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Pitch It! 2023: Advocating for Social Change Through Creative Filmmaking
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.
The World as Classroom: NUS College’s Global Experience Course
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: Music Festival Brings a Constellation of Talents to the Stage
SUPERNOVA Ablaze brought together about 150 student performers who lit up the stage in a lively festival of music and dance.
Climate Change, Heritage, Culture and Diversity Take Centre Stage at 2023 Asian Undergraduate Symposium
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.
Expert Urges Caution as More Youth Take Personality Tests Online
Dr Hsu Fang-Tze (NUS Communications and New Media) and Associate Professor Ryan Hong (NUS Psychology) weigh in on the discussion about the popularity of online personality tests based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) framework among young people in Singapore and Asia.
32 Pages – Co-authoring Stories of Possibilities with our Children
Fresh graduates Chloe Ng (NUS Geography ’23) and Tamara Tan (NUS Psychology ’23) tell us why they established 32 pages, an organisation aiming to improve the emotional resilience of children through literacy.
NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates and PlayMoolah Collaborate on Financial Wellbeing Programme
The University-wide initiative for over 3,400 students aims to help equip young adults with skills in Financial Emotional Resilience.
Building Digital Information Resilience in a Post-Truth World
An interdisciplinary team of NUS researchers will be embarking on a five-year project to investigate digital information creation, dissemination and consumption using a lens of consumer behaviour.
Exploring the Spaces between the Arts, Social Issues and Academia
This year’s edition of NUS Arts Festival features over 20 performances, films, public art, installations, and dialogues. It is also the first to return to pre-pandemic levels, and involves more than 700 NUS students, alumni, faculty, staff and collaborators, nearly twice of 2022 figures, and remains the largest performing arts event on campus.
