Studium Generale 2022 Fall

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
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Fall

Science communication and public relations

Date: October 21
Lecturer: Azusa Minamizaki
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

The science of shampoo

Date: October 28
Lecturer: Nicola Skoulding
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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
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Fall

Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy

Date: November 18
Lecturer: Gabor Samjeské
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

Adventures in the Nanoworld

Date: December 9
Lecturer: Leigh Canham
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See elegance in a worm brain

Date: December 16
Lecturer: Kentaro Noma
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Spring

Let's Listen to a Melody from the Universe!

Date: December 23
Lecturer: Seiji Kawamura
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2019Fall

Basic Biology to help us understand COVID-19

Date: January 20
Lecturer: Maria Vassileva
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Fall

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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

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