Announcement

Delegates from Dong-A University led by its president, Dr. Kyoo-Hyang Cho (fourth from left), paid a courtesy call to University of the Philippines Diliman Chancellor Dr. Caesar A. Saloma on February 1 at the Office of the Chancellor in Quezon Hall and discussed possible future collaborations between the two universities.

MEA College has recognized the Dean of the Faculty of Creative and Artistic Technology (PUZZLE), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Assoc Prof A. Hj Abdul Razak Mohaideen through Film Award at the Convocation MEATECH 2011 on 24 December last, which was held at Dewan Sri SIANTAN 1, Complex, Precinct 3 in Putrajaya.

At the start of 2012, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is pleased to see another two top academics joining its faculties and schools, adding to its pool of talents before the implementation of four-year curriculum in September 2012.

The University of the Philippines Vargas Museum celebrates its 25th year through a series of exhibition and education programs in 2012.

Presenters from Japan and Singapore gathered at the National University of Singapore to discuss the latest research in infectious diseases

Eight students in Africa, Asia, and Canada have been selected to receive IDRC’s Climate Change and Water (CCW) 2011 Adaptation H2O graduate research awards. They were recommended on the basis of their innovative research relating to climate change and water.

RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori (University Professor, Nagoya University; Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2001) was elected as a foreign member by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

the National Institute for Materials Science has entered a Comprehensive Collaborative Agreement (a sister institute agreement) with Institute of Materials Science, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (IMS-VAST) in Vietnam.

Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) is on track with its agenda to pursue scholarships and academic excellence at international level through proposed collaborations with its long-time American partner, Ohio University (OU).

A young researcher from the University Sains Malaysia (USM), Yam Mun Fei, was given the international Young Researcher Award for his study, a machine which measures the level of pain from Arthritis, in Taiwan recently.

The International Development Research Centre hosted its 2011 Annual Public Meeting on October 28 in Ottawa.

Ukraine visit Japan's National Institute for Materials Science

GOMBAK A team from Universiti Teknologi MARA called 'Yogi Bear' won 3rd place in ACM-ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) Al-Khawarizmi National Programming Contest, held on 29th October 2011 at International Islamic University Malaysia (UIAM), Gombak.

November 21 was World Fisheries day this year, proudly supported by WorldFish.

The International Development Research Council is pleased to announce that 23 candidates have received IDRC Doctoral Research Awards to conduct field research in 19 developing countries, on topics corresponding to IDRC's research priorities.

Two of USMs masters degree schemes have been ranked in the world's top 100 by eduniversal website.

Professor Saegusa from the Research Center for Agrotechnology and Biotechnology Received a Research Paper Award from Pedology Society of Japan

Dr. Malcolm Beveridge among key note speakers for the 6th World Fisheries Congress in May 2012

The Faculty of Science at Prince of Songkla University in Thailand has expanded its collaboration with the University of Novi Sad in the Republic of Serbia.

11 November 2011

Ottawa, Canada- From climate change, to food security, to global finance, Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has more than 100 staff experts available to speak to the media on some of the world's most pressing development challenges.

PolyU students are the champions in the Retail Futures Challenge

UPM Journal now included in the Directory of Open Access Journal

Deadline: November 1, 2011 IDRC offers these awards twice a year in April and November to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing doctoral studies at a Canadian university.

Deadline of application: 15 November 2011

Deadline 15 November 2011

On September 9–10, the third Noyori Summer School was held at Kobe Port Island, home to the RIKEN Kobe Institute and the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS). The summer school, launched in 2009, provides opportunities for young researchers from around the world to meet RIKEN leaders and interact with one another.

The Strengthening Information Society Research Capacity Alliance – or SIRCA II – aims to improve the inter-disciplinary research skills of emerging scholars in the Global South.

Proposals for research projects on Information Societies and Information & Communication Technology for Development (ICTD) carried out in the Global South will be accepted by SIRCA II

RIKEN Omics Science Center is currently seeking a Unit Leader