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Ewha Takes Part in UKC 2019

Ewha Womans University participated in the 2019 US-Korea Conference on Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship (UKC 2019) held in Chicago from August 14 to 17. The US-Korea Conference is an academic conference co-hosted by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association, and the Korea-U.S. Science Cooperation Center. The theme of UKC 2019 was “Smart Science, Engineering and Health for Livable Communities” and a total of twelve technical group symposiums were held in the fields of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biomechanical engineering and more. Ewha President Kim Heisook attended the University Leadership Forum as one of the representatives of the Korean universities and had a discussion with other panels such as Robert Zimmer, the President of the University of Chicago, and Timothy Killeen, the President of the University of Illinois System. President Kim said, “By providing opportunities and environments for learning, education, and research, free from fossilized gender stereotypes, women's universities should be able to explore into new possibilities no one has ever imagined of,” and added, “I sincerely believe that Ewha Womans University will be a cradle for innovative thoughts and experiments in the years to come.” Ewha Womans University ran its own information and recruiting booth at the event, promoting the university’s superb science and engineering programs to both Korean and American scientists from the US National Institutes of Health, the Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea, the University of California, Los Angeles and Perdue University, and providing counseling sessions regarding research and university-industry cooperation and recruitment.
- No.473
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.08.30
- Views4129
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2019 Ewha Summer Volunteers Show Ewha Spirit

The 2019 Ewha Summer Volunteers, consisting of a total of 172 students, visited marginalized communities at home and abroad and provided educational and medical services, carrying out the Ewha spirit of serving and sharing. Two overseas teaching volunteer groups visited Camp Choson and Sejong Academy Camp in the U.S. and Ewha Social Welfare Center in Cambodia respectively from June 29 through July 14. Camp Choson is a Korean culture camp designed for adopted Korean-American children, youths and their families, while Sejong Academy Camp is a charter school for children of the Karen, the ethnic minority group. The first volunteer group visited both institutions to teach and spread the Korean language, culture and arts. The second group traveled to Ewha Social Welfare Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and ran educational programs in the subjects of science, arts and physical education for marginalized children and youths. The teaching volunteers at home, consisting of 122 students, provided teaching, mentoring, and special activities programs under the theme, “I Protect My Planet,” at 18 different venues including local children centers and elementary and middle schools from July 15 to August 9. Meanwhile, the overseas medical volunteer group, in association with medical professionals from the Ewha Medical Center, paid a visit to both a state hospital in the Jizzax region and the Hakikat Primary Health Care Centre in the Syrdarya region in Uzbekistan, providing general and free checkups. The Ewha Volunteers has dispatched student volunteers during breaks every year since 2000, carrying out Ewha’s founding Christian spirit of neighborly love and contributing to making a living-together society.
- No.471
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.08.30
- Views3858
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2019 Ewha-Harvard Summer School Held at Ewha Campus

The “2019 Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program”, in which Ewha and Harvard students jointly participated, completed its 5-week course. The “Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program” is co-hosted by the Graduate School of International Studies of Ewha Womans University and Harvard College. This is the only summer program that Harvard has co-organized with a Korean university and has been held at Ewha every summer since 2006. 26 participants in this program, commenced on June 25, included both Ewha and Harvard students, and they not only took lectures and Korean language courses but also went on field trips and an on-site survey to Jeju Island. This year, lectures and team projects on North Korea’s politics and international relations were conducted under the theme “Thinking Out of the Black Box: Exploring New Insights into North Korea.” The participants experienced an in-depth summer program where they could not only learn lessons but also share way of life by taking part in a one-on-one language and culture exchange while living together in a dormitory during the session. Barbara Batycka (sophomore, International Studies), an Ewha student who participated in the program this year, shared her experiences by saying, “I believe that the program allowed me to meet fellow students, both from Ewha and Harvard, who share my interest in North Korea. By being in a very competent and competitive environment, I broadened my horizons as well as grew academically. Furthermore, being able to work under Dr. John Park, a well-known expert in this field, has shown me an insight into North Korea that I previously have not possessed.” Professor Hi-Sun Kim (Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University) who taught Korean language courses said, “It’s been three years since I taught in the Ewha-Harvard program, and each year there are several cases where students who participated in the program changed their majors or careers to Korean Studies” She added, “I think the reason for such a change in a short period of time is that this program lets participants understand and discuss Korea from different perspectives with various backgrounds while taking classes with Korean university students.” Professor Kim Eun Mee (International Studies of Graduate School of International Studies at Ewha Womans University), a director of the Ewha-Harvard Summer Program, also emphasized by saying, “This joint summer school of Ewha and Harvard offers unique educational opportunities in which Harvard students can learn an insightful perspective on Korean and Ewha students view their own country from a global perspective.”
- No.469
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.08.16
- Views4811
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The First Scranton-Ewha Leadership Program Held

The first Scranton-Ewha Leadership Program (SELP) designed to cultivate the next generation of women leaders in Asia was held at Ewha Womans University from July 22nd (Monday) to 28th (Sunday). Ewha and the Scranton Women’s Leadership Center (hereinafter, the Scranton Center) share the same historical roots centering around Mary F. Scranton who was the first female missionary in Korea and founded Ewha Haktang in 1886. The Scranton Center is the Korean office of the Women’s Foreign Missionary Society (WFMS) of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the USA that sent Mary F. Scranton to Korea. The Scranton Center has provided scholarship programs for women in developing countries since 2007, and leadership programs for outstanding students selected from the Scranton scholarship holders since 2016. Upholding the same values, Ewha and the Scranton Center agreed to launch the Scranton-Ewha Leadership Program this year after having concluded a cooperation agreement in 2018. Under the common visions of providing well-rounded education to nurture leaders for Asia’s future and establishing a network of Asian women leaders, Ewha and the Scranton Center recruited participants for the Program, and selected a total of 28 people from various Asian countries including Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines and Vietnam as well as from Ewha through the contest. The 28 participants took part in various education programs and field trips, which were planned under the four themes – Gender Empowerment, Understanding Multiculturalism, Social Awareness and Peace for a week from July 22nd (Monday). Through the Program, the participants developed their potential as female leaders, enhanced their sensitivity to culture, environment, and peace, and experienced systematic leadership training and global networking. Aygul Djumanazarova from Uzbekistan said, “I’ve never imagined that I could go to high school and participate in this Program because I had to work at a cotton field. Although people around me tried to stop me, I kept on trying undauntedly.” “I’ll set up a women’s leadership center like the Scranton Center in my country in the future to help more women to find opportunities,” she added. Ewha, which previously operated Ewha-KOICA Master’s Program, Ewha Global Partnership Program (EGPP), and Ewha Global Empowerment Program (EGEP) to offer educational opportunities for women around the world, will use the Scranton-Ewha Leadership Program to extend educational opportunities that were given to Korean women in the past to women in other Asian countries. By doing so, Ewha will spread its founding spirit and contribute to local communities in Asia.
- No.467
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.08.09
- Views4926
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Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Student Publish Article on SCI-Level International Journal

Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Student Publish Article on SCI-Level International Journal Yum Haeun, a student at the Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Division of ELTEC College of Engineering published an article as the lead author on "Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials," a SCI-level international journal. Yum's article, titled "Investigation of the relationship between localized cumulative stress and plantar tissue stiffness in healthy individuals using the in-vivo indentation technique" was based on the collaborated research between the ballet department of Ewha's College of Music and the Biomedical Engineering track from Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering Division of ELTEC College of Engineering. In her article, Yum compared and analyzed the characteristics of plantar tissues of a group of ballet dancers with those of a student group with the similar body mass index and age range. The study is significant in that it specifies the effect of prolonged and repetitive exercise into stiffening of the plantar soft tissue. The Division of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Ewha Womans University was established in 2017, and its students are already making results in a variety of fields. The division focuses on innovative convergence science such as the new bio-health field whose demand is surging around the world. It is aimed at nurturing women engineers to lead female-friendly, new industries of the future and performing integrated multidisciplinary education and research in the biomedical engineering in cooperation with the College of Engineering as well as College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy, College of Natural Sciences, the Brain and Cognitive Sciences and Ewha Womans University Medical Center.
- No.465
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.22
- Views7454
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Learn Korean at Ewha: 2019 Global Summer Program

Learn Korean at Ewha: 2019 Global Summer Program Marking the summer vacation, various global programs are held at the Ewha campus. Starting from the opening ceremony on June 26, the ‘2019 Ewha International Summer College’ is held for six weeks. This is Korea’s first summer school program that started in 1971 and celebrates its 48th anniversary this year. Students from aboard can take a total of 32 theory as well as arts and physical practice courses and experience the Korean culture firsthand. The ‘2019 Ewha-Harvard Summer School’, a summer program cohosted by Ewha Womans University Graduate School of International Studies and Harvard College, was opened on June 25. This is the only summer program that Harvard has co-organized with a Korean university since 2006. Participants in this program include not only Ewha and Harvard students but other students from universities that have entered an Ewha-Harvard credit exchange agreement. Korean language classes are also held for Harvard students. The ‘2019 Ewha-CUHK Global Student Partnership (GSP)’, a program co-hosted by Ewha Womans University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), will start on July 25. Through this program that starts its initial session this summer, Ewha and CUHK students will hold academic and cultural conferences under the theme of ‘Connecting Culture and Minds in Asia’ at the Ewha campus in July and at the CUHK campus in August. Talents from all around the world and Ewha students interact with another while strengthening their global competence at the campus of global Ewha.
- No.463
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.22
- Views4836
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Honorary Doctoral Degree Awarded to 2018 Nobel Peace Laureate Denis Mukwege

Ewha Womans University awarded an honorary doctoral degree of medicine to Denis Mukwege, 2018 Nobel Peace laureate, on July 1. President Kim Heisook said, “Dr. Denis Mukwege treated women raped by armed rebels during the Congo Wars, ensuring safety and medical treatment for tens of thousands of female patients in Congo. His achievements tremendously contributed to the protection of women’s rights.” Dr. Denis Mukwege has been dedicated to treating and rehabilitating thousands of women who fell victim to rape and sexual assault during the wars since he founded Panzi Hospital in Congo in 1999. Due to his contribution, he was named African of the Year in 2009 and Fortune magazine’s one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders” in 2016, and awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018. In his acceptance speech, Dr. Denis Mukwege said, “Ewha Womans University has long exerted every effort to provide higher education exclusively for women and thus expand their capabilities, and this was the right choice. Like Ewha, Panzi Hospital and Panzi Foundation located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo give priority to women’s health and education.” He added, “I am honored to receive the honorary doctoral degree from the future-oriented Ewha Womans University.” Along with Dr. Denis Mukwege, Ewha awarded its honorary doctoral degrees to former Finnish President Tarja Kaarina Halonen in 2002, former Irish President Mary McAleese in 2005, former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet in 2009, German Chancellor Angela Merkel in 2010, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2015, and Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid in 2018.
- No.461
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.15
- Views4570
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2019 Ewha-Luce International Seminar is Held

Ewha-Luce International Seminar: Expanding Horizons is held from June 26 (Wed) to July 13 (Sat) at Ewha Womans University. As an international seminar jointly hosted by Ewha Womans University and the Henry Luce Foundation, Ewha-Luce International Seminar: Expanding Horizons aims to help female graduate students in natural sciences and engineering fields in the U.S. and Asia to develop their career and promote their mutual exchanges and further to cultivate the next generation of women leaders in the field of science. To mark the fifth anniversary, a total of 26 female graduate students from domestic and foreign universities including the U.S., China, Hong Kong, Japan and Sri Lanka will establish interdisciplinary global networks and engage in activities including research exchanges and discussion with experts. These participants were selected through a competition in the fields of sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Under the theme of Expanding Horizons, this seminar is composed of four sections of Leadership, Empowerment, Networking and Vision, offering various programs such as leadership training, lectures on science topics, presentations and discussions, workshops and cultural and historical exploration. The Henry Luce Foundation is a nonprofit foundation founded in 1936 by Henry R. Luce, co-founder of TIME and Life magazines. Since the Foundation engaged in partnership with Ewha, its first partner in Asia, in 2015, it has provided yearly programs aimed at fostering the next generation of women leaders.
- No.459
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.12
- Views4747
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Center for Quantum Nanoscience Successfully Performed World’s Smallest MRI

The findings of the research on the technique to visualize the magnetic field of single atoms conducted by researchers at the Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS) at Ewha Womans University were published in the journal Nature Physics on July 1. Andreas Heinrich, director of the Center for Quantum Nanoscience and distinguished professor of Physics at Ewha Womans University, led the research team in collaboration with colleagues from the US. Through this research, researchers at Ewha Womans University succeeded in performing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on single atoms. This MRI scan is the first to capture a clear image of a single atom, which is the world’s smallest MRI image. The researcher team used a Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) to visualize the three-dimensional magnetic field produced by the atoms with unprecedented resolution. The researchers plan to map the spin distribution in more complex structures such as molecules and magnetic materials by using the single-atom MRI. In order to assist this world-leading research, Ewha Womans University applied a world-class vibration-resistant design to its Research Cooperation Building which will be occupied by the Center for Quantum Nanoscience, and installs the STM in the building. The in-depth research on the quantum nanoscience will lead Ewha to strengthen its capacity as a research university and play a leading role in the world-class scientific research area. Since its establishment in January 2017, the Center for Quantum Nanoscience has been conducting world-class research in the field of controlling atomic-scale quantum effects on surfaces and interfaces of materials. Director of the Center, Andreas Heinrich joined Ewha as distinguished professor of Physics in 2016 after working for IBM Research - Almaden in the U.S. for almost 20 years. He received the Joseph F. Keithley Award in 2017 and the Feynman Prize in 2018.
- No.457
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.12
- Views7182
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Dedication Ceremony for Research Cooperation Building Held

Dedication Ceremony for Research Cooperation Building Held The new research center, which will be a leading base for global science research, has been completed, and its dedication ceremony was held on Friday, June 21 at 10 a.m. Located near North A-hyeon Gate, Research Cooperation Building is a 12,405 square meters, four-story facility that has two stories underground. It will house Center for Quantum Nanoscience of the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and laboratories, research rooms and classrooms for ELTEC College of Engineering of Ewha Womans University. Ewha President Kim Heisook said, “I hope ELTEC College of Engineering and IBS’s Center for Quantum Nanoscience, both of which are expected to move into Research Cooperation Building, deliver outstanding educational and research outcomes, creating a foothold for further science and engineering research.” Center for Quantum Nanoscience is a globally leading institution in conducting the study of controlling the quantum states of atoms on surfaces and interfaces. At Research Cooperation Building, instruments for the Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) will be installed to enable atomic research, and a state-of-the-art, vibration-free design has been applied accordingly. In addition, open-labs, testing labs and research labs for Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Architectural and Urban Systems Engineering, Climate and Energy Systems Engineering, and Mechanical and Biomechanical Engineering Division of College of Engineering are expected to move into Research Cooperation Building, nurturing creative convergent female leadership in the new industries.
- No.455
- Writer홍보실
- Date2019.07.04
- Views7165

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