Smiles, hugs and congratulatory handshakes were all in order at the NUS University Cultural Centre on 27 and 28 October 2023, as NUS recognised the best of student achievements at the Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards and the NUS Achievement Awards (NAA). A total of 127 recipients were honoured over the two evenings for their contributions to student life in the Academic Year 2022-2023.

A joint study by Civic Tech Lab at NUS and media intelligence company Truescope revealed that close to 40 per cent of YouTube and TikTok videos contained harmful content related to eating disorders, self-harm and suicide.

Themed “Social Change Communication through Video Production”, the annual Pitch It! 2023 competition co-organised by the NUS Communications and New Media Society and G.H.Y Culture & Media, saw the participation of 19 teams, who learnt from industry veterans and produced compelling short films highlighting prevailing social issues impacting society.

NUS College’s Global Experience (GEx) course is a unique experiential course that ‘breaks open the classroom’ that lets students learn through immersive activities such as visits to research centres, governing institutions or heritage sites, participation in master classes or workshops to learn about culture and community, and engaging in dialogue with important personalities and leaders — across the world.

SUPERNOVA Ablaze brought together about 150 student performers who lit up the stage in a lively festival of music and dance.

Against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions and the climate crisis, this year’s Asian Undergraduate Symposium – an annual conference organised by NUS College with the support of the Temasek Foundation – strove for a unifying theme: Interconnected Communities.