Two POSTECH professors, Prof. Sung-Kee Chung and Prof. Ja Kang Ku both from the Department of Chemistry, were conferred with national recognition for their educational achievements. Prof. Sung-Kee Chung was awarded with the Cheongjo Geunjung Medal, which is given to those who have distinctive achievements in service to society. Cheongjo stands for the color of the decoration on the medal and implies that it is supreme among Geunjung Medals.Prof. Chung was recognized for his educational achievements from 1987, when he was brought to POSTECH, till 2011, when he retired. As a faculty member and t

Two big changes have occurred on campus. First, the Healthy Drinking Culture Campaign was embarked on. Second, the school began an energy conservation policy due to the rising energy crisis level. The campaign for a healthier drinking culture began with the high demand of students and initiative of the new Undergraduate Association. In mid-January, the Undergraduate Association undertook a survey to assess the public opinion of the students. The report of the survey was published on PosB and is available to be read. The report reflects both the advantageous and disadvantageous sides of POSTECH

The POSTECH Orchestra successfully finished its 5th annual concert on Mar. 10 at 7:30 PM in the Grand Auditorium. It kicked off the first performance of the Culture Colloquium, one of the courses provided to undergraduates.Sponsored by Professor Jung Ki Kim of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, the POSTECH Orchestra was founded in February 2006 in order to contribute to POSTECH’s unique cultural program that brings science and culture together. Under the passionate and seasoned leadership of conductor Ui Hwan Jeong, the orchestra showed off their skills. The program included selec

On Mar.18, POSTECH held an open lecture in the Posco International Centre with the topic of ‘Our Mysterious Brain’ as a part of the World Brain Awareness Week program.In front of over 100 members of the general public, including students from Pocheol High School and Gyeongbuk Science High School, professor Seunghwan Kim from the Department of Physics and professor Kyong-Tai Kim from the Department of Life Science gave lectures titled ‘Brain, Humans and Society’ and ‘Understanding the Brain Makes Study Fun, ’ respectively.Even after major breakthroughs in science, the function of our brains rem

On Mar. 21, POSTECH Welfare Facilities opened the POSTECH Late Night Meal service at the Wisdom restaurant. The Late Night Meal service will be served from 9 P.M. to 2 A.M. every night. The Welfare Facilities decided to start the late night meal service to prevent noise and accidents in the dormitory area. Also, they announced that the meal will be served in a safe and healthy environment. The menu currently consists of fried chicken, gimbap, and the facilities are planning to add more dishes to their menu. The price has not yet been decided, but it will be cheaper compared to the market price

POSTECH, the 28th ranked university in the world, takes a new step toward ‘VISION 2020’ with newcomers of the 2011 Matriculation ceremony on Mar. 2. The ceremony is held in the POSTECH Auditorium at 11 AM. Afterwards, 862 students including 298 B.A, 162 M.S, 113 Ph.D and 289 M.S-Ph.D integrative program candidates now become Postechians.In preparation before the ceremony, newcomers and professors wear ceremonial clothings and enter auditorium in order. With the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem under the baton of Lee Seung-hyun (ME ’08), the ceremony proceeds with the report on acad

I welcome all of our freshmen, who came to POSTECH with dreams and passion for science and technology. I also congratulate and gratefully acknowledge the parents of the incoming students for sending them to POSTECH after having raised them with unbounded parental care and love.POSTECH is Korea’s first research-oriented university, founded by POSCO, the national pride and global powerhouse in the steel industry, for the advancement of science and engineering education and the development of the nation’s scientific and technological capacity. This year marks the quarter-century anniversary of ou

On Feb. 22, Professor Sung-Kee Jung of the Department of Chemistry announced that his research team developed a treatment for brain tumors using Paclitaxel, an anti-cancer medicine.Currently, brain tumor patients usually have to undergo operations or have radiotherapy as part of their treatment. This is because the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB), which protects the brain from bacterial infections, keeps drugs from entering target tumors. Since antibodies are too large to cross the BBB, brain tumors are difficult to treat by medicine.Accordingly, although Paclitaxel, which annihilates cancer cells b

An academy-industry cooperative research center will be established at POSTECH for the development of next generation surveillance technology. The center will be named the ‘Samsung Techwin-POSTECH Intelligent Media Research Center’ and its director will be Professor Daijin Kim of the Intelligent Media Lab. The Intelligent Media Lab presently possesses the leading position in video surveillance and face analysis. Support from Samsung Techwin, the largest corporation in the field of video surveillance in Korea, will boost technological innovation.Samsung Techwin will support the research center

The Information Technology Services Team of the Office of Academic Information Affairs announced that a brand new e-mail service will be launched from Mar. 1.Among the changes, IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) service will be newly provided alongside POP (Post Office Protocol). POP requires the elimination of messages in the server after their movement; however, IMAP instead allows the users to pick the messages they want to read by reading headlines and copying them. IMAP is considered as a service optimized for smart phone use. The mail restoration service will be expanded to the Inbo

The 2010 POSTECH Commencement Ceremony is scheduled to be held at 11 AM in the POSTECH Gymnasium today (Feb. 11). Special guests such as President Sunggi Baik, Chairman of the Board Lee Gu-Taek, the founding chairman Tae-Joon Park, and other dignified guests are invited to congratulate 700 graduates on this honorable day. The commemorative tree planting took place on the west lawn of the Student Union Building at 3:30 PM on the 10th. The student procession starts at 10:40 AM today and the main ceremony begins at 11 AM in the following order: the pledge of allegiance, report on academic affairs

POSTECH concluded an MOU with Technische Universitat Dresden (TUD) of Germany. The two universities held an agreement ceremony in the POSCO International Center on Jan. 25, followed by a ceremonial workshop about Convergence Engineering with invited officials of TUD and Siemens, a German global corporation.POSTECH plans to set up a cooperative system with TUD by exchanging faculty and students, carrying out joint research, holding mutual conferences, and sharing references. It is expected to enhance communication of global human resources in science and technology as well as cooperation with l

On Jan. 25, W-Zone was established within the boundaries of the campus. W-Zone is part of the Mobile Campus Establishment Plan associated with SK Telecommunication (SKT). W-Zone is the service which binds SKT base stations within certain specified areas to allow free calls for 3G mobile users. With W-Zone service, within the zone, phone calls to 3G mobiles and calls between 3G mobiles will all be free as long as the mobile is subscribed to SKT.Specifically, W-Zone includes the entire campus area including PAL and the research buildings, RIST, POSCO Educational Foundation areas, and parts of th

From Dec. 22 to Jan. 15 for twenty-three days, Freedom Cafeteria, the student dining hall, was under renovation. Though there were miscellaneous changes, the main purpose of the renovation was to enhance the condition of the ceiling in the kitchen and change the tablecloths. According to Welfare Facilities, there were several reasons for the renovation. One of them was the advice from Pohang City Hall to renovate the aged ceiling of the kitchen. Another was Welfare Facilities’ own reflection for the necessity to renew the facilities. However, the needier problem was the aged exhaust system rig

A research team led by Professor Kwang S. Kim of Chemistry Department succeeded in developing an innovative DNA base sequences analysis method which can decode thirty billion gene sets in an hour.The research, published online in Nature Nanotechnology on Feb. 6, proved an ultraspeed DNA analysis method which measures the two-dimensional electronic conductivity caused by the interaction between graphene nanoribbons and DNA bases. Previously, it took more than a few weeks to decode DNA sequences. However, the new method makes it available to decode the entire human genome in one hour. According

A new mechanism of ferroelectric RAM(F-RAM), the major constituent of non-volatile memory (NVM), has been discovered by a POSTECH Master’s degree student.Min-Ae Ouk and Prof. Hyun M. Jang’s research team from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering expected InMnO3 might cause a new type of ferroelectric polarization and uncovered its mechanism. The results were published in Physical Review Letters, which is exceptional, considering that the research was conducted under the leadership of a Master’s student.This research holds its significance in that by regulating polarization pheno

The joint research by the team of Professor Woo-Sung Jung of the Department of Technology Innovation and Management and the team of Prof. H. Eugene Stanley of the University of Boston discovered the fact that ‘Matthew Effect’ is applied in sports as well as in science.The Matthew Effect refers to a theory in sociology that the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. According to research, players who are exposed to many chances to play when they are young are more likely to be successful at the sport later in life.The joint research team demonstrated how the Matthew Effect applies to eminent

A retirement ceremony for Professor Sung-Kee Chung was held at 2:20 PM on Jan. 28. Prof. Chung has served as a full-time professor at POSTECH since its foundation. While he researched and taught rigorously during his stay, he held various positions such as Dean of Academic Affairs and President of POSTECH. While he has shown leadership in the administrative ranks, he also has been active on the academic stage as well. He not only made tremendous contributions to biochemistry, but also raised and mentored a multitude of pupils.On this honorable day for Prof. Chung, several of his pupils came to

Dear POSTECH Family members,The year 2010 is drawing to its end. I am deeply thankful to all faculty, staff, students, and researchers of POSTECH for their dedication and hard work for the continued advancement of the University. I wish all members of POSTECH a healthy and happy new year in 2011.Looking back, we devoted ourselves this year to establishing a solid foundation for POSTECH Vision 2020 under challenging circumstances. This year, we affirmed that our Vision 2020 is not a mere slogan or wishy-washy hope, but achievable with our unity, passion, and earnest exertion. We cherish the yea