Kavli IPMU given a long-term future

(Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe) Last month, the WPI Program Committee examined five WPI centers carefully, and concluded that all centers had met the goal of the WPI program. Among the five centers, Kavli IPMU has been nominated for a five-year extension. The World Premier International Research Center Initiative program was launched in 2007 to build 'globally visible' research centers within Japan by the government.