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Congratulations to Profs. Brenda Yeoh, Dariusz Wojcik, Elaine Ho, James Sidaway, Paul Kench and Asst. Prof Nathan Green who made it into Standford University's Top 2% Scientists list, which ranks the most cited researchers globally based on their research impact and academic contributions.
Congratulations to Prof Matthias Roth for being awarded a major grant under the Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) 2025 plan to develop a next-generation urban-scale weather forecasting system to enable finer (neighbourhood) scales (100-300m) of weather prediction than currently possible. The enhanced system will provide more detailed forecasts for urban heat, wind flows, extreme rainfall, and air pollution dispersion. Beside leading this project, Matthias has been selected as node lead for NUS, which is one of the four collaborating centres for the project (the others are NEA/CCRS, A*STAR and NTU).
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography's Virtual Special Issue on Reimagining climate change responses—insights from the Tropics is published and is free to read until end September 2025.
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Disease Ecology in Health and Medical Geography: History, Progress, and Innovations, by Distinguished Professor Michael Emch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 13 October 2025, 3pm, Geography Seminar Room AS2-03-02.
Seminar
Disease Ecology in Health and Medical Geography: History, Progress, and Innovations, by Distinguished Professor Michael Emch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 13 October 2025, 3pm, Geography Seminar Room AS2-03-02.
Interconnected Worlds by Henry Yeung wins 2024 ISA Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award
Congratulations to Professor Henry Yeung for winning the 2024 ISA Asia-Pacific Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the International Studies Association (ISA). The book is published by Stanford University Press and titled Interconnected Worlds: Global Electronics and Production Networks in East Asia. It has previously won a Silver Medal in the Business Theory Category from the 2023 Axiom Business Book Awards. The […]
NUS Open House 2024 Attracts more than 8.4m visitors as Screens and Campuses Buzz with Action
Open House 2024 returned to an enthusiastic reception as visitors turned up in force to experience one of NUS’ largest events of the year. Held in a hybrid format from 2 to 9 March 2024 and pulled together by the efforts of 2,674 faculty, staff, students and alumni, the event attracted more than 8.4 million visitors – up from 7.7 million in 2023 – as they explored the comprehensive showcase of what NUS has to offer both online and in-person.
Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving
International Women’s Day is commemorated annually on 8 March. This celebration empowers women by making their struggles visible, thus advocating for greater equality of the sexes.‘Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving’ (Asian Studies Review, 2022) by Dr Sylvia Ang (Monash University), Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Japanese Studies […]