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  Osaka University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Osaka University (大阪大学 Ōsaka Daigaku; abbreviated to 阪大 Handai) is a public coeducational research university in Suita, Osaka, Japan.
Osaka University traces its beginnings to Osaka Prefecture Medical School founded in 1869 in downtown Osaka, and then, it transformed into the Prefectural Osaka Medical College with a university status in 1919.
The university was renamed as Osaka University in 1947.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osaka_University   (218 words)

  
 Osaka Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The population of Osaka Prefecture taken during the 2000 National Census is 8,804,806, or about seven percent of the total population of Japan, ranking second after Tokyo Prefecture.
The symbol of Osaka Prefecture, called the sennari byōtan or "thousand gourds," was originally the crest of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the feudal lord of Osaka Castle.
Until the reclamation of the Kansai International Airport island, Osaka was the smallest prefecture by area; it is now merely the second-smallest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Osaka_Prefecture   (207 words)

  
 Osaka University of Commerce   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Osaka University of Commerce is located in the Kansai Metropolitan area,which is an international business and industrial center of Japan.
Osaka city is the core city in Kansai region, which is home to Kansai International Airport: the nation's first full-scale round-the-clock international airport, and the Asia-Pacific Office of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Osaka University of Commerce is a private independent university opened in 1949,and this year is marking its 51st anniversary.
daishodai.net /site/english   (615 words)

  
 regions : science career articles on tours of scientific hubs and their scientific employers : Naturejobs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
AnGes, the first university spin-out to be listed on the Japanese stock exchange, is waiting for the results of a phase III clinical trial on a gene therapy to treat vascular ailments ranging from arteriosclerosis to angina.
Osaka's bid to become Japan's biomedical centre is buoyed by regional ties with nearby Kyoto University and the city of Kobe, where the country is focusing its efforts in developmental biology and regenerative medicine.
Osaka's biotechnology efforts are concentrated in the northern part of the city, which the central government has designated a 'biocluster'.
www.nature.com /naturejobs/2005/051013/full/nj7061-1060a.html   (2001 words)

  
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Osaka University has completed university-wide exchange agreements (enabling the tuition-free exchange of students, faculty, and researchers) with 20 universities worldwide, and departmental exchange agreements with more than 130 schools.
The Osaka University Short-term Student Exchange Program is designed to give students from overseas who do not speak Japanese well or who have not studied Japanese at all, an opportunity to study at Osaka University for one year.
Osaka University International House was established to provide inexpensive accommodation for foreign researchers and foreign students engaged in study and education at Osaka University and other national universities and institutions in the Osaka-Kobe area.
www.sa.sdsu.edu /isc/study_abroad/pr__Japan_sdsu.html   (3312 words)

  
 Imperial university - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nine Imperial Universities (帝國大學 teikoku daigaku) were founded and run by the Imperial Japanese government between 1877 and 1939, seven in Japan, one in Korea and one in Taiwan.
In Europe, there are at least three additional universities which bear the name "Imperial": Imperial College London (which is generally regarded as the UK's third best university overall and the best in engineering); Imperial University of Odessa, Ukraine; and the famous Imperial University of Philosophy and Theology in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Osaka Imperial University (大阪帝國大學) - Now Osaka University (大阪大学)
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Imperial_university   (244 words)

  
 Osaka Skyscrapers, Architecture, Buildings, Real Estate, and Construction News
Osaka, capital of Osaka Prefecture at the mouth of the Yodo River, has become one of the largest cities in the world, both in area and in population.
Osaka is a major industrial city, and a financial and commercial centre in the seat of Kansai, one of Japan's wealthiest regions.
During Toyotomi's administration Osaka became a flourishing centre of trade, and now boasts a skyline which, in Japan, is second only to Tokyo.
www.emporis.com /en/wm/ci?id=100299   (318 words)

  
 President Tony Jones Honored by Osaka University
"[Osaka] is a sister school, and we have a special relationship with Japan.
For over half a century, the Tsukamoto Gakuin Institute, centered at the Osaka University of Arts, has distinguished itself as one of Japan's leading institutions for art education.
Among his other accolades and awards are: Scotland's Newbery Medal (1986); Honorary Professor, The University of Wales (1995); Director of the Glasgow School of Arts (1980-1986); Senior Fellow of the Royal College of Art and Honorary Member of the American Institute of Architects.
www.artic.edu /webspaces/fnews/2001-september/septschoolnews1.html   (535 words)

  
 CNN.com - University, firms to tie up on bio-IT in Japan - April 30, 2002
The initial purpose of this tie-up is to exchange information between Osaka University's bio-informatics department and the 16 companies, according to Makoto Imase, professor of Osaka University.
The university and companies will organize a forum on May 1, and plan to have their first meeting at the beginning of July, Imase said.
"However, such an alliance is usually done with one university laboratory on one company basis, so we are hoping that the forum will eventually lead to joint developments on large-scale projects, which involve several companies and several university laboratories," he said.
archives.cnn.com /2002/TECH/industry/04/30/university.bio.it.idg   (265 words)

  
 Appendix B: Osaka University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is currently playing a major role in the reorganization of Osaka University.
In addition there are foundry research activities in universities, notably at Osaka University, the University of Tokyo, Tohoku University, and Nagoya University.
This attitude, combined with a general decrease in laboratory teaching in universities is resulting in decreasing contact between students and foundry and foundry-related activities.
www.wtec.org /loyola/casting/b_osaka.htm   (309 words)

  
 VRST2003 call for Papers...
Osaka has served as a center of the Japanese economy since ancient times, as a gateway overseas.
Osaka is near Kyoto and Nara, the ancient capitals of Japan.
Mark Green Osaka University City University of Hong Kong Japan China Publications and Publicity Chair Vice-Chair Dr. Haruo Noma Dr. Wataru Hashimoto ATR Osaka Institute of Technology Japan Japan E-Media Chair Vice-Chair Prof.
www.hitl.washington.edu /artoolkit/mail-archive/message-thread-00413-VRST2003-call-for-Papers.html   (886 words)

  
 Fifth KES International Conference
The conference is being hosted by the Osaka-Kyoiku University in the wonderful city of Osaka in Japan.
Osaka is a historic city of river and sea, with a modern face, and many attractions.
The KES Secretariat is part of KES International, operated by the Intelligent Signal Processing Labs, at the University of Brighton, in association with the Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre (KES), at the University of South Australia.
www.bton.ac.uk /kes/kes2001   (1314 words)

  
 Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Professor and Chairman of the Division of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry.1-8 Yamadoaka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871 Japan +81-6-879-2386,2389 Fax +81-6-879-2387 ymaeda@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp Dr. Maeda is a practicing prosthodontist.
He received his undergraduate education at the Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry from 1971 to 1977.
Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry, Division of Interdisciplinary Dentistry, 1-8 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan TEL +81-6-6879-2386 FAX +81-6-6879-2387 yuri-y@dent.osaka-u.ac.jp Dr. Yonehata received her undergraduate dental education at the Osaka University Faculty of Dentistry from 1992 to 1998.
www.sportsdds.com /japan.htm   (259 words)

  
 LaSIE
His funeral was held at Senri Kaikan Osaka on 25 January.
Matsumoto's lab in the institute of scientific and industrial research, Osaka University on September 28, 2004.
2nd International Nanophotonics Symposium Handai was held on July 26-28, 2004 at Ichyo Kaikan, Osaka University.
lasie.ap.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp /home.html   (878 words)

  
 Osaka University Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Life Sciences Branch Library, which is one of the most active health science libraries in Japan, was established in 1992 on Suita Campus, as a new branch integrating the Nakanoshima Branch Library and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch Library.
It has a holding function in education and research for the Faculty of Medicine and the University Hospital, the Faculty of Dentistry and the University Dental Hospital, the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the Institute for Protein Research, the Research Institute for Microbial Diseases and the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology on Suita Campus.
In 1977 the Nakanoshima Branch Library was appointed as one of the resource libraries in the fields of life sciences by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, and has been allocated a regular special budget to subscribe to foreign serials not recieved in any other library in Japan.
www.library.osaka-u.ac.jp /english.htm   (290 words)

  
 TUT: International Exchange Programs: Joint Research Projects under the Core University Program
To carry out such projects, universities in the two counterpart countries are designated as core universities.
These activities are carried out under a proposed research plan created by the core universities that is approved by JSPS and its counterparts in other countries.
Toyohashi University of Technology (Japanese-side) and Korean University of Technology and Education (Korean-side) were designated as core universities in 1999 to carry out joint research under this framework.
www.tut.ac.jp /english/international/program.html   (346 words)

  
 Cybermedia Center, Osaka University
The Cybermedia Center (CMC) was founded in April 2000 as Osaka University sought to reorganize and expand its Computation Center (CC) to form its branch of the Information Infrastructure Center.
In the expansion, Education Center for Information Processing and a part of the university library were merged into CMC.
While CC continues to provide computers for the utilization of advanced scientific techniques and media services, the Education Center for Information Processing contributes by promoting education in information processing and the university library by providing digital contents.
www.cmc.osaka-u.ac.jp /e   (101 words)

  
 American Indian History Resources
Native American Constitution and Law Digitalization Project Tribal constitutions and codes are the heart of self-government for over 500 federally recognized tribes, and are the lifeblood of Indian sovereignty.
The University of Oklahoma Law Center Library and the National Indian Law Library work with tribes whose government documents appear on this web site; these tribal documents are either placed online with the permission of the tribes, or they are U.S. Government documents, rightfully in the public domain.
It was the conscious desire and mission of many settlers and government officials to rid the Indians of any title to their lands by 1900, and vest those title rights in the U.S. government.
www2005.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp /~krkvls/history.html   (2561 words)

  
 Sociology.ro ::::::::::::: Romanian sociology >> courses & seminars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
* Aomori University / * Fuculty of Sociology
Tohoku University / Faculty of Literature / Sociology
Kwansei Gakuin University / * Faculty of Sociology
www.sociology.ro /socio_l_01.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Matthew W   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Ph.D. Candidate April 2000, expected date of graduation, May 2002, Dissertation Topic:  New Approaches to Modeling and Simulation of Human Land Use and Settlement using Data from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.
Coordinated English language education as part of a university exchange program with Pingtung University.
Graduate Assistant, University of Cincinnati Department of Anthropology (September 1996-June 1997).
libarts.wsu.edu /anthro/GradStudentINFO/VanPelt/mattvpvitae.htm   (1613 words)

  
 Osaka City University
The city goes with the university and vice versa.
City-oriented is Osaka City University, where hints for studies come from the city and their developments are brought back to the place they belong.
Surrounded with lots of trees and flowers as well as the newest research facilities, OCU is an oasis in the big city.
www.osaka-cu.ac.jp /index-e.html   (97 words)

  
 First KOOK Seminar International for Knot Theory and Related Topics
KOOK Seminar is a seminar monthly held which is organized by members in Kobe University, Osaka City University, Osaka University, Kwansei Gakuin University and Nara Women's University for more than twenty years.
This conference is an international version of KOOK Seminar organized by members in Kobe University, Osaka City University, Osaka University, Kwansei Gakuin University and Nara Women's University for more than twenty years.
The aim of this conference is to promote academic challenges, cooperations, exchanges and understandings on the research area of knot theory and related topics.
math01.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp /21COE/symposium/KOOKseminarInternationalJuly2004.html   (317 words)

  
 JSTOR: Institute of Social and Economic Research -- Osaka University
was established in 1960 by two of the most active and acclaimed scholars in the economics profession: Michio Morishima, who was then at Osaka University's Institute of Social Economic Research (ISER), and Lawrence R. Klein, who was then at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Department of Economics.
The IER is now run as a non-profit joint academic venture between Osaka University's Institute of Social and Economic Research and the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Economics.
Published by Blackwell Publishing for the Economics Department of the University of Pennsylvania and Institute of Social and Economic Research -- Osaka University
www.jstor.org /journals/iser.html   (232 words)

  
 National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure: Archives
The specimens were Purkinje neurons from rat cerebellum, and the areas of greatest interest were the dendrites of the neurons and the tiny "dendritic spines" that project from the dendrites, which are the sites of neural synapses.
At the Osaka end, in addition to Mori, was Akio Takaoka, who is a director and designer of the UHVEM and an associate professor at Osaka University, where he teaches design and construction of electron-beam instrumentation.
Youki Kadobayashi of the Computation Center of Osaka University did some preliminary experiments with the full system in early March to transmit digital video (DV) signals, immediately before an upgrade of the bandwidth of the APAN network to 70 megabits per second (Mbps).
www.npaci.edu /online/v3.10/telemicroscopy.html   (1228 words)

  
 Osaka Prefectural Government
Osaka Labor Information Plaza (A library specialized in labor issues)
Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences Research Center of Osaka Pref.
All materials contained on this site are protected by the copyright laws and may not be reproduced,distributed,transmitted,displayed,published or broadcasted without the prior witten permission of the Osaka Prefectural Government.
www.pref.osaka.jp /en/index.html   (103 words)

  
 Study Abroad at Kansai Gaidai University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The university as a whole enrolls 14,000 students annually, with the Asian Studies Program making up 400 of that number.
Kansai Gaidai boasts the largest foreign enrollment of any Japanese university, attracting students from 150 partner institutions around the world.
The university also offers library and computing facilities, three cafeterias, and a student health center.
web.odu.edu /webroot/orgs/ao/ip/ip.nsf/pages/kansaigaidai   (791 words)

  
 Osaka University Department of Biotechnology
Much of this success is due to the expectation that the development of new technologies can produce various compounds beneficial to the daily lives of human beings and in preserving the environmental health of the earth.
The aim of the Department of Biotechnology, which is a unique department in the Faculty of Engineering in Japanese universities in that its academic disciplines are based on biology in addition to physics and chemistry, is to develop new technologies in biotechnology and to educate students in this area.
Our efforts are dedicated to elucidating various biological mechanisms and to determining their utilization in the interests of human welfare.
www.bio.eng.osaka-u.ac.jp /index2.html   (220 words)

  
 Super-Kamiokande at UH
"An Introduction to Neutrino Astronomy", a five page non-technical description of the motivation for undertaking neutrino astronomy, and the present state of attempts to open a new window on the universe (5/99).
University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH, Honolulu, HI)
Institute of Nuclear Study (INS) at University of Tokyo (Tanashi-shi, Tokyo)
www.phys.hawaii.edu /sk/superk.html   (352 words)

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