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◆ The "Shikoku Hospital Management Program: Supporting Regional Healthcare" has been certified under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s "Professional Practice Competency Development Program (BP) Certification System" and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s "Specialized Practical Education and Training Courses"
Faculty of Science and Technology findings on slow earthquakes in the Nankai Trough by a research group led by Professor Yoshitaka Faculty of Science and Technology have been published in *Scientific Reports*, a journal in the *Nature* family.
◆Based on research findings Medical School and his team Medical School, we have jointly developed an "antibacterial and antiviral polymer coating agent" that inactivates the novel coronavirus.
◆Research findings by Professor Nagamasa Maeda and colleagues from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Medical School have been published in the academic journal *Journal of Affective Disorders*
◆We will participate as a co-implementer in the Ministry of the Environment’s “FY2022 Project for the Development and Demonstration of Innovative Catalytic Technologies for Decarbonization through Regional Resource Circulation”
◆Professor Hiromitsu Kazui of the Department of Neuropsychiatry at Medical School will appear on the Kochi City Medical Association’s public television lecture series
◆Volume 70 of the Kochi University Academic Research Reports has been published
◆We have been selected for the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s “Project to Foster Highly Skilled Professionals to Drive Industrial DX Through the Integration of Digital Technology and Specialized Fields”
◆Five students receive the Chugoku-Shikoku Branch President’s Award from the Chemical Society of Japan!
◆Research findings by Associate Professor Junichi Hirose and colleagues from Faculty of Education Integrated Sciences and Regional Faculty of Education have been published in the international journal *PLOS ONE*