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YU Museum collaborates with various exports including the National Forensic Service to make a 3D facial restoration using human bones The special exhibit, ‘Ancient human skeletons, reviving ancient Apdok people’ opens on the 26th Research and analysis of 259 human bones... Revealed the biological and anthropological features of ancient people [September 23, 2019] < "Confirmation of earliest family burial from 1,500 years ago such as couples and father and daughter, etc." / Aired on Yonhap News TV on September 19, 2019> <YU Museum Special Exhibit 'Ancient Human Skeletons, Reviving Ancient Apdok People' (September 26 – November 29, 2019)> The YU Museum (Director Jung In-sung) will restore and reveal the face of a woman from the ancient Apdok Kingdom (located in today’s Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk region) from 1,500 years ago. The YU Museum will put on exhibit the special exhibit ‘Ancient Human Skeletons, Reviving Ancient Apdok People’ from September 26. This special exhibit will reveal the results of the research on 259 human skeletons from the people of ancient Gyeongsan excavated in the ancient burial grounds of Imdang-dong and Joyoung-dong through the excavations of the ancient Imdang Remains tombs and burial grounds conducted in 1982, 1988 and 1989. The YU Museum had issued the ancient human skeleton research results in the ‘YU Museum Collection Gyeongsan Imdang Remains Excavation Human Bones Research Archives’ in December of 2013, and this is the first time to reveal it to the public. In particular, this special exhibit restored the face of a woman from ancient Apdok using 3D rendering technologies, thus attracting huge attention even before the start of the exhibit. Because the discovered skull was preserved well in its original form, it was possible to make restore the face precisely. It was found that this restored face belongs to a woman between the ages of 21 and 35 and was buried in the ancient burial ground in Imdang 5B-2 (built in the late 5th century) that was excavated in 1982. Experts from various fields including forensics and art worked together in the facial restoration work using the human bones. Under the supervision of the YU Museum, the team of the Seoul Catholic University Medical School Professor Kim I-seok completed 3D skull modeling using CT of the human bones, and Dr. Lee Won-joon of the National Forensic Service restored the muscles and skin. Afterwards, artist Yoon Ah-young worked on graphic coloring and realistic picture work to complete the project. <Skeleton excavated from Imdang 5B-2 (female, 21-35 years of age)-facial restoration process> (from photo on top left, excavated skeleton, skull CT) (from photo on bottom left, face restored with 3D, wearing clothes) This special exhibit will not only offer a comprehensive view of the facial restoration process, but it also showed the age, gender, height and various pathological phenomena of the excavated human skeleton. DNA analysis was also performed to check the family relations of the buried as well. YU Museum Director Jung In-sung, who supervised this exhibit, said “The human skeletons discovered being preserved for over 30 years in its original form by the YU Museum acted as the cornerstone for these research achievements. Human skeletons did not receive much attention as relics in the past. However, various research and analyses have become possible using the human bones thanks to the latest science technologies. It was possible to study the biological and anthropological characteristics of the people from that period.” He added, “We are planning to restore the faces or more people using the skeletons of not only women, but also men, royalty and the class buried alive with the dead, as well as adults and children. Furthermore, we are planning to track the ritual food and distribution routes of ancient times by analyzing various mammals and birds such as pheasants, as well as fish bones and clams together with shark bones that were filled with the tombs back then.” This special exhibit will open at 4 p.m. on the 26th and run until November 29. Admission hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays, and will be closed on weekends and holidays. For details, check the YU Museum homepage (http://museum.yu.ac.kr/). During the special exhibit period, there will also be a variety of relevant programs such as seminars that anyone can attend including students and the general public. At 2 p.m. on October 4 is scheduled the academic seminar ‘Studies on ancient skeletons and the people of Apdok’ that will be joined by skeleton experts at the YU Museum auditorium. A total of four lectures by skeleton experts titled ‘Ancient Skeleton Story Explained by Experts’ are scheduled in October and November, and during the exhibition period, the experience-type education ‘Let’s Play Skeleton’ (inquiries 053-810-1712) are also scheduled. Meanwhile, the YU Museum signed the ‘MOU for Joint Pursuance of Apdok Kingdom Cultural Relics Research and Utilization Project’ together with Gyeongsan City in March and has been engaged in research on ancient skeletons excavated at the Gyeongsan Imdang-dong and Joyeong ancient burial grounds, restoration of the faces of the people of Apdok, research on the plant and animal genes excavated from the ancient burial grounds, and restoration of restoration of ancient diet and life history. This special exhibit is conducted as part of the ‘University Museum Promotion Support Project’ hosted by the Korea University Museum Association.
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Career and employment counseling office, 1:1 mock interview office, job cafe, etc. 17 full-time consultants help students with employment through career exploration and employment consulting ‘VR interview machine’ that applies contents per company and job... Practice in a realistic interview room environment [September 17, 2019] YU (Sur Gil-soo) opened the YU Career Employment Center. The purpose of this center is to help students set their career path early on and improve their employment capacities. The YU Career Employment Center that opened on the 17th spans across a total floor space of 583m2 on the first and second floors of the YU Information Processing Center building and is comprised of the career consulting office, employment consulting office, 1:1 mock interview room and job cafe. There are a total of 17 full-time consultants at the career and employment consulting offices and they provide counsel for the students’ aptitude test and career exploration, as well as improving employment capacities. The employment consulting office and the job cafe on the first and second floors has an employment study space with a total of 123 seats where students can come to study on their own or in group studies. <Students receiving counseling from expert consultants at the YU Career Employment Center> In particular, high-tech VR (Virtual Reality) interview devices were introduced for the first time among universities in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas with the opening of the YU Career Employment Center. Two units were installed in the 1:1 mock interview room of the YU Career Employment Center and four in the University Job Center to help improve student competence for interviews. <A student takes part in a virtual interview using the VR interview device at the YU Career Employment Center mock interview room> The VR interview devices that were newly installed have various contents by company and job position. By wearing the VR device, selecting companies and entering their history, students can practice taking interviews in a situation similar to actual interview environments such as the interview environment and interviewer. VR interview devices can be used by individual students without having to make separate preparations and is therefore expected to be very useful for students who will soon be searching for jobs. Woo Yeon-joo (23, YU Department of Korean Language and Literature, senior), who visited the YU Career Employment Center as soon as it opened on the 17th, said, “Students preparing for employment do not have many opportunities to practice in similar situations as that of actual interviews. I think that by using the VR interview devices before actual interviews at companies, students will have a higher chance to perform better at the actual interview.” She added, “I would like to use the VR interview device at the Career Employment Center later when I have an actual job interview.” <Students receiving counseling from expert consultants at the YU Career Employment Center> YU Employment Office Director Lee Seung-woo (Director of the University Job Center) said, “We have constructed an educational environment where students can receive assistance from experts and high-tech devices to explore their individual aptitudes, set their career paths, and strengthen their employment capacities,” while adding, “We will not spare any support to create an employment infrastructure where students can receive support from YU from their admission to graduation and even after joining the professional world.”
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International joint research with Fudan University of China, published in the world’s most acclaimed journal in the immunotherapy of cancer sector Proved treatment of primary cancer and removal of cancer metastasis in studies on lab rats [September 17, 2019] <Department of Medical Biotechnology Professor Jin Joon-oh’s research team that developed new technologies that can be applied in immunotherapy of cancer through international joint research> (left to right: YU Graduate School of Medical Biotechnology master’s degree course Park Hae-bin and Professor Jin Joon-oh) The YU Department of Medical Biotechnology Professor Jin Joon-oh’s (39) research team developed new technologies that can be applied in immunotherapy of cancer through an international joint research project. Li Xu, a master’s degree student at Fudan University, and Park Hae-bin (24, 1st term in master’s degree course) of the YU Graduate School of Medical Biotechnology participated as the co-primary author and Professor Jin participated as the corresponding author. The study was published in the August 2019 issue of the world’s most authoritative academic journal in the immunotherapy of cancer sector, <Journal for Immunotherapy of Cancer, (impact factor (IF) = 8.68)>. Professor Jin’s research team developed a ‘immuno-photothermy treatment liposome’ by adding immuno-activators and photothermy agents in liposome (phospholipid double layer structure with space inside that can be used for transporting materials, and is used as an antibiotic or drug delivery vehicle of anti-cancer drugs for treating cancer). The research team proved to noy only treat primary cancer in lab rats, but also that it could remove cancer that spread to other areas. Professor Jin said, “By mixing antigens of cancer cells through photothermy treatment and immuno-fortifiers secreted from liposomes, we induced cancer antigen-specific immuno-activity. Through this, we confirmed in our research that metastasis cancer was also removed.” He added, “This study will make immunotherapy of cancer possible using antigens created when cancer cells die.” Professor Jin who led the research team has published 32 research papers over the past five years based on this research for developing new immuno-supplements to develop cancer medicine as well as on developing infectious disease treatment. The studies of Professor Jin were published in world-acclaimed academic journals such as Biometerials, Nanoscale, and Frontiers in Immunology, thus receiving international recognition for his research achievements.
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The number of SCI-class thesis per medical school professor 1.0531 Proving the excellence of the faculty... contributing to improving the quality of resident education and medical service [September 17, 2019] <View of the YU Medical Center> The YU Medical Center (Director Kim Tae-nyeon) announced that it was ranked third in the nation for SCI (Science Citation Index) class theses (dental, traditional Korean medicine, veterinarian department not included) per medical school professor. Based on the Ministry of Education’s Korean Council for University Education (university information announcement center) website’s (https://www.academyinfo.go.kr) information, the number of SCI-class papers per professor at YU was 1.0531, placing third following Seoul National University at 1.5375 and Yonsei University at 1.1899. While the number of total studies tend to be proportional to the number of full-time faculty, the actual research performance is revealed through the thesis performance per person. The research achievements of YU medical school professors have significant meaning in that it is connected to improving the quality of education and medical services of residents. While patients are becoming more and more lopsided to university hospitals in the Seoul area, this proves the excellence of the faculty that provides practical treatment at university hospitals in provincial regions. It is expected that such research achievements of medical school professors in other regions will have a positive effect on accelerating the regional balance of medical services in the future. YU Medical Center Director Kim Tae-nyeon said, “This achievement of being third place in the nation for SCI-class papers per medical school professor did not happen overnight,” while adding, “Recently, our medical center has been contributing to the development of the bio medical industry based on high quality research and education infrastructure being selected as the convergence medical scientist fostering institute, innovative medical scientist joint research project institute, etc. We will continue to provide support for active research activities for the development of medicine in Korea.”
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Received good reviews from world-acclaimed college assessment institutes Evaluated a total of 1,396 universities in 92 countries including 31 Korean universities Recognized for world-class research capacities being recognized first place in Korea for five consecutive years in the math and computer science field in the Leiden Ranking [September 16, 2019] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) was ranked 17th in Korea (801-1,000 in the world) in the 2020 world university rankings announced the British global university evaluation institute, ‘THE (Times Higher Education)’. A total of 1,396 universities in 92 countries around the world were included in the ‘THE World University Rankings 2020’ announced on the 11th. A total of 31 Korean universities including YU, Seoul National University (64th in the world), Sungkyunkwan University (89th in the world). In addition to YU, Kyungpook National University, Sogang University, University of Seoul, Ajou University, Inha University, Chonnam National University, and Chonbuk National University were ranked at a tied 17th in Korea an 801-1,000 in the world. THE, which was established in 1971, is a global university assessment institute with the greatest authority in the world together with QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) of England and it has been announcing global college rankings annually since 2004. It ranks the university using five indices such as education conditions (30%), research performance (30%), thesis citation (30%), internationalization (7.5%), and industry-academic cooperation revenue (2.5%). In particular, the world university rankings of THE applies strict standards, thus being assessed to have high global prominence. YU was ranked first place in Korea (45th in Asia, 181st in the world), thus being recognized for its world-class research capacities in the mathematics & computer science engineering in the ‘2019 Leiden Ranking’ announced in May. YU has maintained first place in Korea for five consecutive years. The Leiden Rankings assesses global university rankings based on the qualitative level of theses, thus proving the excellence of research capacities. YU was ranked 12th in Korea in the overall rankings and sixth in the bio and life science sectors, thus being recognized for its outstanding research capacities in all sectors. Regarding such achievements, YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “This shows that the educational and research knowhow that YU has amassed over the years has been recognized by a world-acclaimed college evaluation institute,‘ and added, ”We will spare no effort to further raise the level of education and research to world-class levels.“
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Park Chan-joo wins gold medal in the free weight division, protecting the reputation of the country where ssireum originated Koffie Sameul from Ghana currently studying at the Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul wins bronze medal in his first appearance [September 11, 2019] The YU Ssireum Team (Coach Heo Yong) won the gold and bronze medals at the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Mastership. At the 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Mastership held at the Chungju National Sports Center from September 5 to 6, Park Chan-joo (21, Special Physical Education, junior, right on photo) of the YU Ssireum Team an Koffie Samuel (40, Park Chung Hee School of Policy and Saemaul, master’s course 2nd term, right on photo) won the gold medal and bronze medal, respectively, in ssireum. In the free weight division, Park Chan-joo who represented Korea defeated multiple Mongolian athletes weighing over 180kg and took the gold medal to keep Korea on top of ssireum as the originators of ssireum. Park Chan-joo said, “I am very proud of winning the gold medal and winning the title of the world’s best ssireum athlete in the first international competition. I will also do my best to win the gold medal at the 100th natinal sports competition that will be held in Seoul later in October.” Also, Koffie Samuel from Ghana, who won the bronze medal in the –75kg division, first learned about ssireum while studying at YU. This is his first appearance in an official tournament. After completing the highly intense training of the ssireum team and shedding off 4kg to compete in the tournament, he was able to take home the bronze medal. Koffie Samuel said, “I registered for this tournament with the goal of experiencing the traditional sports of Korea for myself. It was very meaningful just to be able to learn ssireum and compete in the tournament, and it feels like a dream to have won the bronze medal.” He added, “I would like to thank the coach and trainer and Kim sang-hyu of the ssireum team who helped me greatly with training for this tournament.” The 2019 Chungju World Martial Arts Mastership is the world’s only comprehensive martial arts competition where over 4,000 athletes from over 100 countries participated in 20 martial arts such as ssireum, judo, taekwondo and jujitsu. This year, around 100 athletes from 14 countries participated in ssireum.
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School of Mechanical Engineering Professor Joo Sang-woo selected for the ‘Leading Research Center’ project for the Daegu, Gyeongbuk and Gangwon regions Received 12.2 billion KRW in national funding to establish the ‘Autonomous Vehicle Parts and Materials Green Technology Leading Research Center’ Expected to construct a ‘core parts development-corporate technology transfer-commercialization’ system for future cars [September 2, 2019] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) will lead the development of ‘green technologies’, which is a core future industry. The green technology-based research project based on green technologies of Professor Joo Sang-woo’s team at the YU School of Mechanical Engineering was selected as a ‘regional innovation leading research center’ project hosted by the National Research Foundation. In this project, Professors Park Joo-hyun (Electrical Engineering), Jung Ho-yeol (Information Communication Engineering), Kang Mi-sook (Chemistry), Kim Hye-gyeong (Material Engineering) and Kang Seok-won (Automobile Engineering) from YU and Professor Jeon Sang-min (Chemical Engineering) and Noh Joon-seok (Mechanical Engineering) from POSTECH participated as core researchers. With the selection of this project, YU will receive a total of 12.2 billion KRW in funding from September of this year to February 2026 to develop autonomous vehicle parts and materials technologies based on green technologies. YU will establish the ‘Autonomous Vehicle Parts and Materials Green Technology Leading Research Center’ to conduct research on heat, humidity, and lightweight to improve the system efficiency of autonomous vehicles and conduct research on driving environment awareness and control parts. It will also take part in projects for fostering expert personnel and they are thus expected to construct a sustainable development system for the local industry while fostering local human resources. Green technologies create materials with excellent economic efficiency based on the structures and functions of life found in nature, and it is an innovative technology that is eco-friendly and that can prevent environmental pollution. According to the US consulting firm FBEI, it is an industry with great potential where the market is expected to grow up to 1 trillion USD by 2025. Currently, the US, Germany and Japan are focusing on the green technology industry as a new national growth engine industry. Professor Joo Sang-woo, who is supervising this project, said, “We are planning to analyze and develop all parts that can be applied to the autonomous, smart and eco-friendly vehicle sectors, which are all future growth engine industries, in order to gain platform technology assets in advanced.” He added, “Our goal is to construct a smart leading research center with a system where the corresponding technologies can be transfered to local businesses for commercialization.” The parts and materials platform technologies that will be developed through this research project can be used not only for automobiles, but also in the manufacturing sector such as smart factories, as well as in other general industries, and therefore, it is expected to create significant added value such as creating jobs and activating the economy, not to mention the development of the local industries. YU President Sur gil-soo said, “YU has recently been selected consecutively to oversee the HuStar project that the local government is focusing on. This shows that YU is being recognized for its expertise and knowhow in education and research in the future core industry sectors such as future automobiles and water.” He added, “This can determine the future of the local society, so our university will take the initiative for the relevant institutes such as the local government and businesses to gather their capacities.” Meanwhile, the ‘Local Innovation Leading Research Center Project’ is a project that aims to gather the capacities of innovative bodies in the region focusing on local universities to create new jobs by fostering talented local human resources based on the leading research center and to spread research outcomes to improving the competence of local businesses. This project is supported by the Ministry of Science and CIT and is hosted by the National Research Foundation. A total of four regions in the nation are being supported such as Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam, Daegu-Gyeongbuk-Gangwon, Gwangju-Jeonbuk-Jeonnam-Jeju, and Daejeon-Chungbuk-Chungnam-Sejong, and YU wa selected as the supervising university for the Daeg-Gyeongbuk-Gangwon region.
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Diplomas bestowed at the Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall at 10:30 a.m. on the 22nd 78 doctorates, 404 masters, 1,126 bachelors [August 22, 2019] YU (President Sur Gil-soo) held the 2018 second semester commencement ceremony at the Cheonma Art Center Chamber Hall at 10:30 a.m. on the 22nd. On this day, 1,126 students received their bachelor’s degree, 404 master’s, and 78 their doctorate’s degree. Among then, 190 international students (53 bachelors, 108 masters, 29 doctorates) also received their diplomas. YU President Sur Gil-soo, Graduate School Dean Sur Jung-sook, and other faculty members of the university attended the ceremony to bestow students their diplomas and congratulate them. YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I would like to congratulate all of the graduates who received their honorable diplomas on this day after years of hard work. I am confident that the knowledge and skills you gained at YU will act as a great driving force for the development of the Republic of Korea.” He added, “The 240,000 alumni of YU have played pivotal roles in the amazing development of Korea. I challenge the graduates today to also be leaders of the future like your seniors.”
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Promoting friendship of international students from Vietnam and support studying abroad... 12th year anniversary Over 1,000 people including international students, graduates and embassy personnel gather on the 10th and 11th Making memories for studying in Korea while enjoying sports festivals and cultural performances [August 12, 2019] <The 12th Sports Festival of Vietnamese Students in Korea was held over two days on the 10th and 11th at YU> Vietnamese students studying in Korea gathered at one place. The 12th Sports Festival of Vietnamese Students in Korea was held over two days on the 10th and 11th. This sports festival is held every year by the Vietnamese Student Association of Korea (VSAK) to promote friendship and support life while studying abroad among Vietnamese students, and it is celebrating its 12th anniversary this year. This sports event, which was hosted by the YU Vietnamese Student Association (VSAYU) this year, was joined by over 1,000 people including Vietnamese students studying at 22 universities in Korea, graduates, and personnel from the Vietnamese embassy. YU Vietnamese Student Association President Tran Van Thien (22, YU Department of Electronic Engineering, sophomore) who prepared this event said, “This is a big event where Vietnamese students studying all over Korea including Seoul, Daejeon and Busan gather, and therefore, we started making preparations three months ago.” He added, “We were able to host this event successfully because students at other universities were also willing to help. Thanks to the success of this year’s event, I think students are already looking forward to the sports festival for next year.” This sports event that was held over two days included not only soccer, badminton and table tennis at the YU main field, indoor gymnasium and Cheonma Art Center, but also other events including chess and cultural performances. The Vietnamese students who participated in this event slept at the YU dormitory for this one-night, two-day event. <‘12th Sports Festival of Vietnamese Students in Korea’ held at YU (Cultural Performance-Cheonma Art Center)> YU President Sur Gil-soo said, “I am sure that studying abroad so far away from home is not an easy task. I hope that the students will be able to spend time with friends, juniors and seniors from their home country at YU and make great memories of studying abroad.” He added, “There has been a growing number of international students from Vietnam not only at YU, but all around Korea. Our university will provide utmost support so that students from Vietnam will be able to adapt to life in Korea well and focus on their studies.” Meanwhile, there are about 600 international students from Vietnam including undergraduates, graduate school students, language program students, and exchange students at YU.
