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!
- 30 July 2025 2pm, AI-Facilitated Scientific Discovery from Big Data and Process-Based Modeling by Prof Yiqi Luo from Cornell University, and
- 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.
Unearthing the Mysteries of the Ocean’s Depths: NUS Students’ Aboard the OceanXplorer
Ng Kao Jing, a second-year student from the NUS Environmental Studies Programme, and Rachel Ong, a third-year student majoring in Psychology, were among the 14 young explorers picked from thousands of applications around the world to participate in the OceanX Education Young Explorers Program (YEP), which was held from 10 to 15 July 2024.
Integrating local and neighbouring area influences into vulnerability modelling of infectious diseases in Singapore
Singapore’s most recent Circuit Breaker ended on 9 Aug 2021. The Circuit Breaker, a government-issued stay-at-home order, was one of many measures taken to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic, understanding how infectious diseases propagate has become an increasingly important field of study, especially as new diseases continue to crop up …
I Started @katong.joochiat to Document my Neighbourhood. This is How it has Reshaped my Ideas of Heritage
By Ms Tan Li Ming, Associate Scientist from the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing at NUS, and a PhD student from NUS Geography.