Qdai-mail Tsushin #068
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Friday, 22 September, 2023
Kyushu U magazine CONNECT:
Explore some of Kyushu U’s wide-ranging work on environmental issues in Issue 4 of CONNECT, our annual English university magazine, now available from the link below!
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/publicity/publications/connect
Kyushu U Connect:
Keep up to date on how Kyushu U is connecting with society at Kyushu U Connect.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/connect/
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**Topics
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*JTW 29th class Closing Ceremony on July 26th
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Kyushu University held the Closing Ceremony for the Japan in Today's World (JTW) program on July 26, 2023, at the Inamori Center, Ito Campus. The JTW program offers a unique opportunity for international students to deepen their understanding of Japan through courses on Japanese society, culture, and history taught in English, as well as through the Japanese language classes and study trips. This semester, 60 students from 37 universities in 16 countries/regions participated in the JTW program.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/530
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* Visiting the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS) and the Mongolian-Japan Hospital (MJH)
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From August 6 to 11, 2023, endoscopists, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, oncologists, and clinical engineers from Kyushu University visited the Mongolian-Japan Hospital (MJH) to observe and provide medical guidance. This is the second year of the project “Human Resource Development for Treatment of Gastrointestinal Diseases in Mongolia” to promote international health cooperation with the National Center of Global Health and Medicine.
https://www.hosp.kyushu-u.ac.jp/news/detail/510/
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**Notices
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* Kyushu U becomes first university in Japan to receive prestigious Getty grant for art history project
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Kyushu University has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Getty Foundation’s Connecting Art Histories initiative for a newly-launched project “Shared Coasts, Divided Historiographies”. Kyushu University is the first academic institution in Japan ever to receive a grant from Getty.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/458
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* Monument design competition launched to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Law and Letters
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In 2024, Kyushu University will celebrate the momentous 100th anniversary of the founding of the Faculty of Law and Letters, the precursor to the current four Faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences. In the run-up to 2024, Kyushu University has launched a 100th anniversary project, with a series of events planned to commemorate the founding. As part of this project, we are calling for submission for a design of a new monument, which will be displayed in East Zone of Ito Campus as a permanent piece of public art.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/457
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**Events
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* Do we need a new journalism in the era of corporate media? —Telling the stories of Climate, Inequality and Justice in 2023 —
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Date: 2023.10.21 [Sat] 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Palagummi Sainath is a spirited journalist who continues to tell the issues of rural India.Since the world is rapidly changing, the social role of journalism is being called into question once again. How can we tell the world about the climate crisis and the movement for social and economic justice? He will talk about a new way of journalism for people, based on his own works.
The seminar is open to everyone.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/403
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*The Fujii Gallery exhibit: Kyushu University and Former Faculty of Engineering Main Building
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Date: 2023.07.24 [Mon] 10:00 a.m. – 2023.11.10 [Fri] 5:00 p.m.
In March 2023, the modern buildings of the former Kyushu Imperial University (now Kyushu University Hakozaki Satellite), including the main building of the former Faculty of Engineering, were designated as the first registered tangible cultural properties of Kyushu University.
This exhibition introduces the history of the former main building of the Faculty of Engineering, the valuable Kranz specimens and engineering materials and models (Ashio Copper Mine-related materials, rock drill models, etc.), the General Research Museum and Archives, and the current status of the Faculty of Engineering.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/401
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* Manuscript Writing Workshop by Nature for Researcher and Students
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Date: 2023.10.23 [Mon] 5:00 p.m. – 2023.10.27 [Fri] 7:00 p.m.
Learn how to write papers and strategies for publication from Nature Research. The topics will be useful for researchers of all fields. This event is open to all Kyushu University researchers and students.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/402
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*Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series
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Date: Every Wednesday 12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m.
Every Wednesday during lunch, learn about research related to SDGs in Asian and Oceanian regions and expand your research network at the Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series. The webinar is free, available in English and Japanese, and open to everyone!
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events?tag_id=2
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