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Jan 05, 2012 An SNU Professor's Integration of Engineering and Art Joseph Beuys, the famous German modern artist, said that anyone could be an artist. Marcel Duchamp displayed a toilet bowl and called it 'art'. These are manifestations of modern art that enlarge its boundaries without limit.

Jan 05, 2012 Stars Can Die Twice It has traditionally been thought that a star dies either by exploding as a supernova to become a neutron star, or by becoming a white dwarf.

Jan 05, 2012 SNU Institutes of Convergence Technology Enjoys Enhanced Popularity The competition rates for the winter internships at the Advanced Institutes of Convergence Technology (AICT, http://aict.snu.ac.kr) have risen substantially over the past year.

Dec 21, 2011 Student Council Presidential Elections Nullified Due to Low Voter Turnout SNU students will spend the next term without a university student council president because of low voter turnout in the recent election.

Dec 12, 2011 Campus Warming Day - SNU Style 'PePeRo Day' The SNU Student Ambassadors (SSA) held a special event to celebrate this day; only, peperos were not a part of it. Under the theme "Campus Warming Day," they set up a booth in front of Jaha Pond, selling garraetteok (a stick-shaped type of rice cake which resembles the number 1) and hot beverages.

Dec 12, 2011 What is the Origin of Cosmic Dust? -- SNU's Young Astronomer Has Provided an Answer For years, astronomers have been trying to trace the origin of cosmic dust, which was seen as the "seed" of all living things in the cosmos.

Dec 07, 2011 Novelist Son Jang Soon Donates 2 Billion KRW to SNU "I have written books thinking life is transient but it came to me one day that I should do something worthwhile as the last thing I do in my life."

Dec 07, 2011 Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies: The Cradle of Korean Document Culture One cannot talk about the Jeongjo era without mentioning Kyujanggak, the symbol and center of the late Joseon renaissance.

Dec 07, 2011 SNU's Traditional Teahouse Da Hyang Man Dang There sure are lots of coffee shops on the SNU campus! Some of us can't live without coffee, but how about a nice cup of tea once in a while? The teahouse Da Hyang Man Dang and its traditional tea can bring you comfort on a chilly day.

Dec 07, 2011 Genetic Scissors To Cut Out AIDS Genome A research team led by Professor KIM Jin-Soo of SNU’s Department of Chemistry and Professor KIM Hyongbum of Hanyang University’s Department of Biomedical Science and Engineering has developed a new method to easily select cells with mutated genes using so called “genetic scissors”.

Dec 06, 2011 Law School Students Supporting Laborers Suffering from Industrial Diseases Students from SNU Law School are supporting those suffering from industrial diseases acquired during their employment at the factories of Samsung Semiconductor.

Dec 05, 2011 You’ve Got a Friend and a Mentor in Me! Now the word ‘mentor’ indicates someone who shares his or her wisdom with a less experienced person.