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The first Sikh studies professorship to be set up in Asia (outside the Indian subcontinent) will be administered by the NUS FASS South Asian Studies Programme, and aims to promote academic scholarship in Sikh studies not just in Singapore but also globally.
The street light-up for Ramadan and Hari Raya Puasa was first introduced in 1984 by Singapore’s Tourism Task Force. Now an annual affair, the light-up takes place for around a month from April to May at the Geylang Serai precinct, one of the most prominent ‘Malay places’ in Singapore. In ‘Locating “Malay Places” and Ethnic […]
Presidential Young Professor Abelard Podgorski explores diverse topics in his philosophical and mathematical thought, and can cast new light on problems and solutions in almost any discipline.
The “Forum on Population Research Priorities in Singapore” focused on identifying and discussing Singapore’s most pressing population issues.
The Opposition’s generally poor performance have convinced the public to return to the security as evident from the PAP’s track record. A successful campaign against the dominant incumbent will thus require the Opposition to convince the public with strong alternatives.
By studying the history of Singapore’s flora, fauna and landscape, we stand to learn a lot about ourselves as a people. Environmental historian Associate Professor Timothy P. Barnard has unearthed some surprising insights on our collective history through his research.
These programmes include those from Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering, and Science – demonstrating the University’s strengths across its different colleges, faculties and schools, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.
A team of NUS researchers from NUS Social Work led by Head of Department Associate Professor Esther Goh has conducted a novel study to examine COVID-19’s impact on the levels of depression and anxiety of low-income Singaporean mothers and their coping strategies, and found that the mental health of financially-poor mothers was found to be relatively stable despite having to deal with the uncertainties brought on by the pandemic.
For celebrated alumna Ms Violet Oon (Political Science and Sociology, ’71), an association with the University spans across generations and is very much intertwined with her own family history.
Three sets of ‘Switch’ paradigm experiments were conducted to ensure consistency and cross-referencing between the bilingual and monolingual infant groups. The aggregate results showed that there was a bilingual advantage in vowel sensitivity but not in consonant sensitivity when learning new words, and suggest that monolingual and bilingual word learners develop their word-learning abilities in different ways.