India, May 2 -- The 10th Masataro Sawayanagi Memorial DEI Award ceremony was held at Katahira campus on March 23. This award, named after Tohoku University's first president, honours those who play an active role in promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in their universities and broader communities.

In her opening remarks, Vice President for Public Relations and the Promotion of Diversity Noriko Osumi spoke of Tohoku University's long history of inclusion under its "open door" policy, and how it broke the gender barrier in 1913 by being the first university in Japan to accept female students.

"This was originally known as the Sawayanagi Memorial Gender Equality Award, set up to recognize those working towards creating a gender-equal...