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Establishment of New Major, ‘AI Convergence Education,’ within Graduate School of Education

The Graduate School of Education (Dean Han You-Kyung) has been approved for a new Master of AI Convergence Education program, as part of the Ministry of Education’s project, and is going to accept admissions applications for a master’s degree of “AI Convergence Education” for the fall 2020 semester. Compulsory software education is broadly introduced in elementary and middle schools starting this year in keeping with the Ministry’s policy to strengthen AI education based on the mandatory curriculum, which emphasizes the necessity for enhancing AI education and cultivating a specialized workforce. The Graduate School of Education decided to establish and operate courses for “AI Convergence Education” within the Education Department, in order to cultivate specialized teachers who will lead innovation in educational contents and methods, in line with the 4th industrial revolution, and to contribute to establishing a leading education system that deals with AI technologies that would bring a turning point in societal transformation. To this end, the school plans to run programs that aim to strengthen practical leadership in AI convergence education by utilizing 4th industrial revolution technologies, in collaboration with various related departments at Ewha University and other excellent researchers in the field of big data and convergence education. It also plans to develop and operate diverse AI convergence education models. In addition, on February 10th (Mon), the school signed a “Memorandum of Understanding for Establishment and Operation of AI Convergence Education Graduate School” with the Incheon Metropolitan City Office of Education. It also plans to complete MOUs in March with the Seoul Metropolitan and Gyeonggi-do Education Offices. Elementary and middle school teachers who complete the master’s degree in education (AI Convergence Education) will teach AI convergence classes in their school, and if they are recommended or selected for the program by a metropolitan or provincial education office, they will receive support fund within the amount less than 50% of tuition (up to 1.5 million won). The Graduate School of Education opened in 1967 operates excellent pre- and post-teacher education programs for preschool, elementary, and middle school teachers, and was selected as one of the best graduate schools in the 2016 education institutions evaluation by the Ministry of Education. It was also selected as the best institution in the 2010 nationwide evaluation of graduate schools by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, and the second best in the 2006 evaluation by the Ministry of Education. The school is expected to make another leap forward, with establishment of the new major, to a major institution that cultivates teachers who are equipped with the capabilities necessary in the 4th industrial revolution era.
- No.508
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- Date2020.03.20
- Views2566
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300 Ewha Alumnae Pass 2020 Teacher Certification Exam

A total of 300 Ewha graduates have passed the final round in the annual teacher certification examination for the 2020 school year. Ewha produced 270 successful teacher candidates in 2019, 324 in 2018, 281 in 2017, maintaining its status as Korea’s only comprehensive teacher training institution that offers majors in early childhood, primary and secondary school education and special education for core subjects. This year, Ewha produced 190 successful teacher candidates for middle school, 53 for elementary school, 27 for kindergarten, and 30 for non-curricular positions (school health, librarian, nutrition, and professional counseling). In particular, the number of successful candidates from Ewha in the field of special education rose to 43, up by 159 percent from the previous year (27). Ewha also produced successful teacher candidates in the field of home economics, IT and computer, librarian, and nutrition. As in previous years, a number of Ewha alumnae took the top and second places in multiple areas. In Seoul, they achieved the highest score in early childhood special education, the highest and second highest scores in elementary special education, and the highest score in early childhood education. The top-scoring candidates in earth science education and physical science education in Gyeonggi-do, and in music education in Incheon also were Ewha alumnae. Ewha Womans University College of Education Ewha’s history in teacher education began in 1915 when it opened the Kindergarten Training School, and it boasts over 100 years of heritage and competence. Ewha’s College of Education, which has the best and longest history in Korea, received the highest grade four times in the nationwide evaluation of teacher training institutions (in 2015, 2010, 2004 and1998). Ewah’s Graduate School of Education, Korea’s first education graduate school established in 1967, also belonged to the best institution group in 2016 and were selected as the best institution in 2010 and the second best institution in 2006, in the evaluation of education graduate schools, with its leading role in cultivating education experts required in various fields of society as well as providing both pre- and post-education for teachers.
- No.506
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- Date2020.03.09
- Views5303
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2020 Welcome Program for Freshmen ‘Welcome to Ewha’ is held online

Ewha unveiled "Welcome to Ewha,” a welcome program for freshmen in 2020, through the school's official YouTube channel. Although the new student convocation scheduled on February 28(Fri.) was canceled due to the spread of COVID-19, the school organized online welcome ceremony for 3,366 newly enrolled undergraduate students. As of February 25(Tue.), the school accepted a total of 3,366 freshmen, including 62 international students, all of whom will spend four years of their campus life at Ewha, affiliated to 73 departments of 14 colleges. The freshmen entering this semester include seven EGPP(Ewha Global Partnership Program) scholarship recipients from seven Asian and Latin American countries, including Daniela Beatrice, an undergraduate student majoring Computer Science and Engineering. "Welcome to Ewha" is a talk concert hosted by an Ewha alumna with panels of undergraduate students to welcome new students and provide them with guidance on student support programs. The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held in Welch-Ryang Auditorium right after the new student convocation. However, with the cancellation of the ceremony due to the COVID-19, it was live steamed on YouTube this year. The live broadcast began with President Kim Heisook's congratulatory speech for the freshmen. President Kim said in her congratulatory message that, “Ewha Womans University, which started in 1886 with a single enrollment and has always taken the path of challenge for 133 years, is now unfolding a path before you to the pure possibilities of becoming anyone and doing anything." After the speech, a school choir composed of male professors of Ewha gave a performance to welcome freshmen, who was also provided with vivid sketch of campus life and college life know-how presented by alumna Lee Eun-jae (Majoring history, graduating class of 2016) who is SBS News producer and also a host of the event, and panels of undergraduate students. The live broadcast drew huge attention with more than 2,000 people watching the show, which could redeem the disappointment of the cancellation of the new student convocation by providing chances to meet various Ewha members and obtain useful information.
- No.504
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- Date2020.02.28
- Views4525
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Professor Cho Suyeon Published Thesis in a Prestigious Journal in the Material Science Field

A joint research team led by Professor Cho Suyeon of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science successfully synthesized a new two-dimensional material using electrons which is relatively easy to control. The research dealt with spin control of a two-dimensional material which is considered a semiconductor material of the next generation. The material is called Vanadium Ditelluride, and its crystal structure is entirely different from existing two-dimensional materials. It shows spin–charge–lattice coupling instead of charge-lattice interaction, and plays an important role in the expression of polymorphism which is known as the unique property of two-dimensional materials. These physical phenomena respond sensitively to changes in the structure of electrons near Fermi energy, demonstrating the possibility of spin control not only with charge, but also with pressure and tension. The research findings show that it is possible to control the magnetism, crystal structure, and electronic structure of materials with simple external stimuli instead of magnetic fields, leaving open the possibility of next-generation electronic elements that use spin. The research was funded by the National Research Foundation’s research support program utilizing major research infrastructure abroad and conducted in cooperation with Sungkyunkwan University and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. “Polymorphic Spin, Charge, and Lattice Waves in Vanadium Ditelluride” that contains the research findings was published on the website of world’s renowned journal of Advanced Materials (IF 25.809) on February 6. Ewha Womans University, with its first women’s engineering college in the world established in 1996 with the vocation of the time of “development of science and technology through nurturing of excellent female engineers,” opened Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in 2015 with an aim to cultivate highest-level female professionals who lead the field of chemistry and materials science. Professor Cho joined Ewha’s Chemical Engineering and Materials Science in the Division of Advanced Technology as the first alumna professor in 2017 and is committed to research and education.
- No.502
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- Date2020.02.20
- Views2971
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Ewha’s Main Website Became More Convenient and Powerful

Ewha Womans University opened its new website on February 14. The Office of Information and Communications conducted Ewha’s Main Website Renewal Project in order to respond to a changing trend where more users access web services through mobile devices and increase brand value as one of the prestigious universities in the world. The reorganized website is designed to maximize usability and accessibility by applying responsive web UI structure and design under the motto, Mobile First. It has also expanded mobile content and services, such as academic calendars and campus maps, and implemented a powerful search function to accurately provide data, which is scattered on the website and on-campus information system, in accordance with user needs. The focus was placed on strengthening killer content to serve as a window for enhancing brand image and communication. In addition, by integrating content scattered on each online channel to the website, its function as an effective promotional tool has been enhanced. In particular, the revamped website is developed in the Korean-English dual mode, offering the same service and content to English users. It is expected to serve as a global communication platform where people around the world interact and communicate with each other.
- No.500
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- Date2020.02.14
- Views3161
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Health Convergence Professor Publishes Article in JAMA

Ahn Song Vogue, a professor of Health Convergence published an article in the world-renowned medical journal JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association). In a joint research with researchers from Gachon University College of Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Professor Ahn analyzed the incidence of thyroid cancer, the number and types of thyroid cancer surgeries and the incidence of postoperative hypoparathyroidism in Korea between 2007 and 2016, based on the big data from the National Health Insurance Sharing Service (NHISS) which is operated by the National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) of Korea. Thyroid cancer had been increasing at a faster rate than any other cancer since 2000 in both Korea and worldwide. Compared with the incidence of thyroid cancer by country in 2012, South Korea showed four times higher incidence of thyroid cancer in men and five times in women than the United States, which is known to be related to high rate of medical screenings. Since 2013, with much heightened awareness of situations like this, new guidelines have been enacted and implemented to encourage more selective thyroid ultrasonography at the time of examining for thyroid cancer, and to revise the criteria for a thyroid fine needle aspiration cytology with suspicious nodules larger than 1 cm in diameter. The research found that the incidence and the rate of surgeries of thyroid cancer began to decline after peaking in 2013, and that the incidence of postoperative hypoparathyroidism reduced at the same time. Professor Ahn, the first author of the article, said, "This research is meaningful in that it may influence the national health policy by grasping the status and prospect of the national health level and the medical conduct based on the NHISS big data in line with the Fourth Industrial Revolution trend.
- No.498
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- Date2020.02.10
- Views1435
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Professor Kim Wankyu Succeeded in Attracting Five-Billion-Won-Investment in His Big Data-AI-Based Drug Discovery Venture

Professor Kim Wankyu of Life Science attracted Series A investment worth 5 billion won for KaiPharm, an AI-Data driven drug discovery venture. Professor Kim raised series A investment funding just in 14 months after he set up the venture firm, and plans to build a globally unique reference database for drug-induced gene expression profiles. Kaipharm, which was founded by a research team led by Professor Kim Wankyu in 2018, develops the next generation platform for new medicines through unique bioinformatics analysis, big data mining and virtual search technology. Kim said that, with this technology, we can treat cells with drugs to analyze the expression patterns of approximately 20,000 human genes, and thereby produce a wealth of information on the mechanism of action of the drugs. In addition, the technology can be utilized to find a new indication by investigating whether a change in transcriptome patterns of a developing drug is similar to the action of an existing drug, or by comparing that with the pattern in the state of a particular disease. With this investment, KaiPharm and Institut Pasteur Korea decided to jointly generate an NGS-driven drug-induced transcriptome database (KMAP project). Based on this project, KaiPharm plans to develop new drugs in collaboration with research institutes, universities and pharmaceutical companies at home and abroad and provide analysis services. Previously, KaiPharm was selected as a recipient of Tech Incubator Program for startup Korea (TIPS) by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups and received seed investment. With the Series A investment funding that the firm raised from KB Investment and other six entities, now KaiPharm secures a total of 7 billion won. KaiPharm was established through a startup support program for faculty which includes “Ewha labs venture certification” and provision of a startup space within the laboratory. The firm has actively engaged in student employment and startup for students and recruited three undergraduates as interns during this winter session alone, contributing to nurturing talents. Kim said, “It has been ten years since I joined Ewha. During the first five years, I conducted research on genomics, bioinformatics and systems biology, which are my major field of study. Over the last five or six years, I focused on combining my previous research with development of new drugs, which led to the establishment of a venture firm.” "I want to contribute to bringing innovation to drug development through the convergence of data science and biomedical science," he added. Over the last couple of years, the Department of Life Science saw excellent members of the faculty launching a startup company, including Kang Sang Won (Vastera, inflammatory regulation), Bae Yun Soo (Celros Biotech, vascular disease treatment), and Shim Hyunbo (Curocell, Anticancer immunotherapy).
- No.496
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- Date2020.02.10
- Views994
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Students from the College of Pharmacy Published Theses in Renowned International Journals in Succession

Students from the College of Pharmacy of Ewha Womans University continue to publish theses in prestigious international journals. Undergraduates are producing prominent research results through the curriculum of practice with professors and graduate students, breaking the stereotype that “only graduates can write outstanding papers” and promoting the research capacity and academic excellence of “Ewha pharmacy” at home and abroad. Park Soo-min, who is in the sixth year of the College of Pharmacy, and Lee Na-ri on a master's degree program (academic adviser: Gwak Hye-sun) published “Association between glutathione-S-transferase gene polymorphisms and responses to TKI treatment in patients with chronic myeloid leukemia: a meta-analysis” as co-first authors and their paper was posted on the website of Targeted Oncology. In this study, the team of the College of Pharmacy proved the correlation between genetic polymorphisms (mutation) of glutathione-S-transferase enzymes, which are amino acids produced by our body itself, and therapeutic responses of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor (TKI), an anticancer drug. The findings of this study are significant as the analysis of the relationship between gene mutations of an individual patient as a genetic disorder and the treatment responses of an anticancer drug has emerged as an important task for cancer research. Another paper titled “PGC-1α, a potential therapeutic target against kidney aging” was also published in the October issue of Aging Cell, one of the top international journals in the related field. The paper was written by Kim Yoo-jeong, Ko Min-ji, and Yu In-young (academic adviser: Ha Hun-joo), all of whom attained a bachelor's degree in Pharmacy in February 2019, and the authors conducted the study as part of an in-depth research practice. While various research is being conducted on “healthy aging” strategies as the aging of population becomes a global trend, the research team of Ewha drew attention with their research showing that activating PGC-1α, a key regulator of energy metabolism, could be an effective strategy to inhibit the aging of kidney. Ewha’s College of Pharmacy, established in 1945 as the first four-year pharmaceutical college in Korea, will continue to take the lead in nurturing integrated professionals in pharmacy with global capabilities.
- No.494
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- Date2020.02.10
- Views1256
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Ewha Graduates’ Promotion in Companies Testifies to Power of Ewha Network

With Korea’s leading companies executing their executive personnel appointment in 2020, a series of Ewha graduates’ promotion drew attention. Ewha Leads Prominence of Women and Those in Their Forties In the regular executive personnel appointment for the year 2020 announced on January 20, Samsung Electronics promoted Song Myung-ju (Science Education, class of 1992), Lee Gwi-ho (Library & Information Science, class of 1998), and Lim Gyung-ae (Interior & Fashion Design, class of 1997). Song Myung-ju was promoted to head of the global PM division (senior vice president), Lee Gwi-ho was promoted to head of the advertisement business group of the CD division (vice president), and Lim Gyung-ae to head of the UX innovation group of the household appliance division (vice president). They are among those promoted to executives in their forties. In this appointment, which focused on strengthening the future CEO candidate pool, three out of five newly appointed female executives are Ewha graduates, which proves the power of Ewha network. Also, Kwon Hyun-jeong (Sociology, class of 1996), leader of business division 14 in Cheil Worldwide, was promoted to vice president, and Park Gyeong-hee (English Literature, class of 1990), head of the SNI business division of Samsung Securities, was promoted to executive vice president. Cho Eun-kyung (Statistics, class of 1994), leader of Customer Journey TF of BDA Center of the marketing division in Samsung Card, was promoted to vice president, becoming the only female executive in the company. Power of Ewha Network In the executive personnel appointment announced by Hyundai Motor Group on December 27, all of the three newly appointed women executives are Ewha alumnae. In the appointment focused on female executives and those in their forties, head of the human resource department 1 in Hyundai-Kia Motor Song Mi-young (Educational Technology, class of 1999), leader of the regional strategy team in Hyundai Motor Lee In-a (Law, class of 1996), and head of Genesis customer experience team Lee Hyung-a (History, class of 1993) were promoted to vice president in their respective groups for the accomplishment they achieved with their expertise and experience. In a company where the number of female executives was relatively low, it is exceptional that three women employees were promoted to executives all at once. As Ewha alumnae demonstrated outstanding performance, the number of female executives in Hyundai Motor Group increased to eight. In the executive appointment of GS Group in 2020, Yoon Seon-mi (Law, class of 1995) was newly appointed as an executive. Yoon entered the company through open recruitment, worked as head of the brand business group in GS Home Shopping since 2018, and then was promoted to head of the contents business department in GS Home Shopping (vice president). Marking the 134th anniversary this year, Ewha Womans University has produced female leaders in social, political and cultural areas. Based on the solid network of 230,000 graduates, Ewha Womans University ranked first in the net employment rate of the liberal art departments and fourth in the total employment rate among universities according to the 2019 JoongAng Ilbo University Rankings. Also Ewha produced the largest number of female executives (29 alumnae with a bachelor’s degree) according to the 2019 survey of female executives in Korea’s 100 largest companies.
- No.492
- Writer홍보실
- Date2020.01.30
- Views1844
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HOKMA College of General Education Held 5th Ewha Ecrire

Ewha’s HOKMA College of General Education (Dean: Choi Hye-Won) hosted the 5th Ewha Ecrire at the Lee Sam-bong Hall of the ECC building on January 7. Starting in 2016 to improve Ewha students’ capacity in reading and critical thinking, Ewha Ecrire marks its 5th anniversary this year. During the event participated by around 60 undergraduates, competitors for the book review category wrote a book review in a form of an open-book test after having read in advance one of the five required readings including Latin Lesson (Han Dong-il, 2017), Lab Girl (Hope Jahren, 2017), Enough (Wislawa Szymborska, 2016), The Right to Useful Unemployment (Ivan Illich, 2014), and A Field Guide to Getting Lost (Rebecca Solnit, 2018). Contestants for the travel essay category wrote an essay on their domestic or overseas travel experiences. HOKMA College of General Education selected 13 winners including first, second and third places of each category and encouragement prize awardees after three-step evaluations conducted by internal and external professionals. Dean of HOKMA College of General Education Choi Hye-Won emphasized the significance of the competition by saying, “Writing based on deep thinking and reflection is an activity that is still valid and ever more important because it protects human identity and helps us think in a deep and novel way unlike machines in the era of AI.”
- No.490
- Writer홍보실
- Date2020.01.21
- Views1301

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