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Apr 06, 2016
SNU Student Council Announces Plans to Construct “Comfort Woman” Statue
On March 28, the Seoul National University Student Council held a press conference at Nadeulmok Park in Gwanak district to announce its plans for the construction of a memorial statue for the victims of sex slavery during the Second World War.
Mar 25, 2016
Seoul National University Research Team Discovers Way to Fight Alzheimer’s Disease
On March 15, a team of Seoul National University medical professors led by Professor MOOK Inhee announced in the esteemed life sciences journal, Autophagy, that they have discovered a mechanism in the brain that regulates the substance which triggers Alzheimer’s disease.
Mar 25, 2016
Seoul National University Micro-econometrics Professor to Move to Columbia University
This fall, Seoul National University economics professor, LEE Suk-Bae (45) will move to the US, where he will be teaching at Columbia University.
Mar 25, 2016
SNU College of Engineering Launch ‘Haedong Idea Factory’
On March 17, 2016, Seoul National University’s College of Engineering launched the ‘Haedong Idea Factory’ – a 24-hour creative space where students can share their ideas and actualize them into products.
Mar 25, 2016
College of Engineering Launches the New "Home Run" Project
Seoul National University College of Engineering launched a new research fund, dubbed the "Home Run" Project, in hopes of achieving more groundbreaking research that can "hit a home run."
Mar 21, 2016
SNU Signs Memorandum of Understanding with ROKA
On February 4th, Seoul National University announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA).
Mar 18, 2016
SNU's "One-Dollar Breakfast" Extended to "One-Dollar Dinner"
With the start of the new semester, Seoul National University initiated a new project to financially support students: the One-Dollar Dinner Meal.
Mar 17, 2016
SNU Pyeongchang Campus Cooperates With 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics
The SNU Pyeongchang Campus, founded on June 12th, 2014, serves as the research complex for green-bio science technology, and the campus for the Graduate School of International Agricultural Technology, in addition to various other environmental functions.
Mar 14, 2016
Gyeonggi Province Announces Plans to Renovate Old SNU Dormitories
On March 10th, the offices of Gyeonggi province announced plans to renovate Seoul National University’s past Suwon dormitory, “Sangroksa”.
Dec 18, 2015
The Teacher Behind Chopin Competition Winner Cho Seong Jin
Cho Seong-jin was the first Korean to win the 17th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, Poland, on Wednesday, October 21st.
Dec 16, 2015
New Procedure Easily Detects Colon Cancer
Professor HYEON Taeghwan and his research team at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have developed a new multifunctional endoscope that paves way for an easier method for diagnosis and treatment of colon cancer.
Dec 16, 2015
New Microchip Mimicking Bone Tissues Developed
Research teams from Seoul National University and Chonnam National University made a breakthrough in medical engineering with their recent development of a microchip that mimics bone tissues.