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RECENT EVENTS

• The TYL Science Camp for Female High School Students is a joint program of the TYL and KEK Gender Equality Office, organised at KEK with the aim of encouraging young Japanese female students to become interested in science. It involves several activities, including introductory lectures on advanced science results, casual talks by graduate students majoring in science and engineering, visits of research facilities at KEK.The last session was organised at KEK, April 3-4, 2017, in the presence of two of the TYL Directors, Prof. Junji Haba of KEK and Dr. Philip Bambade of CNRS, and included a French speaker, Dr. Marie-Emmanuelle Couprie of CEA.
  

• The Toshiko Yuasa Award honors prominent and/or promising Japanese female scientists and is sponsored by the Ochanomizu University in Tokyo and by the TYL. The award aims to encourage the participation of Japanese women in science. The 4th Toshiko Yuasa Award went to Dr. Yuko Motizuki (Riken/Nishina center), who is investigating deep ice cores at the South Pole to study the past history of various extraterrestrial influences on the atmosphere. The gold medal prepared by the TYL was presented by two of the TYL Directors, Prof. Junji Haba of KEK and Dr. Marc Besancon of CEA, at the award ceremony held at the Ochanomizu University, on February 24, 2017 (see picture below).