SOPHIA UNIVERSITY A Guide for High School Students 2018-2019

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Faculty of Science and TechnologyFacilities and SupportFacilities and Support■Support for Women Researcherse “Oce for the Promotion of Gender Equality” inaugurated in January 2012 was renamed the Oce for the Promotion of Diversity (OPD) in April 2017. e OPD provides support to women researchers who can play a role globally along with the FST. Support primarily includes scholarships and organizing symposiums, lectures, and events targeting high school students.This award was established in 2012 upon the completion of the women researchers support model development project with the aim of extending support to female students in the FST who show promise of becoming active on the international stage. In fiscal 2017, the award was granted to six female students and part of their expenses for short-term study abroad programs or participating in international academic meetings were supported. Moreover, the winner of the award in FY2016, Ms. Azumi Sakai (master’s program in the Physics Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology), also won the Elsevier Young Scientist Award at an international academic meeting.　■ The Women Researchers Global 　　　Encouragement AwardAt Sophia University, a global network has been formed with about 300 partner universities in 59 countries/regions with whom Sophia has signed student or academic exchange agreements. Not only students but also researchers actively promote international exchanges. Such activities are supported by the global mentor system, in which researchers active on the international stage act as mentors and provide advice or academic guidance through individual consultation, lectures or exchange meetings. Ms. Mako Ishida (doctoral program in the Information Science Division, Graduate School of Science and Technology), under the guidance of her global mentor, Professor Arthur Samuel, The State University of New York, earned a doctorate degree in March 2017.　■ The Global Mentor System　■ Experimental class for future Sophians At the open campus in 2016, female teachers of the FST organized a scientific experiment class. ・Mathematics exercise: Let’s think about a knot being unraveled or not! Associate professor Kanako Oshiro, Department of Information and Communication Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology (then assistant professor)・What is a strong and smart electric power system? – Consider the deployment of 　 wind power generation as an example －　Associate professor Orie Sakamoto, Department of Engineering and Applied 　Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology 29