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On April 11-12, Keio University President Kohei It

On April 11-12, Keio University President Kohei Itoh joined more than 80 university leaders from 18 countries at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy, for the U7+ Alliance Presidential Summit. Keio University, which hosted the summit last year, was one of six Japanese universities to be represented at this year’s summit.

The theme of the summit was “Inclusive Education for Inclusive Societies” and on the first day President Itoh delivered a speech in which he cited The Tortoise and the Hare to illustrate the differences in cultural values between Japan and the United States at the session “Global Access to Higher Education.” He spoke about the importance of continuous learning through friendly rivalry with one’s peers and the importance of being exposed to diverse ways of thinking.

The U7+ universities have compiled a joint statement that calls on G7 leaders to work together to eliminate barriers and increase access to education globally. The statement was delivered to Anna Maria Bernini, Italian Minister of University and Research, a representative of the Italian government, which is hosting the G7 summit this year.

Read the full text of the 2024 U7+ Statement on Global Access to Higher Education:
https://tinyurl.com/2s745t2x

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*Group photo courtesy of Bocconi University

On Thursday, March 7, the Keio AI and Advanced Pro

On Thursday, March 7, the Keio AI and Advanced Programming Consortium (AIC) hosted the AIC Conference 2024.

This conference—which also served as the formal unveiling of the AIC Lounge and the Generative AI Lab at the Kyoseikan on Hiyoshi Campus—aimed to discuss and share AI-related research initiatives, in both the humanities and the sciences, with people from within and beyond Keio University.

The event included a speech by Keio President Kohei Itoh, a lecture session by faculty members, students poster presentations, and a post-event reception where participants mingled and engaged in wide-ranging discussions on the evolution of AI technology, expectations for its real-world implementations, as well as the accompanying impact and challenges it will pose for society.

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Keio University has been ranked in the world's top

Keio University has been ranked in the world's top 150 in 7 Subject Areas according to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024, which were announced earlier this month.

For this ranking, institutions are assigned a ranking in 5 Broad Subject Areas and 55 Narrow Subjects. For the 2024 edition, a total of 4,989 universities worldwide were surveyed, with 1,559 institutions assigned a position in the rankings.

Keio University ranked in the highest number of Narrow Subjects to date, placing within the top 400 universities for 26 Narrow Subjects, and among them, within the top 150 universities worldwide in the following 7 subjects:

・Classics & Ancient History (51–100)
・Modern Languages (82)
・Geography (101–150)
・History (101–150)
・Law (101–150)
・Politics & International Studies (101–150)
・Economics & Econometrics (125)

For further details of the rankings, refer to the following link:
www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings

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The restoration work on the "Portrait of Priest Ku

The restoration work on the "Portrait of Priest Kukai", a cultural property donated to Keio by the Century Cultural Foundation, has been completed, and the piece returned to the Keio Museum Commons (KeMCo) in March.

The two-year restoration process was carried out in the National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo, in which the hanging scroll was dismantled and new silk was added to repair the portrait. During this process, when the lining paper was removed, it was discovered that the reverse side of this paper had been gilded with gold leaf for a portion of the pedestal depicted in the portrait. The gold leaf cannot be observed from the surface — a valuable discovery that was revealed only because of this restoration project, which was an opportunity that arises only once every approximately 200 years.

This restoration project was supported by the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, the Asahi Shimbun Foundation, and the Sumitomo Foundation.

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