{"id":5478,"date":"2021-02-17T05:21:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T05:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/?page_id=5478"},"modified":"2026-06-28T22:02:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T14:02:45","slug":"department-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/department-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"Department Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tDepartment Newsletter\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLatest Issue – June 2026\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious Issues\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLatest Issue – June 2026\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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\n\"\"\nInsights: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at NUS<\/a>\n

Dexter Lim and Faith Chng discuss their life during and after the PPE program at NUS.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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From the other end of the world<\/a><\/p>\n

Student Exchange Program<\/a><\/p>\n

International Undergraduate Achievement<\/a><\/p>\n

Undergraduate Teaching Award<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Undergraduate Events<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty Research<\/a><\/p>\n

Faculty and Staff News<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPrevious Issues\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 2026<\/a> – Features Dexter Lim and Faith Chng, graduates from our Politics, Philosophy and Economics program.\u00a0\nDecember 2025 <\/a>– Features Priscilla Chan, Cheng Kai Jun, and Cornelius Toh, who work in Land, Sea, and Air respectively.\nJune 2025<\/a> – Features Tan Yan Ning Jerrold Soh and Song Chaeyeon, a future doctor, a laywer and an economist\nDecember 2024<\/a> – Features Archana Dhinakar Bala and Muhammad bin Khalid, from our pre-doctoral programme\n

May 2024<\/a> – Features Nicole Ng Min and Ren Mengxiao who perform stand-up comedy in their free time<\/p>\n

September 2023<\/a> – Features Chris Wei and Joan Toh who work in the area of environmental sustainability<\/p>\nMay 2023<\/a> – \u00a0Features Janson Seah and Daryl Tan, two alumni who were featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2022\nJune 2022<\/a> Features Jeremy Tan, Nicholas Foo and Samson Lee, all of whom apply data science and economics in their work.\nDecember 2021<\/a> Features Vikrum Trehan who shares his experience as a VP in Goldman Sachs Japan and Barnabas Gan who tells us about life as an Economist at UOB Singapore.\nJune 2021<\/a> Features Jovi Loo, Ritika Vatyani, Cliff Chew and Sarah Tan Jia Wen who work in the tech industry.\nDecember 2020<\/a>\u00a0Features Tan Kwan Boon, Evelyn Kok and Yu Xinyao, practitioners and researchers in the social service sector.\nJune 2020<\/a>\u00a0Features Pamela Low, Joshua Foong and Amy Ng, civic leaders from the Class of 2018.\nDecember 2019<\/a>\u00a0Features alumni Chee Su Ling and Teh Kwee Chin, Senior Vice Presidents at GIC.\nApril 2019<\/a>\u00a0Features alumnus Tan Tai Kiat, Director of Operations, SingHealth Community Hospitals.\nJuly 2018\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Shirley Crystal Chua, Founder and Group CEO of Golden Equator.\nOctober 2017\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Daniel Lo, Senior Vice President of CIC Bank.\nMarch 2017\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Joseph Chew, former Executive Director of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board.\nAugust 2016\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Wong Nang Jang, Deputy President and Executive Director of OCBC.\nDecember 2015\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Suppiah Dhanabalan, former cabinet minister.\nAugust 2015\u00a0<\/a>Features alumnus Ho Kwon Ping, Executive Chairman, Banyan Tree Holdings.\nDecember 2014<\/a>\u00a0Features alumnus See Chak Mun, former top diplomat.\nApril 2014<\/a>\u00a0Features alumnus Kit Wei Zheng, top private-sector economist.\nDecember 2013<\/a>\u00a0Features alumnus Wee Sin Tho, Head of NUS Development Office.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Department Newsletter Latest Issue – June 2026 Previous Issues Latest Issue – June 2026   Insights: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) at NUS Dexter Lim and Faith Chng discuss their life during and after the PPE program at NUS.\u00a0 From the other end of the world Student Exchange Program International Undergraduate Achievement Undergraduate Teaching Award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"full-width-container","site-content-style":"unboxed","site-sidebar-style":"unboxed","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5478","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5478"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34262,"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5478\/revisions\/34262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/ecs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}