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21 December 2021

NUS Bags Major PR Award for College of Humanities and Sciences Campaign

One year since the official inauguration of the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS), the publicity campaign for the new College has gained recognition at the recent Public Relations in the Service of Mankind (PRISM) Awards. The University bagged a Distinction Award in the category “Outstanding Campaign by a Non-Government Organisation or Not-For-Profit Organisation” for …

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08 December 2021

An Interview with Emeritus Prof S. Vasoo and Assoc Prof Winston Goh on The Strange Start of Psychology at the National University of Singapore

The Strange Start of Psychology at the National University of Singapore (NUS Department of Psychology, 2021), showcases the history of the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Department of Psychology, Singapore’s oldest psychology programme. The programme, which kicked off during the 86/87 academic year at the Department of Social Work (renamed the Department of …

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08 November 2021

Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship: A/P Crystal Abidin

We welcome Associate Professor Crystal Abidin, who will be joining CNM for a month under the Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship! Over the course of November and December, A/P Crystal will be undertaking a series of engagements to share her research expertise with student and faculty members alike. A/P Crystal Abidin is an internationally-renown socio-cultural anthropologist …

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27 October 2021

Becoming Digitally Connected: What Holds People Back?

In a recent The Straits Times article, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work & NUS Social Service Research Centre), Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Communications and New Media) and Professor Lim Sun Sun (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, SUTD) discuss the factors that prevent people from using digital services. For lower-income families, sometimes fear gets in the way, on top of cost concerns.

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15 October 2021

Why Digital Poverty Deserves Greater Attention

In a recent The Straits Times article, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work & NUS Social Service Research Centre), Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Communications and New Media) and Professor Lim Sun Sun (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences, SUTD) discuss the social challenge of unequal digital access in Singapore.

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