Cho Hae-jin, writer and alumna of Ewha, is famous for her novel “Happiness of a Walker,” which won the Lee Hyo-seok Literature Award in 2016. Cho earned both a bachelor’s degree in the Department of Education and a master's degree in the Department of Korean Language & Literature in Ewha. She starte

Dedicated solely to queer feminism, Oomzicc is an independent publishing company that took its first step in 2015 with just two members, co-chief editors Roh Yu-da and Na Naz-zam. They started to publish books independently on this specific topic because of the limitations they had experienced while

With the development of technology, reading culture has changed in modern society. The governmental survey conducted in 2018 showed that four out of ten Korean adults do not read any books throughout the year. Hence, attempts to revitalize the reading culture new approaches are in progress both offl

Divorce is still a controversial topic in Korea and Cho In-sup, a divorce lawyer at Law firm Shinsegaelaw, is breaking the divorce taboo in Korea with comics on social media. Cho is an Ewha alumnae who graduated from the Department of Law in 1999 spreading a message online that divorce is one of the

The 2019 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU), an international academic conference on cities and architecture, opened from Sept. 7 to Nov. 10. With the very first SBAU held in 2017, this is the second year to hold the conference in which Ewha students have also taken part.The theme of

To facilitate collaborative research among different disciplines within Ewha, Office of Research organized Ewha Research Convergence Forum for the second time on Oct. 30 in Pfeiffer Hall. The event included the opening address of Vice President for Office of Research Bahn Hyo-kyeong and welcome spee

College of Pharmacy Research Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (RIP) and Fibrosis Control Center hosted “The 1st Fibrosis Control Center Symposium” on Nov. 7 at ECC theater. The purpose of the symposium was to introduce leading studies on fibrotic diseases. The first session was about the basic

Science and Technology in Translation & Interpreting has been held at the International Education Building’s LG Convention Hall on Nov. 9. The conference discussed the inextricable relationship between science and translation. Researchers and professors from Ewha, University of Tokyo, National T

The renewal of the EUREKA portal system officially opened on Nov. 3 where minor updates including a changed page template and sleeker user interface took place on the platform to improve the IT infrastructure of the school. The portal was shut down from Nov. 1 until midnight of the following day. Th

Ewha Chamber Orchestra: The 20th Regular Concert took place on Nov. 11 at Young San Art Hall. Ewha Chamber Orchestra consists of alumni from the College of Music and was made to continue the legacy of music at the school. The orchestra has held concerts annually, and for 2019, they organized a set-l

The school library held an exhibition titled Sherlock Holmes and Detectives from Nov. 1 to 8 at the library hall. It was an exhibition to celebrate the 160th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of the famous mystery novel series, Sherlock Holmes. The library hosted several dif

A combination of exhibitions, participatory booths, and street performances filled the streets in front of the school on Nov. 1 as part of the Ewha Art Road Festival.The event was organized by Seodaemun-gu Office in hopes of bringing together all constituents of the community including students, loc

The Latest Trend Seminar with Sohn Byoung-ok president of Make-A-Wish Foundation took place in Ewha-Shinsegae Building on Nov. 1. Make-A-Wish Foundation is a nonprofit organization which helps realizes the wishes of children suffering from terminal illness. Son Byoung-ok has been with the foundation

Multicultural Intercultural Research Center, World Educational & Cultural Aid (WECA), and Save to You 365 hosted an academic debate session on Oct. 31 at Lee Sam Bong Hall. The event was about the education multicultural children should receive as they adapt to new environments during their upbringi

The school’s museum gave a cultural lecture titled Copyright guide for museum professionals, on Oct. 30 at the museum’s lecture hall. It was part of the 2019 Museum’s Culture Day project and was opened to the public. The lecture aimed to explain the complicated Art Copyright Act in a simple and conc

Jump, a non-profit educational social venture company, held a Salon de Jump in Ewha-Posco building on Nov. 5. Salon de Jump is a talkconcert where mentors share their knowledge with the mentees, the audience. Two mentors, a freelance translator and a manager in the business development team in Zigza

2019 Fall Conference “The Politics of Sound” was held under the theme “Soundscape of Korean Modern Music” on Nov. 9 at ECC. The purpose of the conference was to present a new perspective on modern Korean music. The event mainly focused on introducing music from the modern colonial period. In the thi

The 2019 Ewha People Make the Beautiful World event officially started on Oct. 28 with six programs planned. This charity event has been annually led by Volunteer Services since 2001 with the purpose of sharing volunteer culture of Ewha.This year’s programs included a kimchi making session, campaign

Ewha Registrar team has carried out a mock course registration on Oct. 30 to 31 and announced that they will renew the registration portal system to alleviate previous problems with course registration.The most noticeable innovation of the portal system was the convergence of various websites. Stude

Interdisciplinary Program of Social Economy Graduate School conducted the first non-degree course for university students for nine months between March and November. The course, titled “Raising Change Makers with Empathy and Innovation,” aimed to help students gain insight on appropriately defining