My dear POSTECH members,2019, the Year of the Earth Pig (Gi-Hae-Nyeon) has arrived. I would like to extend the sincerest of wishes for the realization of all your endeavors in the new year.I offer my deepest gratitude to POSTECH members everywhere for your vigorous devotion in elevating our university to new heights. I am filled with anticipation towards another year where the sweat and toils of all Postechians actualize into numerous achievements for the furtherance of academia and nation. In 2018, the first class of the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies brought about exciting metamorp

The two independent newspapers of POSTECH share the same paper and name, The Postech Times. Ten years have passed since the first publication of the English one. To celebrate the new year and 10th birthyear the English newspaper, The Postech Times prepared a special feature, ‘The Postech TMIes’ on the Campus side. TMI, which was coined recently, means ‘Too Much Information’. The Postech Times always tries their best to provide articles with facts and topics interest for the readers. Besides going out for the coverage and keeping contact with interviewees individually, all reporters gather once

A research team at the Academy of Immunology and Microbiology, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) & POSTECH in has discovered the role of a key gene involved in the autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or lupus for short. In the December issue of Immunity, the scientists reported that defects in Ets1 gene in both mice and humans are linked to some of the characteristic SLE immunity abnormalities, and found a potential therapeutic candidate.SLE is a chronic disease where the immune system uses autoantibodies to erroneously attack multiple healthy organs and tissues.

POSTECH was established in 1987. As the first research university in Korea, POSTECH aimed to serve humanity. POSCO, whose president at the time was Park Tae-joon, actively supported and proceeded to found POSTECH. The first president of POSTECH, Kim Ho-gil, specified the plan for POSTECH’S successful establishment that continues to this day. 32 years have passed since then. POSTECH has grown into a leading university worldwide, influencing society and industry in many positive ways.The 32-year anniversary event was held in the Administration Building on Nov. 30, three days prior to the actual

On Nov. 29, POSTECH held the 4th ‘Introducing my research’ (IMR) from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. at the C5 Conference Hall. IMR is a science speech contest where the competitors introduce their research to a wide range of audience for three minutes without using a PPT but just a few tools that can be held by hand. The key to the contest is how well they explain and deliver their major to the audience, and all Postechians - graduate students, undergraduates, researchers, professors – can enter the contest. IMR was inspired by FameLab - a British science communication competition - and is run under the c

One of the aspects that Koreans emphasize as a reason Korea is a nice country to live in, is its highly developed service industry. As of the parcel service, the ‘same-day delivery’ is now almost a requirement to avoid falling behind other competitors. However, the workers toiling behind the curtain must not be forgotten.On Oct. 29, a parcel laborer working in the distribution center in Daejeon, Korea, was in the middle of unloading parcels off the trucks when he was killed by a trailer going backward. On Nov. 21, the Parcel Solidary Union declared its general strike against CJ Korea Express,

On Nov. 9 and 10, elections for the Student Union of POSTECH (SU) and Female Student Union (FSU) were held. As a result of the ballot count, campaign Ak-bo (sheet music)’s Lee Ho-hyeong (MSE 14) and his running mate Choi Myeong-hwan (IME 15), were elected president and vice president of the SU respectively. Since this election was composed of a single candidate only, it was carried out by calling for yeas and nays. According to the official total of counted ballots, the total amount of voters for the SU was 552. 487 voted in favor, 50 were against, and 12 submitted blank ballots. The turnout o

The ROK. and U.S. military authorities have agreed to begin verification procedures for the transfer of wartime operational control. According to military officials, if the procedures are carried out smoothly, the South Korean military will have full control as early as 2022. Even if the wartime control is transferred back, the presence of U.S. forces in Korea will continue.The South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis agreed on this matter at the 50th ROK-US Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) on July 31. They also signed a strategic documen

On Nov. 7, the Department of Chemistry invited students to an event called ‘Al SSeul No Hwa’, a Korean abbreviation meaning ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry worth knowing of’. Kim Jung-rak of the chemistry administration team explained that the objective of the event was to introduce the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize and specifically explain the winners’ passion, effort, and process regarding their research; he further declared that such an event would provide chemistry undergraduates and freshmen who will possibly partake in the course an opportunity to prepare for, and speculate on their studies and r

Being a value creating university is one of the goals that POSTECH pursues. To achieve this, Kim Doh-Yeon, the president of POSTECH has emphasized the notion ‘Open innovation’. Open innovation means creating new products and services while outsourcing technologies and ideas that companies need. It is not about monopolizing ideas, but about sharing intellectual property with the outside world. Compared to existing R&D, open innovation ultimately helps capabilities to cross the boundaries of innovation.For example, there is a company named Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). PARC gathered th

Rumors that spread via the Internet are being used not only as an engendering keyboard warrior but also as a means of violence against certain people. Furthermore, people are unaware of the fact that personal information is being spread without consent and only conceive it is a platform for advertising one’s SNS. Yellow journalism, which is based on exaggeration that does not present legitimate well researched news, uses eye catching headlines to increase sales, and cloud people’s judgement.Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon strongly denounced fake news as a ‘disturber of democracy’ and ordered stern

Professor Choi Young-ju (MATH) was awarded the Korea Mathematical Society (KMS) academic award. The award is given annually to researchers who have made outstanding research achievements in a specific field and this is the first time a woman has received the award.The KMS announced on Oct. 3 that it selected Prof. Choi as the winner of this year’s KMS academic award. The institute appraised that Prof. Choi set a new direction for research and led a great progress in the research of ‘L-functions’(a meromorphic function defined on a complex plane), which is one of the most difficult in number th

In ‘2018 JoongAng Daily University Evaluation (JDUE)’, POSTECH IME ranked ‘the best’, which means it is within the top 10% of industrial engineering departments in Korea. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and Seoul National University ranked the same grade.JDUE is the first university evaluation program in Korea and has been carried out since 1994. POSTECH was not rated last few years because the evaluation was carried out on four-year universities with four or more colleges of humanities, social sciences, engineering, natural sciences, medicine, and arts. This year, JDUE sele

If there is one thing that POSTECH students complain about their school, it is the 78 stairs between the dormitory area and the lecture halls. Climbing 78 stairs in the morning, or at any time, is so tiring that the sound of huffing and blowing fill up the scenic view above the stairs. Some students even prefer to take a longer trip around the campus to avoid the stairs. While that is the case for the majority, the unignorable problem exists for the people with disabilities for whom the 78 stairs feel like a mountain. For the disabled, the 78 stairs not only take tremendous amount of effort bu

Hong Seok-woo, former minister of Ministry of Knowledge Economy, visited POSTECH to lecture in ‘Hyun-Eun Lecture’, which was first held on Sep. 19. Former minister Hong is an economic expert who is currently a senior advisor to AT Kearney Korea. He also worked as president of KOTRA and the Small and Medium Business Administration before. Theme of the lecture was the economic development on the Korea and preparing for the age of inter-Korean economic cooperation. Giving this speech, he provided insights on the changes and prospects of Korea’s politics and economy via relief of inter-Korean rela

From Sep. 14 to 15, the 17th KAIST – POSTECH Science War (KPSW) was held at POSTECH campus. Though it rained heavily throughout two days, the passion of players and supporters were intense enough for them to enjoy KPSW.Hacking, Football, Science Quiz, E-Sports took place on the first day. Hacking started 9 AM to 9 PM, for 12 hours. Two teams were assigned the same problems. The one who solved it first took one point at hacking. Both sides succeeded in solving all the nine problems, but KAIST got ahead of us by close score of 847 to 843. The Football match was proceeded on a wet field, so suppo

Microfluidics is a study of systems that can process small quantities of fluids by using micro-channels smaller than one millimeter in at least one dimension. It is viewed as an essential tool for life science research, or in a larger way, biotechnologies. However, it has been difficult to commercialize this technology; taking a great deal of time and effort due to its fine and sophisticated technologies. Professor Lee Hyo-min (CE), Choi Chang-hyung (CET, Daegu Haany University), and David Weitz (PHYS, Harvard University) have developed a microfluidic technology that can continuously produce w

This May, the Magnetic Force Microscopy (MFM) laboratory at POSTECH was selected as outstanding safety management. Under the supervision of Professor Kim Jee-hoon of the Physics department, the students feel safe doing researches in the MFM laboratory.Professor Kim confidently asserted that the lab safety is momentous because “people’s lives are the priority,” and elaborated that human lives are “priceless” and that once one gets hurt, there is no turning back.According to Prof. Kim the first step to safety is assessing any expected threats and eliminating them. For instance, gas cylinders are

From May 9 to 11, the 2018 Sunrise Festival was held with the theme ‘Byeo-Rak-Chi-Gi’ which means thunderbolt, and the slogan ‘Giving exciting stimulus for dry everyday life’. This year, the Preparatory Committee for the Sunrise Festival (PCSF) planned various day and evening programs. Before the festival, they ran the ‘Offline Po-Dae-Jeon’, which is the offline version of the Facebook page called Po-Dae-Jeon which posts anonymous writing. People wrote on postcards or sent messages through Kakaotalk’s open chat room, and members of the PCSF delivered them. The ghost house with the theme ‘Save

This May, an episode of the KBS variety show ‘Two Days One Night’, that focused on POSTECH was broadcast. Another program ‘Night goblin’ was also broadcast last year. The Postech Times interviewed the External Relations and Communications team regarding POSTECH’s exposure in the media.The External Relations and Communications team usually refrains from having POSTECH participate in brief publicity venues such as TV variety shows and fabricated advertisements, but these recent broadcasts were regarded as being adequate and effective for POSTECH in the long term.Search keywords related to POSTEC