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Apr 18, 2008 Urgent Repair Needed? No Problem! Where may the busiest place be in Seoul National University? Without much doubt, it has to be the ‘Quick Repair Center’. It deals with facility problems, living in a whirl of urgent calls from every nook and corner of the campus.

Apr 18, 2008 Director of SNU Plant Clinic Takes Office as the President of Korean Forest Society Professor Lee, KyungJoon has focused on taking care of plants for about 30 years, including his volunteer activities in Maldives in order to save plants from earthquakes in recent years as well.

Apr 18, 2008 Grand Opening of Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology, a 150 million dollar research center for the advancement of high-tech industry, opened in Gwanggyo Techno-Valley in Suwon.

Apr 18, 2008 Interviews with Foreign Professors at SNU Seoul National University’s international population, including outstanding students and world class professors from across the globe, has been on the rise for years. It is no longer uncommon to see a foreign face around campus. They are allured by the campus and its surroundings, and attracted by the world class research lead by exceptional professors. Five foreign professors from each of their respective fields share their SNU experience.

Apr 15, 2008 SNU and the University of Tokyo Hold Joint Lecture SNU will hold a joint lecture in English with the University of Tokyo this fall. The first official joint lecture in SNU history will be on the Economical Cooperation of East Asia, and will utilize a web-based video conferencing system.

Apr 15, 2008 Global Information Center, The Place for Foreigners In order to facilitate ever increasing foreign students and professors on campus, Seoul National University has launched the Global Information Center as of March 2008. The Center provides foreigners with manifold information, curtailing the need to wander around helplessly.

Apr 14, 2008 A 7 Billion Won Gift: The International Education Center Seoul National University will construct an International Education Center to further stimulate its globalization and international exchange with endowment from Lotte Foundation.

Apr 10, 2008 Lloyd’s Register Funds ￡M for SNU's Marine Engineering Research Seoul National University held an official joint event with Lloyd's Register (Chairman D. Moorhouse) for the establishment of SNU LRET fund research center and the support for research expenses.

Apr 10, 2008 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Receives Honorary Doctorate Degree from SNU The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Seoul National University in 1970, has been nominated as the 105th Honorary Doctorate Degree receiver by SNU.

Apr 10, 2008 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Honors SNU Professor The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) has nominated Professor Sukho Chung (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) for a Fellow of the ASME.

Apr 05, 2008 Send Library Call Numbers Directly To Your Mobile Phone! The Library recently adopted a mobile messaging service which sends the call numbers for books and other materials directly from the library website to students’ mobile phones.

Apr 05, 2008 New Int’l Students Meet SNU The Office of International Affairs(OIA) recently held orientations for international students new to SNU, to introduce and familiarize them with the school and what it has to offer.