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Ukraine has seen its bloodiest weeks in decades. What started as peaceful protests over the Ukrainian government’s rejection of the long awaited European Union (EU) Association Agreement has led to the ousting of the pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych after riots demanding the president’s resignation broke out. In response to the sacking of their pro-Russian leader, the Russian contingent in eastern Ukraine and the Crimean peninsula broke out in contrasting protests late February. President Yanukovych is rumored to be hiding in Crimea, where Russian influence is stronger than in the main land. For much of February, thousands of Russian troops were secretly sent to bases Russia was permitted by treaty to own in Crimea. Russia’s annexation of Crimea came close to completion when the Crimeans voted to secede from Ukraine and fall into the welcoming arms of Russia.
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Chonghyuk Song
2014.03.28 16:06
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On March 3, KAIST held the 2014 Undergraduate Matriculation Ceremony at 10 a.m. in the Auditorium (E15) of the main campus. This year, over 800 students joined the ranks; they and 700 parents and relatives sat in the audience watching the ceremony commencethe freshman oath, sworn by the two class of 2013 representatives Kwangjun Ahn and Harim Jin.
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Chonghyuk Song
2014.03.28 14:53
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KAIST doctoral candidate Tae Wan Kim (under the supervision of Professor Kyung Wook Paik) from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is to be awarded the Intel Best Student Paper Award at the Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) in Florida, United States this May. At the last ECTC event in Las Vegas, United States, Kim presented his research, “Low Temperature Flex-on-Flex Assembly Using Polyvinylidene Flouride Nanofiber Incorporated Sn58Bi Solder Anisotropic Conductive Films and Vertical Ultrasonic Bonding,” that was carried out in collaboration with Nokia and received recognition for his work. Professor Paik’s team and Kim’s nanofiber grafted version of the anisotropic conductive film solves the issue of short-circuiting between micro-gap junction electrodes.
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Chonghyuk Song
2014.03.28 14:51
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On March 5, students lined up outside the dining hall in Tae Wul Gwan (N13) to be the first ones to try out foodservice company IB Food’s new restaurant Grillcook. Grillcook offers a more western set of menus than its predecessor, foodservice company CJ Freshway’s The Place, with food options ranging from steaks to various kinds of pilafs and spaghetti. In mid-February, the KAIST General Affairs Team announced that Grillcook would be the successor to The Place, which had served the school for three years before theyrequested a withdrawal of their operation from KAIST last November.
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Chonghyuk Song
2014.03.28 14:45