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Aug 04, 2011 SNU and Prestigious Universities Agree to Exchange Students SNU has agreed to exchange students with foreign universities including Johns Hopkins University, Illinois State University (Urbana-Champaign), Virginia University, Washington State University, Colorado State University, and Alberta University.

Aug 04, 2011 Go to UCLA as an Exchange Student! SNU and UCLA (the University of California, LA) have agreed to exchange five students every year starting next year.

Aug 04, 2011 [Faculty Essay] Seoul's Yogurt Army Seoul is an awkward city, a city that however hard people try to homogenize and harmonize to an accepted urban model, always manages to slip away and revert back to its original state. This unashamed authenticity is what I so admire about Seoul, a city that constantly has to adapt.

Aug 02, 2011 SNU School of Dentistry Decides to Remain a Graduate School In the case of medical school, SNU also decided to switch back to medical college, with effect from 2015. However, the dental department decided otherwise.

Aug 01, 2011 Seeking Peace Through Dialogue: Discussing Peace on the Korean Peninsula The "Humanites Korea (HK) Project" of Peace Studies of the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies (IPUS) has begun to hold regular irenology seminars starting from June 7, 2011.

Aug 01, 2011 Young SNU Professors Urge SNU President to Keep University on Its Toes to Maintain Superior Status SNU President OH Yeon Cheon, therefore, held a meeting with the younger professors of SNU to gain fresh insight so as to recognize and address any and all potential problems.

Jul 27, 2011 Rediscovering Building Tops The SNU Graduate School of Environmental Studies (GSES) has helped change the campus scenery by redesigning its bland building rooftop into a beautiful garden.

Jul 27, 2011 A Legendary Journalist Donated to the College of Agriculture and Life Recently SNU made two scholarships from donations of two distinguished alumni, Lee Chang Hwa, a legendary journalist, and Chae Ho Seok, an engineer and CEO.

Jul 27, 2011 Use EndNote, and Experience Writing Papers Becoming a Whole Lot Easier The Central Library of SNU is now providing the software EndNote, the program that helps researchers to efficiently manage bibliographies when writing papers, as well as a program that teaches students how to use the software. And the teaching program is receiving very positive reviews from students.

Jul 27, 2011 Gwanak-sa: A Dormitory with Culture The SNU student dormitory, Gwanaksa, has been evolving into something more than a residential complex - it is now also serving as a cultural gathering space for both students and the local community.

Jul 27, 2011 SNU Ranked Among Top 10 in Materials Science Research Thomson Reuters published its Global Research Report: Materials Science and Technology on July 1, which contains a careful review of data collected over a period of ten years -- from early 2001 to the beginning of 2011.

Jul 27, 2011 Eat, Copy, Love! SNU Cooperative is also planning to install K-CASH card readers in the cafeterias and incorporate K-CASH into the meal ticket sale system. Students will no longer have to wait in long lines to buy meal tickets. They’ll be able to buy their meal directly without using a meal ticket.