Kyushu U CONNECT
Bringing our expertise to the world to inspire social change
Japan’s plastic problem is a huge barrier to carbon neutrality. Could bioplastics and recycled plastics be the answer?
Spotlight
Kyushu U CONNECT
Bringing our expertise to the world to inspire social change
Outreach
Conversations, talks, and activities bridging the university and the public
Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar Series
Q-AOS Brown Bag Seminar #114:How should we coexist with wildlife? - The issue of wildlife from the perspective of human society
Features
Articles showcasing our expertise, innovative education, and unique features
16 strange new parasitoid wasp species discovered in Vietnam
A field survey in Vietnam searching for Loboscelidia, a rare group of parasitoid wasps, has increased the total known number of species worldwide by 30% and uncovered their unique egg-burying behavior.
Visualizing the invisible with unprecedented resolution
with Prof. Yasukazu Murakami
Unveiling Japan's ancient practice of cranial modification: The case of the Hirota people in Tanegashima
An international team of researchers report that the Hirota people, who lived on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima between the late Yayoi period to the Kofun period (3rd to 7th century CE), practiced cranial modification.
Composing Letting Nature In
Daryl Jamieson is a composer in the American experimental contemporary music style, informed by Buddhist and the Kyoto School of philosophy. This month is a performance on the Goto Islands, famous for the World Heritage Sites of the “Hidden Christians”.
A bright future in eco-friendly light devices, just add dendrimers, cellulose, and graphene
Researchers from Japan and Germany have developed a new eco-friendly, and long-lasting light-emitting electrochemical cell using dendrimers combined with biomass derived cellulose acetate as the electrolyte and a graphene electrode
Do investors incorporate financial materiality of environmental information in their risk evaluation?
Researchers develop a method to estimate the age of microplastics in the ocean, and find that offshore microplastics can range from 1 to 3 years old while nearshore microplastics can range from 0 to 5 years old
Magazine
Annual magazine providing an overview of what is happening at Kyushu U
About
Kyushu University has been one of Japan’s leading research-oriented institutes of higher education since its founding in 1911. Home to around 19,000 students and 8,000 faculty and staff, Kyushu U's world-class research centers cover a wide range of study areas and research fields, from the humanities and arts to engineering and medical sciences.
Its multiple campuses—including the largest in Japan—are located around Fukuoka City, a coastal metropolis on the southwestern Japanese island of Kyushu that is frequently ranked among the world’s most livable cities and historically known as a gateway to Asia.
Kyushu U Connect is your portal for content and events aiming to better connect Kyushu U with society.
Curated by the Kyushu U international public relations team, this page features links—picked mainly from the Kyushu U website—to information highlighting research, education, and outreach happening at Kyushu U with a focus on how it will impact society and, hopefully, you.
If you have activities to tell us about, suggestions about what you want to see more of, or any other tips for this page, please contact us at sysintlkh (at) jimu.kyushu-ac.jp.
