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Dec 02, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Higher Education Going Global We must actively look for skilled human resources instead of waiting for them to show up.

Nov 27, 2009 Cia-Cia People to Visit SNU The Indonesian tribe that adopted Hangeul as its writing system will send a delegation to Seoul next month to expand cultural exchanges.

Nov 23, 2009 SNU Guiness- the 'Largest', 'Highest' and the 'Most' at SNU Let's look at SNU from a new perspective. What would be the oldest building, the largest lecture hall, the longest period of service in a work post at SNU? Some of these lesser known facts about SNU as well as others are disclosed below with numerical data.

Nov 20, 2009 Professor PARK Jae-gahb Leading Anti-smoking Culture Professor PARK Jae-gahb at SNU Hospital is one of the leaders in this go-cold-turkey campaign who has dedicated his life to pursuing a nationwide smoking ban.

Nov 20, 2009 [Faculty Essay] When We are Embarrassed, Ashamed It is easy to be proud of ourselves. But it is not easy to be ashamed of our shortcomings. Nevertheless, we should be capable of recognizing our shameful mistakes.

Nov 20, 2009 Professor KWON Jun-soo Received Wunsch Medical Award As a renowned psychiatrist, Kwon thus far has published 299 papers in such peer-reviewed journals as the American Journal of Psychiatry, and the Archives of General Psychiatry.

Nov 19, 2009 19 New Foreign Professors Joined SNU Faculty Nineteen new professors joined the faculty this fall. SNU expects to expand its scholarly scope and accelerate its own internationalization by employing more foreign scholars of various fields.

Nov 17, 2009 [Faculty Essay] The SNU Campus, an Architectural Assessment In my opinion Seoul is not a city surrounded by landscape, rather “landscape surrounded by a city”.

Nov 10, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Breaking Down Ivory Walls Korean scholars must focus their attention on interdisciplinary studies if our universities are to compete with those in other countries.

Nov 03, 2009 HAN Wan-sang'60 Received an Honor from Emory University HAN Wan-sang'60, a former SNU professor of sociology and deputy prime minister, will receive the Sheth International Alumni Award, the most prestigious international awards in Emory University on Nov. 16.

Nov 03, 2009 Providing Customized Preliminary Education for Freshmen SNU Faculty of Liberal Education will provide a four-week of 'camp education' for the next year’s freshmen to make them better adjust to college education.

Oct 27, 2009 7 Leading Universities to Declare Sustainability The 3rd Global University Presidents' Summit was held from October 15-16 at Seoul National University. Seven global university presidents met and issued a Joint Declaration on "The Role of Universities for a Sustainable World" (Seoul Declaration) on October 16th at the Summit.