Category: 2012

Friends of UTokyo Inc. Internship Report

by Jacob Albritton — I have been researching under Professor Ichizo Kobayashi in the Laboratory of Social Genome Sciences at the University of Tokyo for about 6 weeks now.  At a glance, Kobayashi-sensei et al. have been researching restriction-modification systems and DNA recombination machinery, with a focus on the role of these biological phenomena in…
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Intensive English for College Students at Yale University

by Yuri Asanuma — This summer, I participated in the Intensive English for College Students course at Yale University English Language Institute. The program had morning classes and afternoon classes. In the morning, we took three classes: Reading and Vocabulary, Expository Writing and Conventions of Written English, and Speaking and Listening Skills. Students were divided…
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University of Tokyo Internship Program

by Emre Discekici — I will never forget the summer 2012 I spent in Japan.  There are no words that can adequately describe what I have learned, the experiences I have had, and most importantly, the people I have met.  It was February of this year when I applied to the University of Tokyo internship…
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UTRIP

by Gulnara Fayzulina — This past summer I have participated in University of Tokyo Research Internship Program (UTRIP). For six weeks, I got an opportunity to live in Japan and to do research in Dr. Kuroda’s Laboratory at the University of Tokyo. Dr. Kuroda’s Laboratory, part of the Biophysics and Biochemistry department in Graduate School…
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IARU Global Summer Program at UC Berkeley, 2012

by Motoka Fukui — The experience which I gained this summer is no doubt a priceless and special one. This was my first time to study abroad, and I had never had a chance to use English in a practical way before. My motivation to this challenge was just wanting to tackle something unfamiliar in…
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Research Internship at the University of Tokyo

by Justin Holmgren — This summer I did a research internship at the newly established Hasuo Lab in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Tokyo.  This lab’s research centers on the use of particularly abstract mathematics to study formal logic in computer science.  This internship was organized by MIT’s MISTI‐Japan Program and…
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Report on “Summer Peace Institute,” IARU Global Summer Program by University of Berkeley

by Rin Ichino — When I found the “Summer Peace Institute” course on the list of Global Summer Program, I decided to apply for it without much thought. To be honest, all I wanted to do was to take part in any one of GSP courses, and it didn’t matter for me which one I…
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UC Berkeley Summer Sessions 2012

by Kento Kikuchi — From July 23 – August 12, I attended UC Berkeley Summer Sessions 2012. Truth be told, this was not the first time I have been in UC Berkeley. I joined the research project in Nevada in 2011, and went to the campus just as a tourist on the way to the…
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Summer Program at the University of Tokyo

by Tiffany Lee — At the University of Tokyo, I took a course called “Japan In Today’s World.” Various speakers lectured on many aspects of Japan in relation to the rest of the world, such as aid giving, business models, politics, refugee policies, and more. Most courses had to do with current events, though some…
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Summer School at Yale University

by Ayako Sakamoto — My name is Ayako Sakamoto, a senior from the University of Tokyo. My major is ecology and biology. I attended the summer course “Sustainability and Institutions” of GSR from 2nd July to 10th August. I had three goals to attend this course at Yale University. The first one was to study…
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