ICU President Dr. Junko Hibiya will visit Los Angeles this September
ICU President Dr. Junko Hibiya will visit Los Angeles from Sep. 19th-20th, 2015. Please feel free to join us at these two public events!
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ICU Professor Katsuhiko Mori and the JICUF’s Paul Hastings Contribute Short Reflections for Fukushima Photo Essay
Following a recent collaboration between ICU, the JICUF and the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs, ICU Professor Katsuhiko Mori and JICUF Vice President Paul Hastings contributed short reflections to an online photo essay produced by the Carnegie Council’s Devin Stewart.
Getting to know Joshua Nelson, recent ICU graduate in New Jersey
ICU graduate Joshua Nelson (June, ’13) is currently living and attending graduate school in Princeton, New Jersey. We spoke to him recently about his experiences growing up, what first led him to ICU, and his post-graduate life here in the U.S. Joshua (left side) and friends in Princeton. The two people in the middle are also from ICU. JICUF: Hi, Joshua! Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed for “A New Leaf”. Could you start by telling us a bit about your background? Where were you born and raised, for example? Joshua: My father is from California and my mother is from Shikoku. Most people assume I lived in the States for […]
Introducing the Global Link Students 2015
Introducing the students that will participate in Global Link 2015!
Interview with Anne E. Ofstedal Fellow Dr. Mei Li
JICUF Board Chair Sam Shepherd and I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Mei Li during our visit to ICU in early June. Dr. Li is the first Anne E. Ofstedal Fellow, a program created by the United Board in memory of former United Board staff member Anne Ofstedal. Dr. Li, a member of the faculty at Yunnan University’s School of Public Administration, is spending the Spring Term at ICU.
Forbes Selects ICU as One of “Top 10 Asian Liberal Arts Colleges”
Forbes has selected ICU as one of Asia’s top-ten liberal arts colleges! Click to read the article.
JICUF Senior Fellow Co-Edits Japanese Anthology of Selected Essays Touching on Science, Religion, and Philosophy
JICUF Senior Research Fellow in Science and Religion Thomas Hastings has co-edited a Japanese anthology of essays on science, religion, and philosophy. The anthology, “Entanglements of Religion and Science” was published by Nanzan University, and emerges out of a grant from the Templeton Foundation.
JICUF Sponsors Carnegie Council Global Ethics Conference at ICU
On June 5-6 the Japan ICU Foundation will be sponsoring a Carnegie Council Global Ethics Conference in the Kiyoshi Togasaki Memorial Dialogue House at ICU. The Global Ethics Conference is part of the Carnegie Council’s Global Ethics Network and will feature keynote addresses from former Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Dr. Michael Ignatieff, the Centennial Chair of the Carnegie Council and Professor at Harvard University, amongst others.
ICU Professor Emeritus’s Lecture on the ‘Hidden Impact’ of the Great East Japan Earthquake
For more information on what Dr. Kotani spoke about in his lecture, read ahead for a link to the full translation by recent alumnus from the ICU summer language program Anatolii Aast and/or refer to the book, The Hidden Impact: Everything You Need to Know for the Next Disaster.
JICUF Global Link Program will be held in NYC this summer
Now in its second year, the summer Global Link program has undergone some changes over the past 12 months, shifting focus from its previous model as a Student Internship to a more comprehensive experience. The Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF) has custom designed the new Global Link to expose ICU students to a variety of organizations and thought-leaders working in the field of sustainability.