In late October, Da Vinci Point announced its new art-related lectures and performances prepared in line for KAIST students. Launched in 2019, Da Vinci Point is an initiative by the School of Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences that encourages members of the KAIST community to participate more in arts events. The program rewards students with mileage points based on arts-related pursuits they accomplish, such as attending an exhibition or taking relevant semester-long courses in the arts. The mileage points determine a student’s final tier of achievement, which are: Silver (50 points), Gold (70 points), and Platinum (100 points). Based on these obtained tiers, students may opt to convert their collected points into leadership mileage from the KAIST Global Leadership Center (KGLC). These leadership mileages are useful for aspiring exchange student applicants, since it is part of the criteria for selection in many exchange programs. For every Da Vinci Point lecture attended, students are granted 5 points.

On October 24, Professor Choon-woong Choi from the Department of Architecture and Architectural Engineering in Seoul National University was invited to conduct the first lecture series named “Autopsy of the Future: Yeouido 1968”. On October 26, jazz vocalists Ahreum Ash Hanyou and Chaesun Lim conducted the next lecture series called “Jazz Singer: From New York to Seoul”, and a lecture about Latin American music by bandoneon player Sang-ji Koh and violinist Ahram Kim was hosted on November 14. Students can find out more about the schedule of Da Vinci Point lectures through their Instagram account, @kaist_davincipoint, or through their regular emails.