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Question

Reading tomorrow’s path from yesterday’s records

A question is the courage to confront the essence. A question directed at what has long been taken for granted awakens stagnant time and clearly illuminates the markers of tomorrow. It contains the stories of SNU people who reflect on themselves, read the grain of the world, and draw new maps.

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Interview

Engineering that Tamed Fire, Art that Discovered Value

Yi Kyung-woo, Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Shin Jakyung, Professor in the Department of Craft

To say that human history is the story of discovering materials and learning to control their properties is no exaggeration. Materials engineering has advanced technology by uncovering the fundamental laws of matter, while metalwork has created value by bringing artistic imagination and new questions to cold materials.

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From a Space for Eating and Sleeping to a “Village” to Live Together

Suh Eunyoung, Dean of Seoul National University Gwanak Residence Halls (Professor, College of Nursing)

With over 6,500 students and 40 buildings, Seoul National University Gwanak Residence Halls is a village as dynamic as its scale suggests. Recently, it reached a new turning point with the introduction of the “SNU style residential college (RC),” a model that goes beyond simple housing to create a shared space for learning and living. Now in her fourth month in office, Dean Suh Eunyoung shares her vision for a happy and safe community.

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From total defeat to full overtake

Cho Seong Eun, Jung Ji Un, Yoon Hye Joo, Kim Won Jae, Park Seo Hyun Creative Engineering Design Robocon 2025 Winning Team “5vertake”

The Creative Engineering Design course, first introduced in 1993 by the late Professor Chu Chong-Nam of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, is renowned for its extreme difficulty. Lower year students, who have barely begun learning engineering theory, must design and build robots themselves. The semester long struggle culminates in the Robocon competition, the outcome of which depends entirely on the robots they have created. The journey of Team “5vertake,” which won the 33rd Robocon in 2025, was no exception. The team members say they grew significantly by achieving results through the most orthodox methods—without shortcuts—and by putting their whole bodies into the work.

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A New Path Discovered While Standing at the Edge

Producer Choi Sung Woon, Host of 〈SNU Catch〉 Season 2 (Business Administration, Class of 2013)

Unlike channel hosts who flaunt their dazzling personas, Producer Choi Sung Woon positions himself as part of the “system.” The relentless survival instincts and objectivity that he cultivated through science high school and business school stem from the same mindset. This is why all eyes are on his approach in 〈SNU Catch〉 Season 2, the knowledge sharing series on Seoul National University’s official YouTube channel.

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