Fostering Future Talent in STEM fields: 2025 Ewha Science Festival Held
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- Date2025.08.14
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Ewha Womans University hosted the 2025 Ewha Science Festival for youth participants on Tuesday, August 12 at the ECC Lee Sam-bong Hall.
Since its inception in 2015, the festival has been held each summer under the motto of “bringing science to the public,” aiming to cultivate the next generation of talented women in STEM fields. This year’s event was a great success, organized by Ewha’s Innovative BioPharmChem Convergence Education and Research Program, the Research Institute for Basic Sciences and Autonomous Priority Research Institute, the Center for Hybrid Interfacial Chemical Structure, BK21 Future-oriented LIFE Talent Cultivation Team, and the Korea Foundation for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET). The event was also sponsored by BOSE Korea and Ewha’s Office of Admissions.
Notably, this event was directly planned and managed by 29 professors, including world-renowned scholars such as Professor Juyoung Yoon (Department of Chemistry & Nanoscience), who has been recognized as one of the world's most influential researchers for nine consecutive years, and Professor Kwangmeyung Kim (Department of Pharmacy), who has been ranked among the top 1 percent of highly cited researchers for five consecutive years. Together, they provided students with special hands-on learning experiences. At the venue, a variety of multidisciplinary scientific activities were prepared to spark the curiosity of elementary, middle, and high school students. These included experiments exploring the interactions between light and nanomaterials, various booths themed around cancer cell treatment, cell division and radiation therapy, as well as hands-on experiences involving nanoparticles.
In addition, a diverse array of topics was offered, ranging from everyday science experiences such as keychain making, DNA double helix origami, and cosmetic lotion crafting, to more advanced subjects including the principles of LED light emission, atomic structure, epigenetics, the relationship between stress and immunity, and behavioral neuroscience research using fruit flies.
Participating graduate students expressed a sense of fulfillment from the youth participants’ active engagement with the hope that the festival will inspire an interest in science and support their career exploration. The middle and high school students who attended the event shared their impressions that the event was refreshing and valuable as they could directly experiment with topics they had learned about in the classroom.