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Jul 03, 2006 Prof. Chong-Pyong Chung Received IADR Award As part of the Opening Ceremonies of its 84th General Session & Exhibition, at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, the International Association for Dental Research presented prestigious awards and fellowships.

Jun 30, 2006 German Composer to Become SNU Music Professor The College of Music has decided to employ a German composer and electronic music expert as a professor.

Jun 27, 2006 SNU Global MBA Program The Global MBA program is the flagship program of the SNU Graduate School of Business(http://gsb.snu.ac.kr/Eng), the aim of which is to achieve recognition as one of the most highly ranked MBA programs in the world.

Jun 07, 2006 The SNU Museum of Art Opens The Museum of Art, Seoul National University (MoA) celebrates the opening of the museum building designed by the renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, as well as the inaugural exhibition entitled Invitation to Modern Art.

Jun 01, 2006 Looted Historical Record Returns Home to SNU The 47 books, part of ``The Annals of the Choson Dynasty,'' which were taken to Japan 93 years ago, will be returned to Korea from Japan before July 19 at the latest. The books' homecoming was agreed to by Tokyo University.

May 24, 2006 Alumnus Lee Jong-wook Dies Lee Jong-wook, graduated Medical College in 1976, Director-General of the United Nations World Health Organization, made the fight against HIV/AIDS a hallmark of his tenure and led global preparations for a possible human bird flu pandemic.

May 23, 2006 After the Storm Over Stem Cells Now that Hwang's project will no longer be hogging the spotlight, funding will be more equitably allocated to worthy projects. Scientists are talking about setting more stringent ethical guidelines for themselves, standards they see as essential to repairing the damage to their credibility.

May 16, 2006 Kofi Annan's SNU Lecture United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Kofi Annan gave a special lecture themed, 'The Cooperative Relationship between Korea and the U.N.' on the morning of May 15 at Seoul National University (SNU).

May 10, 2006 SNU Offers Leadership Class to US Troops in Korea A group of U.S. servicemembers are enrolled in a college leadership class. The class, “Step into the Future with Confidence,” (Prof. Sunny Kim) is designed to help South Korean undergraduate and graduate students perfect their spoken English, gain self-assurance and develop into leaders.

May 08, 2006 Electrons Make Molecule Flip Out Professor Young Kuk and his colleagues research results show how, in effect, an electrical signal might be used to alter or break the electrically conducting pathway in a molecular circuit.

May 04, 2006 Prof. Kang Kyungsun's Finding on Buerger's Disease Adult Stem Cells, Effective in Treating "Buerger's Disease". Professor Kang Kyung Sun's Staff Publishes Thesis in "Stem Cells" Magazine

May 04, 2006 Prof. Surh Youngjoon, 7 Years of Winning Top Grant Producing Winners of the American Association for Cancer Research's "Scholar-in-Training Grant" for Seven Years Running The SNU College of Pharmacy's "Electronic and Molecular Carcinogenesis Research Cancer"