Author: futi

FUTI Report

By Jeffrey Gau — After graduating from Yale, I spent a month at the University of Tokyo (UTokyo) taking courses titled “Introduction to the Japanese Language” and “Nanoscience.” I had expected to simply attend lectures and learn classroom material. However, my experience far exceeded my expectations. Through the language course, I developed a strong foundation…
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Friends of UTokyo Summary Report

By Eshima Shusei — About the Program Program: the University of Michigan Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Course: Designing, Conducting, and Analyzing Field Experiments Instructor: Professor Donald P. Green Report I attended ICPSR course “Field Experiments” taught by Professor Donald Green. In the lectures, we started with the basic of causal inference framework…
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Japan in Today’s World

By Tianyi Dong — I’m extremely grateful to FUTI for their generous scholarship that allowed me to participate in the Global Summer Program at the University of Tokyo. It’s impossible to overstate my excitement of finally visiting Tokyo where so much history that I have learned in class actually took place. There is so much…
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2016 UTRIP Internship with Prof. Mitsuhiko Shionoya

By David Burke — This summer, I was very fortunate to have the opportunity to participate in a UTRIP internship at the University of Tokyo, thanks to the generous support of the Friends of UTokyo, Inc. I spent six weeks working in the bioinorganic chemistry laboratory of Professor Mitsuhiko Shionoya, where my research was focused…
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UTRIP 2016: Molecular Alignment and Orientation in Tokyo

By Niccolò Bigagli — Two have been the major goals I have pursued in my life so far: increase my knowledge and involvement in the fields of physics and physical research, and broaden my outlook on the world by getting to know different cultures and experiencing life in different parts of the world. My participation…
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Lecture gathering by Prof. Ken Furuya: "The Expanding Ocean Desert"

6:00pm to 8:00pm at Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street, New York, NY 10019-9601 *Please note this lecture will be in Japanese Lecture: “The Expanding Ocean Desert” Lecturer: Ken Furuya, Professor in the Department of Aquatic Bioscience and Executive Vice President of The University of Tokyo See Prof. Furuya’s biography here. This lecture gathering…
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FY 2015-2016

Friends of UTokyo, Inc. gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the gifts from our donors which help to support the FUTI Global Leadership Awards and the other many activities to further the globalization and future development of The University of Tokyo in the U.S., Japan and in the world. FY 2015-16 total: 3 corporations†, 63 individuals; $316,709.61‡

FY 2014-2015

Friends of UTokyo, Inc. gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the gifts from our donors which help to support the FUTI Global Leadership Awards and the other many activities to further the globalization and future development of The University of Tokyo in the U.S., Japan and in the world. FY 2014-15 total: 3 corporations†, 52 individuals; $116,472‡

FY 2013-2014

Friends of UTokyo, Inc. gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the gifts from our donors which help to support the FUTI Global Leadership Awards and the other many activities to further the globalization and future development of The University of Tokyo in the U.S., Japan and in the world. FY 2013-14 total: 2 corporations†, 58 individuals; $109,616.24‡

FY 2012-2013

Friends of UTokyo, Inc. gratefully acknowledge and appreciate the gifts from our donors which help to support the FUTI Global Leadership Awards and the other many activities to further the globalization and future development of The University of Tokyo in the U.S., Japan and in the world. FY 2012-13 total: 4 corporations†, 73 individuals; $131,946‡