Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has launched company-specific IR support to strengthen the ability to attract investment and enhance business competitiveness in the sports industry.
 
JBNU Startup Support Group (Director: Professor Guk Kyung‑su) Sports Industry Pre-Seed and Early Startup Support Center announced that it operated the 'Boot IR Solution_AI (Accelerating IR)' program on September 29 and 30. The program provided staged support ranging from company-specific IR material production to communication with investment experts, mock IR pitching, and one-on-one investment mentoring. 
 
The program was attended by pre-seed and early-stage startups selected for the 2026 Sports Industry Startup Support Project, who focused intensively on strengthening practical capabilities for securing investment. 
 
Based on each participating company's business model and growth stage, the program supported the production of IR materials. Using the materials produced, ac

“Is it really necessary to brush your teeth three times a day?”
 
Faced with this question he often received from patients in the clinic, Professor Seokmo Heo of the Department of Periodontology, College of Dentistry, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) long hesitated to give a straightforward answer. He found it difficult to disclose that, as a dentist, he had for many years brushed his teeth only once a day, before going to bed.
 
Having been taught from childhood the so‑called "3‑3‑3 rule" — three times a day, for three minutes, within three minutes after eating — he had repeatedly experienced bleeding gums when brushing more often. The answer to this long‑standing question came from a lecture by a professor during his dental school years.
 
“The claim that you must brush three times a day actually lacks scientific evidence. It is far more important to brush thoroughly and properly even if only once a day.”
 
However, he too went through trial

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has been selected as a key research and demonstration institution for the large-scale national Physical AI R&D program that the government is promoting with KRW 820 billion in funding. The support amounts to a total of KRW 265.18 billion over five years, the largest share among participating institutions.
 
JBNU was selected for major research and infrastructure-construction tasks under the "Collaborative Intelligence Physical AI-Based Software Platform R&D Ecosystem Project." The university announced it will implement an end-to-end program over the next five years through 2030, covering core Physical AI technology development, manufacturing and logistics field demonstration, and the construction of large-scale research and demonstration infrastructure.
 
The project will be carried out from 2026 to 2030. According to the final project proposal, the total project budget is approximately KRW 826.6 billion, comprising KRW 506.5 billion in nati

JBNU expanded the foundations for Collaborative Research, international education, and talent development through international cooperation linking Xi'an and Chengdu, China, and presented JBNU's case as a future university advancing in the era of digital transformation on the world stage.
 
President Yang Oh-bong and a JBNU delegation visited Xi'an and Chengdu from September 20 to 24 to discuss educational and research cooperation with local universities and institutions, and attended 'THE Digital Universities Asia 2026' at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) in Chengdu.
 
The core of the visit was to share JBNU's AI-based educational innovation and regional innovation model with the international community and to establish a cooperative foundation to connect these efforts to Collaborative Research and global talent development.
 
On September 24, President Yang participated as a panelist in the leadership roundtable of 'THE Digital Unive

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Divsion of Public Science (Head Jeong Tae-jong) is strengthening students' readiness for careers in professional and public sectors through career education that links alumni and practitioners active in the legal field and professional certification sectors with students.
 
The Divsion of Public Science organizes education based on law and policy studies that integrates preparation for professional qualification exams, field experiences, and alumni mentoring. Rather than limiting career information to the classroom, the program helps students clarify their aptitudes and career paths by providing direct exposure to courts, law firms, and labor law practice sites.
 
Recently, the division invited an alumnus labor practitioner to present on labor law practice and the process of obtaining professional certification. On September 28, the division held the 7th 'Public JOB學' career lecture at the Large Auditorium on the first floor of the Global

The Deokjin‑gu Children and Social Welfare Meal Management Support Center in Jeonju (Center Director No Jeong‑ok, Professor, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Jeonbuk National University (JBNU)) is conducting on‑site education for older adults who use local social welfare meal service sites to raise awareness of proper fluid intake and its importance. 
 
The program was delivered from September 15 to 22 to 10 social welfare meal service sites in Deokjin‑gu, Jeonju, reaching 219 participants. In particular, a hands‑on traditional songpyeon (rice cake) making practice was included to increase participation and satisfaction ahead of the Chuseok holiday.
 
The main topics were ▲ the physiological functions of fluids and the need for fluid intake ▲ symptoms of dehydration that occur when fluid is insufficient ▲ the recommended daily fluid intake and correct fluid consumption methods ▲ a hands‑on traditional songpyeon making cooking practi

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) has launched an initiative to support the digital transformation of the region's industry by providing customized training to employees of local-affiliated company Lotte Energy Materials to enhance their artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
 
The JBNU RISE Project Group announced that it is conducting a four-session AI training program for employees at Lotte Energy Materials' Iksan plant from September 11 to October 13.
 
This training was organized under an industry–university cooperation agreement between JBNU and Lotte Energy Materials. It aims to help company personnel apply AI technology effectively in their daily work amid a rapidly changing industrial environment and to improve operational efficiency and digital competitiveness.
 
The program is systematically organized into basic and advanced courses to reflect participants' practical needs. It is a hands-on, practice-focused curriculum that covers AI-based work automati

The Jeollabuk-do Provincial Government has been selected to host a KRW 64.2 billion specialized semiconductor materials and chemicals complex, and the Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Semiconductor Joint Research Center (Project Director Professor Im Yeon-ho) will expand its role as a core hub leading demonstration, evaluation, and professional workforce training for advanced materials and chemicals.
 
This specialized complex will consolidate the Iksan 3rd Industrial Complex and the Saemangeum National Industrial Complex as production and R&D core industrial complexes, and link the Iksan National Industrial Complex and the Wanju General Industrial Complex as production bases for partner companies. The plan aims to connect companies and R&D capabilities distributed across Iksan, Gunsan, and Wanju into a single materials and chemicals industry network to strengthen competitiveness in advanced chemicals — an area long identified as a key gap in the semiconductor supply c

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of Sociology announced on the 23rd that it will officially launch the 'Local Content Production Club' program, linked to the major course 'Qualitative Research Methodology', beginning this October.
 
The program will run for five weeks from October 12 to November 9. It will be conducted through staged workshops and field investigations. The focus is on sociologically observing and understanding the everyday lives, relationships, and social contexts of people living in local alleys and sites, moving beyond a simple perspective of tourism and consumption.
 
Participating students will develop research questions on site, meet residents and merchants to collect stories, and gain practical experience by producing the material into various types of content.
 
To enhance the program’s planning capacity and content quality, the Department of Sociology will collaborate with the local planning firm Local Flowworks. Industry professio

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) PhD candidate Gurpreet Singh (Graduate School of Flexible Pinted Electronics, Department of Flexible Printed Electronics; supervisor Professor Junwoo Lim) received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 9th International Conference on Advanced Composites (ICACM 2026), held recently in Tokyo, Japan, for his research on developing composite-material electrodes that can improve the performance and stability of vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs), a next-generation energy storage system.
 
VRFBs are attracting attention as next-generation energy storage systems because of their high safety and capacity for large-scale energy storage. However, the low reactivity of electrodes and the slow rates of oxidation–reduction reactions have been identified as obstacles to improving battery performance.
 
To address these limitations, PhD candidate Gurpreet Singh developed a composite-material electrode by applying an MXene–reduced graphene oxide (r

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Department of Child Studies (Department Chair Kim Rijin) strengthened the professional competencies of approximately 200 childcare professionals through the nation’s first implementation of an Autonomous (Type B) refresher training for childcare staff, introduced in line with this year’s revised Ministry of Education guidelines.
 
JBNU announced that it has completed the entire refresher training program for childcare staff this year, including three sessions of general in‑service training for childcare teachers and one session of director job training.
 
The program departed from the traditional Type A curriculum, which focused on predetermined subjects, and was conducted in a Type B autonomous format in which the educational institution designs and delivers courses tailored to field needs. The JBNU Department of Child Studies was the first in the country to introduce this curriculum, presenting a new model for field‑customized refr

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Professor Gwang-woon Jeong (Department of Polymer -Nano Science &Technology) and his research team have developed a next-generation polymer electrolyte membrane that reliably conducts protons even in high-temperature, anhydrous environments by combining liquid-crystal self-assembly with photopolymerization techniques.
 
This work demonstrates an anhydrous proton-conducting membrane applicable to high-temperature hydrogen fuel cells. The team precisely designed proton transport pathways by simultaneously controlling the self-assembled structure of phosphate-based reactive mesogen molecules and their macroscopic molecular orientation.
 
Conventional proton-conducting membranes rely on water for operation, so they have limitations in maintaining performance and stability at high temperatures or in environments with limited water supply.
 
The team utilized liquid-crystal self-assembly, in which molecules autonomously form regular structure

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) Institute for Korean Diaspora (Director Sangwon Yoon, Professor, Department of History) has been selected for the National Research Foundation of Korea's 2026 Humanities and Social Science Research Institute Support Program. Accordingly, the Institute will receive research funding of KRW 1.8 billion from the National Research Foundation of Korea and will build a Koryo-saram media database and a historical-cultural map over six years through August 2032.
 
The Institute for Korean Diaspora has long focused on diaspora issues and has been committed to preserving the records and cultural heritage left by Koryo-saram. Based on materials collected to date, it plans to database Korean-language media and records published by Koryo-saram from 1908 to 1990 by subject and region. It also plans to combine these data with modern Eurasian transportation network data to provide visual materials in the form of a historical-cultural map.
 
This project is s

The Department of Chemistry at JBNU jointly held the '2nd 2026 JBNU-SKKU BK21 Four Joint Symposium on Inorganic/Material Chemistry' with the Department of Chemistry at Sungkyunkwan University on September 18. 
 
The symposium was organized with the support of JBNU's Department of Chemistry 4th-stage BK21 Glocal Future Chemistry Talent Education and Research Team and the JBNU-BK Innovation Promotion Team, and it was successfully held as a meaningful opportunity for graduate students and researchers from both universities to share research outcomes in inorganic and materials chemistry and to expand academic exchange.
 
In particular, the fact that graduate students took a leading role throughout the symposium—from planning to program design and event management—made the event especially meaningful. By directly planning and operating the academic event, the graduate students were able to develop not only the academic communication skills required of researchers but also

Jeonbuk National University (JBNU) student Sehyeon Lee, a first-year student in the Department of Medicine, has been selected as a 2026 Research Support Scholar in the field of Medicine by the Health Scholarship Foundation. She is the only undergraduate among applicants from medical schools and graduate programs nationwide.
 
The Health Scholarship Foundation, a public foundation established in 1970 to carry on the wishes of the late Dr. Yu Il-han, founder of Yuhan Corporation, annually selects outstanding researchers in health fields such as medicine, pharmacy, and nursing and provides research funding.
 
Under the supervision of Professor Moon Young-jae of the JBNU College of Medicine (Orthopedics and Biochemistry) and Professor Kim Hyun-ho of Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea (Pediatrics), Sehyeon Lee is conducting medical artificial intelligence research to predict early the risk of pulmonary metastasis in patients with the rare cancer soft tis