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- Prof. Seong Shin KIM's research on possibility of treating cognitive and early dementia patients using MRI and
- SKKU research professor Seong Shin KIM of the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) published the study on the possibility of treating cognitive and early dementia patients using repeated magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (RTMS) at “Science Advances” on Aug 22th. Although previous studies have suggested the possibility of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation to restore memories, the study has not been able to elucidate the specific causal relationship of how memory activity influences brain activity. The research team visualized brain activity using a functional MRI device in an associative memory experiment using RTMS in order to determine the effects on brain circuits that is responsible for memory. As a result, the study found that the 'associative memory ability' which memorizes the position of the object or the related image when stimulating the parietal lobe constantly, is improved by 15% or more. In addition, the ability of recall memory to recall other images related to objects in the associative memory ability was improved, but it found out that there was no change in the recognition memory to judge the person had encountered the object before. Throughout the experience, this study revealed that the process of recall memory and recognition memory is different among associative memories and brain area that is affected by the RTMS
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- SKKU – Vietnam Supreme Court Signed an MOU for Academic Exchange
- SKKU and Vietnam Supreme Court signed an MOU on July 31st (Tue) at the Supreme Court of Vietnam for their academic exchange activities. This is the first time for the Vietnam Supreme Court to sign an MOU with a university. Through this agreement, the two universities will develop academic exchanges in order to promote mutual understanding of legal systems. Nguyen Tri Tue, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court said, “SKKU is a prestigious university, especially in the field of law. Our exchange agreement will be a good opportunity for us to get knowledge and experience.”
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- The President and Professors at Sophia University in Bulgaria Visit SKKU
- Dr. Anastas Gerdjikov, the president of Sofia University, Bulgaria, and professors at the Dept. of Korean Literature visited SKKU on Aug 17th (Fri) and had a meeting with the president CHUNG and our faculty members (VP of Academic Affairs, Dean of Academy of East Asian Studies, etc.) for exchange cooperation. Both universities have continued to work on academic and student exchange activities since 2013. This visit was organized in order to strengthen their relationship due to Bulgaria government’s strong educational policy towards East Asian countries. At this meeting, the two universities discussed possible cooperation such as scholar exchange activities in the field of Korean Studies, East Asian Studies, Basic Chemistry, and ICT, student exchange activities including Post-Docs, Seed Project for the Academy of Korean Studies’s seed project for overseas Korean Studies, and faculty/student exchange activities through Erasmus and Horizon 2020 business. Sophia University is the oldest higher education institution in Bulgaria. It has been consistently ranked as the top university in Bulgaria according to national and international rankings.
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- SKKU Has Been Selected for the ‘University Innovation Support Pilot Project’
- The Ministry of Education and the Korean Council for University Education announced 11 universities selected for 2018 University Innovation Support Pilot Project’s among 73 applicants. SKKU selected as one of the universities participating in the project along with other 10 universities: Kookmin University, Chung Ang University, Kangwon University, Daegu Haany University, Daejeon University, Jeonju University, Kyungsung University, and Donga University. ‘University Innovation Support Project’ is the project that was merged from the five businesses (ACE+, CK, PRIME, CORE, and WE-UP). For this project, each university will select their own projects and application methods and the government will give financial support. This year will be the pilot year and the project will start in earnest from the next year. The final decision for ‘University Innovation Support Project’ will be made depending on the performance evaluation which will be held at the end of the year. Each selected university will receive 1.8 million dollar.
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- Prof. Jong Hwan SEO and his team Wins a Contract from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Prof. Jong Hwan SEO (School of Mechanical Engineering) and his research team won a research project from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), an affiliated organization of the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). This is the first time for SKKU to obtain a research project at US Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the team will receive a research fund, $100,000 US dollar every year. The project is about development of eco-friendly artificial cork material by using natural materials. Cork as largely known as a cap of wine bottle, is a porous material that is mostly collected from quercus suber living in the shores of the Mediterranean. It has special physical properties: (1) lightweight (2) reverts to its original shape even after compression, and (3) absorbs a large amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Cork’s unique and superior material properties are attributed to the cork’s special porous structure as well its chemical structure. In particular, cork’s excellent permeability and elasticity are exhibited due to the hydrophobic lipid called Suberin. Based on this fact, Prof. Jong Hwan SEO and his team proposed a research to synthesize eco-friendly materials with uniform physical properties by selectively extracting and recombining cork’s Suberin. “This study will be a cornerstone for the sustainable development of environmentally friendly materials that can be used in various engineering fields beyond the limits of application of existing natural materials,” said Prof. SEO.
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- Prof. Dong Gi LEE at the Dept. of Chemistry Will Donate 1 Billion Won for the Development of SKKU and Dept
- The donation conferment ceremony of Prof. LEE, a prof. at the Dept. of Chemistry at SKKU was held on Aug 14th 2018. Prof. LEE is a professor at the Dept. of Chemistry at SKKU and has been serving as the CEO of Olix Co. Ltd., which develops gene therapy products. Olix has been successfully listed on the KOSDAQ market since July 18th 2018. At the ceremony, Prof. LEE said, “It has been over 10 years already since I came to SKKU to teach. I would like to thank Dept. of Chemistry which create and give support to make good research environment. I am also thankful to my colleagues. I decided to donate the development fund to share my love that I have been received. I hope that this fund can help the school to create a better educational environment and Dept. of Chemistry will continue to produce outstanding results with active research activities and continue to cultivate talented individuals. I would like to continuously give support so that our dept. of chemistry develops further and foster our students to become excellent global talented individuals.” Every year, Prof. LEE will donate KRW 1 billion from 2018 to 2027, for a total of KRW 1 billion over 10 years. Prof. Dong Gi LEE at the Dept. of Chemistry Will Donate 1 Billion Won for the Development of SKKU and Dept. of Chemistry
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- 작성일 2018-09-03
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- 5 Korean Universities Scrape into World's Top 100
- Five Korean universities have made it on the world's top 100 list in this year's rankings released by Quacquarelli Symonds of the U.K. on Thursday. Seoul National University ranks 36th, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 40th, Pohang University of Science and Technology 83rd, Korea University 86th, and Sungkyunkwan University 100th. Sungkyunkwan is a new entrant by rising eight notches from last year. Fifteen Korean universities are in the top 400, with Hanyang University moving up four notches to 151st and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology 24 places to 315th. But no Korean university reached the top 30. A lecture at Sungkyunkwan University Korean universities still fare poorly in academic reputation, employer reputation and international faculty and student ratios, even though they are improving every year, QS said. SNU placed 41st in employer reputation, down from 31st last year, and ranked outside the top 500 in international faculty ratio and outside the top 600 in international student ratio. KAIST came in at 81st in employer reputation and 473rd in international faculty ratio, despite its outstanding performance at 16th in citations per faculty. Overall, Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the list, followed by three other American universities -- Stanford, Harvard and California Institute of Technology. Next came Oxford and Cambridge in the U.K.
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- 작성일 2018-06-08
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- The President of UNISINOS, Brazil Visited SKKU on May 30th
- A delegation from Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (UNISINOS) in Brazil visited SKKU on May 30th (Wednesday) in order to discuss mutual cooperation between the two universities. At the meeting, future plans for UNISINOS’s new campus, Porto Alegre and possible exchange activities were discussed. In particular, research and faculty exchange activities are expected to develop further through the 7th Brazil – Korea Forum that will be held in August 22nd to 24th at UNISINOS’s Sao Leopoldo Campus. Unisinos is Brazilian private Jesuit university founded in 1969. Its main campus is located in Southern Brazil. Unisinos has a strategic orientation in Science, Technology, and Innovation with a global dimension. Unisinos' campus has a technological park, TECNOSINOS, which consists of 75 companies from 10 different countries, including the South Korean HT Micron and the German SAP Labs Latin America. Together, these companies are responsible for 6,000 direct job positions.
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- 작성일 2018-06-08
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- SKKU Law School – Vietnam Court Academy Signs for Academic Cooperation MOU
- SKKU Law School and Vietnam Court Academy signed an MOU for academic cooperation on May 28th 2018. President Kyu Sang CHUNG of SKKU and Chief justice of the Supreme Court of Vietnam Dao Thi Xuan Lan oversaw the signing of agreements. The MOU is expected to be a groundwork of the two universities for research activities and mutual cooperation in the field of law and the legal system. “This is a very good opportunity to understand and develop the law and the legal systems of the two countries. From this MOU, detailed cooperation plans such as holding regular forums will be further developed,” said President CHUNG. Chief justice Dao Thi Xuan Lan also mentioned, “Through this agreement, I expect to see more strong mutual cooperation with Korean legal professions and hope to see the development of Vietnam’s law and legal system.” The Court Academy was established last July under the Vietnam Supreme People’s Court in order to give training for legal officials and to educate law school students.
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- 작성일 2018-06-08
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- <2018 Czech-SKKU Workshop for Research Collaboration>
- 2018 Czech-SKKU Workshop for Research Collaboration was held on Tuesday, May 29th, 2018. 12 visitors who were the delegation of Czech-Republic were visited Suwon campus. The workshop was successfully ended up and we hope to make constructive collaboration between Czech and SKKU.
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- 작성일 2018-05-31
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