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Jul 14, 2006 A 24hr Computer Lab Opens With the load of papers and group projects that are assigned to SNU students every semester, time is never sufficient, especially for those who lose up to 4 hours on commute. "Why aren't our school computer labs open 24 hrs!"

Jul 14, 2006 Over 20% of SNU Students Delay Graduation With students at many other universities delaying their graduation to find jobs, a Seoul National University (SNU) report Thursday showed its own students have been increasingly graduating later than the regular eight semester period over the past five years.

Jul 12, 2006 SNU Museum's Royal Family Exhibit is a Hit SNU Museum's photograph exhibition titled, "The Last Imperial Family, Forgotten Daehan Empire", which will be held until August 19, has become a great success. The exhibit displays about 110 photographs related to the Daehan Empire royal family.

Jul 10, 2006 CJ International Center Opens CJ International Center finished its construction and had opening ceremony. 150 distinguished guests attended the ceremony including President Chung Un-chan, Sohn Kyung-shik of CJ CEO, and ambassadors of Finland and Philippine in Korea.

Jul 10, 2006 SNU Aggressive in Professor Recruitment Seoul National University (SNU) has decided to bypass the usual hiring procedures in its recruitment of an assistant professor for its Department of Physics and Astronomy (DPA).

Jul 06, 2006 Prof. Kang Finds Immuno-Teatment for Cancer Prof. Kang Chang-yuil's research team (college of pharmacy) have developed a new way of treating cancer by using immune cells. It succeeded in developing a vaccine technology for cancer which uses B cells.

Jul 05, 2006 SNU Ranks 30th Worldwide for SCI Paper Publications Korea took 12th place for the production of scientific technology theses, as 23,515 theses were published in international scientific journals registered on the Science Citation Index (SCI).

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.