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On September 7, a statement revealing alleged plans of the Student Representative Council (SRC) to impeach former President of Undergraduate Association Emergency Response Committee (UA) Hyun Huh received unwelcome attention on the online platform Everytime. The President of the Department of Chemis
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.09.25 22:43
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On September 1, KAIST announced the “KAIST Declaration for Diversity and Inclusion”. The declaration was hosted by the KAIST Social Inclusion Committee and Student & Minority Human Rights Committee and held in the Computer Science Department Building (E3-1). President Kwang Hyung Lee, Vice President
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.09.25 22:43
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As the artificial intelligence (AI) industry continually develops, AI semiconductor development is expected to be among the most important sectors in technology in the near future. AI semiconductors refer to a class of semiconductors designed specifically to support artificial intelligence processin
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Zunnoor Awan Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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On September 16 and 17, KAIST held the KAIST Art & Music Festival (KAMF) under the name, “KAMF: Again”. First started in 2012, the theme of KAMF revolves around enjoying the performances of rock bands and indie artists. This year’s KAMF was the first to be held since 2019 due to the prevalence of CO
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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On August 8, June Huh, professor of the Department of Mathematics at Princeton University, gave a lecture at the KAIST Auditorium (E15). Professor Huh was awarded the 2022 Fields Medal on July 5 — a prize awarded to two to four distinguished mathematicians by the International Mathematical Union (IM
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Jihyun Kim Staff Reporter
2022.09.25 22:43
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On May 24, KAIST and DPLANEX held the opening ceremony of the Kyobo-DPLANEX-KAIST (KDK) A.I. Center for Future of Insurance at the Daejeon IT Convergence Building. The KDK A.I. Center is an industry-academia research collaboration center that aims to pioneer innovative AI-based technologies in the r
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Fuad Samadov Junior Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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The long-awaited 2022 Taewool Seoklim Festival was held for three days from May 16 to May 18. The event was organized and promoted by IMGEFFECT, the KAIST Festival Preparation Committee. Due to the persistent spread of COVID-19 in Daejeon, IMGEFFECT withdrew from the annual custom of holding various
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:20
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On May 9, KAIST announced that an anonymous philanthropist in their 50’s donated three buildings worth a total of 30 billion KRW to KAIST. The donor hesitated to attend donation agreement events and meetings with school officials in order to maintain their anonymity. During essential meetings, they
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.06.14 00:19
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On May 6, KAIST announced five winning works of the “Crazy Day Idea Contest”. The contest was held from March 14 to April 8 to discover challenges for the KAIST community to solve that embodies experimental and innovative spirits, such as a “Crazy, Creative, Challenge, and Caring” (4Cs) attitude. A
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.06.14 00:19
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On May 13, visiting distinguished professor Sumi Jo held a special lecture, “Drawing”, which aimed to share her story of becoming a world-recognized soprano. In the special lecture, which was held in the Auditorium (E15), Professor Jo talked about the difficulties she faced, her mindset that led her
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.06.14 00:19
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On May 4, KAIST hosted “Town Hall Meeting: The Next Fifty Years of KAIST” in Jung Geun Mo Conference Hall (E9) and streamed it simultaneously on YouTube. The Town Hall Meeting lasted for three hours from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and was composed of two sessions: a Q&A session with President Kwang Hyung Lee,
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.05.23 21:56
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In accordance with the government’s changing COVID guidelines, KAIST has announced several adjustments to its COVID policy. School and government policies have been accommodating the gradual decrease in Korea’s COVID cases since mid-March.The South Korean government announced the end of social dista
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On April 22, NAVER announced the establishment of the “KAIST-NAVER Hypercreative AI Center” in its new office building “1784” in Seongnam-si of Gyeonggi Province. The center was built based on an agreement made last May that pledged three years of joint research and technological development centere
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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On April 29, President Yoon Suk-Yeol held a gathering with eight KAIST graduate students, Mechanical Engineering Professor Kyoungchul Kong, and President Kwang Hyung Lee at the lobby of the National NanoFab Center. Graduate students majoring in diverse branches of science and technology were provide
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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The KAIST Undergraduate Association (UA) announced that Physical Education (PE) mandatory general courses will be removed from graduation requirements from the Fall 2022 semester onwards. Previously, all undergraduate students had to fulfill 4AU from PE courses, with 2AU earned per class. Additional
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.05.23 21:56
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After KAIST signed a business agreement for mutual exchange with Korea National University of Arts (KNUA) this January, the first inter-school program “KAIST x KNUA Freshman Video Camp” began on February 14 and lasted for eight days. The purpose of the program was to foster the interaction between t
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Suyoun Lee Junior Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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On March 22, KAIST President Kwang Hyung Lee signed an agreement with North Chungcheong Province Governor Si-jong Lee and Cheongju Mayor Beom-duk Han to create a new campus in Osong, Cheongju, dedicated to biomedical sciences. To ensure that the agreement is implemented swiftly, the involved parties
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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The winners of the 2021 Fall Color Your Year Project were announced. The contest, open only to freshmen, was created last year as part of the new President’s QAIST strategy. It aims to encourage freshmen to create good habits that can aid them in the rest of their undergraduate years. The first batc
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Hyun A Kim Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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Every year, all freshmen would face one of the most important moments throughout their university life: declaring a major. While it is exciting for some and daunting and difficult for others, it is an experience all KAIST students would deeply remember. All students are required to choose an advance
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ChaeYeon Ryu Staff Reporter
2022.04.14 01:00
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As the global battery market size is growing exponentially, researchers around the world have been putting much effort into increasing the efficiency and stability of rechargeable batteries. In an interview with The KAIST Herald, Ph.D. student Jinha Jang from the Department of Materials Science and
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Jeonghun Lee Head of News Division
2022.03.24 23:18