In the previous Overseas Special, Ewha Voice explored student support and research funding in the U.S. engineering field. In this edition, Ewha Voice visited the city of Boston, well-known for its biotechnology hub. This was recently demonstrated by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s visit to view the innova
The South Korean Ministry of Science and Information Communication Technology (ICT) has stoked controversy over their announcement of a 3.4 trillion won decrease in the research and development (R&D) budget. Professors and budding scientists who are dependent on government funding criticized the gov
On Sept. 6, a man who abused 53 dogs he had raised for the past eight years was sentenced to a six-month prison term with two years’ probation. On Aug. 23, the animal abuse case of a person who strangled street cats and distributed videos of the crimes via Kakao Talk’s open chat room angered many pe
Earth’s outstanding biodiversity, well known to all, has been under massive pressure for the past few centuries. The rapidly expanding human population has put enormous pressure on wildlife, leaving almost 8,000 species of animals categorized as globally threatened and over 9,600 tree species in dan
Robin Leigh has known for her entire life that she did not want to become a parent. When she unexpectedly got pregnant in her 20s, she instantly knew that an abortion was the right choice. The abortion procedure itself was easier and smoother than expected. Leigh had gone to an encouraging women’s c
On May 2, American political journalism company Politico revealed Justice Samuel Alito’s first draft opinion overturning abortion rights, which had been protected as a constitutional right since 1973 by the Roe v. Wade ruling. The following month, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) anno
In the previous Overseas Special from the last issue of Ewha Voice, we looked at femtech, the industry itself and its market, featuring prominent entrepreneurs and market experts both inside and outside of the country. However, a few questions regarding its impact beyond the business sector remain u
Spinning around almost every sphere, women play important, irreplaceable roles as key figures of society. However, women and their needs have been historically neglected in many parts of the world. Women’s health is one such essential need that has been underserved and underfunded. Femtech, a term a
“We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” The words of the late Winston Churchill speak of how buildings have an immense effect on us without many of us even realizing it. For example, a 2007 study by Jan Meyers-Levy and Rui (Juilet) Zhu found that ceiling heights can have a huge impact on
In a world where 2.5 billion people own a smartphone, any information or knowledge is easily one tap away. However, this also means each individual is imprisoned in their online filter bubbles, a state of ideological isolation introduced by internet activist Eli Pariser in 2010. Web algorithms cherr
“Any questions? Any thoughts?” often brings deadly silence into classrooms in South Korea. It happens in 2020 as it did a decade ago at the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit when Barack Obama specifically offered the Korean press a chance to ask the first question as host country. Half a minute of silence init
To investigate how students responded to problem-based learning (PBL), Ewha Voice took a journey to Gotland and Uppsala University to discover PBL in action. While brainstorming solutions to cases, students were freely invited to share their opinions in the entire PBL process. Professors taking on t
Korea’s education system starting from elementary school up to higher education has kept the tradition of high-stakes tests and nationally adopted textbooks. However, educators began to question how can we lead students to be more engaged in their learning? And how can we induce them to connect what
The first part of this series gave a general overview of the principles of Finnish education and glimpses of Finnish college classes. In this issue, we take a look at various types of IT education, spanning from college to grassroots learning.While education on coding is growing in Korea due to gove
Two perennial challenges of Korean education that are present from kindergarten to college are reducing the pressure of a hyper-competitive system and preparing students for an uncertain employment landscape. How should students learn differently? And what should they be learning? To answer these qu
YouTube is the world’s most-used video sharing platform these days. Among the wide range of people joining the platform, YouTubers in their 20s are especially prolific. Balancing life as a student vlogger Among the young people who are sharing their own videos online, many university students are ju
With social media being so common, it is not surprising to see a crowd of young people all looking down at their phones double-tapping on pictures. This is a phenomenon not just in Korea, but in most countries. In 2017, 68 percent of the overall Korean population were social media users and among th
The previous edition of Ewha Voice covered Korean new media startups G pictures and Deepr which are engaging young readers in news. However, our survey revealed that many Korean millennials remain disinterested in current affairs. Ewha Voice’s overseas coverage has found a very different media lands
Most young Koreans responding to a survey by Ewha Voice are not interested in news. 66.4% of the 145 respondents in their 20s said they were not interested in traditional media stories compared to their parents’ generation, mainly because they were too difficult, too biased or did not appeal to thei
MIT Puppy Lab: Therapy Dogs for Everyone!Most people might think that therapy dogs are only found in senior care centers. However, one student group is providing the university community with a chance to connect through unconditional puppy love. Massachusetts Institution of Technology Puppy Lab is t