To celebrate the beginning of a new year, The Postech Times looked back into the year 2020 to honor Postechians who excelled in their fields and boosted POSTECH’s stature. Tens of Postechians came to our attention, and choosing the top 7 to feature in the list below was difficult. Bear in mind; even if you were not listed here, take pride in yourself. You have done your best to make POSTECH proud, and POSTECH is mutually grateful.Disclaimer: This list is based on The Postech Times’ subjective understanding that has been obtained through various media outlets. The ordering of this list is alpha

What is health? The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” According to the 2019 statistics from the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism regarding individual health status, respondents in their 20s showed the following replies: 0.0% replied “Very Unhealthy”, 1.8% replied “Unhealthy”, 5.9% replied “Moderate”, 63.7% replied “Healthy” and 28.5% replied “Very Healthy”. This shows that the majority of Korea’s young adults view themselves as “healthy”.Many factors play dir

Before the partial conversion to Face-to-Face classes, which began on Nov. 2, POSTECH conducted all lectures online. The change to online lectures resulted in the cancellations of many events that had previously been held offline, which disappointed many students. Hence, to meet students’ demands for school events, a great deal of effort was made to carry out events online.From Sept. 18 to 19, POSTECH-KAIST Science War (PKSW) was held online. Hacking, Science Quiz, AI, League of Legends (LOL), and KartRider were held as regular games, and LOL, Teamfight Tactics, Hearthstone, FIFA Online 4, and

Due to COVID-19, most of this year’s university admissions interviews will be held non-Face-to-Face. There are three main ways to conduct non-Face-to-Face admissions interviews. The first is asking the applicant to upload a video of him or herself answering interview questions that are released in advance. The second is recording in the field; at a specified date and place, the applicant answers questions under the instructions of a supervisor, and the answers are recorded and submitted. Lastly, real-time video interviews are conducted using a video conference program on the interview date. Fo

The COVID-19 outbreak has significantly changed people’s daily lives, and this is also true of student club activities. The 2020 Spring Semester was a harsh time for student clubs as most students stayed at home to take online classes. The Postech Times interviewed Kim Min-sik (ME 18), the chief of the Student Club Union, to verify changes in student club activities due to COVID-19 and the Student Club Union’s actions towards dealing with the situation.Please explain the change in student club operating regulations after the COVID-19 outbreak.The government has called for restraint in student

The 2020 Innopolis Campus Project is underway with local university students, including Postechians, who are interested in start-ups. The 2020 Innopolis Campus Project is conducted by the Pohang Innovation Cluster Innopolis Campus Foundation to bind POSTECH’s R&BD competency and infrastructure with the local community’s support and change innovative ideas into technology-based start-ups. The 2020 Innopolis Campus Project is hosted by the POSTECH Student Entrepreneurship Team which provides various start-up programs for Postechians.INNOPOLIS is a technology commercialization platform and R&D-fo

Since I was young, I loved reading. When I was a child, I preferred reading fiction because my imagination could transport me to exotic and magical places. But as I grew older, my curiosity and thirst for knowledge led me to prefer nonfiction, so that I could better understand the world around me. Nowadays, I find stories in the real world even more intriguing and fascinating than fictitious stories.As an assistant reporter, I will mature and develop further. I decided to apply as a reporter for The Postech Times, because I want to share news stories, not just read them. Thus, I hope to active

As a child, I loved reading and the messages books carried. They told me the past, then the present, and finally the future. I also admired authors and poets. From the perspective of a young booklover, writers were magicians and more. Few letters written by them kept people alert and cheerful and gave room for thought. Under their influence, I wrote my own novels and poems. However, few of my writings were read by others. When I grew a little older, I started reading magazines and newspapers at a city library. That was when I first thought of writing a newspaper article.After entering middle s

Since I was a high school student, I always had a secret desire to express my opinions through written language. Although there were many opportunities to scribble along for homework purposes, it did not qualify as serious “writing” according to my strict standards. After reading these two sentences, readers will most likely ask; if so Seo-jin, what does “writing” mean to you? To me, writing is very special, because every word, every sentence is intendedly placed within the lines. Unlike spoken language, which tends to be spontaneous and unplanned, written language is much more deliberate and

“Who do you want to be?”Every time I encountered a turning point in my life, every moment my ego seemed to fade out, I asked myself who I wanted to be. By imagining the ideal form of myself, I could figure out how to manage the day and got the courage to break through seemingly unbreakable obstacles. I often hesitated between an intense day working towards my dream and a restful easy day. Sometimes, when I witnessed an unreasonable incident, I had a hard time deciding between bravely standing against the immorality and surrendering to the majority. I feared being critical because of the fact t

From Jan. 30 to Feb. 2, The Postech Times visited Singapore to exchange with Singapore’s prestigious universities and experience Singapore’s culture. We visited the National University of Singapore (NUS), one of the best universities in the world and ranked as the best university in Asia. Fortunately, The Postech Times was able to contact Professor Kim Sang-ho, Associate Professor of the Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME). Prof. Kim, after his Ph.D., has been in NUS’s Department of BME since 2007. Prof. Kim teaches bio-fluid mechanics, and his research is focused towards fluid mechanic

Professor Sourav S. Bhowmick at NTU is a leading researcher in data management, human-data interaction, and data analytics. His current research areas range from Computational Social Science to Network Biology and Adult Learning. The Postech Times had the honor to interview Prof. Bhowmick and gain insight into good researching habits.Please explain your interest in many distinct areas, ranging from computer science to biology and psychology.Many of the world’s major problems are at the interface of different areas rather than a single area. In biology, I explore how to bring data management an

This winter vacation, The Postech Times visited Singapore and got an opportunity to explore Singaporean universities. On Jan. 31, we visited Nanyang Technological University (NTU), one of the most prestigious universities in the world. At NTU, we had the honor of interviewing Professor Manojit Pramanik, Associate Professor of the School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering.After obtaining a Batchelor and a Master of Technology in instrumentation Engineering, Prof. Manojit specialized in Biomedical Engineering, especially in the field of imaging system. The imaging system aims to see what is

The Office of Housing Services announced that dormitory fees will be adjusted taking into account diverse factors and conditions. The fees for dormitories will be reduced except for certain single rooms.The fee for double rooms will be lowered by 5%. The fee for double rooms of dormitories before renovations decreases from 100,000 KRW to 95,000 KRW per month while dormitories after renovations increase from 147,000 KRW to 165,300 KRW. In the case of the Residential College (RC), where freshmen and sophomores are assigned to live, the fee for double rooms in dormitory #21 decreases from 174,000

"Millennial Generation (Gen Y)," entered their late 20s to 30s, becoming the main consumer of Korea. Recently, however, Generation Z (Gen Z) has been drawing attention for having a huge impact on the consumer market. Gen Z refers to a population group that follows the Gen Y. Demographers generally classify the generation born in the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s as Gen Z. Unlike Gen Y, who grew up in a mixed analog and digital culture, Gen Z grew up exposed to the digital environment from an early age and are called "digital natives." Since most of the undergraduate students at POSTECH belong to

As of 2018, the Writing Intensive (WI) course was initiated. Starting from the classes of 2018, students who have completed the GEDU 101 ‘writing’ class are required to take at least two WI-designated courses. The courses for WI are chosen out of HASS (Humanity, Arts, Social Science) department. During the course registration period, students who wish to take the WI course must first apply for one of the HASS subjects and then apply for a course with “WI” written in front of the HASS subject they just applied.The goals of the WI course are to one, by carrying out academic writing in the subjec

Many Postechians might have seen Institute of Communication and Public Discourse (ICPD) on POVIS notice board. ICPD was established in the September of 2018 in order to enhance communication between POSTECH members, and to nurture Postechians who participate in discourse, small or big. Meaningful footsteps were made since then. In last semester, there were two noticeable events of ICPD. One was Essay Contest which was hosted with POSTECH Peace Institute. The other–2019 Debate Competition for DGIST, POSTECH, KAIST, UNIST, GIST students– drew much attention anomaly. Also, the 3rd web magazine wi

On Nov. 27, 2019, the 5th "Introducing My Research" (IMR) took place. Just like last year’s IMR, it was held from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. at the C5 Conference Hall. IMR, previously named the ‘Postech FameLab’ is a science communication competition. Contestants are given three minutes without presentation equipment to introduce their field of study to non-experts, and four minutes for Q&A with the judges. As can be induced from its original name, IMR was inspired by FameLab, a British science communication competition, that is run under the consent of the British Council and KOFAC (Foundation fo

From Nov. 15 to Nov. 16, the “Night with books” event was held in the Tae-joon Park Digital Library. The Korean name for the event, “Chaekbam”, is a short word for “Night with books”. As the name indicates, the event was scheduled through the night from 11:30 P.M. to 7:30 A.M.. The program was prepared and hosted by POSTECH’s library council LAON in hopes of providing participants a chance to get away from the daily routine to read books, chat, and make memories while participating in various programs.The event consisted of seven programs; the “Find book mission”, crosswords, writing an acrost