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School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Winter Break Lecture 2023 for High School Students
Kazuo Emoto (Director, Office of Communication/Professor, Department of Biological Sciences)
(Top) Professor Haruki Takeuchi, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry
(Bottom) Associate Professor Hitomi Yanaka, Department of Information Science
The lectures for high school students, which are held every year during the winter break, were held on Tuesday, December 26 and Wednesday, December 27, 2023. The event was a hybrid of on-site participation at Koshiba Hall and distribution via the Faculty of Science's YouTube channel.
On the first day, Professor Shinichi Okoshi, Dean of Graduate School of Science and Faculty of Science, gave a welcome address, followed by lectures on "The World of Smell" by Professor Haruki Takeuchi of the Department of Biophysics, "The World Supported by Strong Forces: Nuclear Accelerators" by Assistant Professor Sho Nagao of the Department of Physics, and "Exploring the Nanoworld: Molecular World Reflected by Electron Microscopes" by Project Associate Professor Takayuki Nakamuro of the Department of Chemistry. On the second day, Professor Yuri Aikawa of the Department of Astronomy gave a lecture on "The Birth of Stars and Planetary Systems," Assistant Professor Kyoki Sakuma of the Department of Earth and Planetary Environmental Science gave a lecture on "Reading the Earth's Past Surface Environment from Strata," and Associate Professor Hitomi Yanaka of the Department of Information Science gave a lecture on "Can Artificial Intelligence understand language like humans?
The contents of the lectures were wide-ranging, and from the results of the participants' questionnaires, it seems that we were able to fully convey to the high school students some of the fascinating aspects of the broad and deep field of "science. During the question-and-answer period, in which Slido was used with the assistance of students, questions were asked from a variety of perspectives, indicating that the audience enjoyed the lecture. The Public Relations Office and Information Technology Team collaborated in the filming, distribution, and facilitation of the event. We would like to express our deepest gratitude to all the audience members and all those who assisted in various ways.
Faculty of Science News, January 2024