PC in Applied GIS Field course in the Great Rift Valley of Kenya as part of GE4220: Field Investigation in Physical Geography (Feb 2023). The course focused on landscapes, wildlife and human-environment interactions around Lake Baringo and Mount Kenya. Geography alumni connect with each other all the time! The Geography Class of 1990 has been meeting each other twice annually since commencing in September 1990, and they have also attended every anniversary bash organised by the Department of Geography. Friends for life, certainly! Field Studies (GE3230A) in Southeast Asia is an experiential learning course conducted in the Special Term, May-June. The banner images are from the 20th Field Studies held in northern Thailand in 2023. For interest in this course, contact: Carl Grundy-Warr (geocerg@nus.edu.sg). 2025 Geography Career DayPro Cert Applied GISCCS ProgrammeGIS Certificate2023-Kenya FSClass of 90FS-SEA

 


 

GEOGRAPHY @ NUS

FASS Geography explores Environmental and Social Sciences, as well as the Arts and Humanities, and charts the interconnections between them as they apply to:-
* Climate Sciences                               * Ageing Populations
* Geoscience                                       * Migration
* Mangroves                                        * Tourism
* Sustainability                                     * Urban Studies

NUS GEOGRAPHY NOW

Dr Nawaz appeared in the 28 July Lianhe Zaobao article on the Tanjong Katong subsidence and its possible link to nearby gutter construction failure.


Congratulations Prof Brenda Yeoh for being awarded the NUS Distinguished Professorship, which is given for "excellence and international recognition in research and creative activity together with significant and impactful leadership in raising standards of the University with respect to research or creative activity, education and service.".


Dr Nawaz was featured in Lianhe Zaobao (largest Singaporean Chinese-language newspaper) on 4 July, sharing expert insights on  big earthquakes in Japan.


Seminar: A double seminar!

  1. 30 July 2025 2pm, AI-Facilitated Scientific Discovery from Big Data and Process-Based Modeling by Prof Yiqi Luo from Cornell University, and
  2. 30 July 2025 3.30pm, Ecological Uncertainty in Future Land Use Change by Dr Min Chen from University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Venue: AS2, Geography Earth Lab 02-03.

October 6, 2022

Call for Nominations | FASS Inspiring Mentor Award 2022

We invite NUS FASS members of staff to nominate the colleagues who have served as their truly inspiring mentors – who have gone beyond the call of duty to positively impact their work and life – for FIMA 2022 honours.

October 6, 2022

Caring is Complicated

By 2030, 20 per cent or more of Singapore’s population will be aged 65 or above. Alumna Professor Elaine Ho Lynn-Ee (NUS Geography, ’02), who is the FASS Vice Dean of Research, surveys this seismic demographic shift to see what the future might hold for elderly and their caregivers.

June 29, 2022

NUS Research: High Mountain Asia Hydropower Systems Under Climate Change Threat

Climate change causes the recession and collapse of high mountain glaciers, posing compounding risks to downstream hydropower systems.

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