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Meaning of Success for SG Women and Female Students of Higher Education Institutions…

March 14, 2024

A column for Suria News Online by Siti Maryana Siful Bahri, a final-year student majoring in Political Science, with a minor in Public Health.

FASS Remembers Former Dean Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr K.J. Ratnam

March 13, 2024

Former Dean and Head of Political Science, Professor Emeritus Dato’ Dr K.J. Ratnam, passed away on 10 March 2024. A prominent political scientist specialising in Malaysian politics and race relations, Prof Ratnam was the youngest professor in his generation. He served as a key member of the Department of Political Science at the University of […]

Singaporeans prefer to have just one child, instead of being childless: Study

March 13, 2024

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 […]

Dr Serina Rahman’s NGO, Kelab Alami, Wins The Hornbill Award 2023 for Conservation Efforts

March 13, 2024

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, […]

Building Chinese Diaspora Resilience and Sustaining Traditional Identities through Promotion of Hokkien Language

March 11, 2024
‘Man playing five stones at a carnival’ by Kelman Chiang, from SRN’s SG Photobank

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 […]

Will we see the rise of Malaysian-style constitutional monarchy system?

March 8, 2024

A column in Lianhe Zaobao by Ms Liaw Pey Wen, PhD student from NUS Malay Studies

Let Our Shared Passion for Science and Engineering Shape the World Around Us

March 7, 2024

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.

Dare to Speak in Person?

March 6, 2024

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

March 6, 2024

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.

Singaporean Women Living in China: The Uneven Burdens of Middle-class Transnational Caregiving

March 4, 2024

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 […]

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