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The Student Life Team is currently developing a new dormitory management system to allow undergraduate and graduate students to room together.In the past, undergraduate and graduate students could not be roommates due to the difference in assignment periods — with undergraduates residing in dormitor
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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The process of selecting the final three candidates is underway for the 17th KAIST presidency, which is set to begin in 2021. The Presidential Candidate Recommendation Committee (PCRC) of the KAIST Professors Association (KPA) have voted to pick the first and second choices out of three potential ca
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.12.14 13:56
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Two volunteer teachers from KI House, Ms. Mikyung Han and Mijeong Yoo, were finalists of the 2020 Yuseong-Gu Untact Ignite, an event celebrating inspiring stories of volunteers helping their communities.The 2020 Yuseong-Gu Untact Ignite called for the most touching and poignant accounts from volunte
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.11.21 14:10
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A research team led by Professor Young Seok Ju from the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering has developed a method to grow mini-lungs in the laboratory. This 3D organoid, composed of human lung alveolar type 2 (hAT2) cells derived from stem cells in the human lung, serves as a useful
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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Professor Won-Ki Cho from the Department of Biological Sciences has received the 2020 Suh Kyung-Bae Science Foundation (SUHF) Young Investigator Award. Professor Cho, along with Professor Soung-hun Roh from Seoul National University and Professor Joo-Hyeon Lee from the University of Cambridge, was c
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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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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On October 20, Joon Park and his filming crew visited KAIST to film an episode of WassupMan, a popular entertainment series on Youtube with missions of views per episode. Although the visit was during the week of midterm exams, photos and posts of the celebrity’s location were quickly shared on soci
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Hae-Rim Kim Junior Staff Reporter
2020.11.20 22:35
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The international Year-End Party hosted by ISSS is normally one of the highlights of the fall semester for many students, with large-scale entertainment and catering. While very enjoyable, it is impossible to hold the event this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, ISSS has organized a series
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
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 October 27 and November 10, the School of Transdisciplinary Studies (STS) held its first department presentations for freshmen through Zoom. Professor Jaeseung Jeong from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, the head of the newly established department, led the session. In response to the
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.11.17 21:12
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On November 2, most on-campus sports facilities reopened for a one month trial period of operation under strict disease prevention guidelines. This follows the downgrading of national social distancing measures to Level 1 on October 12, and satisfies the increasing demand for the exercise facility o
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.11.10 19:57
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Mekuria Teklemariam, the former minister of urban development and construction in Ethiopia, has earned his doctorate degree in Information and Telecommunications Technology Management, graduating summa cum laude from the Global IT Technology Program (ITTP) in August. After residing in Korea for the
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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A research team led by Professor Sang Wan Lee from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering and the Center for Neuroscience-inspired Artificial Intelligence collaborated with researchers from the Yonsei University Severance Hospital to develop a deep-learning model that analyzes brain scans to pr
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Seowon Choi Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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An interview with the Information & Communication Team (ICT) revealed several ongoing measures and roadblocks in improving the internet conditions on campus, specifically in dorms where many students are taking online classes due to COVID-19. The KAIST Herald met with Mr. Jae Heon Choi from ICT, who
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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Several KAIST organizations hosted activities over the Chuseok holidays to discourage traveling and console school-ridden students during COVID-19 restrictions. On September 16, a message from the Provost and Executive Vice President Kwang-Hyung Lee requested that students “refrain from traveling du
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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As the Fall semester continues to be conducted fully online, the KAIST-POSTECH Science War (Kapo-Jeon), the annual school rivalry with POSTECH, was conducted online for the first time in its history. Usually, at Kapo-Jeon, students from KAIST and POSTECH compete in sports events like soccer, basebal
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Jisun Lee Assistant Editor
2020.10.18 02:18
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On September 14, a Professor Lee from the School of Electrical Engineering (EE) was arrested and prosecuted for allegedly leaking important technology to the Chinese government in the field of self-driving cars. The Korean Ministry of Science and ICT accused the professor of unlawfully disclosing in
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Anonymous Staff Reporter
2020.10.18 02:18
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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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On September 21, ISSS sent out a survey to international students currently taking online courses while abroad. It asked students to identify the main obstacles they are facing during the online semester and to mention specific courses that need improvement. Based on the results, which ISSS shared w
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.10.18 02:18
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, the ability to predict pathways of infection and to identify those most at risk is very important. To this end, a research group from the Graduate School of Medical Science and Engineering has pinpointed a method to identify patients who are more likely to experie
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Ada Carpenter Head of News Division
2020.10.18 02:18