| 2019 |
Prof. Tim Bunnell appointed as Director of ARI (from 1 July) |
| 2019 |
Prof. Brenda Yeoh appointed as Acting Director of ARI |
| 2019 |
Prof. Lily Kong appointed 5th President, Singapore Management University |
| 2018 |
Ms Wong Lai Wa was awarded the Long Service Medal during the 53rd National Day |
| 2018 |
Prof Henry Yeung appointed Distinguished Professor of the National University of Singapore |
| 2018 |
Prof Henry Yeung received the University Research Recognition Award, NUS |
| 2018 |
Prof Henry Yeung received the Distinguished Scholarship Honours for 2018 from the American Association of Geographers’ (AAG) |
| 2017 |
A/P TC Chang was appointed Deputy Director, Global Relations Office |
| 2017 |
Prof Henry Yeung awarded the Murchison Award by the Royal Geographical Society – Institute of British Geographers |
| 2017 |
Prof Brenda Yeoh appointed as Vice-Provost (Graduate Education), NUS |
| 2016 |
Prof Jonathan Rigg appointed as Director, Asia Research Institute, NUS |
| 2015 |
Prof. Lily Kong appointed Provost, Singapore Management University |
| 2015 |
Launch of Global Production Networks Centre, NUS |
| 2015 |
Prof Henry Yeung appointed as Director, JY Pillar Comparative Asia Research Centre, NUS |
| 2014 |
A/P Victor Savage was appointed as Director, Office of Alumni Relations |
| 2012 |
Prof Henry Yeung was appointed as Deputy Director, Global Asia Institute, NUS |
| 2011 |
Prof Lily Kong, Acting Executive Vice-President (Academic Affairs) Yale-NUS College. |
| 2010 |
A/P Victor Savage was awarded the Long Service Medal during the 45th National Day |
| 2009 |
Prof Lily Kong was awarded the Association of American Geographers Robert Stoddard Award for Distinguished (Geography of Religion and Belief Systems) in March at the AAG. |
| 2008 |
Prof Lily Kong was appointed as Director, Asia Research Institute, NUS |
| 2007 |
A/P Wong Poh Poh was the only Singaporean on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared the Nobel Peace Prize with former US Vice President Al Gore |
| 2007 |
Prof Lily Kong became the first woman Vice-President, University and Global Relations. |
| 2006 |
The University of Loughborough conferred an Honorary Doctor of Science on Professor Lily Kong
in recognition of her contributions to Human Geography and for professional achievement and
public service in Singapore. The ceremony took place in Singapore on 27 August 2006. |
| 2006 |
Prof Lily Kong was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) during the 41st National Day |
| 2004 |
Prof Lily Kong was the first Vice-Provost
appointed from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences |
| 2001 |
The Field Studies Module was initiated. The six-week
long fieldwork provides students firsthand experience
in data collection and onsite observation in field
sites in the region. |
| 2000 |
Prof Lily Kong became the first female Dean of
the Faculty |
| 2000 |
A/P Victor R Savage was elected President of the
Commonwealth Geographical Bureau |
| 1997 |
The SPH Geography Challenge (a Geographical quiz
for Secondary Schools) was initiated |
| 1993 |
The first female Head was appointed:
Dr Teo Siew Eng |
| 1990 |
The Department's Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) Lab was set up |
| 1979 |
The first time that the Department had 2 first class Honours students: Ang Siew Hong and Chia Eng Hock |
| 1980 |
The Department's Journal was renamed the Singapore
Journal of Tropical Geography |
1966
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The first geographer to be Dean in
the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Dr Ooi
Jin Bee |
| 1958 |
The Department's Journal was renamed the Journal
of Tropical Geography |
| 1958 |
Mr Robert Ho was the first local Head of the Department |
| 1957 |
The Geographical Society Gold Medal (for Honours
students) was initiated |
| 1953 |
The Department's Journal, The Malayan Journal of Tropical Geography, was established. |
| 1949 |
E.G.H. Dobby was the first Professor of Geography
in the newly-formed University of Malaya |
| 1945 |
Dr Ernest George Henry Dobby was the first lecturer
in the Department with a PhD |
| 1936 |
The Geography Society was formed |
