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Jun 27, 2006 SNU Global MBA Program The Global MBA program is the flagship program of the SNU Graduate School of Business(http://gsb.snu.ac.kr/Eng), the aim of which is to achieve recognition as one of the most highly ranked MBA programs in the world.

Jun 07, 2006 The SNU Museum of Art Opens The Museum of Art, Seoul National University (MoA) celebrates the opening of the museum building designed by the renowned architect Rem Koolhaas, as well as the inaugural exhibition entitled Invitation to Modern Art.

Jun 01, 2006 Looted Historical Record Returns Home to SNU The 47 books, part of ``The Annals of the Choson Dynasty,'' which were taken to Japan 93 years ago, will be returned to Korea from Japan before July 19 at the latest. The books' homecoming was agreed to by Tokyo University.

May 24, 2006 Alumnus Lee Jong-wook Dies Lee Jong-wook, graduated Medical College in 1976, Director-General of the United Nations World Health Organization, made the fight against HIV/AIDS a hallmark of his tenure and led global preparations for a possible human bird flu pandemic.

May 23, 2006 After the Storm Over Stem Cells Now that Hwang's project will no longer be hogging the spotlight, funding will be more equitably allocated to worthy projects. Scientists are talking about setting more stringent ethical guidelines for themselves, standards they see as essential to repairing the damage to their credibility.

May 16, 2006 Kofi Annan's SNU Lecture United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) Kofi Annan gave a special lecture themed, 'The Cooperative Relationship between Korea and the U.N.' on the morning of May 15 at Seoul National University (SNU).

May 10, 2006 SNU Offers Leadership Class to US Troops in Korea A group of U.S. servicemembers are enrolled in a college leadership class. The class, “Step into the Future with Confidence,” (Prof. Sunny Kim) is designed to help South Korean undergraduate and graduate students perfect their spoken English, gain self-assurance and develop into leaders.

May 08, 2006 Electrons Make Molecule Flip Out Professor Young Kuk and his colleagues research results show how, in effect, an electrical signal might be used to alter or break the electrically conducting pathway in a molecular circuit.

May 04, 2006 Prof. Kang Kyungsun's Finding on Buerger's Disease Adult Stem Cells, Effective in Treating "Buerger's Disease". Professor Kang Kyung Sun's Staff Publishes Thesis in "Stem Cells" Magazine

May 04, 2006 Prof. Surh Youngjoon, 7 Years of Winning Top Grant Producing Winners of the American Association for Cancer Research's "Scholar-in-Training Grant" for Seven Years Running The SNU College of Pharmacy's "Electronic and Molecular Carcinogenesis Research Cancer"

May 01, 2006 Experts Confirm SNU Analysis on Hwang's Research A group of experts re-confirmed an SNU panel's finding that the NT-1 cell line Hwang claimed to have created through transfer of somatic cell nuclei was created by parthenogenesis, a form of reproduction.

Apr 28, 2006 SNU to Open 1-Year MBA Courses SNU establishes one-year master of business administration courses for the first time in Korea. Students will be able to obtain double master's degrees from foreign universities' MBA courses such as Duke University in the U.S.