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FUTI Global Leadership Scholarship Recipient, Ayu Yoneda, Receives a Future Scientist Award

Ms. Ayu Yoneda, a sixth-year student at the UTokyo School of Medicine and recipient of the FUTI Global Leadership Award won the Future Scientist Award, the highest award in...

FUTI Newsletter No. 19

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Prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award to Ms. Furusawa, Ito USA-FUTI Award Recipient

Ms. Eri Furusawa was awarded the American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award in May 2018. It is granted to one student each year in the Urban Planning...

The FUTI Board Appoints Dr. Teruo Furui as a New Member

At the Board meeting held on April 16, 2018, the FUTI Board elected Dr. Teruo Fujii, Executive Director and Vice President of the University of Tokyo, as a new...

Former UTokyo President Komiyama Receives the Knowledge Award from the Emirate of Dubai

Former University of Tokyo President Hiroshi Komiyama received the international prize “Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Knowledge Award (Knowledge Award)” of the Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)....

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FUTI Global Leadership Scholarship Recipient, Ayu Yoneda, Receives a Future Scientist Award

futiJuly 25, 2018Comments Off

2018-07-25T20:26:52+00:00

Ms. Ayu Yoneda, a sixth-year student at the UTokyo School of Medicine and recipient of the FUTI Global Leadership Award won the Future Scientist Award, the highest award in the student category, for her poster-presentation at the JMSA (Japanese Medical Society of America) NY Life Science Forum 2018. Co-sponsored by the JMSA and Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, the forum aims at promoting exchanges among Japanese doctors, researchers, and students working in the U.S. and communicating the excitement of life sciences to the general public through presentations of research results. Ms. Yoneda comments on her experience: “I...

FUTI Newsletter No. 19

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2018-07-16T11:19:34+00:00

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Prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award to Ms. Furusawa, Ito USA-FUTI Award Recipient

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2018-07-16T08:57:52+00:00

Ms. Eri Furusawa was awarded the American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award...

The FUTI Board Appoints Dr. Teruo Furui as a New Member

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2018-07-16T08:57:47+00:00

At the Board meeting held on April 16, 2018, the FUTI Board elected Dr....

Former UTokyo President Komiyama Receives the Knowledge Award from the Emirate of Dubai

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2018-01-09T14:10:55+00:00

Former University of Tokyo President Hiroshi Komiyama received the international prize “Mohammed Bin Rashid...

Recipient Reports

Summary Report for Urban Planning program, Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP), 2016-2018

futiOctober 18, 2018Comments Off

2018-10-18T16:30:28+00:00

Ito Foundation U.S.A.-FUTI Scholarship Final Report Eri Furusawa It feels like only yesterday that I flew to New York to start my Urban Planning master’s program at Columbia GSAPP. The past two years have been one of the most challenging but rewarding time I have ever experienced. This report first summarizes the highlights of my academic experience in New York, offers a short analysis of the differences between the academic environment in the University of Tokyo and Columbia, then concludes with acknowledgements. My urban planning education cannot be described without mentioning my master’s thesis. Thesis research was extremely challenging...