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Sep 26, 2011 Donate to SNU and Receive Benefits! The Seoul National University Foundation will be reinforcing the benefits that are given to donors to provide a more practical reward for those who make large donations for the development of the university.

Sep 26, 2011 SNU’s Strengthening Relationship with China SNU recognized the need to interact with Chinese universities and is implementing ways to help SNU students deepen their understanding of Chinese culture and society.

Sep 21, 2011 [Faculty Essay] Modern Life, a Lone Existence A fact of modern day living that we seldom consider is the shocking amount of time we spend inside. Inside at work, at home, at the mall, even when exercise nowadays we are inside.

Sep 21, 2011 2011 SNU Employment Statistics Results The employment rate of Seoul National University graduates for this year is 59.8%, which is 5.6% higher compared with last year, according to the results of the 2011 Employment Statistics of Higher Education Graduates in Reference to the National Health Insurance Database

Sep 14, 2011 Radiation Workers at SNU Receive Compulsory Safety Education SNU’s Institute of Environmental Protection & Safety (IEPS, http://ieps.snu.ac.kr) conducted training sessions on radiation safety for approximately 140 SNU members.

Sep 06, 2011 Professor Shynne Gwang-hyun Leaves Behind a Noble Legacy and Heartwarming Memories Professor SHYNNE passed away due to cancer on July 24 this year. A year ago, Professor Shynne taught a class for the University of Beijing’s summer session.

Sep 06, 2011 Barely Visible but Clearly Audible - High-tech Speaker Made of Graphene Professor JANG Jyongsik of SNU's School of Chemical and Biological Engineering and his research team recently invented a transparent and flexible speaker using graphene electrodes and PVDF film.

Sep 05, 2011 [Student Essay] Things About SNU that Makes My Girl Green with Envy Sitting on the terrace seat of the Twosome Place coffee shop, I gaze at the stream flowing out of Mt. Gwanak, bleached in red as it reflects the setting sun.

Sep 05, 2011 Pre-College Lectures for Teenagers SNU Extension College first established pre-college lectures for teenagers last winter, offering three classes about world history, the universe, and immunology. Due to favorable assessments from both students and parents it has expanded this summer to seven courses on even more diverse subjects.

Sep 05, 2011 SNU-NCAR Weather and Climate Center Established On August 1 SNU co-established the Korea-USA Weather and Climate Center with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) to facilitate research on climate and weather change analysis and forecasting.

Sep 02, 2011 [Faculty Essay] Invisible Seoul When things make sense they are inevitably boring. I am attracted to contradictions, to paradoxical situations: places, events that are different to what I have come to accept as conventional.

Aug 30, 2011 Aesthetics of the Nude Breast Titled “Although I am _____, I am beautiful,” the exhibition is comprised of 18 nude ink-and-wash paintings of actual breast cancer patients.