Qdai-mail Tsushin＃051
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Friday, April 22, 2022
◆Notes on infectious disease control related to the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) are posted on the University website.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/crisismanagement/riskmanagement/coronavirus
Kyushu U magazine CONNECT:
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/publicity/publications/connect
Issue 3 of CONNECT, our annual university magazine, is now available at the link above!
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**Features
*A tale of two classes in the wake of COVID-19
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“People that were hit worst economically by COVID were the poor, many of whom live in single-person households with irregular jobs,” says Kyushu U Prof. Kunio Urakawa.
Read about the reasons for this and more messages he found in economic data covering the start of the pandemic in this Kyushu U Feature.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/463
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**Topics
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*Kyushu University holds Energy Week 2022
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Kyushu U’s various energy-related departments brought together researchers, students, and industry and government officials from Japan and abroad to exchange ideas on the future of energy at Energy Week 2022 in January.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/460
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*Online ceremony celebrating 35 years of exchange with Dalian University of Technology
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Since Kyushu U’s Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Engineering Sciences signed an inter-departmental exchange agreement with Dalian University of Technology in 1986, the universities have collaborated actively on education, concluding a university-wide exchange agreement in 2020.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/462
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**Research
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*For long plant life, the secret is in DNA repair
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Why can some plants only live weeks while others outlast civilizations?
Recent Kyushu U research points to the number of copies of genes for
DNA repair as a key factor.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/227
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**Events
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*A Carbon Neutral Society – Action Month
Date: 2022.05.13 [Fri] 10:00 a.m. – 2022.06.10 [Fri] 1:00 p.m. (JST)
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This 5-week webinar series will focus on the "realization of a decarbonized society" as a means of combating climate change and establishing a sustainable society by bringing together a diverse group of experts and researchers
from a variety of research fields to facilitate the exchange of ideas, discussion of potential cross-disciplinary approaches, and collaborative development of solutions. Open to Kyushu U students, faculty, and staff.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/283
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