Last August, the Korea Toray Science Foundation (KTSF) announced the respective winners of both the Korea Toray Science and Technology award as well as the Korea Toray Science and Technology Research Fund. The KTSF is a newly established public benefit corporation built under Toray Industries, Inc.,
On September 6th, SKKU held the “2019 Eurasian Sungkyun Korean Essay Contest” at the Lotte City Hotel Tashkent Palace in Uzbekistan. With the intent of making friendly ties with the rest of the world through the medium that is the Korean language, SKKU has been holding Korean essay contests in vario
A public hearing was held at the Humanities and Social campus of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) on September 10th – a follow-up to the hearing held five days earlier at SKKU’s Natural Science campus. The two events were hosted with the intent of discussing a new system SKKU is planning on impl
The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) has selected Park HoSeok, a professor of Chemical Engineering at SKKU as the winner of the Scientist of the month award. This award selects a researcher who has contributed to the development of science and techno
The women’s lounge, Yeoggeum, at Dasan Hall of Economics on the Humanities and Social sciences Campus has disappeared after 14 years of its use and has been renamed as the Humanities Zone in the same place. This lounge had not only provided a room for resting but also conducted a book rental busines
Sungkyunkwan University has formed the SKKU Technology Innovation Advisory Group which consists of professors in hightech fields to support companies in trouble due to Japan’s export restrictions. Taking full advantage of the university’s research and development (R&D) achievement, this advisory gro
The research team of Kim Sang-woo, a professor of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering at SKKU has developed original technology for wireless charging that can get over the limitations of implantable medical devices. Previously, implantable medical devices like cardiac pacemakers and insulin p
SKKU’s Sports Interaction Science Graduate School (SIS) was selected as one of the two schools to establish sports industry convergence graduate schools by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). The sports industry is an industry with high future growth potential. The size of the global
On 22nd of May, Jainjeon, also known as Injajeon, was held for the first time in 5 years. Jainjeon is a sports festival between the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Sciences Campus. The festival, which used to be held annually until 2014, has not been held for the past five year
The research team led by Professor Chung Ka-young of the School of Pharmacy at SKKU revealed the specific process in which the G-Protein Coupled Receptor (GPCR) delivers drug components. The fact that drug components are delivered as a result of the action of GPCR and the structure after the activat
The 2019 school festival, ESKARA, was held from May 16th to 17th on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus, and from May 23rd to 25th on the Natural Sciences Campus. The Sungkyun Times (SKT) reporters visited the second and the last days of ESKARA on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus.
On May 8th 2019, the music festival MUSIC:EUM 5.8 was held by SKKU Broadcast Studio (SBUS) at New Millenium Hall at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus. It was the 36th festival, and the topic of this year's festival was MUSIC:EUM, a museum which displays music.The music festival introduce
What Are Central Clubs? In Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Science Campus each has club associations. Clubs which belong to the associations are called central clubs. Central clubs usually have their own club rooms and receive funding from th
In commemoration of the National Day of Persons with Disabilities on April 20th, the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) introduced a vehicle with an installed a wheelchair ramp to support disabled students. The test drive took place on April 16th,
Bang Chang-hyeon, a Professor of the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), was nominated for Scientist of the Month Award in April. The award is granted by the Ministry of Science and Information Communication Technologies (MSIT) and is given to a person wh
The 51st student council, Sparkle, arranged for an inspection of hidden cameras in the toilets of the stores near the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus area for the first time. It was one of the pledges of Sparkle, so-called SKKUrity. SKKUrity is a compound word of ‘SKKU’ and ‘security.’ Nowaday
The Student Success Center opened its doors on the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus on March 11st. It has been established to offer Kingos various education and support programs for their success. Students who made a reservation are able to receive counseling. There are a total of three counsel
The football team of SKKU won the 55th Spring Korea University Football Confederation (KUFC) Championship in the Tongyeong Cup’s final game against Chung Ang University (CAU), which was held at Gyeongsangnam-do Tongyeong’s sports field on 27th, February. It is one of the biggest university football
The Ministry of Science, Information and Communications Technology (MSIT) reported on April 4th that it had selected three universities including SKKU to open AI graduate schools this year. The Korean government’s support for the AI graduate school is a part of the effort to nurture highly qualified
Song Bong-shik, a professor of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), participated in research at Kyoto University in Japan and assisted in realizing the world’s brightest semiconductor laser. In this research, br