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CONTENTS

	Cover
1	MISSION STATEMENT HISTORY
3	Aiming to Be a World’s Leading University Tohoku University News and Events (April 2008-July 2009) Inoue Plan 2007, Revised 2009

Academic Results

5	Possibilities for Arachidonic Acid and Future Brain Sciences
6	Extremely Exact 'Freshness Checker'
7	Shedding Light on Historical Japanese through the Genes of Dialects
8	A Multidisciplinary Optical Microscope of Ultra-High Definition Imaging
9	From a Laboratory to Site of Disaster Save Lives with a Rescue Robots
10	Economic Growth Compatible with Environment
11	In Situ Observation of Crystal Growth under Zero-Gravity Conditions From the Origin of the Solar System to Environment and Energy
12	Applied Accelerator Science for Preserving the Environment and the Human Health
13	Prize Winners 2008 (August 2008-July 2009)

Environment/Organization/Operation

15	World’s Leading Environment, Organization and Operation

Education Results

17	Various Education and Student Support Programs

Student Activities

19	Happy and Lively Campus Life

Industry-Academia Collaboration

21	Effective Use of Intellectual Resources for the Further Development

International Exchange Programs

23	Global Network Construction

Contribution to Society and Gender Equality

25	An Open University Expands the Unlimited Possibilities

Tohoku University Shuyukai and Kawauchi Hagi Hall

27	Tohoku University Community Project

Campus Environment

29	Renovation of Kawauchi Campus

Divisional Major Achievement (2008)

31	Divisional Major Achievement (2008)

Data and Overview/Location of Tohoku University

33	Data and Overview Location of Tohoku University Contacts

This Annual Review 2009 covers activities conducted from April 2008 to July 2009.