The Toride City Board of Education in Ibaraki Prefecture will hold the third ``Citizen University Tokyo University EMP* Special Lecture'' at the Toride City Civic Center on December 12th at 15:6 p.m.Professor Hitoshi Murayama of the University of Tokyo's Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, who is also a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, will give a lecture titled ``The dark side of the universe - approaching the fate of the universe based on the latest observations!''
According to the Toride City Board of Education, the course will begin at 6 p.m. and last approximately two hours.Professor Murayama introduces the dark side of the universe and modern cosmology based on observation, arguing that a large portion of the universe is not composed of atoms but the unknown "dark matter," and explains how the universe began. The end approaches.There is no tuition fee.Those interested in taking the course should apply by the end of November by sending a return postcard or using the special application form.
Science, technology and information technology have evolved rapidly in recent years, and the knowledge and abilities needed in society have also changed rapidly.Since 2013, the Toride City Board of Education, with support from the University of Tokyo, has been hosting lectures by Nobel Prize winner Distinguished Professor of Physics Takaaki Kajita and others.
The ``Citizen University Tokyo University EMP Special Course'' is free of charge, and you do not need to live in Toride City to apply. In January 2024, Distinguished Professor Hajime Suwa will be holding a lecture titled ``Human Evolution and Modernity Revealed from the Fossil Record'', and in February, Professor Masahiro Hashizume of the Graduate School of Medicine will be holding a lecture entitled ``Climate Change and Health - From a Planetary Health Perspective''. I plan to.
*University of Tokyo EMP (Executive Management Program)
A program to develop human resources who acquire the cutting-edge knowledge and thinking of the University of Tokyo and possess high comprehensive abilities such as education, insight, and flexibility.
