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

Every reporter at The Postech Times has one thing in common. The first newspaper article that every reporter at The Postech Times writes is the “Resolutions as an Assistant Reporter”. On the resolutions, there are often reasons why the reporters applied to The Postech Times, their views on the obligations of journalism, and, most importantly, their goals and resolutions as a journalist.In celebration of the 10th anniversary of The Postech Times, the reporters decided to take this chance and report on their progress since the declaration of their resolutions. Only the reporters who have been ac

Most of us, if not all, would have at least had a sip of “this” in their lifetime. “This” can cause one to become happy or depressed; “this” can provide health benefits or become deadly problems; “this” can boost one’s cognitive power or cause permanent damage to the brain. “This” is alcohol, and whether it does good or bad depends on how much one drinks.Postechians are used to alcohol being around them. At drinking meetups, such as the Start- and the End-of-Semester parties, at club or committee get-togethers, and at night-outs with friends, alcohol consumption can be witnessed easily. Alcoho

On Sept. 20, the 18th POSTECH-KAIST Science War (PKSW) marked its start with the opening ceremony held at KAIST open-air theater. Many Postechians visited KAIST to support the POSTECH teams and to experience POSTECH spirit in PKSW. The opening ceremony proceeded with the performance from POSTECH’s cheerleading team CHEERO and KAIST’s ELKA. PKSW was scheduled for two days. Football, AI, Hacking, and E-sports took place on the first day and baseball, science quiz, and basketball was held on the second day. POSTECH Destroys KAIST in Penalty Shootout POSTECH triumphs over KAIST after the defending

Honorable Chairman Choi Jeong-woo!With the Mace that you have passed onto me raised in front, I vow to lead POSTECH with great responsibility. Thank you.My beloved members of POSTECH and distinguished guests! I would like to extend my deepest gratitude and welcome your presence here today.Today, after joining POSTECH 32 years ago, when it had just opened as Korea’s first research university, I take my first step as its eighth president before you. It is my utmost honor and joy that I stand here, as a witness to both POSTECH’s birth and growth. On another hand, I am burdened as I undertake the

Postechians who entered before 2017 should earn 15 credits in General Elective courses and Postechians who entered after 2018 should earn 18 credits. In other words, all Postechians should take five or six General Elective courses to graduate. Every regular semester, more than 30 General Elective courses are available for them, which are available for about 2000 students in total. The total number of students who can take General Elective courses seems to be enough. However, when compared with the number of General Elective courses listed on the course catalog, which is more than 100, the numb

As societies’ focus on gender equality increases, education on sexual harassment/violence prevention is being emphasized. Currently, by law, all universities must conduct sexual harassment/violence prevention education, using the educational material made and distributed by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family during their freshman orientations. From 2019, the deputy prime minister and the Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae stated that there will be a reinforced safety inspection during freshman orientations to check whether healthy university culture education including sexual harassment

Since last year, the Ministry of Education and the National Tax Service have enforced the ‘liquor tax law’, which states that a person without a liquor sales business license would be sentenced to up to three years in jail or fined up to 30 million KRW. In compliance with this law, the POSTECH Food Services took charge of distributing the liquor from last year. It allowed liquor to be sold directly from the patio near the booth instead of walking up the 78 stairs to the school restaurant.In connection with this festival’s theme: ‘Happy Circuit’, the Advisory Committee for the Sunrise Festival

For daytime booths, as last year, the Advisory Committee for the Sunrise Festival (ACSF) ran various booths; ‘Shooting’ where people played a shot game with a BB gun, ‘Chocolate Fondue’ where people dipped various snacks into chocolate, ‘Face Painting’ where POSTECH art club Guerbois and the members of the ACSF painted on people’s face and ‘Games of Memories’ where people enjoyed retro games such as hopscotch and a game of slap-match. These booths were open for two days. There were also food booths prepared by diverse groups, including suburban groups; ‘Po-Gong Cha’ where the alumni associatio

All POSTECH freshmen and sophomores are assigned to live in the Residential College (Dormitory 21) for two years. After this period of time, students are to register for new rooms among the dormitory buildings assigned to undergraduate students. Especially, female undergraduate students are obliged to register for a room in Girls’ Dormitory #1. However, this year, unlike before, Girls’ Dormitory #1 lacked enough rooms to host the entire class of 2017 and forced some to register rooms in Girls’ Dormitory #3, previously assigned to only female postgraduate students. Girls’ dormitory #3 is consid

There are about 152 leaders in POSTECH: 15 Steering Committee members, 11 student presidents from each dept, 3 leaders of Advisory Committees, 9 representatives of dorms, 47 club leaders, about 30 class leaders (assuming that they perform their roles for two years), about 33 department representatives (assuming that there are three representatives each for the first grade, the second grade, and over-third grade for each department), 4 leaders of press organizations and others. In simple calculation with the fixed number of students (1280), 11.88% of Postechians are leaders each year, and the c

POSTECH, unlike any other universities, has a long summer vacation that includes June, July and August. The three-month vacation gives students enough time to pursue what they have been longing to do during the semester. POSTECH offers great extracurricular programs during the vacation in hopes that students will be able to spend their time more productively and meaningfully. There is the Summer Experience in Society program (SES), where students work and gain experience in companies while improving their social skills. There are advisory committees, where students can actively take part in sc