In May, many university students feel excited, not only as the midterm exams are over, but also as many universities hold festivals. University festivals are a chance for many musical or dance performance clubs to show their hard work in front of an audience. It is also a good time for students who
On March 8th, 2018, Nam Jeong-sook, professor of the Graduate School of Culture Management and a group of Kingos announced the “SKKU #MeToo #WithYou Movement Special Committee” and held a press conference in front of the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus’s 600th Anniversary Hall. Establishment o
A joint research team led by Park Cheon-kyung, a professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering at SKKU, and Michael Goldberg, a professor of Harvard Medical School, have developed a bio-friendly “Hydrogel” that prevents cancer relapse and transfer after cancer removal surgery. They succeeded
SKKU’s Natural Sciences Campus and Mobike, a smart bike sharing service company, have executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to start a smart bike sharing service. Smart bike sharing services are services based on auto locking, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), the Internet of Things (IOT) net
According to a survey conducted by the Korea Student Aid Foundation (KOSAF) in 2017, the average monthly cost of living for a university student is more than 700,000. Many students work and study at the same time due to the excessive pressure of expensive tuition. Reflecting Kingos’ opinions, the
Recently, four historical documents were registered in the United Nations’ Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Memory of the World Register (UNESCO MOW): The Royal Seal and Investiture Book Collection of the Joseon Dynasty, Documents on Joseon Tongsinsa/Chosen Tsushinshi: The History o
More and more undergraduates are choosing double majors as job seeking becomes more difficult. Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) is running a system of interdisciplinary programs, but many Kingos are not aware of it. Therefore, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) now introduces and analyzes interdisciplinary prog
Park Nam-gyu, a professor of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), has been nominated for the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This exciting news comes from the highly reliable information analysis service firm Clarivate Analytics which forecasts a list of Nobel Prize winners every y
Through a conference call about an earnings announcement in the second quarter, Kakao announced that the number of Kakao Bank application downloads exceeded 3.4 million, and customers that opened accounts and applied for a debit card reached 2.16 million and 1.5 million each. These are the numbers t
Not long ago, there was a huge wave of public anger due to revelations that the founder of Mr. Pizza and the former chairman of MP Group, Jeong Woo-Hyeon, and his family members had abused their power over their franchisees, and this abuse of power is referred to as Gapjil in Korean. Moreover, start
There are various languages in the world. Among them, there is also sign language, which is a language that is not expressed with voices. Perhaps some Kingos have learned how to sign a song or sign their own names in sign language through school activities and recreational programs. Likewise, sign l
President Chung Kyu-sang of SKKU and three Brain City project officials signed the ‘Brain City Business Agreement’ on May 16th. The Brain City project is a plan to make a knowledge-based, self-supporting city in Pyeongtaek. In the city, SKKU Science Park Campus will be expected to play a leading rol
femtoskku.blogspot.kr/Professor Ahn Tae-kyu A research team led by Professor Ahn Tae-kyu, researcher Seo Gap-suk of the Department of Energy Science at SKKU, and two other experts from other institutions succeeded in developing a new technology which can analyze the defects of perovskite solar
Nowadays, as people consider fashion as a way of self-public relations, fashion has become a good means for people to express themselves. Even though people commonly think of foreign brands when thinking of fashion, there is a Korean designer who stands in the middle of the global fashion industry.