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On November 17, the KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) announced that motorcycle food delivery to campus will continue to be banned. In May, the UA released a survey to collect students’ opinions regarding the need to improve delivery convenience by allowing delivery motorcycles to enter campus gr
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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On November 22, an anonymous user posted about the dangers of the chemicals used for COVID disinfection in dorms on Everytime, a student community app. The post mentioned that the school uses a product called “ZAPS Green Pure Liquid”, which is a disinfectant consisting mainly of benzalkonium chlorid
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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A new campus of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) is set to appear in KAIST around April 2022. Established in November 2011, IBS is Korea’s first dedicated basic science research institute. The institute has partnered with many top scholars in Korea and globally, and it has quickly become one of
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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The Cybathlon 2020 Global Edition, an international competition for innovative assistive technology for handicapped people, was held for Korean teams at KAIST on November 13. The teams from KAIST, Angel Robotics 1 and 2, placed first and third respectively in the exoskeleton (EXO) division. The comp
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.11.19 21:10
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On September 29, the KAIST Information Technology Research Center (ITRC) announced that they have joined IBM’s Q Network, a community of Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, startups, and national research labs working with IBM to advance quantum computing. KAIST ITRC is the first Korean Ac
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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A research article by Jinwoo Kim, an undergraduate senior from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering working in Professor Se-Bum Paik’s research group from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, was featured on the cover page of the Journal of Neuroscience on August 19. As part of an Und
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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On July 23, Soo-Young Lee, the chairman of the KAIST Development Foundation, donated real estate properties worth approximately 57 million USD to KAIST, setting a new record for the largest donation the institution has ever received. Chairman Lee also donated 6.7 million USD worth of real estate in
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Jehyuk Cho Staff Reporter
2020.09.25 19:46
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The recent death of George Floyd triggered a chain of Black Lives Matter protests throughout the US and the world. People are marching, donating, and sharing on social media to raise awareness and support the fight against police brutality. Police brutality has historically been a persistent problem
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Jehyuk Cho Junior Staff Reporter
2020.06.23 01:47
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On April 6, Executive Vice President Kwang Hyung Lee officially announced three different methods of substituting offline midterm exams. As the COVID-19 situation gradually became more serious, the shift to online classes raised many concerns, and the requirement for changes to midterm administratio
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Jehyuk Cho Junior Staff Reporter
2020.04.30 21:49
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A research team led by Professor Hoi-Jun Yoo from the Department of Electrical Engineering has developed a low-power generative adversarial network (GAN) AI semiconductor chip. The novel semiconductor chip does not require much power, allowing for multi-layer deep neural networks on mobile environme
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Jehyuk Cho Junior Staff Reporter
2020.04.30 21:49
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Disclaimer: this review has spoilers for Itaewon ClassThe hit 2020 Korean drama series Itaewon Class has recently broadcast its last episode. With over 16% national viewership, Itaewon Class is the sixth highest-rated cable drama series ever in Korea. The show is based on a Daum webtoon of the same
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Jehyuk Cho Junior Staff Reporter
2020.04.02 21:36