UIC Junior, Yu Jin Lee Wins UNIDO’s 50th Anniversary

Time Capsule Competition & 2016 Talent Award of Korea

 

 

Underwood International College (UIC) is pleased to announce that our current junior, Yu Jin Lee, majoring in Science, Technology and Policy is the recipient of two most globally and domestically prestigious awards as a young leader who contributes to make a difference to the world.

 

Lee was nominated as the Asian representative prize winner to receive the certificate of the Time Capsule Competition. The Time Capsule Competition is an event held by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the UN specialized agency that promotes industrial development for poverty reduction, inclusive globalization and environmental sustainability under a slogan of ‘Envisaging Our Sustainable Future.’ The competition collected 60-second video messages from the youths around the world. The topic of video message outlined the current and future global challenges that the world face today in the context of Sustainable Development Goal 9 (SDG9). All five selected videos will be stored in a time capsule, which will be kept at the UN Headquarters and be re-opened in 2030.

 

Notably Lee also won the ‘2016 Talent Award of Korea’ and received three million won prize. Lee was acknowledged for her exceptional effort in bringing changes and taking the lead in creating new values across disciplines and certainly this is an honorable recognition for the first time at UIC.

 

Lee said in an interview that the interdisciplinary nature of her major courses, convergence of liberal arts and natural science topics in the science, technology, and policy sparked her interest to explore and develop her global leadership potential and diverse perspective.