The new day of 2023 has dawned and the journey of a Postechian starts afresh on this very day. It is my wish that you will begin this journey with the anticipation of any traveler and move towards your goal with vigor. As I reflect on the past year, I realize that my greatest joy was finally returning to campus after two years. Apart from our new direction of Metaversity, enjoying each other’s company in person brings a sense of warmth to our lives. While many Postechians missed being on campus, our university has implemented several changes to make campus life more enjoyable for our students.

Next year, multiple modifications in student dormitories will take place in 2023. The biggest change will take place at dormitories 20 and 21, also called Residential College (RC). RC was first introduced in English universities like Oxford and Cambridge, and after its establishment in POSTECH in 2008, all freshmen and sophomores were required to stay in the RC. Apart from its primary role of being a place for students to stay, different academic activities led by Residential Advisors (RA) have taken place to provide academic guidance and character improvement which will ultimately elevate aca

On Nov. 18, the main round of the 12th Gwamagi Startup Expedition program was held in the POSCO International Center. The Gwamagi (acronym in Korean for Very Fun Tech Start-up Competition) Startup Expedition is an annual competition in which participants come up with technological startup ideas and present them to an audience. All Postechians and others who are interested in entrepreneurship were welcome to participate, along with participants of various startup-aid projects such as the Korean I-Corps or INNOPOLIS Campus.The competition consisted of a preliminary round and the main round. Duri

On Nov. 12, the “Meeting with the President” was held at CHANGeUP GROUND. The event was open to all undergraduate, exchange, graduate students, and school faculty panels including President Moo Hwan Kim, the Director of Food Services, the Director of Housing Services, and other administrative staff attended. “Meeting with the President” has marked its fourth anniversary this year since the event was first held in 2019 when President Kim took office. Until last year, the event was held online due to COVID-19, but it was held face-to-face this year thanks to eased regulations. “Our university ha

Pohang City opened the Pohang Big data AI Innovation Center on Oct. 13 at the Pohang Institute of Artificial Intelligence (PIAI), and the center will lead the development of the data industry in Pohang. More than 250 people attended the opening ceremony, including the Deputy Mayor of Pohang, Lee Jang-sik, POSTECH President Moo Hwan Kim, and other heads of major institutions in the region.Although the data industry has recently shown rapid growth, there has been a lack of practical support for the industry, difficulty in fostering data science experts in the region, and even related infrastruct

On Nov. 4, Professor June Huh (Princeton University, Department of Mathematics), invited by the POSTECH Mathematics department, had an online seminar at CHANGeUP GROUND with Postechians and several high school students from Pohang. The POSTECH Mathematics department held the 'POSTECH Mathematics Open Lecture Series 2022: Fields Symposium'. The Fields Symposium held on Nov. 4 was divided into three parts: an online conference with Prof. June Huh, a lecture by Prof. Snag-il Oum (KAIST, Department of Mathematical Sciences, IBS) introducing Prof. Huh’s studies, and a lecture about the '

From Sept. 23 to 24, the KAIST-POSTECH Science War (KPSW) was held on the POSTECH campus. After two consecutive years of cyber POSTECH-KAIST Science Wars (PKSW), this year’s KPSW was finally held offline at POSTECH campus. Blessed with great weather over the two-day event, this year’s KPSW was successfully concluded. Offline events like the festive booths were cancelled last year due to COVID-19 cases. This year, many social clubs had booths in front of the gym, like Guerbois, an art club which held face-painting booths. This year’s KPSW was held under the motto ‘POST’, symbolizing that this y

The 2022 KAIST-POSTECH Science War (KPSW) was held from Sept. 23 to Sept. 24. Since it was the long-waited offline KPSW after two years of the cyber KPSW due to COVID-19, the KPSW arrangements committee worked hard for the preparation, and students were excited to join the on-campus KPSW. Since the 2019 PKSW was held on the KAIST campus, in rotation, the 2022 KPSW was held on the POSTECH campus, and teams and supporters were invited from KAIST.To celebrate the KPSW, the eve festival was held in the POSTECH Sports Hall on Sept. 22. Before the main events of the eve festival started, the KPSW ar

The Department of Semiconductor Engineering and is planning to recruit students from 2023. Following the request from Samsung Electronics to establish a department that fosters excellent engineers and researchers, the establishment was approved last year on Nov. 1, and a contract was signed with Samsung Electronics on Nov. 22.The vision of the Department of Semiconductor Engineering is to become a Top 5 university in this field leading research and developing talented educational groups. To do so, the department aims to foster students who are equipped with the following four qualities: those

On Aug. 23, the renovation of the first floor of the Tae-Joon Park Library was completed. The GS25 library convenience store and the Coffee Nearme library café on the first floor of the Tae-Joon Park Library opened their doors for business on July 20 and Aug. 24, respectively. The Postech Times contacted Joo Sang Lee, director of the POSTECH Food Services, for exact information on the renovation of the first floor. The convenience store and the cafe were opened for the convenience of any Postechians and citizens visiting the library. The cafeteria on the sixth floor was removed during the reno

University festivals are large annual social events that have established themselves as an integral part of university culture. The Sunrise Festival is the name given to POSTECH’s annual festival and due to the pandemic, the school has been unable to host the event over the last three years. Notwithstanding the loosened social distancing measures and the decline in daily COVID-19 cases, the school withheld the decision to host this year’s Sunrise Festival – and also because there was not a suitable candidate to lead the so-called Sunrise Festival Organization Committee. The majority of the cur

POSTECH held an official ceremony on May 19 to nurture future medical scientists (MD-PhDs). At the ceremony, President Moo Hwan Kim said, “The rapid entry into an ultra-aged society and the challenge of new viruses lies ahead of human society. POSTECH will contribute to the development of Korea and mankind by fostering MD-PhDs who will contribute significantly to the health of humanity via innovative medical education.” The ceremony discussed the following advantages and plans for the POSTECH Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering (GSMSE).POSTECH is a world-class Sci-ence and Engin

To the 767 graduates here who have completed your studies despite the seemingly endless COVID-19 pandemic!My sincere congratulations to you all. I would also like to express my deep appreciation to the parents, professors and staff, and the entire POSTECH community who, despite unprecedented challenges, supported these talented individuals who will serve our nation and humanity in the future.I would like to thank all guests who have taken the time from their busy schedules to join us today, including Vice President Duk-Lak Lee of POSTECH Foundation, National Assemblyman Byongwook Kim, Deputy M

The meta-lens research at Professor Junsuk Rho's Lab of the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Chemical Engineering is attracting worldwide attention as they attempt to design and manipulate the lens surface on a nanoscale which allows it to behave just like a traditional glass lens while significantly reducing the size. Their research has frequently appeared in Nature and Science. His team plans to commercialize their meta-lens technology by developing a large-scale electron beam lithography process – which is immensely costly and backed by POSCO’s annual funding. (Electron Beam Lit

On March 23, POSTECH announced a plan for the creation of the “Pohang Bigdata-AI Innovation Center”. The center will be established over the next five years with an investment worth 20 billion KRW and public funds. The Postech Times contacted Professor Sangmin, Choi of the POSTECH Institute of Artificial Intelligence (PIAI) for further information about the center.The vision of the Pohang Bigdata-AI Innovation Center is to make Pohang an innovative and accessible city that will lead the data and AI industry. Accordingly, it aims to serve as a control tower for the data industry by establishing

POSCO Chemical signed an agreement with POSTECH’s Graduate Institute of Ferrous & Energy Materials Technology (GIFT) on March 22 to raise experts in battery materials, especially cathode and anode materials, by establishing an “e-Battery Track” graduate program. President Moo Hwan Kim, Kyung-Joon Min, CEO of POSCO Chemical, and key stakeholders from both institutions attended the signing ceremony.The track kicks off with graduate admissions in the fall semester and will select students for the masters’ program or the integrated program. The students will be provided with full tuition and schol

On Feb. 23, POSTECH announced that it will shift to face-to-face classes from the eighth week (April 11) of the Spring Semester.As the vaccination rate in Korea reached 80%, the Ministry of Education has recommended universities to resume face-to-face classes, due to the concern of “accumulated learning deficits.”From the midterm exam period, professors can choose between staying non-face-to-face or converting to face-to-face. The exact plan for each course will be announced by the individual course instructors. Students are allowed to move into the dormitories from March 31 to April 3. April

While many students were away from campus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, POSTECH prepared various facility renovations for the convenience of students. Renovations were carried out on many different buildings all over campus.Dormitory RenovationAs many students have experienced, the Housing Service Team continued to remodel the dormitory buildings. Most dormitories were built in the early days of POSTECH, and the environment is improving through annual remodeling. So far, 19 dormitories have been remodeled, and dormitory building 14 has undergone renovations since 2021, which is part of a long-

The 2022 Freshmen Orientation (OT) was held online from Feb. 14 to 17, followed by a matriculation ceremony on Feb. 18, which was also held online. It was held in a similar fashion to last year’s orientation, with the incoming freshmen attending through Zoom meetings and YouTube live streams. While the Freshmen OT was originally intended to be an offline event, the rapid spread of the Omicron variant caused the school’s Infectious Disease Control to declare a six-week Omicron Prevention Period from Jan. 27 to March 11, forcing all events to take place online.On the first day of the OT, the fre

POSTECH’s first “Korean Speech Contest,” hosted by the POSTECH Language Education Center (POSLEC) was held. All non-Korean POSTECH undergraduates, graduates, and exchange students were eligible to apply for the contest. The final round, in which participants gave a five-to-seven-minute PowerPoint presentation (PPT), was held online on Jan. 19 from 1 P.M. to 3 P.M. This year, a total of nine candidates participated in the contest. The topic of the speech was their personal experiences with the Korean language and culture, or anything related to Korea.The final round began with welcoming remarks