The Infectious Disease Control is an institution at POSTECH that manages the university’s quarantine and safety of Postechians in response to infectious diseases. Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Infectious Disease Control is assessing the infection situation in POSTECH and reviewing quarantine regulations. The Postech Times interviewed Joon Won Park, director of the Infectious Disease Control, to take a closer look at what he does.What are your duties as the director?I am taking care to ensure that all members of the university are safe from infectious diseases. Specifically, I determine

The Student Committee on Pedagogy & Education (SCOPE) is a student union that promotes educational communication within the campus. This year, SCOPE discussed various educational issues, including online classes due to COVID-19, military credit recognition issues, and class capacity increment for English courses. The Postech Times interviewed Seo Sung-gyo, chairman of SCOPE, to take a closer look at what he does.What motivated you to join SCOPE?I am sure many Postechians studied hard in high school. Likewise, I strived to absorb the knowledge I learned, whether it involved cramming or self-dir

In order to improve the creativity and writing skills of POSTECH members through reading, the “Reading Postechian” program is underway. As part of the program, Professor Kim Sang-uk (LIFE) is publishing a series of book reviews titled “Book Trip with Prof. Kim Sang-uk” on the Tae-Joon Park Digital Library’s website every month. The Postech Times recently interviewed Prof. Kim Sang-uk about his series. What is the motive behind “Book trip with Prof. Kim Sang-uk”?It is a campaign introducing interesting books I read. Students need to learn the ability to learn and grow on their own during univer

The Guamegi Startup Competition (Guamegi) is a program hosted by POSTECH’s Research and Business Development Foundation (PRBDF) to facilitate the development and realization of creative business ideas. This program is open to all members of POSTECH; any inspired Postechian can sign up for Guamegi to benefit from all the goods that it has to offer. To gain a detailed glimpse into the program, The Postech Times interviewed Ryoo Ji-ho (ME 17), a participant and awardee of the 2019 Guamegi.Why did you sign up for Guamegi?Tech start-ups require a person or a group with technology to commercialize i

The majority of Postechians visit the student dining hall in Jigok Community Center at least once a day for lunch or dinner. Therefore, the hall is always packed with hungry students, and staffs busily run up and down to provide the students with the best food. To acknowledge the efforts put in by those who prepare meals for Postechians everyday, The Postech Times interviewed nutritionist Jo Hyun-young of the Food Services. What do you do as a Nutritionist?My main job is placing orders for the ingredients, inspecting them, and developing meal plans, but I also supervise personnel as well as hy

The Graduation Party took place on Nov. 21. It was a successful event for both participants and organizers. The organizers, who are known as “Graduation Preparatory Committee”, are not a formal workforce. In spite of attempts to make it official for the consistence of Graduation Party, there are practical problems ahead. The Postech Times interviewed Lee Hye-lin (CE 16), this year’s head organizer of the Graduation Party. She is now the head of the 33rd Student Union’s Steering Committee. Organizers were comprised of the head of each department and staffs were from the Steering Committee.When

With POSTECH moving toward being a bilingual campus and striving for globalization, the influx of exchange students visiting POSTECH has increased. The foreign students live with Korean roommates in the DICE dormitory. To get more insight into what it’s like in DICE, The Postech Times interviewed Noh Jin-u (CE 14), head of the DICE dormitory.Why did you apply to live in DICE?When I went back to school after I was discharged from the military, I could not find anyone to share a room with. If I were to live with someone that I did not know, I wanted to live with friends from foreign countries an

There is a place in POSTECH where the lights are kept on 24 hours. It is Tae-joon Park Digital Library where people visit to study, to borrow books, or to take classes. Many Postechians spend a lot of time there, and there are people who work silently for them. There are 21 Campus Police in total working for the security of POSTECH. There are securities in the Situation Room, the library, on the Patrol team, in the Graduate Institute of Ferrous Technology, the gymnasium, the dormitory, the Pohang Acceleration Laboratory, and the POSTECH Biotech Center. All security personnel works day and nigh

On May 16, a group of POSTECH graduate students hosted the “Foreign Exchange Seminar” to introduce and share opportunities and information regarding pursuing graduate school studies in a foreign country. The Postech Times interviewed Roh Hee-jung, one of the hosts of the event. Why did you host the seminar? First of all, the current standard of research in Korea is very high. So depending on personal preferences, studying in a domestic university might be a better choice for some people. However, considering the capabilities of each and every Postechians, if an individual hopes to research in

There are three big events in POSTECH every year. Freshmen orientation, which is held around February, and POSTECH-KAIST Science War, which is held in September, and the last one is Sunrise Festival held in May. In this year, from May 8 to May 10 the Sunrise Festival was held. The festival is a good example of students’ spontaneity, as it is prepared and executed by students from beginning to end. The Postech Times interviewed with the lead organizer of the Sunrise Festival, Noh Jin-u (CE, 14).“What is the theme of this festival?”The motto of this festival is ‘Happy Circuit’. Advisory Committe

From Feb. 10 to Feb. 14 the freshman orientation (OT) for the class of 2019 was held. Just like any other major events, there were bumps in the road during the event. The ban on the orientation fees that senior students used to pay was a big issue. To get more insight on such matters, The Postech Times interviewed the lead organizer of the orientation, Kim Jeong-won (LIFE, 14).“What is so special about this Freshman Orientation?”We focused on various complaints that have been raised in previous orientations. To improve and better the 2019 OT, we delayed the first event back two hours every mor

When reporters of The Postech Times arrived near the red gate of the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), Jung Bum-jun, the undergraduate representative of the Korean Student Association at the University of Tokyo (TokyoKSA), welcomed. He led reporters to the first floor of the Engineering Building 11, near the Starbucks.When asked to introduce himself, Jung replied, “I’m Jung Bum-jun, and majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Tokyo. 2019 is my third year at UTokyo. I had to spend last two years at the College of Arts and Sciences as a student of Natural Sciences I stream.” When req

It is the first time of The Postech Times, consisted of eight reporters, to communicate with the readers. We reporters, looking back 2018, spoke a few words inside our minds. “The Postech Times has come a long way to report useful information and messages. The reporters will work with the zeal for the newspaper in this winter vacation too. We promise to provide decent news to our readers as for the new year. 2019 is the year that The Postech Times marks the 10th anniversary.”“For the past years, The Postech Times team all worked with pride and a sense of responsibility, having weekly meetings

The majority of Postechians must have seen the Campus Police (CP) at least once. Students who have had difficulties walking up and down the 78 Stairs rode the CP car to and from classes; those who were injured riding motorbikes were brought to emergency rooms by the CP; a few who were a bit too drunk from a heavy night out were escorted to their rooms with the CP’s help. However, not many of us know a lot about these helpful people. That’s why The Postech Times interviewed Ahn Ho-won, the Security Chief, and Son Gil-ho, the Patrol Chief. “How large is the staff of Campus Police?” Chief Ahn exp

The two main organizers of the STadium, which was held on Nov. 10 and 11, seemed to feel much better before the event. Kim Chae-yeong (IME 17) and Lee Seung-gyu (EEE 15) brought back the memories of the days of organizing and managing the event. The final winner was KAIST, but POSTECH won the soccer event.While talking about how fun the event was, Kim and Lee mentioned the difficulties they encountered while organizing the event. Lee said, “What I was somewhat annoyed at was, at the meetings, people (including myself) were not well-acquainted with the results from previous meetings. Therefore,

From 2019, the “Oversea Korean Admission” is to be abolished, and to gather opinion on the matter, a fellow student, Yoon Cho-hyun (Mueunjae 18), a student that got into POSTECH through the ‘Oversea Korean Admission’, was interviewed.When asked to give a brief explanation on what are the requirements on oversea Korean admission are, he replied, “A student needs to meet the one of three categories in order to apply. The first category is students who have been living with their parents in a foreign country for more than two years. However, these students must have attended a foreign school with

This semester, many foreign students have joined our life in POSTECH. Many remark that it might be the most so far. The question is: how are they in POSTECH? The Postech Times interviewed Hanno, an exchange student from Germany, to share his challenges as an exchange student in POSTECH. How is POSTECH for you as an exchange student? “First of all, I mostly like POSTECH. I like it that many courses are in English. It is more than my university in Germany since POSTECH is officially a bilingual university, unlike mine. But it is still not as much English as I would like it to be. Many of the pro

After replacement of old equipment, there looked more people in the gymnasium fitness room than before. There was a freshman in sweatsuit of POSTECH rowing team, Lee Do-hyun (Mueunjae 18).“Today was the first day for my class to go the gym for Physical Fitness class (GEDU151). You know, the main entrance is closed except for special events and we should use the side entrance. By the way, only I and my two friends went to the side door and I realized that many students seldom use the fitness room.”“When I decided to enter POSTECH, firstly I searched for the library and the gymnasium. I also fou

“Hello, I am Han Sang-hyeon, majoring in mathematics. I am the director of finance for this year’s Sunrise Festival Preparatory Committee (PCSF). I joined SGNN last year and learned how preparatory committees work. However, I felt that there is a limit to what you can learn from words, and I applied for the PCSF this year.”“PCSF does a wide variety of work. We arrange all facilities, contact enterprises for the stage and stalls, and agencies for celebrities. Meanwhile, we plan our programs, such as the haunted house and room escape games. Decorating the campus for the festival is also our job,

In addition to undergraduate students, there are many graduate students in POSTECH. The Postech Times met one of them, Kim Young-kwang (MSE 13). “Do you have regrets regarding your undergraduate studies?”“Generally, I was satisfied my undergraduate school life. However, one thing I regret about my past is health. During my first year of campus life, almost every day I ate delivery food, stayed up late and woke up late. That made my life cycle irregular, and ruined my body. Including that problem, I got really sick, and in the end I had to rest at POSTECH for years due to my health problem.” “W