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On 11 December 2017, then-National Development Minister Lawrence Wong announced that the Dakota Crescent estate, now a 66-year-old estate, will be slated for redevelopment, save for six blocks. The estate was originally developed by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), to reduce the rapidly-growing number of kampongs in the Kallang area. The Kallang area is now […]
The Symposium “From Heritage to New Frontiers: Celebrating the Past and Reimagining the Future of Social Work” discussed how social work education and practice should evolve to address emerging needs and vulnerabilities in society in the face of AI and technology disruptions.
In recent years, Singapore has grappled with the growing healthcare challenge of diabetes. Against the backdrop of this struggle, Assistant Professor Soo Jung Hong (NUS Communications and New Media) explores the impact of exposure to conflicting nutritional messages in ‘The Paradox of Self-Efficacy: The Underlying Mechanisms Between Exposure to Contradictory Information and Nutritional Backlash’ (Current […]
Congratulations to NUS Sociology and Anthropology’s Dr Sahana Ghosh for winning the American Anthropological Association’s Association for Political & Legal Anthropology (APLA) Critical Ethnography Book Prize, Honourable Mention! Dr Ghosh received the award, which was announced in November 2024 at the APLA’s virtual ceremony at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting in Tampa, Florida for […]
By Prof Simon Chesterman, NUS Vice Provost (Educational Innovation) and Dean of NUS College, and Assoc Prof Loy Hui Chieh, from the Dept of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at NUS, and Vice Dean (Academic Affairs) at NUS College.
Coverage of the Musyawarah Masyarakat: A Community of ‘Progress’ in a Society of Success Forum organised by the NUS Malay Studies Society.
In ‘Self- and Social Corrections on Instant Messaging Platforms’ (International Journal of Communication, 2023), Sheryl Ng and Assistant Professor Taberez Neyazi (both NUS Communications and New Media) explore how misinformation is managed on instant messaging platforms (IMPs). Their study focuses on the behavior of young Singaporeans and their tendency to correct misinformation either about themselves […]
From just fewer than 40 students taking its classes in 1929, FASS welcomed about 4,400 undergraduates and more than 1,500 postgraduates in the current academic year.
By Ms Humaira Safiya Mohd Helmi, student from NUS Political Science and Economics, and Mr Amirul Daniez, student in NTU.
Storytelling brings heritage to life beyond entertainment
By Tauhid Bakhit, a final-year student from NUS Malay Studies.