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Apr 27, 2006 SNU Students Mentoring Poor Children SNU students are teaming with the government to help narrow the widening gap between the rich and poor. They are being matched with students from about 70 schools to provide individually tailored, after-school tutoring.

Apr 24, 2006 EU Centre Opens at Seoul National University The Centre will make a major contribution to fostering greater knowledge and awareness of the European Union, its institutions and its policies in Korea. The inauguration ceremony was held at Graduate School of International Studies, SNU.

Apr 17, 2006 SNU Invited Swedish Politicians Swedish politicians of different parties held a panel discussion on the welfare state at Seoul National University on Wednesday.

Apr 14, 2006 HWANG Na-yol, Head of SNU Student Association An underground singer, professional Muay Thai boxer and president of a labeling company, was yesterday elected chairman of the student council of the country's prestigious Seoul National University.

Apr 10, 2006 International Application for 2006 Fall Semester SNU welcomes students from a variety of backgrounds and recognizes that international students provide diverse perspectives and contribute to a dynamic learning environment.

Apr 04, 2006 SNU International Summer Session Program The summer program at SNU provides an opportunity for students from abroad to participate in both undergraduate and graduate classes offered in SNU‘s summer session. Application deadline is April 25.

Mar 22, 2006 Disciplinary Committee Dismissed Hwang The SNU Disciplinary Committee has found guilty of misconduct the SNU professors who collaborated on the 2004 and 2005 papers published in 'Science' magazine, which were proven to contain fabricated data.

Mar 20, 2006 2008 Local Admission Policy What is the answer to the real problem at hand, the issue of the ideal intellectual in this knowledge-based society? In the midst of the controversy we are failing to notice that the issue of providing effective public education is an important matter that deserves our full attention.

Mar 10, 2006 Journal Nature, "Snuppy is a Cloned Dog" Journal “Nature,” a British science journal, posted in its online edition on March 9 the cloned dog made by Hwang Woo-suk and his research team at SNU is a “100 percent” cloned dog after re-verifying Hwang’s work.

Feb 15, 2006 SNU Launched 'Freshman Seminar' Course SNU began offering 'Freshman Seminar' as a liberal arts course beginning in the first semester of 2005. In this class, SNU professors meet with approximately 10 freshman students and interact actively and intimately.

Feb 06, 2006 SNU-Sorbonne Offer Joint Doctorate Degree The SNU College of Natural Sciences agreed to implement a joint doctorate degree system with Sorbonne University, one of the best schools in Paris.

Jan 28, 2006 Essay-Type Entrance Examinations for 2006 Applicants The explanations of essay-type entrance examinations for 2006 applicants are as following.