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Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia (Bloomsbury, 2026), edited by Associate Professor Jack Meng-Tat Chia (NUS History), explores a question that rarely appears in mainstream discussions of international relations: what role does religion play in diplomacy? The volume shows that Buddhism has long functioned as an informal yet powerful diplomatic language across Asia, shaping […]
Congratulations to Assistant Professor Sureshkumar Muthukumaran (NUS History), Associate Professor Benjamin Schupmann (NUS Political Science), Assistant Professor Bei Hu (NUS Chinese Studies), Assistant Professor Ting Hui Lau (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and Assistant Professor Jennifer Yip (NUS History), for winning the FASS 2025 Award for Excellent Researcher (awarded to Assoc Profs Muthukumaran and Schupmann), and […]
The milestone 30th NUS Geography Challenge brought together close to 500 students from more than 120 secondary schools across Singapore – the largest participation to date – to examine this year’s theme, “City For Tomorrow: Shaping Our Liveable Future.”
The project “Internship Participation and Student Outcomes in Singapore”, supported by Singapore’s Ministry of Education Tertiary Research Fund (TRF) from 2024 to 2026 and led by Professor Jessica Pan, with co-investigators Associate Professor Liu Haoming and Associate Professor Kelvin Seah (NUS Economics), seeks to understand how internships shape students’ educational experiences and career pathways in […]
From the implementation of contact tracing technologies to media campaigns, such as comedic musical skits to address concerns about vaccine safety for older individuals, the Singapore government undertook extensive measures to control the spread of COVID-19. Despite these initiatives, online concerns about vaccine safety and efficacy found an audience, leading to the rise of an […]
Achieves strongest performance to date, with all-time high of seven NUS subjects ranked among the global top three and a record 28 subjects in the global top 10.
Launched in 2022, the NUS Public Art Initiative aims to cultivate a distinct campus identity and sense of community through site-specific works that engage with their surroundings, fostering student and community engagement, promoting interdisciplinary collaborations for learning and teaching, and enhancing the campus through public art.
The student-run NUS Pro Bono Group (NUS PBG) recently organised its flagship Pro Bono Awareness Week (PBAW), its first following NUS Law’s move to Kent Ridge at the start of the year. Guided by its mission ‘to inform, to involve, to inspire’, the programme introduced students from across NUS to the role that pro bono work plays in expanding equitable access to justice.
With the social work profession expanding into diverse areas such as medical care, community engagement, and government organisations, the demand for effective supervision has grown significantly. Despite this, research on supervisory practices remains limited. Existing literature emphasises the need for a holistic supervisory approach that goes beyond technical and clinical competencies, incorporating emotional support and […]
Relive the highlights from the distinguished lecture “New Histories of Catholicism and Empire” by Professor Charles Keith. The FASS GL Louis Religious Pluralism Research Cluster, funded by an endowment established via a generous gift to honor Mr. Gnanapragasam Louis’ memory, aims to foster the academic study of religious pluralism and diverse religious traditions in Asia […]