Institute: Waseda Institute for Advanced Study ( WIAS ), Waseda University, Japan WIAS was established in September 2006 to enable promising and talented researchers t o focus on their research activities under fixed-term contracts in a rich research environment . At present, around 30 researchers at WIAS are performing advanced research on a wide range of themes, with no limitation regarding field of study . WIAS is currently recruiting researchers for AY2022 , when they will undertake highly creative research projects that have the potential to identify issues for the future investigation, and who will carve out new fields of study within the Humanities, Social Sciences , and Natural Sciences. They will be required to teach at least one full-year class per year (equivalent to two half-year classes), and may teach up to three full-year classes per year (equivalent to up to six half-year classes) at Waseda University . Persons with a doctorate, preferably gra...
Aoife Beary : Berkeley balcony collapse survivor dies, aged 27 Aoife Beary, a survivor of the 2015 Berkeley balcony collapse that killed six students, has died, aged 27. She died after suffering a stroke in the Irish capital, Dublin . Ms Beary had experienced life-changing injuries after a fourth-floor balcony collapsed in June 2015 while she was celebrating her 21st birthday . A later investigation found that joists supporting the deck were suffering from dry rot and had been constructed by a company with a history of complaints. In recent years she became an advocate for construction reform in California. Ms Beary and her friends had been visiting the US under the popular J-1 summer working visa programme when the tragedy struck . The balcony had been constructed by a company that had a history of legal claims against it and which it had not disclosed to the Californian state licensing board that regulates the building industry .
Comments
Post a Comment