Science is based on reason and logic, while art is considered a very different field that stems from emotion and imagination. However, when considering the behind stories of many masterpieces, much of the artists’ process and workflow resemble that of scientists.Following this historic pattern where

​​​​​​​I have a friend who works at a vegan restaurant as a chef. His restaurant sells Hawaiian pizza and mint chocolate icecream, all without the dairy and meat and whatever includes animal-derived ingredients. Frankly speaking, I’ve never been to his restaurant, but he tells me about incidents at

​​​​​​​The first time I met my wife, I had just arrived as an exchange student from Germany at her university, UC San Diego. She asked what I studied, and when I replied her face took a slightly repulsed expression. As a physics major I had seen that look before and many times since. This response t

Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) founded shelters in Seoul to provide temporary accommodations for the homeless. Three shelters are available for homeless men, whereas only one exists for women.Didim Center, the only temporary shelter for homeless women in Seoul, is in need of donations. Located

YG Entertainment (YG) received backlash when BLACKPINK’s new music video featured Jennie, one of its members, in a nurse outfit poles apart from actual ones. The Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union and other institutions openly criticized the short skirt, nurse cap, and high heels, stating it w

Comfortably socialize and fight through COVID-19 - WIPPY Can we still meet people with similar interests and get through COVID-19 together? Wippy is a social networking application for those in their 20s and 30s, created by Kim Bong-gi from NRISE. Inc, a start-up company.In 2014, NRISE. Inc started

Korea is a country where trends come and go quickly. With increased time spent at home, trends like the Dalgona Challenge, whipping Dalgona cream on top of coffee, swept across the country. Similarly, people have also started to take personality tests and share their results online. MBTI, shortened

Artist Moon Ji-young, a graduate in the Department of Political Science & International Relations mentioned the difficulties artists face during the pandemic in the interview with Busan Daily. She specified in the interview with Ewha Voice that not only have the exhibition periods shortened in half,

The 52nd student council Emotion held the fifth Right Light Festival online from Oct. 6 to 8. Right Light Festival is an annual festival where various agendas regarding the rights of individuals are discussed and debated. Followed by the opening ceremony streaming on YouTube, the festival held vario

Students at various levels of education have been unable to attend school normally and take classes for more than seven months due to the grave circumstances of the COVID-19 outbreak. Consequently, along with the rise of virtual online learning systems, methods of education have changed dramatically

Starting June 10, the government implemented KI-Pass, short for Korean Internet Pass. This application utilizes QR code check-ins on Naver, KakaoTalk, and PASS to identify when people use public facilities such as cafés, restaurants, bars, and movie theaters. Although the system was presented as a r

Due to the tightening of social distancing restrictions in the Seoul metropolitan area between Aug. 30 and Sept. 13, Ewha announced all classes to run entirely online until the end of September. After Chuseok, a major Korean holiday celebrating harvest gathering, the school announced that hybrid cla

Sometimes, we become passionate for something in an unexpected way, just like the movie The Hobbit: An unexpected journey. This was exactly what happened to me during the long and stressful quarantine. It may seem paradoxical to get interested in something in such a difficult and hopeless time. But

Rich unnie (older sister in Korean) Yoo Soo-jin is a former financial planner and representative of Ruby Stone Corporation, a financial consulting firm. Yoo has become the face of a “rich unnie” in Korea for delivering information to the general public on how to approach investment through best-sell

Painting murals has been a part of Park Hee-jeong’s life since 2011 when she was a freshman at Ewha. What started as a parttime job a decade ago has evolved into a growing business and social enterprise called Daygraphy.After a failed attempt in 2014 to create a mobile application, Park, who is an a

Before I came to Seoul, my hometown was New York City, and I still pay attention to news from New York. These days the news makes me sad—not only is there the COVID-19 problem, but, also, New York seems to be experiencing an outbreak of gun murders and crime.This surprises me. Though New York, as Am

Seodaemun-gu recently administered road name addresses and installed address boards to 95 parks consisting of 36 children’s parks, nine small parks, two culture parks, and 48 village courtyards in the district. Prior to this project, the road name address, which includes the road name and the buildi

The Korea Immigration Service Foundation has provided a website for international students to register for their Foreigner Registration Card (FRC) online, and 14 universities including Ewha approved for online registration.The Office of International Affairs (OIA) made an announcement accordingly to

Awkward accents while astonished trying traditional Korean food like Kimchi and Bulgogi, and praising Korea for being one of the most developed countries, this is what was expected of a foreigner celebrity shown on Korean TV shows 20 years ago. However, this is simply not the case anymore.Korea used