Studium Generale 2022 Fall

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LecturerMultiple Instructors
DepartmentG30, 2022 Fall
Recommended for:All Nagoya University Students, faculty members and staff

Course Overview

Studium Generale is a unique immersion program into an English-based lecture environment. The course offers exposure to various academic topics presented in an accessible way, and in English.

What's the smell? - A Scent of a Molecule

Date: October 14
Lecturer: Asraa Ziadi
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Fall

Science communication and public relations

Date: October 21
Lecturer: Azusa Minamizaki
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

The science of shampoo

Date: October 28
Lecturer: Nicola Skoulding
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2021Fall

Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future

Date: November 11
Lecturer: Marc Humblet
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Fall

Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy

Date: November 18
Lecturer: Gabor Samjeské
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

Adventures in the Nanoworld

Date: December 9
Lecturer: Leigh Canham
Handout: handout
Video:

See elegance in a worm brain

Date: December 16
Lecturer: Kentaro Noma
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Spring

Let's Listen to a Melody from the Universe!

Date: December 23
Lecturer: Seiji Kawamura
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2019Fall

Basic Biology to help us understand COVID-19

Date: January 20
Lecturer: Maria Vassileva
Handout: handout
Video:

Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Fall


Syllabus

Date Topic Lecturer
10/7 COURSE INTRODUCTION
10/14 What's the smell? - A Scent of a Molecule Asraa Ziadi(ITbM)
10/21 Science communication and public relations Azusa Minamizaki (Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe)
10/28 The science of shampoo Nicola Skoulding(Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry)
11/4 From University to Antarctica, a story about glaciers and life choices Alexa Fabiani(Physics BSc Institute of Transformative bio-Molecules, Nagoya University)
11/11 Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future Marc Humblet(Graduate School of Environmental Sciences)
11/18 Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy Gabor Samjeské(Graduate School of Science/Department of Chemistry)
11/25 Comfortable Human - robot interactions: it's all about emotions! Sarah Cosentino(Waseda University)
12/2 Student Projects Workshop
12/9 Adventures in the Nanoworld Leigh Canham(University of Birmingham)
12/16 See elegance in a worm brain Kentaro Noma(Graduate School of Science)
12/23 Let's Listen to a Melody from the Universe! Seiji Kawamura(Graduate School of Science, Physics)
1/20 Basic Biology to help us understand COVID-19 Maria Vassileva(Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science)
1/27 Student Projects presentations
2/3 Course wrap up

*Some lectures used past materials due to the coronavirus countermeasures.

Last updated

October 27, 2022