Studium Generale 2023 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 13
Lecturer: Asraa Ziadi
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Fall

Science communication and public relations

Date: October 20
Lecturer: Azusa Minamizaki
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

The science of shampoo

Date: October 27
Lecturer: Nicola Skoulding
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2021Fall

Automated Delivery Robots as a Service

Date: November 17
Lecturer: Jude Nwadiuto
Handout: handout
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Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future

Date: November 24
Lecturer: Marc Humblet
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Fall

Law and Literature: The japanese legal system as seen through literary sources

Date: December 8
Lecturer: Gabor Samjeské
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2020Spring

Adventures in the Nanoworld

Date: December 22
Lecturer: Leigh Canham
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2022Fall

Let's Listen to a Melody from the Universe!

Date: January 19
Lecturer: Seiji Kawamura
Handout: handout
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2019Fall

Is Pessimism actually Shortening your Life? Genetics perspective

Date: January 26
Lecturer: Maria Vassileva
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Reposting from Studium Generale 2018Spring

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Syllabus

Date	Topic	Lecturer
10/6	COURSE INTRODUCTION
10/13	What's the smell? - A Scent of a Molecule	Asraa Ziadi(ITbM)
10/20	Science communication and public relations	Azusa Minamizaki (Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles and the Universe)
10/27	The science of shampoo	Nicola Skoulding(Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry)
11/10	From University to Antarctica, a story about glaciers and life choices	Alexa Fabiani(Physics BSc Institute of Transformative bio-Molecules, Nagoya University)
11/17	Automated Delivery Robots as a Service	Jude Nwadiuto(Dr.Eng. Nagoya University)
11/24	Fossil reefs and sea-level change: diving into the past to predict the future	Marc Humblet(Graduate School of Environmental Sciences)
12/1	Student Projects Workshop
12/8	Global Warming: Beyond the Hockey Stick Controversy	Gabor Samjeské(Graduate School of Science/Department of Chemistry)
12/15	Comfortable Human - robot interactions: it's all about emotions!	Sarah Cosentino(Waseda University)
12/22	Adventures in the Nanoworld	Leigh Canham(University of Birmingham)
1/19	Let's Listen to a Melody from the Universe!	Seiji Kawamura(Graduate School of Science, Physics)
1/26	Is Pessimism actually Shortening your Life?	Maria Vassileva(Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University)
2/3	Course wrap up

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

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