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Apr 24, 2018 SNU Team Wins Silver Medal at World Finals of International Programming Competition SNU Team Wins Silver Medal at World Finals of International Programming Competition On April 19, a team of SNU students won a silver medal at the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) held in Peking University in Beijing, China. Apr 24, 2018 SNU President Sung Nak-in Attends 2018 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference SNU President Sung Nak-in Attends 2018 Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference SNU President Sung Nak-in attended the 18th Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference held on April 10, in Boao, Hainan Province, China Apr 24, 2018 SNU’s 7th Asian Universities Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal SNU’s 7th Asian Universities Forum in Kathmandu, Nepal From April 14 to 16, SNU held the 7th Asian Universities Forum (AUF). Initiated in 2011 by Dr. Yeon-Cheon Oh, the previous President of Seoul National University, the AUF was created to promote cooperation among prestigious universities in Asia. Apr 24, 2018 SNU offering free Big Data Academy for Seoul Residents SNU offering free Big Data Academy for Seoul Residents On April 16, the SNU Urban Data Science Laboratory announced plans to continue its Big Data Academy, a free education program for Seoul residents. Apr 19, 2018 Peptide Induces Chirality Evolution in a Single Gold Nanoparticle Peptide Induces Chirality Evolution in a Single Gold Nanoparticle For the first time, scientists have successfully created optically active, chiral gold nanoparticles using amino acids and peptides. Many chemicals significant to life have mirror-image twins (left-handed and right-handed structures), a characteristic that is conventionally called chirality. Apr 17, 2018 SNU Pharmacy PhD Student receives Scholar-in-Training Award from American Association for Cancer Research SNU Pharmacy PhD Student receives Scholar-in-Training Award from American Association for Cancer Research Kim Seung-hyun, PhD student of the SNU College of Pharmacy, received the Scholar-in-Training Award by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the largest and most prestigious professional association in the field of cancer research. Apr 17, 2018 Winning Isn’t Everything: Carrying on the Legacy of the SNU Baseball Team Winning Isn’t Everything: Carrying on the Legacy of the SNU Baseball Team It took 27 years for the SNU baseball team, which was founded in 1977, to declare their first victory in 2004. Amateur players from SNU, who by that time had a win-loss record of 0-199, triumphed against a team of professionals from Songwon University. Apr 05, 2018 Team of SNU and KAIST Students Win International Robot Contest Team of SNU and KAIST Students Win International Robot Contest On March 8, a team of SNU and KAIST students won first place at the International Human-Robot Interaction Student Design Competition held in Chicago, Illinois, USA. Apr 05, 2018 SNU Library Hosts Picture Book Exhibition SNU Library Hosts Picture Book Exhibition The SNU Library is currently hosting its third exhibition on the first floor of the Kwanjeong building which is open to all members of the SNU community and their guests and will be on display through April 30. Apr 03, 2018 SNU Doctors Transferring Technology to Laos, Reminiscent of US Doctors That Helped Korea Over 60 Years Ago SNU Doctors Transferring Technology to Laos, Reminiscent of US Doctors That Helped Korea Over 60 Years Ago It’s February 14, 2018 at a hospital in Vientiane, Laos. Dr. Kim In Kwon, Director Emeritus of the Yeosu Ae-Yang Hospital in Korea, leads a surgical procedure in a small operating room with only a single surgical bed, a surgical light and a heart rate monitor. Apr 02, 2018 SNU Scientists Join Forces with Samsung Technicians SNU Scientists Join Forces with Samsung Technicians On March 27, the SNU College of Natural Sciences announced that it has teamed up with the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology. Apr 02, 2018 Student-Organized Community Warehouse in Silim-dong Expected to Stimulate the Local Community Student-Organized Community Warehouse in Silim-dong Expected to Stimulate the Local Community On March 16, SNU Institute for Global Social Responsibility (IGSR), opened a new community warehouse in Silim-dong.