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Mar 12, 2007 Movies at the Museum Program SNU Museum(http://museum.snu.ac.kr) offers 'Movies at the Museum' program to give students and members of the faculty the chance to experience a wider range of culture at the museum.

Feb 28, 2007 Evening Korean Program, SNU KLEC SNU Korean Language Education Center provide Korean language programs not only for SNU students and faculty members, but for those who need Korean to make their everyday life easier and more convenient.

Feb 28, 2007 Student-Led Lecture System Adopted SNU will introduce student-oriented study programs that allow students to map out their own curricula and choose professors. Under the Independent Study program, SNU students can choose subjects that are not currently listed as regular courses and group themselves according to their interests.

Feb 20, 2007 President Lee of SNU and Chairman Lee of POSCO “Now is the time for domestic companies to outgrow the perception that they tend to be consumers of talents, and they need to become “prosumers” that can develop and produce talented workers,” said President Lee Jang-mu of Seoul National University (SNU).

Feb 02, 2007 Women Make Up More than 40 % of SNU’s Freshmen The share of women freshmen in Seoul National University has exceeded 40 percent this year for the first time.

Jan 25, 2007 Prof. Kang Kyung-sun make stem cell breakthrough A team of South Korean scientists claimed Tuesday they have succeeded in producing the first cure for diabetes using adult stem cells procured from umbilical cords.

Jan 25, 2007 SNU to Create Multicultural Education Center Seoul National University plans to build a research center for multicultural education by the end of this year.

Jan 17, 2007 SNU-UCLA Conference on Korean Studies UCLA and Seoul National University joint conference on Korean Studies, focusing on the Korean Language.

Jan 17, 2007 SNU-Harvard Collaborated to Create a 'Skin' Applied scientists demonstrated a new method for developing wrinkled hard skins on the surface areas of polymers using a focused ion beam.

Jan 16, 2007 SNU-Microsoft Signed MoU Seoul National University and Microsoft Corporation has signed an MoU(Memorandum of Understanding) for research collaboration. Microsoft Corporation agreed to provide research fund to Prof.Seungjo Kim's team for three years.

Jan 15, 2007 SNU Hires First DMZ Ecology Expert Seoul National University has hired its first foreigner to teach in its College of Natural Sciences.

Jan 12, 2007 SNU to Create Bio Medical Hub In Incheon Seoul National University and Yonsei University will build medical research centers inside the Incheon Free Economic Zone.