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38 Inside the Faculty Affairs at Duke University and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs for Nursing at Duke University Health System, and Professor Chia-Chin Lin （ 林佳靜 ） , Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Charity Foundation Professor in Nursing and Head of School of Nursing, HKU. The School of Nursing has set up a virtual reality (VR) cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE) to bring technological advances to bear in the nursing field. A CAVE is an environment in which all the surfaces of the room are capable of projecting and being used in conjunction with a VR headset. These innovative technological elements include 3D graphics, 360-degree video, and robotics, which are used in the “Management and Leadership” and “Mental Health Nursing” courses of the Bachelor of Nursing programmes. The effort is a response to the growing trend of meaningful technological integration in educational fields such as nursing, and it is hoped that it will equip our nursing students with capabilities that will be required as VR and similar technologies continue to influence nursing practice. The School of Nursing signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Duke University’s School of Nursing. The MoU outlines the exchange of faculty members and students between the two Schools and lays the framework for educational and research collaboration. The MoU Signing Ceremony was held at Duke University on September 25, 2018. The signatories were Dr Marion Broome , Dean and Vice Chancellor for Nursing The 2018 Symposium of the Theme-Based Research Scheme on Liver Cancer Stemness was held on September 28 at the Mrs Chen Yang Foo Oi Telemedicine Centre at HKU. It was an open symposium, and invited speakers included Professor Feng Gensheng （ 馮根生） (University of California San Diego, USA), Professor Hui Lijian （惠利健） (Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, China) and Professor Kang Yibin （康毅濱） (Princeton University, USA). The speakers shared their cutting-edge research developments on liver cancer with the wider Hong Kong research community. Around 100 scientists, clinicians and medical personnel, as well as academics and research postgraduate students, attended the Symposium. There were excellent discussions and fruitful academic exchanges among speakers and audience. Virtual Reality (VR) Cave Automatic Virtual Environment (CAVE) Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony between HKU School of Nursing and Duke University School of Nursing Theme-Based Research Scheme on Liver Cancer Stemness 2018 Symposium