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Sep 29, 2008 Introducing SNU`s Foreign Faculty SNU currently boasts 86 foreign faculty members, 22 of whom are associate professors. So what is it about SNU that is drawing renowned scholars from abroad?

Sep 23, 2008 Professor Shin Elected WHO Regional Director Professor Shin Young-Soo of College of Medicine was elected Monday as the new director for the Western Pacific region of the World Health Organisation, the UN body announced.

Sep 22, 2008 Slower Than Walking As anxious students contemplate walking up the descending escalator to reach their classes in time, one cannot help but wonder: Why Is this escalator so slow?

Sep 18, 2008 SNU Ranks 24th in World University Rankings of SCI Publication SNU produced 4,291 SCI papers in 2007, a number increased by 18% compared to the previous year’s 3,635. It placed SNU 24th in the world university rankings of this year, up from 32nd in 2007.

Sep 09, 2008 The First Cloned Dog `Snuppy` Become A Father Snuppy, the first cloned dog, has become a father after the world's first successful breeding involving only cloned canines.

Sep 09, 2008 Korean Food Makes You Live Longer ``We confirmed that soybean paste, soybean sauce, fermented soybean soup, kimchi and seaweed also contain much Vitamin B-12 which, until recently, was thought to be only found in animal food,``

Aug 29, 2008 Jaha Pond Reveals Its Origin Jaha Pond, located near the College of Humanities, is well known as the most picturesque spot on Gwanak campus. What is less known is that the name of the pond originates from a great scholar of the eighteenth century, Shin Wi.

Aug 29, 2008 Training Leading Journalists From Abroad Institute of Communication Research of SNU will train seven selected journalists who are invited for SNU-LG Press Fellowship Program.

Aug 26, 2008 Diabetic Genes in Asian People are Similar to those in Western Professor Kyong Soo Park at SNU Hospital analyzed a diabetic gene in Asian people and determined how it functioned.

Aug 26, 2008 Professors at College of Dentistry Pinpoint Protein Mechanism that May Lead To Osteoporosis The researchers, headed by Professor Hong-Hee Kim and Eun-Ju Chang reported that the protein CK-B regulates the activation of osteoclasts, large multinuclear cells associated with the absorption and removal of bone.

Aug 26, 2008 Professor Oh Found New Disease-Controlling Gene SNU has found a new gene that plays a pivotal role in the secretion of water and electrolytes through epithelial cells of humans ― seen as a breakthrough in treating a currently incurable disease.

Aug 26, 2008 Atopic Dermatitis Hard to Cure, but Controllable Each turning point of a season brings tough and tearful days to atopic dermatitus sufferers. Some scratch their skin raw while others find their skin haggard and reddish all over. These types of skin disease― in European countries they call it eczema― is seen on about 15 percent of new born babies.