Qdai-mail Tsushin#053
The e-mail magazine "Qdai-mail Tsushin" delivers campus news
every month.
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Friday, June 24, 2022
Kyushu U Connect:
Check out our new page for connecting Kyushu U with society
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/connect/
Instagram:
Kyushu U has launched its official Instagram account. Follow us today!
https://www.instagram.com/kyushuuniversity/
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**Topics
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*Solidarity with Ukraine
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Kyushu U has launched a relief program for students, new graduates, and researchers who have been displaced or lost their ability to continue their studies and research due to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Details on how to apply at the link below.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/notices/view/365
Support fund for Ukrainian students and researchers
We have created a special fund to set our relief program in motion.
You can help us continue this program by making donations.
Please visit the following page for more information as to how you can contribute.
https://kikin.kyushu-u.ac.jp/news/view.php?cId=1546
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*Kyushu U 135th in QS World University Rankings 2023
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Kyushu U comes in at #135 in this year's QS World University Rankings!
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/472
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**Features
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*On the cutting edge: Decarbonization
Research efforts aim for a sustainable society that goes beyond carbon ‘neutral’ to carbon ‘negative’
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Membranes thinner than plastic wrap that can directly filter CO2 from air and technologies that will enable hydrogen to power our everyday lives are just some of Kyushu U's many research efforts aiming to decarbonize society.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/469
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*On the cutting edge: Environment and food
Advancing the treatment and understanding of the human body
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Take a look at how Kyushu U researchers from disciplines spanning agriculture to mathematics are tackling environment and food issues with crop, microplastics, and silkworm research.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/470
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*On the cutting edge: Medicine and health
Kyushu U scientists are taking steps towards a better, brighter, and more livable future
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Needleless injectors are just one example of work being done at Kyushu U in medicine and health, one of our three entry points for tackling social issues with cutting-edge research.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/471
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**Research
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*Finding the biological roots for pathological social withdrawal, Hikikomori
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Kyushu U researchers have identified molecules in the blood that can be used to help determine the severity of hikikomori—pathological social withdrawal. The results could aid the development of new treatments and an understanding of the biologic cause of the condition.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/230
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**Events
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*Kyushu University Global Peace Symposium 2022
Date: 2022.06.26 [Sun] 13:30 – 15:00
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At this online event, Mr. Yoshiro Yamawaki, a survivor of the Nagasaki a-bombing, will share his personal account of experiencing the bombing in 1945. Don’t miss your chance to hear his story and ask questions.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/300
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* FY2022 the 5th I²CNER Webinar: Novel states of gas in water
Date: 2022.06.29 [Wed] 10:00 – 11:00
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Despite the ubiquity and importance of water, many mysteries still remain. Hear how researchers are applying state-of-the-art techniques to understand how gases dissolve in water at a microscopic level at this webinar by Dr. Ing-Shouh Hwang from the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/298
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*What you can do for the environment
Date: 2022.07.02 [Sat] 14:00 – 17:00
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On July 2, join Kyushu U faculty, students, and science communicators at Nishijin Plaza in Fukuoka City to discuss the environment in English and Japanese at this first event organized by the Kyushu U Connect team.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/295
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*Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series
Date: Every Wednesday 12:10 – 12:50
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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/tags/2
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** Stay Connected
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https://www.instagram.com/kyushuuniversity/
https://www.youtube.com/user/KyushuUniv
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