More than 50 buildings cover the Ewha campus in Shinchon. Some, such as the Welch Ryang Auditorium and Pfeiffer Hall, have stood for decades. Others fill ground once occupied by facilities that no lon
Ewha formed a special committee to promote academic exchange in the early 1990s. This became the foundation of the Ewha Academy for Advanced Studies (EAAS), a global network established in February 20
Hong Kong University (HKU) ranked number one in the 2010 QS Asian University Rankings. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) ranked second. Both universities entered the list of the b
The Ewha Voice visited Hong Kong from Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 to gather news under the topic “interdisciplinary studies.” The special report will be published in a series of three articles. Leo
The use of smart phones has risen dramatically since they were introduced in Korea at the beginning of this year, especially among university students.“The number of people demanding a smart pho
For many young people of Korea, traditional three-verse Korean poems called sijo can be quite unfamiliar. For foreigners, it is likely something they never heard of in their entire lives. The Ewha Sij
The first western-style weddings were held in the early 1890s in Korea amid a social atmosphere of astonishment and curiosity. As one of the earliest Christian schools for women, Ewha Hakdang, the ori
Thirty three years ago, in February 1977, Kim Chang-sil (’57, Pharmacy) opened up a small art gallery which she named the Sun Gallery in Insa-dong, a place now renowned for tradition, culture an
Korea opened a new chapter of reform and democratization half a century ago, on April 19, 1960. In the midst of reckless gunfire and gushing tear gas, university students bravely stood in the forefron
A symbol of death and cruelty, the Yoduk concentration camp for political prisoners in North Korea is widely cited in media and press conferences, but never made so real that people feel horrified of
When Park Nahee(’08, Physics) first arrived on the Antarctic continent, white was all she could see. Park, who twice spent one and a half months near the South Pole, was one of the two women amo
It takes great effort to imagine a world of no sound. But for some people, their lack of hearing ability is reality. It is something they must live with their entire lives. Often, their desire to hear
As students pass through Ewha’s main gate every morning to enter the campus, when they look to their left, a giant screen-like placard installed on the gray marble wall. It is the Art Wall of Ew
The harsh competition to get a job these days has lead many college students to participate in various types of extracurricular activities to build their resumes. Such extracurricular activities inclu
Most college students would easily say out of habit that human rights should be protected. However, only a few of them would actually roll up their sleeves and take part in improving the rights of hum
The ratio of women who participate in the Korean labor force is one of the lowest among the 30 member-nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation (OECD). Based on last year’s statistics
Mary Scranton was born on December 9, 1832 in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Scranton’s grandfather, John Scranton had two sons, one of whom settled in Connecticut. The other settled in the state o
Tracking down the long lost family tree of Ewha’s founder was spearheaded by Ellen Swanson, an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor who taught in Korea for four years. As the 100th anni
Ewha has completed a project to trace the descendents of Ewha’s founder, Mary Fletcher Scranton. Eight of Scranton’s descendents visited the Ewha campus from October 5 to 8 to participate
Language is not the only means of communication at the Ewha Language Center (ELC) where students from various backgrounds and nationalities gather to learn a foreign language such as Korean, English,