Like the lyrics “shining, shimmering, splendid” in the song “ A Whole New World” from Disney’s Aladin, there is a student-led club with the goal to make its members shine more with their dreams through club activities at Chonnam National University (CNU). Founded in 1989 by a nun, the English conver
Chonnam National University (CNU) has been ranked 430th out of the global top 2,000 list of the "World University Rankings 2021-2022" released recently by the Center for World University Ranking (CWUR) in Saudi Arabia. In Korea, CNU maintained its 11st place among Korean universities and second pl
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a branch of computer science and information technology that studies how computers can think, learn, and develop themselves with human intelligence. After Go AI "AlphaGo" was invented, AI began to be developed at a tremendous rate, and the age of AI has accelerated es
Chonnam National University (CNU) held a non-contact entrance ceremony for the class of 2021 on March 2. Instead of gathering on campus, CNU replaced the ceremony by posting a pre-produced video on its official website and YouTube channels due to COVID-19. A total of 6,040 undergraduate and gradtuat
Walking along the street, you can see a lot of trash cans overflowing with trash and also garbage dumped on the street, especially in urban areas. This is a problem around the world, and many countries are trying to reduce waste and get rid of overflowing trash cans, by trying new things such as cha
To celebrate the occasion of the 2020 Multicultural Day, CNU hosted an online event to promote the cultures of China and Uzbekistan from November 9 to 13. It was operated by distributing experience kits to participants who applied for the cultural experience in advance, to small libraries, to cultur
CNU held the "#Greendays Online Festival" from October 28 to 29 on an online platform under the theme of “Recipes that enrich college life in the non-contact era”, where the university’s students produce and share online menus that are needed and can be eaten comfortably by anyone in the world. Th
COVID-19 is a respiratory infectious disease that has spread worldwide since the first mass outbreak of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in December 2019. This caused the whole world to tremble in fear and stop all social life. It has been just over 150 days since the coronaviru
CNU held a commemorative ceremony for the May 18 Democratization Movement’s 40th anniversary at Yongbong Hall on May 18. About 200 people including CNU faculty, alumni, staff and students attended the ceremony co-hosted by The CNU May 18 Institute and the CNU Association of Alumni for Democracy (CAA
These days, more and more people around the world are choosing to become vegan not just for personal tastes and health, but for the protection of animal rights and ecosystems. Vegans refer to people who have a strict vegetarian diet. An expanded concept of ‘vegan’ that avoids animal-derived material
Chonnam National University started to remodel its student union buildings last January. There will be a total renovation to the buildings for the first time in more than three decades. The rapidly deteriorating buildings have needed prompt improvement in order to offer a safe and comfortable enviro
With development of technology, people can purchase goods and services without direct contact with others. The services are called “untact” that is a compound word of the prefix ’un’ meaning “not” and the shortened form of the word ’contact’. The word ‘untact’ may seem unfamiliar, but it refers to t
The adoption of a real-name online comment system has become a controversial issue after a renowned celeb’s suicide. I know of several celebrities who have committed suicide because of malicious comments. I think those comments could be a big part of celebrities’ depression. I also see many abusive