Heo Soo-bin, a second-year medical student at CNU, published a paper as the first author in an SCIE-indexed international journal on August 5. Heo previously received high praise for presenting a rare complex variation of the axillary artery discovered during an anatomy lab in his first year of medical school at the "2023 Human Anatomy Lab Poster Presentation." With guidance fro...

CNU received an A grade in the 2024 performance evaluation for the National University Development Project. Based on this excellent evaluation, the university secured a total of 24.35 billion KRW in project funding, including 10.98 billion KRW in incentives. The university received high marks for its flexible academic operations, such as managing interdisciplinary and self-designed maj...

CNU has formed the Gwangju-Jeonnam Region Early-Stage Startup Fund and will raise 5 billion KRW to discover and support local startup unicorns as part of its global ambitions. The fund, managed by CNU Technology Holdings and the Jeonnam Regional University Consortium Startup Technology Holding Company, raised 5 billion KRW including 3 billion KRW from the Korea Growth Fund. Gwangju City (...

A research team from CNU has successfully developed a new concept of cancer immunotherapy based on non-toxic Salmonella bacteria. The team, led by Professors Min Jung-joon and Hong Yeong-jin, created genetically engineered bacteria combining Salmonella, E. coli, and Vibrio species to reprogram the tumor microenvironment and develop an innovative immunotherapy. Their research was publis...

CNU has been selected as a partner institution for the 2024 Korea-Japan Student Exchange Program Project organized by the National Institute for International Education. Along with CNU, a total of 20 universities have been selected. This program, running from September to December this year for four months, aims to enhance students' international capabilities through educational excha...

CNU has been selected for the 2024 University ICT Research Center (ITRC) project supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT, and the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation. As a result of this selection, the CNU Super-Regional Medical AI Research Center (director: Professor Yang Hyung-jeong) will receive a total of 7.5 billion KRW in funding ...

CNU held an excursion program for international graduate students to visit historical and cultural sites with President Jung.  CNU’s Graduate School Innovation Office organized a historical and cultural exploration trip from July 4 to 5, 2024 and 23 international graduate students from seven countries visited Gyeongju to gain a deeper understanding of Korean history and traditi...

CNU, along with Gwangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, CNU Hospital, and Gwangju Technopark, has agreed to actively cooperate in supporting the university’s bid for the Glocal University 30 designation. On July 9, 2024, at the university headquarters, an MOU was signed by CNU President Jung, Gwangju Mayor Kang Ki-jeong, Gwangju Chamber of Commerce and I...

CNU’s collection of the Doeun Seonsaengjip (陶隱先生集, Collected Works of Yi Sung-in) has been designated as a state-designated heritage (previously a national treasure). The CNU Library (director: Professor Choi Moon-hong) announced that the Doeun Seonsaengjip has been designated as a state-designated heritage based on its historical and academic significance. This designation adds ...

CNU’s student community donated blood donation certificates collected during university events in May to the Children's Hospital at CNU Hospital on June 28. The student councils of seven colleges—Humanities, Business Administration, Agriculture and Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Veterinary Medicine, Administrative Office-Governed, and Education—organized a blood don...