Qdai-mail Tsushin #022

An e-mail magazine, "Qdai-mail Tsushin" delivers campus news
every fourth Friday.

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Friday, October 25, 2019


** Topics

*Partnership with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/355
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Kyushu University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(Illinois) renewed their academic exchange agreement and established
a new strategic partnership on August 26, 2019.

*Kyushu U hosts the 2nd International Conference on Parliamentary
Debate Education
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/356
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Sponsored by the International Society for Teaching Debate (ISTD)
and co-sponsored by Kyushu University’s Faculty of Languages & Cultures,
the 2nd International Conference on Parliamentary Debate Education was
held at Kyushu University’s Ito Campus on August 12, 2019.

*Dr. Akira Yoshino awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/359
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced that it has
selected Dr. Akira Yoshino, Visiting Professor at Kyushu University,
as a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2019 for the development
of lithium-ion batteries.

*“Kyushu Debate Open 2019”, one of Asia's leading English debate
competitions, held at Kyushu University
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/360
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Kyushu Debate Open (QDO) 2019, one of Asia's leading international
English debate tournaments, was held at Ito Campus from August 10th to 11th.

*Commercial law in focus at training course for Thai delegation
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/361
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Kyushu University’s Faculty of Law welcomed a 35-member delegation
from the Office of the Thai Judiciary between September 1 and
September 14, 2019 and conducted a training course which focused on
commercial law.


**Research

*Untapped resource-or greenhouse gas threat-found below rifting
axis off Okinawa coast
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/138
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Analyzing reflections of seismic pressure waves by the subseafloor
geology off southwestern Japan, researchers at Kyushu University have
found the first evidence of a massive gas reservoir where the Earth’s
crust is being separated.

*Magical eraser in supersymmetry
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/139
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“Supersymmetry is a leading candidate for such new physics.”
says Ken-Ichi Okumura, a specially appointed assistant professor of
the Research Center for Advanced Particle Physics at Kyushu University.


**Events

*[Library Workshop] How to Search for Academic Papers
Date:2019.10.23 [Wed] 16:10 ～ 2019.11.01 [Wed] 13:00
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/145
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Kyushu University library holds a workshop "How to Search for
Academic Papers" in October and November.

*<The 2019 Kyoto Prize Workshop> Science and Technology of
Organic Light-Emitting Diodes: Present Status and Future Prospect
Date:2019.11.13 [Wed] 13:00 ～ 17:15
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/143
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The workshop will cover the present status and future prospects of
organic light-emitting diodes and, in addition to Tang, features a
slate of speakers from around the world at the forefront of the future
of this technology discussing new materials, devices, and physics.
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