Newsletter No. 13

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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-UTokyo Educational Partnership on Plasma Physics

Princeton University (the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, PPPL) and the University of Tokyo (the Departments of Advanced Energy, Physics and ...

UTokyo Professor Kiichi Fujiwara Speaks in New York

On May 25, Friends of UTokyo Inc. (FUTI) hosted, jointly with the NY Icho-kai and Satsuki-kai America, a lecture meeting ...

"Go Global Study Abroad Fair 2015" Held at the Komaba Campus

“Go Global 2015,” a fair to encourage UTokyo students to study abroad, was held at the Komaba Campus on June ...

Renovation of Yasuda Auditorium Completed!

The comprehensive renovation of the Yasuda Auditorium at the University of Tokyo, which was undertaken from the academic year 2013 ...