Category "NEWS"

2024/02/05

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

Okayama University appointed Mr. ICHIKAWA Taichi, CEO/Founder of World Road Inc., as Okayama University UNESCO Chair Youth Ambassador

2024/01/29

NEWS

SDGs, UNCTAD

Okayama University and UNCTAD Held a Research Results Presentation Session for the ‘Joint Research and Training Course for Young Female Scientists from Developing Countries’

2024/01/22

NEWS

ESD, SDGs, UNESCO Chair

Vice President YOKOI Atsufumi Presented Case Studies on SDGs Education as the Representative of Japan at the Global Citizenship Education International Forum in Korea

2024/01/22

NEWS

Featured, UNESCO Chair

Vice President YOKOI Atsufumi was Invited to Participate in COP28

2023/11/09

NEWS

Featured, UNESCO Chair

Okayama University UNESCO Chair conferred the title of Youth Ambassador to a representative of the SDG4 Youth Network, UNESCO

2023/10/30

NEWS

Featured, UNESCO Chair

UNESCO Renewed Accreditation for the Establishment of the Okayama University UNESCO Chair: Research and Education for Sustainable Development

2023/10/30

NEWS

Featured, SDGs

Two Students from Okayama University Attended One Young World 2023, a Global Summit for Future Leaders, as Japanese delegates

2023/10/27

NEWS

Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair

A symposium commemorating the publication of “Considering the Earth Charter,” as the Origin of SDGs was held

2023/10/20

NEWS

SDGs, UNESCO Chair

Vice President Prof. YOKOI Atsufumi was invited to the 42nd annual Peace BAR Festival

2023/10/12

NEWS

Featured, UNESCO Chair

Appointment of Prof. Chung Utak (Kyung Hee University) as a Project Professor, Institute of Global Human Resource Development, Okayama University

2023/06/30

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder YOKOI Atsufumi Awarded a Decoration from France

2023/05/23

NEWS

Featured, UNCTAD

Young Female Scientist Programme by Okayama University and the UNCTAD were showcased at the UN Headquarters

2023/03/31

NEWS

UNCTAD

Senior Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi presented at the Main Session of the 26th CSTD Annual Meeting of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

2023/03/31

NEWS

President Hirofumi Makino and Senior Vice President Atsufumi Yokoi Met with the Founders of One Young World (OYW)

2023/03/20

NEWS

ESD

Honorary doctorate awarded to Her Royal Highness Princes Abze Djigma from Burkina Faso

2023/02/07

NEWS

UNCTAD

Director of the Technology and Logistics at United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) visited Okayama University

2023/01/30

NEWS

ESD, UNCTAD

UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Fifth batch of young female researchers visit President Makino

2022/12/15

NEWS

Earth Charter

Okayama University cooperated and participated in the Earth Charter Conference held at the United Nations-mandated University for Peace, and President MAKINO Hirofumi was invited to attend the conference.

2022/12/15

NEWS

ESD, UNCTAD

UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Fourth batch of young female researchers visit President Makino

2022/11/21

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

YOKOI Atsufumi, Senior Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder, participated as a panelist at the 30th Anniversary Conference of the UNITWIN/UNESCO Chairs Programme held at UNESCO Paris Headquarters

2022/11/18

NEWS

ESD, UNCTAD

UNCTAD Short-Term Programme: Second batch of young female researchers visit President MAKINO

2022/11/18

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

Visit the University of Bath, UK., to Build Inter-University Collaboration for the One Young World Summit

2022/11/11

NEWS

ESD, UNCTAD

UNCTAD Short-Term Programme Young Female Researchers Visit President MAKINO

2022/10/06

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

Okayama University Senior Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder YOKOI Atsufumi Attends the Transforming Education Summit During the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

2022/09/26

NEWS

Sharing the Next Generation’s Dreams with the World at One Young World 2022 Hive in Okayama, Japan

2022/06/01

NEWS

UNESCO Chair

Okayama University Senior Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder YOKOI Atsufumi Invited to Participate in the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022

2022/05/30

NEWS

Senior Vice President YOKOI Atsufumi elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)

2022/04/08

NEWS

UNCTAD

Okayama University Executive Director Participates in the United 25th session of Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development Held in Geneva

2020/03/16

NEWS

Earth Charter, ESD

Vice President Yokoi, a UNESCO Chair Holder, send out a message as one of the world’s visual icon communicators at 20th anniversary of the Earth Charter!

2020/01/15

NEWS

President Makino and Vice President Yokoi visited the WEF Headquarters in Geneva

2020/01/07

NEWS

ESD, UNCTAD

Okayama University and UNCTAD signed a comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to foster human resources for STI for SDGs, the UN body’s first memorandum signed with a university

2019/12/26

NEWS

Earth Charter, ESD, UNESCO Chair

President Makino, Vice President and UNESCO Chairholder Yokoi Visit United Nations University of Peace, Enhancing Collaboration between Earth Charter and ESD

2019/11/28

NEWS

ESD

Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Charles Hopkins from York University, Canada

2019/10/31

NEWS

A Side Event for the G20 Health Minister’s meeting held on the theme “Life-Cycle/ Course Approaches to Promote Healthy and Active Ageing and Economic Implications”

2019/10/11

NEWS

Student representatives attended the One Young World (OYW) 2019 Japan delegation send-off party held at the JT Art Hall Affinis, Tokyo

2019/08/02

NEWS

ESD

Whole Institution’s Approach of SDGs efforts presented at the UN headquarters: University officials led by President Makino participate in the High-Level Political Forum in July 2019

2019/07/16

NEWS

Marking its 70 anniversary, Okayama University holds the international symposium:

2019/07/11

NEWS

American students under the U.S. Department of State’s “Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program” visit Shoukinji Temple and Inujima Island in Okayama.

2019/04/17

NEWS

Article featuring a talk held with Vice President Yokoi appeared in ELCO RADAR, quarterly magazine published by Ecological Life and Culture Organization: Initiatives get going to achieve SDGs towards establishing the basis for realizing the concept of “well-being”

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