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Twenty-two outstanding alumni were honoured at the NUS Alumni Awards 2025 on 25 November 2025. First held in 2005, the biennial Awards recognise alumni who have distinguished themselves through significant and impactful contributions to their alma mater, society and the world.
Children learn to lie from about the age of two, typically to conceal their wrongdoings. Lying is considered a milestone for children’s social and cognitive development. To tell a successful lie, they have to infer and reason about the lie-recipient’s mental state, and realise that other people may believe things that are wrong. This skill …
Parental warmth moderates the relation between children’s lying and theory-of-mind Read More »
On World Philosophy Day, NUS Philosophy highlights how its interdisciplinary courses – spanning medicine, economics, mathematics and more – equip students with critical thinking skills essential for an AI-driven world.
On 20th November 2024, the ComLink+ scheme celebrates its one-year anniversary, having provided support to about 14,000 families across areas such as pre-school education, employment, and home ownership. Minister for Social and Family Development Masagos Zulkifli described the scheme as a significant step towards enhancing resilience and promoting social mobility in Singapore, particularly for low-income …
What does sexual violence look like in the digital age? As social life increasingly unfolds through screens, a new continuum of harm has emerged—one where technology not only mediates intimacy but also magnifies violation. In ‘When Everything Goes Online, It’s Never Really Gone: Understanding Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence (TFSV) in Singapore’, (Journal of Gender Studies, 2025) …
The new Channel NewsAsia (CNA) documentary series Being Singaporean, hosted by comedian Rishi Budhrani, explores what it means to belong in Singapore on the nation’s 60th year of independence. Drawing on a CNA-Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) survey on national identity in Singapore, the programme examines how race, class, country of birth, and even National Service …
NUS FASS Professors Featured in CNA Documentary Being Singaporean Read More »
In her presentation, ‘The Religious Roots of Technology: How 18th Century Philosophy and 21st Century Films Drive Popular Beliefs about the Supernatural Nature of AI’, NUS Communications and New Media Visiting Professor in Digital Religion, Dr Heidi A. Campbell (Professor of Communication, affiliate faculty in Religious Studies, and Presidential Impact Fellow at Texas A&M University), …
In “Archaeological Approaches and Possibilities in Humanities/Social Science Education in Singapore” (Studies in Singapore Education: Research, Innovation & Practice, 2021), Professor John N. Miksic (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) and Associate Professor Geok Yian Goh (NTU) capture the essence of their life’s work — that archaeology is, above all, a deeply educational pursuit. In this essay, …
Dr Rebecca Grace Tan (NUS Political Science) and NUS colleagues from the Institute of Policy Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy discuss multiculturalism and the Singaporean identity.
Muhammad Ariff Ahmad – a wise and exemplary figure
By Dr Azhar Ibrahim Alwee (NUS Malay Studies).