News

Me-Carnival 2025: A day of hope, inclusivity and inspiration

June 2, 2025

By third-year student Ms Elyana Syazana Mohd Ridwan (NUS Geography)

An ASEAN identity

May 28, 2025

Since its establishment during the 1967 Bangkok Declaration in Thailand, ASEAN has continuously built upon the concept of an ‘ASEAN identity’. The notion of an ‘ASEAN identity’ was relatively nascent at first but has evolved significantly through key agreements, programs, and activities since the 2000s. These efforts have fuelled ASEAN’s progress in fostering socio-cultural collaboration …

An ASEAN identity Read More »

Assoc Prof Taberez Ahmed Neyazi awarded prestigious fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton

May 27, 2025

Associate Professor Taberez Ahmed Neyazi from NUS Communications and New Media has been named a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Princeton for the Academic Year 2025-2026.

Beyond the grades: What success means to a new generation

May 27, 2025

Traditionally, success in meritocratic Singapore has been closely tied to academic achievement, career advancement and wealth accumulation – think elite schools, top university degrees and high-paying jobs in coveted professional industries like finance and law. But is this definition too narrow? And should it be broadened to include other considerations to foster greater individual well-being …

Beyond the grades: What success means to a new generation Read More »

How NUS start-ups are driving sustainable change through green innovation

May 27, 2025

In the fight against climate change, a new generation of NUS student entrepreneurs is storming the sustainability frontier. From reducing energy waste to reinventing urban agriculture, these eco-warriors have been tackling environmental challenges through viable business models.

Uncovering hidden stories of the pre-war Japanese community in Singapore

May 23, 2025

In an attempt to reconstruct the pre-war Japanese community in Singapore’s “Little Japan” around Middle Road, Dr Clay Eaton (NNUS Japanese Studies and NUS Asia Research Institute, ARI), Professor Naoko Shimazu (ARI) and Dr Chee Keng Lee (NUS College) teamed up for a project known as ‘Mapping Middle Road’, the first public history project of its kind about the Japanese community in Singapore.

Afterlives

May 22, 2025

Nestled along South Bridge Road in Singapore’s bustling Chinatown, the Sri Mariamman Temple stands out as a vivid landmark, in bold contrast to its urban surroundings. With its towering gopuram (the ornate entrance tower) lavishly adorned with intricately sculpted deities, demons, and celestial beings painted in jewel-toned crimson, emeralds, and golds, the temple commands both …

Afterlives Read More »

Why are the videos you see getting more extreme?

May 21, 2025

By Associate Professor (Practice) Carol Soon (NUS Communications and New Media and Dr Chew Han Ei (Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Airport Robots: Automation, everyday life and the futures of urbanism

May 21, 2025

In 2014, the Singapore government launched the Smart Nation initiative, heralding a new era of digital transformation in the city-state. From the development of the Punggol digital district to the introduction of robotic policing and AI in healthcare, Singapore has embraced technology as the core in its vision for the future of cities.   In “Airport …

Airport Robots: Automation, everyday life and the futures of urbanism Read More »

Alamak… Don’t get it? Good communication is more than grammar

May 16, 2025

By Professor Lionel Wee, Dean, and Adj Prof Low Ee Ling, Dept of English, Linguistics and Theatre Studies, both from NUS FASS, and Ms Nora Samosir, Lecturer, Acting and Musical Theatre at Lasalle College of the Arts, University of the Arts, Singapore.