The Korea Football Association has announced that Seol KiHyeon, the football coach at SKKU, will join the national soccer team which is led by Uli Stielike, as a new coach. Seol Ki-Hyeon was a soccer player who played for the Korean national team as a forward for 10 years from 2000. He also particip
Professor Kang Jong-Sun’s research team from SKKU’s School of Medicine has investigated a new molecular mechanism related to heart fibrosis that occurs after a sudden heart attack, and in cardiac disorders. The research team has found a new mechanism that can prevent cardiac disorder, and can develo
A SKKU research team led by Professor Kim Young-Dok from the chemistry department has developed an oxidized steel Nano catalyst which uses metal oxidized steel particles which are the size of 1 nanometer to turn carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide at a temperature of 30 degrees. Before this new cata
SKKU Professor Jeon Hong-Jin of the Psychiatry College was appointed as a director of the Korean Psychological Autopsy Center (KPAC) which is being commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Jeon HongJin has worked as a professor at the SKKU Mental Health College since 2009 and was also app
The inter-campus shuttle connects the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus and the Natural Sciences Campus of SKKU, while the buses in each campus are important for the convenience for students. As they play a significant role in Kingos’ daily lives, past and present Student Councils have made effo
Universities in Korea, China, and Japan built consortia to exchange students every semester through the CAMPUS Asia (Collective Action for Mobility Program of University Students in Asia) Project. The project had its test operation with eight consortia from 2011 up to the first half of 2016, and the
Professors and students of SKKU have actively condemned the “Choi Soon-sil Gate” in numerous ways. “Choi Soon-sil Gate” is a major political incident that refers to the intervention on governmental issues by non-politician Choi Soon-sil and the privileges given to her family.On October 27, 30 profes
Professor Woo Jong Yu of the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at SKKU and the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics’ joint research team announced on November 9 that they had developed the world’s thinnest semiconductor, ten times thinner than t
On November 1, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced that a research team led by Professor Jae-hyung Park of the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) developed an ultrasound dynamic treatment technology that can remove tumors without open surgery. The
The public hearing for the next student council was held in the Natural Sciences Campus on November 15. Note that the following questions and answers have been summarized by the SKT. [Inquiries from SKKU official press: 성대방송국, 성대신문, 성균타임즈]Q1: For the executive department communication counter
The public hearing for the next student council was held in the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus on November 17. Note that the following questions and answers have been summarized by the Sungkyun Times (SKT).[Inquiry Session between Campaigns (성큼, SKKETCH)]Q1. (성큼 -> SKKETCH): Incorrect figures
The Department of Forensics will be newly established in SKKU next March. Over ten years have passed since the Korean police has utilized forensic science for investigation. Nonetheless, the technical level of forensic science has been insufficient to cope with the fast development of methods used t
A SKKU research team led by professor Tae Sung Kim from the School of Mechanical Engineering has succeeded in the development of a sensor which can identify parathyroid hormone using a nano-material complex. Hyeong Woo Kim, a graduate student from Professor Kim’s laboratory and Professor Min Ho Lee
The museum of SKKU opens its 34th special exhibition, “Facing Faces,” from October 5 to December 27. The museum is located on the first basement floor of the 600th Anniversary Hall in the Humanities and Social Sciences Campus. The goal of the exhibition is to explore the ideal role model of leaders
Professor Jae-Wook Nam from the School of Chemical Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)has won the 2016 L. E. Scriven Young Investigator Award on September 20, 2016. It was even more meaningful in that it is the first time for an Asian researcher to win the award. He was awarded for his con
A Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) research team led by Professor Hwan Su Yoon from the Department of Biological Sciences discovered parallel evolution in red seaweeds and seed plants. The research team clarified the evolution by comparing the chlorophyll in 50 red seaweed species to that of 800 seed
A research team led by Young Hee Lee, the director of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics in the Institute of Basic Science, and a research team led by Professor Woo Jong Yu of the School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering worked as co-research teams to develop TRAM, which is a new
The industry-university collaboration between SKKU and iNiWORLD, a company which develops and provides floating solar power systems, succeeded in developing techniques for floating solar power generators without using an axis of rotation on August 9, 2016. The power generator has been established in
SKKU's student council Swing has planned a project called “Asia Pioneer” to offer students an overseas experience of communication with local people. The project has a special meaning as it is the first time that SKKU ran this kind of project and has been conducted by a student body. The project
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