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Congratulations to the 2021 Academic Degree Conferral Ceremony, Graduation Ceremony, and Academic/ Research Encouragement Award
Communications & Public Relations Committee
The University of Tokyo Degree Conferment and Graduation Ceremonies for the academic year 2021 were held in Yasuda Auditorium on Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25, 2022. Naoki Konno (Master of Science, Department of Biological Sciences) and Kana Moriwaki (Doctor of Physics, Department of Physics), Graduate School of Science, and Kanta Masuki (Department of Physics), Faculty of Science, participated in the ceremony as delegates.
The doctoral degree conferral ceremony was held in two parts on March 24 at Koshiba Hall, hosted by the Graduate School of Science, where Dean Masahiro Hoshino handed over diplomas to each of the graduate students who received their doctoral degrees at the end of March. The degree conferment ceremony for master's degree graduate students and undergraduate students was held for each Department.
The 2021 Faculty of Science Encouragement Award and Graduate School of Science Encouragement Award were also announced, and the students listed in the table received these awards. These awards are given to students who have achieved particularly outstanding results. In addition, we are pleased to announce that Kana Moriwaki, Department of Physics, received The University of Tokyo President's Grand Prize in the academic field for her doctoral research, "Analysis of Large-Scale Structure of the Universe Using Cosmological Simulation and Machine Learning," and Naoki Konno, Department of Biological Sciences, received the University of Tokyo President's Grand Prize in the academic field for his master's research, "Information Analysis Technology for Comprehensive Clarification of the Evolution and Developmental Processes of Life," from the University of Tokyo. Naoki Konno of the Department of Biological Sciences received The University of Tokyo's President's Award in the academic field for his master's research, "Information Analysis Technology for Comprehensive Elucidation of the Evolutionary and Developmental Processes of Life.
Kana Moriwaki (top), Naoki Konno (upper middle), and Kanta Masuki (lower middle), the President's Award recipients; photo by Yuji Ozeki. Bottom: The President's Award ceremony.
We would like to congratulate all the graduates. I would also like to express my sincere admiration for the winners of the President's Award who have achieved the highest academic results. I look forward to your further contributions to the advancement of academic research in the world.
Faculty of Science News May 2022