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Fertility rates continue to fall worldwide, with more and more individuals choosing to have fewer children or forgo parenthood altogether. Singapore is no exception and currently has one of the lowest total fertility rates (TFR) in the world, with the resident TFR having declined to below 1.0 in 2023. The low birth rate is a […]
View the Award Presentation here: https://youtu.be/sgCJAf8tnk8?si=AKBgSuhYrT_J_jJ4 Dr Serina Rahman’s non-governmental organization (NGO), Kelab Alami, has been honored with The Hornbill Award 2023. The Hornbill Award, established in 2021, spotlights conservation efforts aimed at preserving and managing biodiversity and natural resources in the face of pressing environmental challenges. Dr Serina Rahman, in light of this achievement, […]
Led by Professor Kenneth Dean (NUS Chinese Studies), ‘Building Chinese Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language’, a US Federal Grant-funded project (via the US Embassies of Singapore and Malaysia), investigates the role of the Southern Min dialect, also referred to as Hokkien or Minnan, within the transformation of Chinese Voluntary […]
A column in Lianhe Zaobao by Ms Liaw Pey Wen, PhD student from NUS Malay Studies
NUS News speaks to two young women in NUS who share a common passion for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), and who are determined to make a difference in their respective fields.
A column in Lianhe Zaobao by third-year student from NUS Communications and New Media, Agnes Koay.
NUS Researchers Honoured for Early Career Contributions by the Association for Psychological Science
The four NUS Psychology researchers join other NUS faculty members who have been recognised by APS in the past including Associate Professor Eddie Tong (also of NUS Psychology), Professor Sam Yam and Assistant Professor David Peter Daniels from NUS Business School, and Assistant Professor Reuben Ng from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
International Women’s Day is commemorated annually on 8 March. This celebration empowers women by making their struggles visible, thus advocating for greater equality of the sexes.‘Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving’ (Asian Studies Review, 2022) by Dr Sylvia Ang (Monash University), Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Japanese Studies […]
A paper authored by Ms Aimee-Sophia Lim, a full-time teaching assistant at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Department of Sociology and Anthropology was among the 130 papers presented by academics analysing Swift’s influence across diverse disciplines including economics, business, media studies, health, as well as the societal and cultural spheres.
Recent NUS graduates have secured exciting careers, armed with a diverse skill set honed through a rigorous interdisciplinary and experiential NUS education, and future-ready life skills.