On January 8th, the inauguration ceremony of the 21st president of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) was held at the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus. About 1,000 people, including officials and executives of SKKU, attended the ceremony. The new president, Shin D
The Previous Course Registration System That Needed Changes In recent years, there were many claims that the previous course registration system had some problems that had to be revised. First, the biggest problem with the system was the black market of lectures. Many popular lectures were bought an
The presidency term of the 50th student council, “S:with,” has ended. Looking back at the year with S:with, the Sungkyun Times (SKT) examines changes that S:with has implemented and looks into some of the controversies surrounding them.1. Tuition FeesS:with succeeded to freeze tuition fees through f
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
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
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
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
SKKU Research Team Develops Nanoparticles to Enhance Drug Delivery EfficiencyA research team led by Professor Park Jae-hyung from the School of Chemical Engineering has developed a nanoparticle that widens blood vessels, which results in improving drug delivery efficiency. Several fatal diseases, su
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
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