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Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy at birth in Asia

August 20, 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on the life and health of human beings worldwide. While the official death toll of the pandemic was reported to be 6.84 million by February 2023, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that underreporting and indirect deaths might have brought the total to 14.9 million by 2021. This …

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Sunshine, Soundtracks and Scenic Shores: A Perth Story

August 19, 2025

From global music deals to quiet beach mornings, Mr Victor Paul (Arts & Social Sciences ’07) shares how Perth shaped his life and career, and why it might just be your next favourite destination.

Rachel and the Dream of a Kinder World

August 18, 2025

She has worked in some of the world’s most fragile places, from conflict zones to refugee camps. But it is in children’s storybooks that Ms Rachel Nadia Goh (NUS Southeast Asian Studies ’14) has found her most enduring tool for change.

The sovereign echoes of freedom by Indonesian poet W.S. Rendra

August 18, 2025

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).

Love for the nation as a sacred trust: Unite hearts, uphold noble values

August 16, 2025

By Ustaz Syafiq Mardi, a PhD candidate in NUS Malay Studies.

NUS community honoured with National Day Awards on Singapore’s 60th birthday

August 15, 2025

Mr Tan Gee Paw (MSc ISE ’71), Adjunct Professor with the NUS College of Design and Engineering, and former Chairman of Changi Airport Group, was honoured with the Order of Nila Utama at the National Day Awards, earning this year’s top accolade for his role in advancing Singapore’s development in areas such as aviation, rail …

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Revitalising youths and textiles: The story of Repurposed

August 14, 2025

Meet Repurposed: Winners of the FASS Social Entrepreneurship Incubator Pitch Competition last year.

Natural archives in coral skeletons show sea-level rise began accelerating earlier than previously thought: NUS-led study

August 13, 2025

Coral records extend the Indian Ocean sea-level timeline by 60 years, offering the first century-long view of accelerating change linked to human-driven climate impacts.

Restoration of positive self-image: Ideological circles in the mediatization of government-migrant worker relations during Covid 19

August 13, 2025

At the height of the global COVID-19 pandemic, when wide-scale measures such as social distancing, lockdowns, and home quarantine orders were implemented, migrant workers (MW) were seemingly sidelined, with many lacking access to the robust national healthcare system or medical assistance. The arrival of the second wave of COVID-19 transmissions in 2020 cast a spotlight …

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Heroines of the nation, role models for others

August 12, 2025

By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).