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On September 10, an information and question session was held by the Academic Planning Team regarding the newly introduced Stipend program for graduate students, which has had a year-long testing period and officially started this month. The program was conceived last year to address the high number
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Woong Gyu Park Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:53
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A research team led by Professor Steve Park’s research group has successfully developed an artificial skin technology that exhibits low hysteresis and high uniformity. Professor Park, from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, collaborated with research groups led by Professor Jung Ki
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Kum Seok Nam Head of News Division
2019.11.18 12:53
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On September 15, the KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) uploaded a post on their Facebook page regarding the school’s policy of menstrual leave, containing information on the policy’s establishment, usage, necessity, and promotion. However, many found the post’s wording and usage of data inappropr
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Han Hee Jang Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:53
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On September 17, KAIST held the “KAIST Core Tech Transfer Day” to share four of its most cutting-edge technologies to domestic companies at the Convention and Exhibition Center (COEX) in Seoul.KAIST holds the annual event to share top technologies directly related to leading industries in Korea to e
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Youngil Ko Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:53
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On September 18, opening celebrations for the establishment of the School of Transdisciplinary Studies (STS) were held. After the initial announcement in 2017, the proposal for the STS, under its previous title as the School of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering (TSE), received sustained crit
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Kum Seok Nam Head of News Division
2019.11.18 12:53
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For the 17th KAIST-POSTECH Science War (Kapo-Jeon), KAIST ended the match with a score of 2:5. The event was hosted by KAIST this year and lasted from September 20 to 21. It included seven competing categories over the course of two days, in the order of Hacking, Soccer, AI, E-sports, Baseball, Scie
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:53
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Starting from 2019 Fall, HSS151 and HSS152, courses commonly referred to as Korean 3 and Korean 4, are now mandatory instead of Korean 1 and Korean 2. A TOPIK score of Level 2 is still a graduation requirement. These changes are applicable to undergraduates who entered KAIST in 2019 Fall and thereaf
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Youngil Ko Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:53
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The hotly-debated issue of potential reduction for the number of Technical Research Personnel (TRP) has resulted in the formation of an opposing committee and the publication of a multi-university petition against the plan.The South Korean government requires compulsory military service for all elig
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Juhoon Lee Senior Staff Reporter
2019.11.18 12:14
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A six-man team comprised of students from KAIST and universities in Denmark won the first prize in the Partnership for Green Growth and Global Goals (P4G) Innovation Sprint on May 22, which was held at the KAIST College of Business campus in Seoul.
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:12
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The KAIST alumni batch of 1979 held a homecoming event at the KAIST College of Business in Seoul to commemorate their 40th graduation anniversary. Represented by current Miwon Commercial Chairman Chong-Don Kim, they donated two billion KRW to support further development of KAIST.
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:11
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KAIST and Daejeon Culture and Arts Foundation (DCAF) have signed a collaboration agreement to establish an interdisciplinary research center. The center, known as C-Arts Lab, aims to develop culture technologies and content that sustain and further develop Daejeon city’s cultural uniqueness and prominence.
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Jinho Park Junior Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:09
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Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho and his team from the Department of Bio and Brain Engineering have successfully identified the potential target genes that can help overcome the resistance of colorectal cancer cells to the antibody known as cetuximab.
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Joon Ha Kim Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:07
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On May 24, the KAIST Traditional Korean Orchestra held its first performance that included international students at Mirae Hall (N13). The orchestra performed to a busy hall, playing a selection of jeongak songs.
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Nicholas Bosworth Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:06
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Starting from 2019 Fall, semesters in KAIST will start and end a week later than usual. The change was made official when the KAIST Academic Calendar was updated at the start of the year. The changes indicate that the semester will begin in the first week of September and not in the last week of August as it has been for previous semesters. This also means that the end of the semester will be postponed by a week to just five days before Christmas.
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Youngil Ko Junior Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:05
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Four major institutes of science and technology in South Korea have taken a step forward in tackling the challenges looming big in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.On May 24, KAIST, GIST, DGIST, and UNIST held an inaugural ceremony for the launch of the Joint Administrative Office of Institutes of Science and Technology.
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Jinho Park Junior Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:04
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The KAIST Emergency Response Committee has raised a total of 411,768 KRW for the victims of the massive forest fire that wreaked havoc on five cities and counties in Gangwon Province on April 4.
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Sean Tristan De Guzman Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:03
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On May 31, the KAIST International Students Association (KISA) held its inaugural Open Forum event. The event provided a platform for KISA members to respond to questions asked by KAIST’s international student community. KISA cabinet members and division heads took the stage in the International Center’s Multipurpose Hall (W2-1) and responded to questions from the assembled audience and the KISA Voice webpage.
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Nicholas Bosworth Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 16:02
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The KAIST Bene-FIT Challenge program, which started in May, is a series of exercise programs hosted by the School of Humanities & Social Science in the College of Liberal Arts and Convergence Science.
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Kum Seok Nam Head of News Division
2019.06.19 16:01
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On May 24, a fire broke out in one of the office buildings in KAIST Munji Campus. Two firefighters were injured in the process of extinguishing the fire.
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Youngil Ko Junior Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 15:58
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The executive committee that represents the undergraduate student body changed its official English name from Undergraduate Student Council (USC) to KAIST Undergraduate Association (KAIST UA).
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Youngil Ko Junior Staff Reporter
2019.06.19 15:57