Graduate schools are often located several miles away from home, and sometimes demand long laboratory
The recent happenings regarding COVID19 have changed daily life around the world. As many
As we approach the end of the year, Christmas-related events become common, even around
In a recent tour led by the Nara Prefecture International Exchange Salon, twelve international
As NAIST stands by its mantra of Outgrow Your Limits, it continues to branch
Golden Week 2019 is Japan’s longest public holiday in recent memory. What are the
NAIST Biology Pre-screening Internship 2020 participants enjoyed an awesome fun-packed weekend last January 18-19 around places here in Kansai. This excursion was organized by 8 volunteers from the current international students of the Division of Biological Science.
The purpose of this excursion … Continue Reading ››
Let’s reminisce: international friendship, fun performances, and platefuls of food? Bingo!
The Mid-term Evaluation Symposium 2019 was held in NAIST, last Nov 26 and 27. It is an annual event where a large portion of Materials Science course students present their research in conference-style oral and poster sessions. Now on its 11th year, it is one of the biggest internal events in the MS … Continue Reading ››
The Takayama Science Festival together with the NAIST Open Campus is an annual event held around the campus grounds to promote science and technology for the citizens of Takayama Town. I got the chance to explore the bustling campus grounds one sunny autumn Sunday.
NAIST hosted a grand gathering of international students from several universities across northern Nara to explore and experience the hidden treasures of Ikoma.
Whenever people ask me about my university and I tell them that … Continue Reading ››
Culture and dance met onstage during the Mahoroba Dance Festival 2018, which was held last November 25th at the Nara Centennial Hall. This three-hour annual event started in 2009 as a pre-event for the 1300th anniversary of the Heijō transition capital, with an aim to showcase traditional Japanese culture, particularly during the Tenpyo era, through … Continue Reading ››
Keeping up with the Yuletide spirit, Filipinos at NAIST celebrated with a Christmas Party.
Here in Japan, the daytime gets shorter and the temperatures decrease to the single digits. In these conditions, homesickness can be a big deal for international students who are used to a tropical Christmas. However, the winter blues did not stop the … Continue Reading ››
The NAIST Chorus is an informal group who shares the love of singing and good company.
The Chorus meets on occasion at the NAIST Guesthouse Exchanging room for some good old singing. Each session is a little different, as the songs change with the season. In a December session I attended, we sang Christmas songs in … Continue Reading ››
NAIST continually offers opportunities for its students, especially international ones, to experience and be more immersed in Japanese culture, besides the world-class research and academic formation that it primarily provides. Last November, around 12 students participated in a tour around Nara Park and visited three historically and culturally significant places: Todaiji Temple, Kasuga-Taisha Shrine, and the Nara … Continue Reading ››
Materials Science is inherently an interdisciplinary field. It combines theories, principles, and techniques in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering to design and fabricate new and novel materials, structures, and systems and to study the behavior and dynamics of devices made up of these various material components. In NAIST, students in the Division of Materials Science are … Continue Reading ››
