JICUF Awards New Fall Grants
We are pleased to announce the second cohort of JICUF grant recipients!
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Team Asunaro’s Tohoku Relief Project
Professor Etsuko Kato (anthropology) received a grant from the JICUF this spring. The ¥336,000 grant is being used to enable ICU students to participate in activities led by Team Asunaro, a volunteer group that has been contributing to recovery efforts in Tohoku. We interviewed Mr. Shimpei Suga, leader of Team Asunaro, and Prof. Kato.
Interview with Daniel Fernández, Rotary Peace Fellow
Daniel Fernández is a graduate student and Rotary Peace Fellow (Class XIII) at ICU. In the spring term, the JICUF awarded a program grant of ¥544,000 for his project, “Rethinking Translation, Memory and Dialogue through Butoh-based Performance.” We sat down with Daniel for a few questions.
JICUF Awards New Grants to ICU Faculty and Students Mark Flanigan
We are pleased to announce that under our new grants initiative for ICU students and faculty, we have now awarded 12 grants totaling ¥3,016,000 and $10,200, respectively. We received 24 grant inquiries this term, and 16 were invited to submit grant proposals. This is a very encouraging start to what promises to be a dynamic new initiative for the JICUF.