Last December, Professor Shin Ju-young from the School of Pharmacy proved the safety of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination towards South Korean adolescent girls along with a doctoral student, Yoon Dong-won, and a postdoctoral research fellow, Lee Hyesung. The HPV vaccine is known to protect agai
Current Affairs of the Student Council Election The student council candidate for 2021 is S:Energy, pronounced as synergy. A student council must undergo the steps of registering as a candidate, electioneering, and go through the voting period before they are officially elected. Three days are given
Professor Chae Jong-seo’s research team of the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Information and Communication was selected as one of the 10 best research and tracking surveys by the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) on
On the 19th of November, Professor Kim In-Soo’s pharmaceutical research team developed a ratiometric fluorescence amplification sensor that can selectively detect nitro-explosive chemical compounds for the first time. Nitro-compounds can rapidly produce gas even without oxygen in the atmosphere, and
Background and Progress of Demanding Partial Tuition Return In the first semester of 2020, the calls for the return of tuition fees grew as students’ rights to study didn’t get fully guaranteed due to the rapidly changing situation. In response, the student council, Iruri, mentioned the need for spe
On October 17th, there was a case of a student impersonating other students in a real-time lecture of an Introduction of Mass Communication class, a major subject of the Department of Media Communication. Accordingly, the school board has announced to lecturers to be cautious with WebEx security to
Professor Kim Duk-joon of the Department of Chemical Engineering was selected as the 2020 winner of the“Hanhwa Polymer Academic Award” organized by the Polymer Society of Korea and designated by HanwhaTotal. Hanwha Total awarded a plaque and a prize of 10 million won to Prof. Kim, who was selected a
About the ContestIn August, Iruri, the 52nd student council of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), hosted a student identification (ID) card design contest. Along with the purpose of overcoming the difficulty of communication due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, they organized this c
A research team led by Jeong Jae-hoon, a professor of the Department of Biological Sciences, discovered that Early Flowing 3 (ELF3), a prion-like protein found in plants, functions as a temperature sensor through phase separation. This research was completed with the research team of Leibniz Laborat
With the beginning of the new semester, a portfolio system called Challenge Square was launched. This is an all-around computerized system that integrates and manages the outcomes of students’ academic and extracurricular activities throughout their entire college lives. Various data such as club ac
How Was the Class System Last Semester?Due to the sudden spread of Coronavirus Disease-19 (COVID19), back in February, offline classes were postponed, and students were instructed to take online classes. Prompted by this sudden change, the school gave three extra units to all students, increased the
Park Jin-hong, a professor from the Department of Electronic, Electrical, and Computer Engineering and hisresearch team was able to develop an AI semiconductor device that can enhance the information processingcapabilities of the next-generation neuromorphic chips that mimic the learning principles