News - SNU NOW - Seoul National University

Jul 08, 2011 SNU on a Mission to Break the Chain of Poverty Nowadays, many teenagers hire expensive private tutors because they don’t want to be left behind and they wish to eventually gain admission to prestigious universities. In this increasingly competitive society, what will happen to the students who can’t afford private tutors?

Jul 08, 2011 Computer Related S.O.S.? IT Service Center to the Rescue! As a foreign professor or student at SNU, you have access to a wide range of IT facilities and programs. However, you may find it difficult to use them. One might get stuck while trying to install a computer or while trying to use the ETL program. If so, with just one quick call the IT Service Center will help you solve your problems.

Jul 08, 2011 Ja Ha Yeon to Lose the Smell At Last! SNU’s well-known pond Ja Ha Yeon is a perfect place for couples and friends to have a conversation while enjoying the fresh breeze and the beautiful view. If there was one drawback, it would be the smell coming from the pond. Finally, SNU has decided to do something about the stench.

Jul 06, 2011 SNU-Peking University to Expand Student Exchange Program KIM met LI Yang Song, assistant president and head of the Office of International Relations of PKU, and discussed the practical measures to be taken for the implementation of the new joint degree program between the two universities.

Jul 06, 2011 SNU Alumnus Appointed as Professor at University of Lancaster Ms. CHOI Sun Hwa will be taking her flight to Britain as soon as she finishes her doctoral degree in accounting at SNU this semester.

Jul 05, 2011 A New Culture with Each New Language Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, Greek, Malay-Indonesian, Swahili (spoken in eastern parts of Africa)... As unfamiliar as each may sound, all are second languages offered at SNU as regular courses. SNU currently offers students courses on 16 different languages, including the ones mentioned above.

Jul 05, 2011 Cause of Male Infertility Identified After conducting microsurgical varicocelectomy on patients with clinical varicocele, the Male Infertility Team of the Department of Urology at SNU Hospital (headed by Professors KIM Soo Woong and PAICK Jae-Seung) announced on May 17 that they have discovered such treatment to significantly improve the concentration and motility of semen.

Jul 05, 2011 Up and Down University Rankings During the last few years, various organizations worldwide have announced university rankings according to different criteria. Depending on which organization compiled the list, SNU was evaluated as world class or outside the top 100.

Jul 01, 2011 Academic Exchange Agreement Concluded with the University of Pennsylvania On May 23, Seoul National University signed an Academic Exchange Agreement with the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn).

Jun 29, 2011 Korea's Stephen Hawking Nurtures Disabled Scientists Professor LEE Sang Mook, also known as “Korea’s Steven Hawking”, is leading the way in educating scientists with physical disabilities. The professor currently teaches at Seoul National University’s School of Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Jun 23, 2011 SNU Baseball Team Demonstrates Healthy Sportsmanship One win, one tie, and 265 losses over 35 years; since the SNU baseball team was first established, this has been its record. Before it achieved its first victory in 2004, the record was even worse, with one tie and 199 losses. Such a devastating record makes one wonder if they don’t get tired of losing all the time.

Jun 23, 2011 [Student Essay] Balancing the Costs and Benefits of Stressing English Education As Koreans spend a tremendous amount of time and money on learning English, how much the educational system should stress English has long been a controversial subject in Korea.