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.

We invite applications for a professorial position named in honour of one of Singapore’s pioneer leaders Encik Yusof bin Ishak, whose exemplary and eminent public career was marked by his appointment as Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Singapore (1959), Chancellor of the University of Singapore (a predecessor institution to NUS), and as the first President of the Republic of Singapore (1965-1970).

Final-year NUS Sociology student Natalie Tan argues that it ought not to be considered a bad thing for one to take the time to think through and craft text messages, in this CNA Online opinion piece.

Stellar female alumnae shared their experiences on fostering gender equality and diversity in the workplace at the recent WoW: In Conversation panel discussion, organised by NUS Alumni Relations.