Last year was brutal as an economic and financial crisis engulfed the world. Banks collapsed while stock prices slumped. In short, there was an unprecedented decline in economic activity. Korea was not the exception to this rule. Our government responded with massive emergency measures, but the cris
John T. Lis, a professor from Cornell University USA, has been appointed chair-professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department. His research will concentrate especially in the field of Aptamer.
Pioneer business, supported by the Ministry of Education, is to develop a Fusion source technology and secure international source patents. It has been granted research for six years. The Dongguk University Fusion organization for researching Wave foundation nerve cells has been selected as one of t
Dongguk Ilsan campus’ surface-breaking ceremony was performed on August 17th. The scale of campus will be 15,026㎡. The campus will specialize in the field of medicine.
There was an opening ceremony for "English Cafe" at the Haklim hall on August 26th. It is now open from 11a.m to 5p.m. on weekdays. The cafe closed during the vacation.
A new underground parking lot is currently under construction at Hyehwa Hall. Work on the new parking lot will be completed at the end of December 2011. There will be a basement areas for 451 cars. On the ground level, a beautiful park will be built; this is expected to contribute to a congenial cam
Jeonggakwon has held a charity concert (this year September 25th from 6PM to 8PM) at the Lee Hae Rang arts theatre for the second consecutive year. The money raised through this event will be used to help the poor living in Joong-Gu.
‘Dongguk University’ (DU) was “constituted” as a front-runner university in the field of fusion contents for the next generation of IT, by ministry of Education, Science& ‘Technology’ and ministry of “Knowledge Economy”.DU will be a Hub University for Industrial Collaboration (HUNIC) of Seoul. As a
Standing 180cm tall, a large man in sandals, with curly white hair and a big smile, greets us in fluent Korean. ROBERT BUSWELL, 55, is a distinguished scholar in Buddhist studies at UCLA. But he is more famous these days in Korea for another major role: Dean of Buddhist Studies at Dongguk University
The Student CS Center (main hall, third floor) opened its doors on August 20th. The third floor was remodeled and several centers moved up from the second floor.? Those centers are all related to student needs. However, the Student CS center is a little different from these other centers.? Students
Dongguk University (DU) announced that it will establish two foreign research institutions on campus. One is Institute of Microelectronics Technology, Russia Academy of Science (IMT-RAS). It has highest reputation in “Graphene,” which is a Nano material. Nowadays, the Graphene is studied in all the
On July 21st, there was an inaugural ceremony for the new executive director of Dongguk University(DU), Abbot Jung Ryun.? The new executive director, a head monk at Nae-won-jung-sa temple in Busan, has devoted the past 40 years to helping the poor communities in Korea, especially the young. In this
Last November, our university started preparations to extend its main library building. And on August 11th this year, we had the opening ceremony. ?The new extension floor contains nine hundred seats. It is equipped with two large-sized reading rooms and a notebook computer room - 478 Seats in the f
In the last presidential election, Lee Myeong-bak pledged, as part of his election campaign, to "cut all university tuition fees by half”. After getting elected, however, many citizens, not only students but also ordinary citizens have bitterly complained about why he hasn’t kept his promise. Univer
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> ‘억누를 수 없는 전국 대학생들의 분노’- 교정받기 전의 문장에서 haircutting ceremony는 단순한 삭발식을 나타낸다. 그래서 무엇 때문에 삭발식을 하는지 그 원인이 자세히 드러나지 않았다. 구체적으로 무엇을 나타내는지 밝히기 위하여 ‘to protest the government by making one’s hair shaved’를 추가하였다. protest는 항의란 뜻으로, 문장을 해석하면 머리를 자름으로써 정부에 항의하기 위한 삭발식이 된다. 따라서 haircutting ceremony의
Five semesters have flown by since I first entered into the Post as a cub reporter. When I look back on those days, my reporting life seemed an endless chain of interviews and meeting deadlines. To exaggerate a little, my brief memory as a cub reporter in 2007 seemed to be filled with a frantic runn
Because of the private investigator movie ‘Private Eye,’ many Koreans have become curious about this kind of profession. Is it true, then, that what a private detective does in a movie is similar to his real-life? Or is fiction much more exciting than reality? Also, we wonder whether there is such a
"Lee Myung-bak’s government must keep its promise to cut university tuition fees into half!” On April 10th 2009, about one hundred students gathered in front of Cheongun-dong office, Jongno - gu, Seoul. They held a press conference under the banner- “The government promise to the public that they wi