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Going beyond what is taught in classrooms and textbooks, these students from the NUS Class of 2026 have led inquiries of their own — pushing disciplinary boundaries and exploring new frontiers of knowledge.
Peninsular Malaysia, with its extensive coastline, is home to numerous artisanal fishing communities that have historically relied on the sea for their livelihoods. Amid the escalating challenges of climate change, small-scale Malaysian fishermen are among the most vulnerable communities. In ‘Analysing Climate Change Through a Human Security Lens: a Case Study of Fishermen in Crisis […]
As the NUS Class of 2026 mark their Commencement, two graduates share how a drive to solve real-world problems led them to look beyond their own faculties for solutions, proving that a holistic education is not just about acquiring knowledge, but applying it to solve real-world problems.
A course chosen by chance ended up revealing a little-known career path for Manisekaran Harish, who majors in Data Science and Analytics and minors in Geographical Information Systems (GIS).
Despite the widespread adoption of digital services post-COVID where e-transactions, telecommuting, and online activities have become the norm, societal attitudes toward digital equality and strategies to achieve it remain underexplored. In ‘Campaigning for Digital Equality: the Role of Digital Access Attitudes in a Neoliberal Context’ (Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development, 2024), Professor […]
What shapes a speaker’s choice to say, ‘Put where?’ instead of ‘Where do I put it?’ This is the central question behind ‘Morphosyntactic Choice in Singapore English: Grammar, Psycholinguistics, and Variation’, a research project funded from 2026 to 2031 and led by Assistant Professor Nick Huang (NUS Department of English, Linguistics, and Theatre Studies). Supported […]
The Johor-Singapore Causeway celebrated its 100th birthday on 28 June 2024. Since its inauguration day, it has served as a crucial piece of infrastructure, facilitating the constant flow of people, commodities, and goods between Singapore and Malaysia, thereby contributing to their statuses as each other’s second most important trading partners. To commemorate its centenary, Dr. […]
Amidst World Cup fever, Mr Jared Gallagher (NUS Communications and New Media ’25) is living his dream as a professional footballer, while learning to navigate both success and doubt.
In the second half of the twentieth century, Singapore emerged as a key site for the practice of conservative ideology in Asia. This conservatism was developed through a network of intellectuals, institutions, and cultural projects across Asia and the West. One such figure was Chinese political philosopher Wu Teh Yao (1916-1994) whose peripatetic life spanned […]
In Kebun Baru, one of Singapore’s last remaining bird-singing corners, rows of wooden cages are hoisted high into the air, with songbirds like zebra doves, white-rumped shamas, and oriental white-eyes filling the space with melodious calls. Once a symbol of community and cultural identity, bird-singing corners such as those in Kebun Baru now stand as […]