Article snippet taken from Boise State News – see full published article here “University, industry and government partners from the United States and Japan gathered in April 2025 at Boise State University to advance semiconductor and microelectronics education, work that is critical to making Idaho, Japan and the United States globally competitive. ‘The work we […]

Eleven universities, including Boise State, are forging international ties with the University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research and Development in Semiconductors for the Future (UPWARDS) program. UPWARDS is an international semiconductor program funded by Micron, Tokyo Electron, and the National Science Foundation. The UPWARDS program aims to empower the next generation of female engineers […]

HENRIETTA, N.Y. (WROC) — Since the passage of the federal CHIPS Act, New York has seen significant investment in the semiconductor industry from a recent $40 million into the 1-90 Semiconductor Highway to Micron’s future mega-fab near Syracuse. But this infrastructure needs workers, and an international exchange program between the US and Japan — started […]

Associate Professor Kurtis Cantley of Boise State University, a U.S. participant in UPWARDS, a semiconductor human resource development project involving 11 U.S. and Japanese universities including Hiroshima University (HU), visited the Higashi-Hiroshima Campus of HU. During his visit, Professor Cantley was guided by Professor Suguru Kameda of the Research Institute for Semiconductor Engineering on a […]

UPWARDS 11 University partners gathered at Purdue University for a whirlwind planning and organizing conference. Representatives from U.S. and Japanese Universities, alongside Micron, TEL, and the National Science Foundation, met to continue their critical work in expanding the semiconductor workforce in industry and academia. 

The University of Washington is at the forefront of an international effort to innovate the semiconductor industry while building a skilled U.S.-based workforce to design and manufacture chip technology. Part of a landmark education partnership that was announced in May 2023 at the G7 meeting in Japan, the effort brings together researchers and faculty from […]

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Leaders from industry, government and academia convened at a summit Tuesday (April 18) in Washington, D.C. to forge national solutions at scale to address the future of U.S. innovation in microelectronics and the semiconductor workforce. The  full-day CHIPS for America: Execute for Success Summit in Washington, D.C., led by Purdue and […]

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Esther Wertz, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Physics, Applied Physics, and Astronomy, has been appointed Rensselaer’s faculty fellow of UPWARDS for the Future. UPWARDS stands for the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors. It was established in May 2023 by Micron and Tokyo Electron […]

UPWARDS 11 University partners gathered at Purdue University for a whirlwind planning and organizing conference. Representatives from U.S. and Japanese Universities, alongside Micron, TEL, and the National Science Foundation, met for the first time to lay the foundation for the program moving forward.  More Content to follow.

HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Micron Technology, Inc., the largest foreign investor in Japan over the last five years, today announced the launch of the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future. Aimed at cultivating a more robust and highly-skilled semiconductor workforce for […]