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Aug 19, 2011 Graduate in Style with the New Graduation Robes! SNU's current robes are the same as those worn at the first graduation ceremony in 1947, used as formal ceremonial dress for the last 60 years without change. The black, simple and rather convenient ceremonial robes have been under criticism that they do not properly reflect the university's identity.

Aug 19, 2011 SNU English Homepage To Be Renewed The SNU homepage (http://www.snu.ac.kr) has been renewed. Following the directive of the Act to Abolish Discrimination against the Disabled, the SNU Department of Public Relations launched the revamped homepage on July 1. The disabled people will find the renewed homepage easier to use.

Aug 19, 2011 “Do Not Try to Label Me” --Of Kazakh heritage, Citizen of Mozambique, Muslim, married to an African husband, of British academic descent. At present a civil servant of the Republic of Korea as an appointed professor at SNU. There are many ways to describe Professor Liazzat J. Bonate.

Aug 19, 2011 SNU Started Twitting and Facing The SNU Department of Public Relations and Communications has initiated the promotion of SNU through social network services such as Facebook and Twitter.

Aug 19, 2011 SNU Doctor Gives Mohammed a New Life Professor Hong Sungtae (57) of SNU College of Medicine is the chief professor of the Department of Parasitology and Tropical Medicine. Professor Hong made arrangements for an operation for Mohammed Avakir (10), a Sudanese child who was suffering from a congenital deformity.

Aug 19, 2011 SNU to Provide Manpower for Future Samsung-Apple Patent War? SNU President OH Yeon Cheon signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Secretary General of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Francis Gurry on July 7 for the establishment of the Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property (MIP).

Aug 16, 2011 SNU Labs Never Sleep Have you ever visited SNU campus late at night? SNU research labs always stay illuminated far into the night. On Sunday night, SNU English editors made their way through heavy rain to make a surprise visit to SNU campus.

Aug 16, 2011 An Interview with Professor Oh Saeng-Keun, a Master of Literature After 30 years of actively working as a lecturer, researcher and critic of literature, literary critic OH Saeng-Keun has reached the retirement age of 65. Professor Oh said his retirement makes him feel “the light-hearted sensation at the finish line of a marathon”.

Aug 10, 2011 "Nature is My Real Laboratory" Fighting against a wild sea on a rolling boat, harvesting rice at a rice field near SNU’s campus in Suwon, and trying to figure out the links between desertification and human civilization out in the desert, SNU students, for whom nature is their laboratory and research partner, are filled with academic curiosity.

Aug 08, 2011 SNU’s 10 International Enterprises The Office of International Affairs (OIA) of SNU has announced SNU’s 10 Int’l Enterprises. The list is an extension of the previous ‘SNU’s 7 Int’l Enterprises’ which were undertaken from 2007 to 2010.

Aug 08, 2011 Want Some Mice for Bio-engineering Research? The Center for Animal Resource Development of SNU BioMAX, established in 2002, is the largest bio-engineering facility in Korea for supplying experiment animals.

Aug 04, 2011 SNU Central Library Redesigns Book Cafe The SNU Central Library completed the redesigning of the Book Cafe on the fourth floor, and subsequently launched a new exhibition of SNU professors’ books.