On June 27, 17 students from the Department of Photography and Image Design had their works selected in the photography section of the 2011 Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival (ASYAAF).ASYAAF has been held every year since 2008. Undergraduates, graduate students, and under 30-year-old creative students from Asian countries like Korea, Japan, China, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines participate in ASYAAF. It has 6 fields – Western painting, Korean painting, engraving, photography, crafts, and media art. In 2011, 3182 people submitted their works, and 777 people were selected
On May 30, Keimyung University was certified for business education by the Korean Association of Business Education Accreditation (KABEA). Keimyung University is one of the first private universities to be certified in Daegu-Gyeongbuk.KAEBA was founded to develop business education and raise outstanding students. Since 2005, 22 universities have been certified by KABEA. Among them, there are only 5 non-capital universities and Keimyung University and Kyungbook National University were certified by KABEA in Daegu-Gyeongbuk.Keimyung University received good evaluations from KABEA, especially in
On May 27, Professor Vukan R. Vuchic’s special lecture was held in the audiovisual room of Hengso Museum. He is known as a scholar of traffic engineering. The theme of the lecture was transportation and the city. In the lecture, he said, “City transportation systems for vehicles have failed. Cities should be people-oriented based on public transportation.” About 350 people attended the lecture including many students from the Department of Transportation Engineering and the Department of Urban Planning, many faculty members, and President Synn Il-hi.In this lecture, Professor Vuchic said, “As
The automotive engineering club Speed Limit, composed of 5 Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering students, made the top 16 in the 2011 Baja SAE, supported by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), in Alabama. In this competition, teams made their own automobiles and one team member took part in a racing competition.This competition is demanding because competitors have to meet international safety regulations. Other universities in Korea students had already taken part in this competition, but none had met the standards.Team leader Yoon Jin-young (senior, Department of Mechan
On May 19, the new Hengso Museum shop, TAMM, opened. This brand was created by students of the Dept. of Fashion Marketing. Students reinterpreted traditional products like Korean patchwork from modern viewpointsThe Department of Fashion Marketing has displayed their graduation work in Hengso Museum several times, but they did not sell products. However, this time, they planned a new real brand and a shop to be run by the department to display graduation work. Students made 3 teams, a marketing team, a design team, and a promotion team, to create the brand and operate the shop. They did market
Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital has performed 300 endoscopic submucosal dissections (ESD). On May 4, Dongsan Hospital had a celebration event in the cancer center. Many doctors from the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center attended this celebration. ESD is a procedure for dissecting tumors in the colon by endoscopic treatment. ESD has a low tumor recurrence rate and short hospitalization. A patient who receives ESD can go home quickly.Dongsan Hospital Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Center started ESD for early stomach cancer in 2002. In the past, there was no therapy without surgery for early tu
The Jang Yoo-kyung Dance Company, led by Professor Jang Yoo-kyung of Keimyung University’s Department of Dance, will participate in the 2011 Liaoning Arts Festival. They will perform “Korean Fantasy” in four cities in China.The Liaoning Theater Association and Shenyang City government jointly will sponsor the 2011 Liaoning Arts Festival, which is the biggest performance event in the northeast of China. Each city of Liaoning jointly will carry out this event. There are 14 cities in Liaoning“Korean Fantasy” is composed of the stories of Chuyong, from a Silla Dynasty story, Korean fan dance, Arir
On April 21, a special lecture was held in Hengso Museum. Italian Ambassador Sergio Mercuri gave a lecture “Italian reunification 150 years ago and Italian language and culture in Daegu.” President Synn, university personnel, and students attended the lecture.Sergio Mercuri said that since 1980, Italy and Daegu have been engaged in cooperation in the textile industry. Italy and Daegu have been enlarging not only economic exchange but also culture, art and many other fields. He also anticipated the 2011 IAAF World Championships will be a good opportunity to show the capability of Daegu.He said