POSTECH has once again declared to hold the spring semester online. All classes, including laboratory, physical education, and hands-on courses, began online on Feb. 22. Only selected students enrolled in or engaging in research or school activities that require residence in Pohang were allowed to reside in or move into dormitories this semester. If the school decides to return to face-to-face classes, a notice will be sent out to the student body at least two weeks before the conversion. All imminent school events were also postponed or held online. The 2021 Commencement Ceremony supposedly t

The COVID-19 pandemic has influenced many industries in the world. Among these industries, the travel industry has been especially at a loss. Due to the indefinite social distancing measures, people have been forced to stay at home during their free time. Recently, due to the intensification of prevention measures, unless registered in the same household, people were restricted from gatherings of more than four people, and most shops were forced to close at 10 P.M.. Such measures discouraged most domestic and foreign leisure activities and traveling, ultimately leading to the current crisis in

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

Since freshmen, I have enjoyed getting involved. I filled my everyday schedule with all sorts of activities. Hanging out with friends, club activities, internships, and etc. were always of high priority. For me, POSTECH was a spectrum of endless experiences. As a true experience-centered being, I could not help but join numerous school clubs, enroll for every interesting lecture, and participate in literally every school event possible. Late-night movies in the theater, hanging out with friends, and even studying up late for exams in the library was fun. Naturally, my weekends were always load

COVID-19, since its emergence in Wuhan, China in Dec. 2019, still holds a strong influence in everyone’s daily life. Governments and medical institutions strive to provide appropriate care diagnosis, recovery, and quarantine of confirmed or probable patients. As no definite cure for the disease has yet been discovered, prevention measures are emphasized in every country to stop the further manifestation of COVID-19. Along with social distancing, the most prominent means to prevent COVID-19 is to wear masks. Not only masks but gloves and many other hygiene products have become daily essentials

On the afternoon of Aug. 21, the final announcement was made that the 2020 Fall Semester is to be held online. The school announced that the intensive class period, which was to start on Aug. 31, is canceled, and that Face-to-Face classes that were to start on Sept. 20 are withdrawn until further notice. Instead, the online semester is to initiate on Sept. 7 and conduct for 16 weeks.Previously, the school planned to hold Face-to-Face classes for the fall semester due to the decrease in daily confirmed COVID-19 patients. After the three-week-long intensive class period for students enrolled in

In response to the increased number of daily confirmed COVID-19 patients, the General Affairs team reinforced the school’s “COVID-19 Prevention Measures” on Aug. 21. The announcement made is as the following:1. Refrain from traveling to other regions, especially the Seoul metropolitan area.Avoid business trips and refrain from visiting families in the Seoul metropolitan area during weekends. In case of an inevitable visit, submit a preliminary report before traveling and a general questionnaire upon return. Avoid public transportation, wear a mask, and practice good personal hygiene. Do not at

Green Book (2018) is a film based on a true story of existing figures: Donald Shirley, a renowned African American pianist, and Tony Vallelonga, an Italian American bouncer. Nick Vallelonga, son of Tony Vallelonga, shares this touching tale with the audience as the screenwriter of the film. The movie has been praised with a total of 57 awards and 119 nominations. SummaryTony “Lip” Vallelonga, a bouncer at a New York nightclub, is recommended to work as a chauffeur for a doctor during an eight-week break due to the club’s renovation. Tony heads for the job interview to find out that this “docto

Mueunjae 19 undergraduates have selected majors.Since 2018, freshmen have matriculated POSTECH as undeclared majors. Instead, they are enrolled in the Mueunjae School of Undergraduate Studies, which provides students opportunities to explore diverse academic interests. After experiencing a wide range of studies for three semesters, students choose which department to spend the remaining five semesters of their bachelor’s in.This year, 276 out of 283 Mueunjae 19 undergraduates decided which field to major in. In the initial selection before enrollment, 12 students selected MATH; 19 for PHYS; 19

Professor Lee Jang-Sik (MSE) and Prof. Lee Donghwa (AMS)’s co-research team recently succeeded in designing a new halide perovskite (HP) with high environmental stability and low-operating voltages, making it suitable for resistive switching memory (RSM). Combined first-principles screening based on quantum mechanics and experimental verification have been utilized to establish such findings.Even with the consistent development in memory technology, the exponentially increased usage of fast and high-quality data transfer requires further improvement in memory technology to increase overall sta

It has been approximately six months since China’s first report of COVID-19 (Dec. 31, 2019) and three months since the WHO’s declaration of COVID-19 as a pandemic (March 11, 2020). The world has faced until now 6,161,931 confirmed cases and 371,023 death. Many countries were forced to impose lockdowns and social distancing measures to prevent further spread of the pandemic. However, the virus continues to spread into new countries and many experts predict that the pandemic will not cease until at least end of the year.Korea overall has confirmed a total of 11, 468 cases and 270 deaths due to t

On Dec. 31, 2019 China reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) of the cases of pneumonia occurring in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China. A month later, on Jan. 30, WHO declared the Novel Coronavirus as a global emergency. There are a total of 40,653 confirmed cases of Novel Coronavirus and 910 deaths around the world. The virus has already spread in 28 different countries officially, however as diagnosis tests for the 2019-nCoV requires certain medical infrastructures, it is suspected by experts to have already been exported out to other countries as well.2019-nCoV is a new strain of

8 million metric tons of garbage enters the ocean each year. Such man-made waste causes trash pollution and endangers many aquatic species as they mistakenly ingest on trash as food or get entangled in relatively large trash. Such simple confusion can easily lead one animal to choking, blockage in the digestive system, or prevention in activities crucial for survival. Some wastes even release toxic elements within the ocean, causing marine animals to suffer with cancer and other diseases. Such damages are not limited to aquatic animals. Almost all Earth inhabitants suffer from trash each day.

POSTECH announced on Nov. 6 at the Revised Course Registration and Domestic University Exchange Program Explanation Seminar that the course registration methods has been revised. The host of the seminar explained that the revisions were “planned for more than approximately three years along with the undergraduate student union, the professors of each department.” To prevent illegal course trading completely, POSTECH has applied the following changes: Preliminary Course Registration SystemStarting from the 2020 Semester 1 Course Registration, the registration period is divided into 3 sections:

High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) is the technology which utilizes ultrasound waves to focus energy on a specific point to achieve various purposes including cosmetic, medical, and surgical needs. It is valued as a non-invasive technique to treat various symptoms. Mechanism The mechanism of HIFU is relatively simple. Ultrasound waves are basically a form of mechanical energy of a certain magnitude. Just as light collected by a magnifying glass can initiate fire, when multiple waves converge at one spot by a special HIFU transducer, the energy held by each wave is focused, increasing the

On Sept. 11, Lee Joo-Hyuk (GIFT) of Professor Kim Youn-Bae’s Clean Steel Laboratory were awarded the 2019 Sawamura Award by the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (ISIJ) for the excellency of their paper “Oxidation of Ti added ULC Steel by CO Gas Stimulating Interfacial Reaction between the Steel and SEN during Continuous Casting”, published on ISIJ International on 2018.The paper focuses on the elucidation of the mechanism which causes the nozzle clogging during the continuous casting of Ultra Low C steel. Using thermodynamic analysis and validation through a series of experiments as support,

The 2020 Summer Olympics will be held in Tokyo on July 24, 2020. It is recorded to be the fourth Olympic games held in Japan and the second to be held in the capital of Japan, after its first Olympics games 56 years ago. Olympic official site and Tokyo 2020 game organizers advocate that the Tokyo 2020 Sumer Olympics will be “the most innovative ever organized” and that the games are anticipated to win the title as “the most gender-equal Olympics” considering the predicted 48.2% participation of women. Despite the positive appraises regarding the event, Tokyo 2020 is characterized as ‘controver

*Warning: This review contains pretty big spoilers to the movie and personal thoughts and analysis of the film. Aladdin (2019) is a live-action adaptation of Disney’s all-time beloved animation movie Aladdin (1992). It tells a story based on one of the folk tales of the One Thousand and One Nights. Alike the original production, Aladdin (2019) accompanies fantasy elements with lively music and extravagant choreography. In Korea alone, Aladdin (2019) has been visited by more than 10 million according to KOBIS and is still being starred in most theatres. Considering that it has been more than a

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

The remodeling of the Mueunjae Memorial Hall first floor lobby took place since the beginning of March and recently finished on April 30. To the relatively vacant hall of the past, the school added study rooms, lounges, movable desks and chairs, cloud printers and PC, water purifiers, student board, meeting room, vendor machines, and etc., significantly enhancing student comfortability and spatial efficiency.The Mueunjae Office indicated that, as an increasing number of students spend significant time at the Muenjae Hall, a facility that can be used for such relaxation became necessary. To ful