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

Esther Park, born on March 16, 1877 in Jeong-dong,Seoulwas the first and only woman scientist and one of the few university graduates during her generation. She practiced free medicine for the poor, t

Professor Lee Hei-sook (Mathematics) has been supporting women scientists for the past nine years as the founder and the current Executive Director of the Women Into Science and Engineering (WISE) cen

Doctor Lee Hyo-sook (’74, Chemistry) is the first female scientist to be assigned as the Vice President for the Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) in the history of Daed

Professor Lee Kong-ju-bock (Physics), the director general of the National Institute for Supporting Women in Science and Technology (NIS WIST) since 2007, has been noted as a great supporter for women

Film direction was considered nearly off limits to women in the recent past. But, thanks to the efforts of a few dedicated women of vision, times have changed. Lee Hyae-kyong, the director and Bun Jai

ternational Women’s Film Festival in Seoul (IWFFIS), Kwon Eun-sun selected five must-see films from the 104 films shown during the festival.Blessed. Ana Kokkinos, Australia, 2009, Drama, 115&rsq

The following is a transcript from a lecture held on March 3 under the theme, “Korean Development Co-operation: the New Horizons” by Richard Carey, Director of the Development Co-operation

The former aid recipient has turned itself into a donor country for the economic development it made in recent decades. During the Korean War in 1950s, was one of the least developed countries in the

Seven people in white gowns are busy in a laboratory stacked full of books and papers. Machines whirr. Lined up desks are covered with flasks of strange liquids. This is the birth place of the “

Professor Kim Kwan-mook (Chemistry & Nano Sciences) and his research team opened the way to mass-produce amino acids for the first time in history. With this new technology, Korea is able to domes

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

December 10, International Human Rights Day, commemorates the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) by the members of the United Nations (UN) in 1948. The declaration includes in

Peace studies has hardly been researched in Korea, but as a nation develops economically, the importance of peace and human rights grows. As a developed nation, Korea must now acknowledge the importan

"Irenology?" Most have heard of studies such as ecology, theology or sociology, but irenology is unfamiliar to the public. Irenology, the study on preventing and de-escalating conflicts by p

Lee Joo-young (Social Science, 1) brought back more than lingering memories when she returned from the 12-day trip of trekking through the mountainous regions of Nepal on September 4. The fearless lea

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

The Ewha-Harvard Summer School Program ended its five-week schedule with a closing ceremony on July 31. Ewha is the sole collaborating partner in selected byHarvardUniversityfor the 2009 Harvard Summe