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NUS Receives Philanthropic Gift to Advance Healthy Longevity Initiatives in the Health District @ Queenstown

June 13, 2024

The newly established Gloria Lee Woo Award will start with supporting initiatives focused on mental and social wellbeing and Malay female caregivers.

NUS Linguists Make Breakthrough Discovery on Detecting Early Linguistic Signs of Dementia by Studying the Natural Speech of Seniors

June 12, 2024

The novel study revealed that participants with memory-related mild cognitive impairment spoke less and used fewer, but more abstract, nouns that is consistent with the speech pattern of Alzheimer’s patients.

Asian values in Confucian masculinity: A discourse analysis of parenting advice to fathers

June 12, 2024

Father’s Day is commemorated annually on 16 June. However, as birth rates in Singapore remain concerningly low, the government has had to consider various policy angles and campaigns to reframe marriage and parenthood narratives, for both fathers and mothers. This includes the provision of Government-Paid Paternity Leave (GPPL) and the introduction of flexible work arrangements …

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Modi Becomes Prime Minister Again with a Slim Majority

June 8, 2024

By Dr Ronojoy Sen, Senior Research Fellow and Research Lead (Politics, Society, and Governance), the Institute of South Asian Studies and NUS South Asian Studies.

NUS at world No. 8 and top in Asia in QS World University Rankings 2025

June 6, 2024

NUS has retained its position as eighth in the world and first in Asia, according to results of the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) 2025.

Talk less, do more: Student conservationist drives change with bold actions

June 6, 2024

Final-year Geography student Ting Wai Kit leverages his skills, industry connections, and rapport with the youth to help drive tangible change and promote practical conservation efforts.

Driving Sustainable Population and Development in a New Era

June 5, 2024

The impact of seismic shifts in society – including the rise of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and robotics, the move towards super-aged societies, increasing migration, and climate change on populations in Singapore, Asia and beyond – was the focus of discussions at the Population Association of Singapore’s (PAS) Annual Meeting on “Sustainable Population and Development in a New Era”, organised by the Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR) at FASS and PAS from 16 to 17 May 2024.

Shaping the Story of Singapore (vol 3) eBook published

June 5, 2024

Our third volume of Shaping the Story of Singapore is available as an eBook! Get it in epub format or PDF format. Shaping the Story of Singapore (vol III) is a compendium of selected grant-funded projects led by researchers at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. It features 32 projects …

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The returns to an additional year of education for college graduates

June 5, 2024

As the academic year comes to a close, final-year undergraduate students find themselves at a crossroads – having to decide between pursuing graduate education, securing a job, or exploring other paths. Some third-year students might even forgo the fourth year of undergraduate education due to personal reasons or due to ineligibility to continue in the …

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The ‘Pelita’ Performance Invites the Public to Learn the Story of Children Entrusted to their Care

June 4, 2024

Undergraduate Sharifah Umairah Syed Idros Alhabshi (NUS Malay Studies) writes about the play ‘Pelita’, staged by the NUS Malay Language Society earlier this month — in Suria News Online.

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