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- SKKU Ranks 200th in U.S. News & World Report 's 2018 Global University Rankings
- SKKU Ranks 200th in U.S. News & World Report 's 2018 Global University Rankings Harvard University received the highest score in the U.S. News & World Report's "2018 Global University Rankings." As American universities swept the top rankings, American public universities became more prominent. According to the U.S. News & World Report, an American media outlet that specializes in college rankings, Harvard University ranked 1st in their global university evaluation, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, and the University of California (UC) at Berkeley. Among the top 10 universities (with 3 schools sharing 10th place), there are 10 American universities and 2 universities in the UK, including Oxford University (5th place) and Cambridge University (7th place). The strength of American universities is already known, but notably, 6 American public universities, including UC Berkeley and the University of Washington (10th place), ranked among the top 20 schools. The evaluation was conducted on 1250 famous universities in 74 countries. By country, there were 221 American universities, 136 Chinese universities, 76 Japanese universities, 73 British universities, and 58 German universities. American universities also placed 1st in most of the 22 major field rankings. China's Tsinghua University (64th place overall) ranked 1st in the field of computer science and engineering, showing rapid development in Chinese higher education. In Asia, the National University of Singapore ranked 43rd, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore ranked 55th, the University of Tokyo in Japan ranked 57th, and Peking University in China ranked 65th. In Korea, Seoul National University ranked 123rd, KAIST ranked 198th, Sungkyunkwan University ranked 200th, and Korea University ranked 274th. The U.S News & World Report says, "Rankings are determined based on Clarivate Analytics' science and technology analysis service, universities' global research reputation, publications and conference performance, etc." University College
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- 작성일 2017-10-27
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- “SKKU, A University Always Ahead of Its Time” by Nature
- “SKKU, A University Always Ahead of Its Time” by Nature In an article published by Nature, an international science journal, on October 19th 2017, SKKU was introduced as “a university always ahead of its time.” Nature said that “SKKU is the university that has longest history and tradition in Asia. Since partnering with Samsung in 1996, SKKU has developed into a leading global institute.” It mentioned that “SKKU now intensively promotes its five core fields – nanotechnology, smart ICT, energy systems, neuroscience, and quantum computing. The university is making impressive strides academically, showing annual improvements in university rankings: 8th in World Academia – Industry Cooperation Rankings, 81-90 bracket of the THE World Reputation Rankings 2017, 85th in Graduate Employability Rankings 2018.” Nature also highlighted SKKU’s two programs in the Institute for Basic Science (IBS): the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics (CINAP) / Prof. Young Hee LEE and the Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR) / Prof. Seong-Gi KIM), as well as Prof. Nam Gyu PARK at the Department of Chemical Engineering, who Clarivate Analytics predicted as a potential Nobel Prize awardee in the near future. In an interview with Nature, President Gyu Sang CHUNG said, “I believe that SKKU’s development into a leading global institute mainly stems from receiving full support from the Samsung Foundation, recruiting top faculty members, developing systems for education and research, partnering with global institutes, and conducting joint research activities with leading institutes such as M.I.T.(USA), BASF(Germany), Helmholtz Association (Germany), and INFN (Italy). University College
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- 작성일 2017-10-25
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- SKKU Ranks No.2 in Korean University Rankings by Joong Ang Daily
- SKKU Ranks No.2 in Korean University Rankings by Joong Ang Daily SKKU was named No.2 in Korean University Rankings by the Joong Ang Daily, followed by Seoul National University. Out of 61 comprehensive universities in Korea, the Joong Ang Daily evaluated the universities’ performances based on 33 criteria, including number of citations, scholarships, and employment rate. SKKU received huge recognition mainly for its support to faculty members and students. Last year, the school offered a total of 3.62 billion won in research expenses to faculty members, while giving 3.93 billion won of scholarships to students. SKKU is also well-known for publishing many research articles in international journals. Sung Jin Song, Vice-President of SKKU’s Planning and Regulation Division, said, “SKKU has been making investments for research and education, and we now see its results in our high employment rate and potential Nobel prize awardees like prof. Nam Gyu PARK at the Department of Chemical Engineering.” University College
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- 작성일 2017-10-25
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- SKKU Ranks 111th in the THE World University Rankings, Rising from 137th Last Year
- SKKU Ranks 111th in the THE World University Rankings, Rising from 137th Last Year Sungkyunkwan University ranked 111th in the THE (Times Higher Education) World Rankings this year, rising from 137th last year. SKKU also rose to 3rd place in the ranking of domestic universities in Korea. SKKU scored 54.1 points in teaching (rising from 53.7 points last year), 55.1 points in research (50.6 points last year), 69.5 points in article citations (66.5 points last year), 93.7 points in industry income (88.9 points last year), and 44.7 points in international outlook (39.6 points last year), showing a steady upward trend in the overall evaluation index. Kyu Sang CHUNG, the President of Sungkyunkwan University, said, “For the past several years, SKKU has been devoted to creating synergy through the mutual growth of education and research by supporting integrated research and recruiting world-class scholars as professors to introduce a global-standard education system. We will spare no effort to become a world-class university.” SKKU is implementing creative convergence education, such as multidisciplinary approaches and specialized academic-industrial cooperative education, that will lead the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In particular, SKKU is expanding academic-industrial courses of study, such as convergent foundation projects, fusion capstone design, and integrated team field training in order to connect students’ creative business ideas to enterprises. Also, in cooperation with small businesses, SKKU created excellent results by releasing about 20 commercialized products and submitting more than 30 patent proposals every year. University College
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- 작성일 2017-10-10
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- 2017 University College Global Buddy Program
- 2017 University College Global Buddy Program University College operates 'Global Buddy' program each semester to help international students adapt to their student life in SKKU, while improving the global capacity of Korean students as they interact with foreign students. 2017 Spring semester Global Buddy program has ended, with about 60 teams of foreign and Korean students participating in the program. The total number of 186 students participated in Spring semester. During the Global Buddy program, students could join in (1)cultural exchange (experiencing diverse cultural activities), (2)language exchange, and (3)Academic Assistance(students helped out each other on academic matters). Those participated showed high satisfaction with the Global Buddy program. For foreign students, they could improve their Korean language and adapt better to the university, and for Korean students participated, they said they could get a better understanding of other cultures. Global Buddy teams for Fall semester has been announced on September 14. University College is expecting more students to benefit more from this program this semester. University College
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- 작성일 2017-09-21
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- Profs. Gi-Ra YI & Jaeyun KIM's Study on Vanishing Colloidal Mesoporous Nanoparticles to Heal Wounds
- Profs. Gi-Ra YI & Jaeyun KIM's Study on Vanishing Colloidal Mesoporous Nanoparticles to Heal Wounds The research team under Profs. Gi-Ra YI and Jaeyun KIM at Sungkyunkwan University's Department of Chemical Engineering have developed a colloidal mesporous nanoparticle solution that has the potential to rapidly and and effectively close wounds in the skin when it spreads, then degrades away after the wound heals. Figure 1. Schematic illustration of wound healing process on mouse skin by applying mesoporous nanoparticles The fundamental research behind the rapid wound closure is the high surface area of the colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles in which extracellular matrixes within biological tissues are strongly absorbed on the surface of the nanoparticles; therefore, the wound is rapidly closed. By introducing the mesopores and controlling the average diameters on the surface, the research team has shown increases of up to 10 times more adhesion energy compared to nonporous silica nanoparticles, even at 10 times lower concentration. Figure 2. Graphical illustration of extracellular matrixes interacting on the surface of mesoporous nanoparticles The team has also compared the use of colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles with conventional suturing and chemically treating agents in wound closure. The result confirmed that the colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles are much more convenient to use, the adhesion was stronger, and most importantly, there were no signs of inflammation or scars. Figure 3. In vivo comparison of wound healing on mice by methods and time Once the wound is closed and healed, the colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles degrade easily in biological media. The fact that colloidal silica nanoparticles degrade is advantageous, confirming the possibility of being used as biocompatible adhesive material. The research was supported by the Engineering Research Center and the Bank of Porous Nanoparticles from the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea, and was published in the journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (Impact Factor 7.504) on August 24th, 2017. Title: Colloidal Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles as Strong Adhesives for Hydrogels and Biological Tissues Authors: Joo-Hyung KIM (Research Assistant), Hodae KIM (M.S.), Youngjin CHOI (Ph.D), Doo Sung LEE (Professor), Jaeyun KIM (Associate Professor), and Gi-Ra YI (Associate Professor) The research team is currently continuing this study to combine wound healing agents for colloidal mesoporous silica nanoparticles capable of dual rapid closure/healing treatments. University College
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- 작성일 2017-09-19
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- Prof. Cham Na YOON Estimates Dynamic Games of Electoral Competition to Evaluate Term Limits
- Prof. Cham Na YOON Estimates Dynamic Games of Electoral Competition to Evaluate Term Limits Elections serve an important function in modern democracies by allowing voters to express their support for politicians who share their ideological views and plan to pursue the policies they prefer. In addition, elections provide voters the opportunity to remove from office incumbents that are not adequately performing the duties of their office. Over the last decade, much progress has been made in modeling electoral competition as a dynamic game with asymmetric information. One important qualitative finding of the theoretical literature is that the institutional design of election rules (e.g., term limits) can have a large impact on election outcomes and voters' welfare. However, few attempts have been made to quantify these welfare effects. This paper shows how to identify and estimate, using standard semi-parametric techniques, a class of dynamic games with perfect monitoring that have been at the frontier of recent research in political economy. Using US gubernatorial election data, they estimate the model to study the consequences of term limits. The team finds that the benefits from holding office are significant and large in magnitude. As a consequence, the prospects of reelection provide strong incentives for moderate governors to move towards the center of the ideological spectrum during their first term in office. Voters are willing to accept significant trade-offs in ideology to obtain a more capable governor. They find that there are significant differences in ideology across states and between parties within states. In contrast, there are only small differences in ability across states and no significant differences in the ability across parties. Term limits reduce welfare in the baseline model by six percent. They also find that tenure effects are negative for both parties. Consequently, term limits have the capacity to be constructive. The team show that with moderate levels of negative tenure effects term limits can be welfare improving. University College
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- 작성일 2017-09-05
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- Sungkyun Confucianism Humanity Education Center held the 10th Humanity Camp
- Sungkyun Confucianism Humanity Education Center held the 10th Humanity Camp The 10th humanity camp was held by Sungkyun Confucianism Humanity Education Center from 21 August to 22 August, at Dosan Seowon, Andong. The purpose of the humanity camp was to experience Confucian ideas in pursuit of great erudition and noble characteristic, and to experience ancient sages' everyday culture. Also, students can improve their communication skill and practice humanism through community activities. For two days, at Scholar Culture Culture Training Center in Dosan Seowon, students participated in various humanity activities. On the first day, stduent visited Dosan Seowon and shared some converstaion with family of Toegye. They had chances to contemplate while strolling down the Myeongsang-gil. On the second day of the camp, there was a lecture by director of the training center, about Confucian culture and Confucian ideas. Participating students debated on practicing Confucian ideas, and visited tomb of Toegye. Through this camp, student could look back on their present life and refresh their mind and body. University College
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- 작성일 2017-08-31
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- Successful Completion of the 2017 Summer Farewell Party for Graduating International Students
- Successful Completion of the 2017 Summer Farewell Party for Graduating International Students The Sungkyunkwan University International Affairs Division (Vice President: Ja Choon KOO) held the 2017 summer graduation ceremony and a farewell party for graduating international students on Friday, August 25th at 6:00pm on the 5th floor of the International Hall. A total of 237 international students, including 147 undergraduate students, 55 Master’s students, and 37 Ph.D students, were awarded their diplomas at the 2017 summer graduation ceremony. 120 graduating students and their families attended the farewell party, where they spent a meaningful time congratulating each other on their hard work and graduation and sharing their warm connection with each other. Vice President Ja Choon KOO congratulated the graduating students by saying, “Today, all of you have received your diplomas after crossing the Pacific Ocean and studying hard during all this time. Now you will return to your home countries, but we are one family under the large roof of Sungkyunkwan University. We at Sungkyunkwan University will celebrate and support your first steps toward a new beginning in our society.” The graduating student representatives, Ph.D student Nawab Muhammad Faseeh Qureshi, and Master’s student Gerke Sabrina Desiree, each gave a valedictory speech. Gerke Sabrina Desiree stated the graduating students’ feelings by saying, “Although we faced barriers such as language problems while attending classes, after many sleepless nights we were able to overcome them and stand in this honorable position today. Let’s become brilliant global leaders in every nation of the world.” University College
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- 작성일 2017-08-31
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- 2017 Second Semester Sungkyunkwan University International Student Entrance Ceremony
- 2017 Second Semester Sungkyunkwan University International Student Entrance Ceremony The Sungkyunkwan University International Affairs Division (Vice President: Jachoon KOO) held the 2017 second semester entrance ceremony for international undergraduate students at 1:00pm on August 26th in the 600th Anniversary Hall, Joo Byeong Doo International Hall. 350 out of a total of 406 new students attended the ceremony. At the ceremony, Hee Cheol CHAE, Director of International Student Services, and Sa Wee MA, Vice President of the Chinese Student Association, each celebrated the new students’ admission through a congratulatory speech, and Ji Hyun PARK (Business, 17), the representative for new students, and all new students in attendance swore an oath to lead a sincere university lifestyle. After the first part of the entrance ceremony was over, for the second event the new students were divided into LC classes to greet each other, receive information about the school system, and participate in recreational activities. In his congratulatory address, Director Hee Cheol CHAE encouraged the new students by saying, “You were all selected as students with excellent grades and now you have entered Sungkyunkwan University at the end of a fierce competition. Here at Sungkyunkwan University, you will learn and become proficient to challenge the world with confidence.” University College
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- 작성일 2017-08-31
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