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From the classroom to the laboratory and beyond, nine outstanding individuals were recognised at the NUS University Awards 2026 for their significant impact in teaching, research, mentorship and service. Among them, Outstanding Educator Award conferee Associate Professor Robin Loon (NUS English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies).
As globalisation and urbanisation accelerated in the late 20th century, cities began playing an expanded role on the international stage, giving rise to city diplomacy — a practice involving relations among cities, nation-states, NGOs, and corporations. Singapore exemplifies this trend, uniquely positioned as both a leading global city and a sovereign nation-state. This dual identity […]
Meet NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences students from NUS College whose award-winning journeys span global citizenship, community engagement, cultural heritage and academic excellence.
Starting from Academic Year 2026/27, all first-year undergraduates will take a compulsory module where they will gain practical skills to effectively use large language models and multimodal AI, before they begin their coursework.
Singapore’s limited land requires difficult choices between infrastructural development and environmental conservation. The proposed redevelopment of a large portion of Maju Forest to build public housing has brought this tension into recent focus, drawing petitions with tens of thousands of signatures, heated online discussions and parliamentary questions over whether alternative sites could be considered. Against […]
Singapore’s tropical climate, exacerbated by the growing effects of climate change, has seen its annual mean temperature rise by 0.24°C per decade between 1984 and 2022. With existing research highlighting the substantial impacts of ambient heat on public health and individual productivity, Dr Li Hongyan (NUS Energy Studies Institute), Associate Professor Liu Haoming, Associate Professor […]
Was China’s economic rise the result of homegrown reform and or learning from the West —or was it, in large part, deeply shaped by exchanges with its Asian neighbours—Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong? While many accounts emphasise China’s shift toward market liberalisation in the 1980s and 1990s, Assistant Professor Yanjie Huang’s (NUS […]
NUS Associate Provost and NUS College Vice Dean Daniel Goh, who is also of NUS Sociology and Anthropology at FASS, receives the Public Administration Medal, recognising his contributions to undergraduate education.
Bereavement, defined as the experience of losing a loved one to death and the subsequent process of adaptation, is a universal yet deeply personal experience. While many individuals successfully employ internal resources to cope with their loss, others may face a heightened risk of developing complicated grief reactions, such as major depression or suicidal ideation, […]