On November 16th, a joint research team led by Professor Kim Kyeong-kyu of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at SKKU and Doctor Lee Seung-seo at the University of Southampton succeeded in finding a new antitoxic infection-treating material without antibiotic resistance. Antibiotic resista
On November 12th, a joint research team led by Professor Park Ho-seok of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) and Professor Yuri Gogotsi at Drexel University has developed a supercapacitor (SC) technology. An SC is an energy storage device, normally known as a bul
During the 2nd period of the public hearing, there were a keynote address of Sparkle, a questioning period of the Sungkyun Times (SKT) and the Sungkyunkwan Broadcasting System (SUBS), and a questioning period of Kingos at the public hearing.Culture/CommunicationCultureThe SKT asked Sparkle about the
On November 21st, a public hearing of candidates of “Sparkle” for the next student council was held in the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus. It consisted of four main themes based on the candidates’ pledges: tuition fees/education, student welfare, communication/culture/job, and school faciliti
On November 20th, a public hearing of candidates of “Sparkle” for the next student council was held in the Natural Sciences Campus. It consisted of three main periods: a keynote address by the representative candidate of Sparkle, a policy questioning of SKKU’s four student media, the Sungkyunkwan Un
The Hera Seoul Fashion Week (SFW), which is the largest fashion show in Korea, was held for five days and ended on October 20th, 2018. Every year, a lot of influential people in the fashion industry show their works there. Among them, there was one Kingo pursuing her dream with her own fashion style
The Background of the ControversyThe women’s student council at SKKU is an independent organization under a central steering committee, consisting of female students. The women’s student council on the Natural Sciences Campus was abolished after a student referendum for abolition in 2014, but the on
From October 4th to 5th, the 2018 Festival “ESKARA” was held on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Sciences Campus. The official title of the festival was “2018 ESKARA Youth Festival: Finding Huge Dreams.” Preparing for this festival, the 50th student council, “S:with,” said t
On October 6th, 2018, Han Seung-jin (Chinese Language and Literature / Fashion Design, 14), won the emerging-designer contestatthe 2018 Gangnam Festival. Since 2007, the festival has been held by Gangnam-gu to help promote its fashion industry. Recently, as more and more foreign tourists come to the
Introduction of Electronic Attendance SystemFor the convenience of both Kingos and faculty members, an electronic attendance system has been newly introduced to SKKU. In lecture rooms where the new attendance system has been applied, Kingos can check their attendance easily, using their smartphones.
A research team led by Kim Hyun-jin, a professor of the Department of Physiology at the School of Medicine, has discovered a new process to regulate autophagy, which is an intracellular degradation system where subcellular organelles are destroyed and new ones are built to replace them to help a bod
On September 12th, the 50th student council, “S:with,” officially launched the new website “SKKU:ter” for Kingos after some had already tried the beta version for a week. The name of the website, SKKU:ter, got 39.7% of the vote in a recent poll that was taken from August 23rd to 25th out of five sug
October is the month where we see yellow ginkgo leaves and the end of the year beckons. Some Kingos may be in deep thought about their future and others may start to prepare to spend a semester or a year abroad as exchange students. This fall, an outbound exchange student briefing session will be he
People can learn about history through visiting museums. And, when it comes to Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), there is a university museum where Kingos can feel the flow of history of SKKU in their daily routines. Most Kingos, however, might not be aware of the university museum and probably have n
GLS RegistrationLeading up to the 2nd semester of 2018, a new feature has been added to the Course Bag on the course registration system. The Course Bag allows Kingos to organize the classes they will register for in each upcoming semester. Kingos can now view how many students have added a particul
On August 2nd, a joint research team led by Song Jang-kun, a professor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Whang Dong-mok, a professor of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, and Lee Jae-hyun, a professor at Ajou University, identified the sequence direction principles of liquid crystal
On August 13th, undergraduate students of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), and Hansung University gathered at the 600th Anniversary Hall at SKKU to propose solutions to protect the privacy of Bukchon Hanok Village residents. The six par
This upcoming September 25th will mark the 620th anniversary of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU). SKKU succeeds the traditions of Sungkyunkwan, which has been the superior national educational institute since it was established in 1398, six years after the Joseon Dynasty was founded. Today, remains of
Most people usually think that education is just limited to the classroom. Recently, however, there has been a kind of education that has started to break the stereotype: Co-operative (Co-op) Education. “Co-op Education” allows students to have work experience at companies outside of the classroom.
In June, 1987, protests that cried out for the overthrowing of the dictatorship of the Chun Doo-hwan government continued for about 20 days throughout the country. Chun Doo-hwan came into power by putting down the May 18th Democratic Uprising in 1980 through military force. He tried to maintain his