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UTOKYONY LECTURE "FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INNOVATION, THE DAWN OF STARTUPS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO"ON APRIL 29TH, WE HOSTED A HYBRID EVENT, "FROM BASIC RESEARCH TO INNOVATION, THE DAWN OF STARTUPS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO," BY PROFESSOR SUGA HIROAKI, WHO WAS HONORED WITH "THE OJIMA DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP AWARD" FROM STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY.THE EVENT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS.IN THE FIRST, PROFESSOR SUGA INTRODUCED HIS PATENTS AND TALKED ABOUT HIS RESEARCH, SHOWING DATA AND MATERIALS TO ILLUSTRATE HIS POINTS.IN THE SECOND HALF, HE DISCUSSED HIS BUSINESS AND SHARED HIS EXPERIENCE RESEARCHING AND STUDYING OVERSEAS, OFFERING HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR PEOPLE WANTING TO START THEIR BUSINESSES.MANY PEOPLE ATTENDED IN-PERSON (AROUND 30) AND ONLINE, AND MANY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED DURING THE Q&A SESSION. PROFESSOR SUGA ANSWERED EACH QUESTION PRECISELY, MAKING IT MEANINGFUL, AND THE WHOLE EVENT SUCCEEDED."COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO JOINT EVENT AT UTOKYO NY OFFICE"ON MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024, A JOINT EVENT BETWEEN COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (CU) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (UT) WAS HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO'S NEW YORK OFFICE. THIS EVENT AIMED TO ENHANCE COLLABORATION AND VISIBILITY IN DATA SCIENCE AND NURSING CARE QUALITY, MARKING THE FIRST EVENT HELD AT THE NEW YORK OFFICE WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY. THE EVENT INCLUDED A SPECIAL LECTURE, RESEARCH EXAMPLE PRESENTATIONS, AND GROUP WORK IN WORKSHOPS. BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PARTICIPANTS ACTIVELY ENGAGED, MAKING THE EVENT A GREAT SUCCESS. IN THE SPECIAL LECTURE, DIRECTOR YAMAMOTO-MITANI, PROF. NAKAGAMI, AND PROF. MIYO INTRODUCED NURSING AND DATA SCIENCE IN JAPAN. FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, PROF. TAYLOR, PROF. ALEXANDER, DR. POGHOSYAN, AND DR. BARCELONA INTRODUCED THEIR RESPECTIVE RESEARCH CENTERS, DISCUSSING POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE COLLABORATIONS.IN THE RESEARCH EXAMPLE SESSION, LECTURER TAKAHASHI, ASSISTANT PROF. KUGAI, ASSISTANT PROF. YASAKA, AND SENIOR RESEARCHER NISHI FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE IN JAPAN PRESENTED THEIR WORK.PROF. BAKKEN FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY INTRODUCED THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY-ENGAGED HEALTH INFORMATICS AND DATA SCIENCE. DURING THE WORKSHOP, PARTICIPANTS EXCHANGED IDEAS ABOUT CLINICAL ISSUES, DATA SOURCES, AND POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES, EXPLORING FUTURE COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES.BY THE END OF THE EVENT, SEVERAL PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED SPECIFIC RESEARCH THEMES WITH COLLABORATION POTENTIAL WITH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR FUTURE ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS.THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (UTOKYONY EVENT) EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH INSTITUTE CENTENNIAL AT UTOKYONYTO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (ERI) IN 2025, A COMMEMORATIVE EVENT WAS HELD AT THE NY OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO. WITH THE LAMONT-DOHERTY EARTH OBSERVATORY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, WE HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING JOINT RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF SEISMOLOGY, GEODESY, PROPERTIES OF THE EARTH'S INTERIOR, ETC. THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY CEREMONY, RESEARCH SEMINAR AND GENERAL LECTURES WERE HELD FROM DECEMBER 16 TO 19, 2024.OUT OF ~40 ATTENDEES, 15 WERE FROM ERI, WITH 7 EARLY CAREER SCIENTISTS AND GRADUATE STUDENTS PARTICIPATED. ON THE LAMONT SIDE, MORE THAN HALF OF ~20 PARTICIPANTS WERE YOUNG RESEARCHERS. IT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS THAT YOUNG RESEARCHERS WERE ABLE TO ACTIVELY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER. WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD PROMOTING RESEARCHER EXCHANGES AND JOINT RESEARCH AS NEEDED IN THE FUTURE.