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Dec 29, 2006 Prof. Daesik Kim Develops New Microscope Professor Kim Dae-sik's research team(dept. of physics) has developed a new microscope which can observe the size as well as the movement of light. This 'Vector-field Microscope' can dramatically improve the performance of microscopes.

Dec 21, 2006 SNU Succeeds in Cloning Three Female Dogs A research team at SNU College of Veterinary Medicine has succeeded in cloning the world's first female dogs after 2005’s breakthrough of creating the world's first cloned dog which was male.

Dec 15, 2006 Eight Alumni Named 'Star Faculty' When will Korea have a Nobel Prize winner? Ten recipients were chosen for the Star Faculty support program, which was established to train Nobel Prize laureates and to guarantee long-term research opportunities for young scholars.

Dec 06, 2006 60 Great Engineers that Invigorated Korea The National Academy of Korean Engineering(NAKE), the Maeil Business Newspaper and SNU Engineering College had cooperated in selecting those 60 honorable people.

Dec 05, 2006 SNU's Local Education Plan Gwanak-gu in Seoul will be transformed into a “city of lifelong education” with the help of the Seoul National University (SNU) College of Education.

Nov 30, 2006 [Faculty Essay]Leave Those Kids Alone! Recently, college entrance essay preparation is taking the nation by storm. In Korean, the Chinese characters for the word 'storm' can be read as 'wind gone bonkers.' Let us take a detailed look at Korean society, as to who in particular has lost their marbles.

Nov 28, 2006 SNU Help Building a Dental School in Afgahanistan The Afghan Embassy in Seoul said that a dental school will be built in Afghanistan with the help of Korean dentists and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

Nov 28, 2006 SNU Museum of Art by Rem Koolhaas The design for the Seoul National University Museum is driven by the relationship of the campus to the community and serve as a link between them.

Nov 24, 2006 The 8th BESETOHA Held in Hanoi An annual forum of four representative East Asian universities, the BESETOHA 8th, opened in Hanoi on Nov. 3.

Nov 24, 2006 Conversations with Danish Prime Minister On 23rd of November (Thursday), Denmark's current Prime Minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Seoul National University to deliver a lecture entitled "Globalization Era for Asia and Europe."

Nov 08, 2006 SNU Soaring Ever Higher on 60th Anniversary Being the number one university on the Korean peninsula is not enough for SNU. The school's internationalization programs and world-class computer network provide students from all over the world with an education on a global level.

Nov 03, 2006 The Times Ranked SNU 63rd in the World Seoul National University has been ranked 63rd in the annual ranking of top 200 universities, The World University Ranking 2006 by The Times Higher Education Supplement. It was placed 11th among 33 Asian universities on the table.