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Nov 17, 2009 [Faculty Essay] The SNU Campus, an Architectural Assessment In my opinion Seoul is not a city surrounded by landscape, rather “landscape surrounded by a city”.

Nov 10, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Breaking Down Ivory Walls Korean scholars must focus their attention on interdisciplinary studies if our universities are to compete with those in other countries.

Nov 03, 2009 HAN Wan-sang'60 Received an Honor from Emory University HAN Wan-sang'60, a former SNU professor of sociology and deputy prime minister, will receive the Sheth International Alumni Award, the most prestigious international awards in Emory University on Nov. 16.

Nov 03, 2009 Providing Customized Preliminary Education for Freshmen SNU Faculty of Liberal Education will provide a four-week of 'camp education' for the next year’s freshmen to make them better adjust to college education.

Oct 27, 2009 7 Leading Universities to Declare Sustainability The 3rd Global University Presidents' Summit was held from October 15-16 at Seoul National University. Seven global university presidents met and issued a Joint Declaration on "The Role of Universities for a Sustainable World" (Seoul Declaration) on October 16th at the Summit.

Oct 20, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Protecting Culture, Not Stroking Egos "By spreading Hangul, we are conserving diverse languages and cultures that face extinction."

Oct 12, 2009 SNU Ranks 47th in the World In the 2009 Times Higher Education - QS World University Ranking, Seoul National University placed 47th. This is three slots up from last year's ranking, as SNU has consistently risen in position for the past 5 years in a row.

Oct 08, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Why Still Struggle in the 20th Century? There is a saying that although Korean technology leads in the 21st century, the Korean people cannot escape from the turmoil of the 20th century, and Korean politicians are still stuck in the 19th century.

Oct 08, 2009 SNU Produces the Most Holders of American PhDs Seoul National University produced the most holders of American doctoral degrees of any university outside the U.S. between 1999 and 2003.

Oct 06, 2009 Italian President Visits SNU Museum of Art Giorgio Napolitano, president of the Republic of Italy, visited the Museum of Art at Seoul National University on September 15th for the opening ceremony of the exhibition ‘The Double Dream of Art: 2RC -- Between the Artist and the Artificer.’

Oct 06, 2009 [Faculty Essay] New Measures for Child Sex Crimes Stiffer sentences aren’t enough; we need more innovative means to tackle sex assaults against children.

Oct 01, 2009 [Faculty Essay] Things that We Are Confused With Many misunderstandings arise when we confuse two different concepts. In Korea, for example, we often confuse egalitarianism with communism.