentlemen, you must be wondering why I am reversing the order in addressing Ms. Wang and Mr. Chen, which is obviously not the traditional way I should be doing in Taiwan's culture. Well, the reason is very simple, really. Since arriving on site half an hour ago, I learned that Ms. Wang and Mr. Chen are …