Graduate student life in the U.S. during the pandemic

Ayako Tsuchiyama

Presentation information

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U (Union ) » Union

[U-07] Study abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sun. May 22, 2022 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM 303 (International Conference Hall, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Saeko Kita(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, BRI), convener:Ryo Okuwaki(Mountain Science Center, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba), Chairperson:Saeko Kita(International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, BRI), Ryo Okuwaki(Mountain Science Center, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba)

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

[U07-03] Graduate student life in the U.S. during the pandemic

★Invited Papers

*Ayako Tsuchiyama¹ (1.Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

This talk is about graduate student life in the U.S. during the pandemic of COVID-19. The speaker worked at UC Berkeley as a visiting research student from August 15, 2019, through March 15, 2020, then earned her Master’s degree at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) in 2021. In September 2021, she joined the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT EAPS) as a Ph.D. student majoring in geophysics supported by fellowships from MIT EAPS and scholarship from Takenaka Foundation.