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President Yamada to Receive the Prestigious Maxwell Prize

Dr. Masaaki Yamada, FUTI’s newly elected president, will be awarded the highly prestigious James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in November. The Maxwell equations which appear at the start of any study in electromagnetism, are originally formulated by the well-known 19th century Scottish mathematical physicist James Clerk Maxwell for whom this award is named.…
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Prof. Furuya Lectures in New York: The Gifts of the Ocean and its Future

The lecture, “The Gifts of the Ocean and its Future”, was given by Prof. Ken Furuya at 6:00 pm on September 19 at the University of Tokyo New York Office. The talk was presented to 25 attendees including members of the FUTI board and advisory committee, and UTokyo alumni living in and around New York City.…
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Excerpts of Report by 2015 Summer Scholarship Recipients

As reported in Newsletter 13, nine UTokyo students and 11 U.S. students received the 2015 FUTI Global Leadership Awards (FUTI-GLA). The FUTI summer scholarship award, a.k.a. the “FUTI Global Leadership Award (FUTI-GLA),” is designed to nurture future global leaders of Japan and the U.S. One of the selection criteria is a demonstration of leadership quality.…
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University of Tokyo Establishes a New Office in New York

“The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) New York Office” will open in midtown Manhattan of New York City. As an inaugural event, a seminar and opening ceremony, followed by a reception will be held at the new office on November 6. About the UTokyo New York Office The Nippon Club Tower located in the heart of…
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FUTI Directors, Masaaki Yamada and Yuichiro Kuwama Elected as the New President and Vice-President, Respectively

At the board meeting held on September 19, 2015, Director of University Relations, Dr. Masaaki Yamada was elected the new president of FUTI, succeeding Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi who has been president of FUTI since 2010. Dr. Yamada will also continue his duties as Director of University Relations. In the same board meeting, Treasurer, Dr. Yuichiro…
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The FUTI Board Appoints Dr. Ken Furuya as a New Member

At the Board meeting held on March 10, 2015, the FUTI Board elected Prof. Ken Furuya, Executive Vice President of UTokyo, as a new Director. Effective April 1, 2015, he succeeded Dr. Masako Egawa, former Executive Vice President of UTokyo, who had been an FUTI Director since February 2012. Ken Furuya (古谷 研) is the Executive…
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Makoto Gonokami Begins UTokyo Presidency

Succeeding former President Junichi Hamada, Prof. Makoto Gonokami became the President of the University of Tokyo as of April 1, 2015 for a six-year term. President Gonokami was formerly the Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science. His specialty is optical physics. In his inaugural remarks, President Gonokami states: In the midst…
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Nine UTokyo Students and 11 U.S. Students Receive FUTI’s 2015 Summer Scholarships

The FUTI Award Selection Committee has selected nine UTokyo students and 11 U.S. students for this summer’s scholarship program. Five out of the selected nine UTokyo students will participate in various summer programs at U.S. universities, such as University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, University of Michigan, Princeton University, and Stanford University; three will attend…
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Mr. Wiegman of Modesto High School, California and Mr. Smith of Summit High School, Oregon, Receive FUTI’s Travel Grants to Attend PEAK

The Award Committee of Friends of UTokyo (FUTI) has granted travel scholarships to Mr. Alexander Wiegman of Modesto High School, California and Mr. Kyle Smith of Summit High School, Oregon who will enroll in PEAK (Programs in English at Komaba) of UTokyo in the fall of 2015. The FUTI scholarship covers a round trip airfare…
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President Hamada Participates in a “UTokyo Day” at Princeton University

You may recall that last year the  “University of Tokyo Day”was held on October 23, 2014 at Jones Hall of Princeton University.  The ceremony was participated by President Junichi Hamada, Dr. Masako Egawa (Executive Vice President of UTokyo and a FUTI Director) and several other delegates from the University of Tokyo.  Mr. Takeshi Komoto of JETRO New…
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