Scapegoated speed skater in Pyeongchang Olympics, sexual harassment of a female prosecutor, Choi Sun-sil Gate, and many more. It is undeniable that there are many controversial issues and debates being disclosed, especially these days. You may say such issues have occasionally come up in the past, or the advancement in Information and Communication Technologies (IT) has invigorated them. Of course, controversies have been Korean report media’s favorite topics and many modern SNS such as Facebook and YouTube effectively let us be exposed to controversial issues. However, what I am interested is

Since I said “Yes” from the request of the student who was suffering from choosing her major and asked me whether I could write for advising some students how to choose his/her major, it is my pleasure to share my experience to choose my major when I was young. Some part of this article was also taken from my statement of purpose that I wrote to apply for Stanford.In high school, studying the unimaginably small world of atoms and molecules appealed to me in such a great manner that I chose to study chemistry in depth in college. My goal was to be able to control the atoms and molecules. My pri

An infant, with a lightning scar on his forehead, whose parents are murdered by the greatest sorcerer of the era, grows up to become a wizard, and overthrows the whole wizard community controlled by his parents' killer, and kills his nemesis. A princess, whose family is murdered by a usurper, loses everything and flees away from the continent, but comes back with the whole Dothraki fleet at her command and three dragons to protect her.We all have an epic novel that we love. In these novels, the main protagonist goes through a perilous crisis. The heroic character might look weak against a

To start with, I was very shocked with a sexual crime committed by a freshman when I entered POSTECH. I expected no one would be a victim of these crimes anymore at that time, however small. However, I realized deep-rooted, ugly injustice was around me. It was far from what I had been expecting before. I heard sexual objectification of females by a bunch of male students in a nearby pub. I heard an evident expression of hate toward minorities, such as women and queer people. I felt disgusted and could not say a word in those moments of injustice. I was afraid how I might be seen to them and di

Koo Jung-hun (CHEM, Integrated) was awarded the golden prize from Samsung Electro-Mechanics for their 13th Thesis Paper Grand Prix. Koo wrote a thesis paper about nanospace-confined solid-state reactions. His research features useful methods for synthesizing a wide range of catalyst nanocrystals. The paper suggests a method to suppress the random diffusion and aggregation of highly reactive nanoparticles, which is a hindrance when synthesizing crystals of metal to use as a catalysts at a high-temperature solid phase reaction. Koo suggested limiting the nanoparticles’ reactions inside a limited

With another starting of the period of revolution, New Year morning of 2018 has arrived. Leaving 30th anniversary behind, POSTECH has put another new step for the upcoming future. At this point of encountering new start, I would like to ask the family members of POSTECH a question. In what way are the worldly distinguished universities evolving, and how do we want POSTECH to appear in the next 30 years?Worldly authoritative universities are swiftly promoting change and innovation, as fast as the revolution of the earth. Entrepreneurial university within the boundary of Massachusetts Institute

In the Analects of Confucius, he claims ‘I-rip’, meaning that fundamentals of learning are established at the age of 30. At this stage, one’s knowledge from learning and perspective make an alignment and values are settled firmly. POSTECH also announced a Value Creating University as a new goal in 2016, for celebrating its 30th anniversary, the age of ‘I-rip’.Value Creating University, based on the cultivation of talents and knowledge through education and researching, promotes the creation of social and economic benefits to directly contribute to the development of the society. Although it ma

Beyond the many incidents in 2017, 2018 Musul year’s new sun has risen with much energy. In the last year, there have been a lot of events to the society, POSTECH, and even myself. Through the ‘candle revolution’, the unprecedented impeachment of president occurred and the early election was conducted. It was also the busy year that our university met 30th anniversary and all the members cooperated for the great leap to fulfill the founding philosophy.On the other hand, huge earthquake struck our city, incurred significant property damage and citizens’ fear. Citizens near Pohang trembled befor

What is the major difference between the requirements in accomplishing the ‘best research-focused university in Korea’ in 30 years ago when POSTECH was established, and the requirements that is now necessary for ‘global value-creating university’, the new vision of POSTECH? Of course, the research infrastructure that has already been reached to the world level and educational environment, research ability as good as the infrastructure are the underlying assets that will sustain POSTECH for the considerable period of time. But what else is required? I would like to collect the new requirements

What are we doing during our free time? Most of us are watching TV or playing with a mobile phone, which makes it possible to play games, listen to music or communicate with anyone, anywhere and anytime. There are even more options on weekends or holidays. We may go to a movie, go fishing or mountain climbing or travel either at home or abroad. Except for a select minority, the majority of people spend their free time like this in these days. This is the culture of the present day.Let's think of the common feature of the aforementioned activities - because therein lies the main point. All of t

This semester is my last at POSTECH. Next year, I will go to graduate school in Seoul and it will be hard to visit POSTECH located in the southeast part of this land. Before I leave Pohang, I have wanted to enjoy Pohang life as much as I can. I have visited many good restaurants, places, and have met many people. Specifically, I have wanted to make full use of Postechian’s privileges, which we often tend to forget that we can use.We, Postechians, bring a word, ‘regional limit’ to our mind sometimes. Finishing my life in university, I became aware that there are a lot of opportunities that we c

Last Jul. 24, a public opinion committee regarding anti-nuclear movement policies was established by the Office for Prime Minister’s Secretariat. The public opinion committee confirmed its 471 participants on Sep. 13. After taking the one-month on/offline course and participating in three days of camp (Oct. 13 to Oct. 15), the participants voted to continue the construction of Shin-Kori number 5 & 6 nuclear power plants. The result was in favor, by a percentage of 59.5. Regardless of the result, a tremendous numbers of public discussions have occurred. The main argument was whether giving ‘ord

‘Softbank’, a Japanese company which is renowned for IT, announced to revise an employment rule to permit outside opportunities for workers from November. Its purpose is to let employees get new ideas and know-hows through outside company activities to inspire regular business. Even though companies that allow moonlighting is increasing, it is the first time for a major firm to make such a decision. Movements that shout out for changing ways of work are all over Japan. A low-birth rate and an aging society are big social issues, and technology and markets are rapidly changing. People think tho

I think I was lucky to be able to live in Panama for four and a half years and attend my high school, the International School of Panama. I don’t know how I would be living right now if I lived in Korea all my life. (Honestly, I don’t even think I could be attending our university right now!) Attending my high school shaped me in many ways that I’m grateful for, and one of the positive influences was the playful atmosphere of being with my friends.Though my friends were from all over the globe, half were Latin American, so the overall atmosphere was driven towards the Latin American attitude o

Games are very popular among Koreans. To match their needs, various types of games were developed. However, there have been lots of problems with video games developed in South Korea. The biggest evidence is Korean games are only played within the country. It is hard to find games that catch popularity overseas. The reason behind this is excessive gambling within the games. To increase sales, the game company puts in too much of elements that require games of chance at a very low chance. Companies induce the users into purchasing game items to make themselves a profit. Such games have been a l

POSTECH admissions period was from Sep. 11 to 13 this year. POSTECH has selected freshmen with unscheduled admissions since 2010. Students will be admitted based on two application categories: regular and Creative IT Engineering (CiTE). Out of 320 freshmen, twenty of them will enter the school for CiTE. One applicant cannot apply for both categories in one year. The acceptance rate for the regular model and creative IT model was 7.32 and 5.05 this year. Primary successful applicants will be announced on the day after the Korean College Scholastic Ability Test, held Nov 17. After the integrated

'Liberty of human behavior makes beauty more beautiful'.This short philosophy was a motto for Ber-te and has improved the brand. Reflecting the brand Ber-te, I hope that gaining business foundation experience in various fields helps you to establish your own business.Since my childhood, I had a lot of interest in fashion, unlike friends of mine. However, my parents, who made clothes in a factory, knew that it is difficult to design your own clothes and sell it to customers, so they disagreed about my vision and prevented me from making clothes. They said, “there is nothing you can do only with

When I was in high school, my brother told our family that he contributed an article to the school newspaper and it was published. He was a student in POSTECH, and the newspaper I read was The Postech Times. Now, I have become a new reporter for The Postech Times and I am writing my first column! Even though I am a sophomore, my willingness to write and learn is strong as a freshman. Some people would ask why I didn’t apply last year. To be honest, I had no idea about applying to any clubs or groups, due to the new environment and busy schedule. After getting used to school, I always wanted to

It is an honor to write a column as a reporter. With a strong ambition of entering the newspaper press, I would like to write down a resolution as a reporter. I am glad to say hello to reporters rather than the readers!Whenever I read news of current affairs, I look forward to writing articles. However, I am in POSTECH which is almost perfect for acquiring scientific and engineering knowledge. Last semester, I took a writing class, one of the basic liberal arts education requirements. Despite taking this class and having a chance to acquire new knowledge about writing explanation, I faced inad

One of the most important recent technologies in biological study is bioimaging: the visualization of a biological system without sectioning or killing the organism. X-ray CT or MRI is a typical example of bioimaging fully applicable to the human body. As the usual resolution of X-ray and MRI is in mm range, if the sample is smaller than mm size (such as cells, 1-100 micrometer size), optical imaging is the common alternative option. Fluorescence has been the most popular optical method due to its high sensitivity and universal applicability.The cell is the identity unit of all life forms and