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The Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) was formed on 1 August 2000, bringing together Singapore Zoological Gardens, Jurong Bird Park, and Night Safari. This merger paved the way for greater effectiveness in conserving biodiversity in the country, in collaboration with other Southeast Asian organisations and institutions, through self-funded initiatives. Even though the WRS celebrates and inspires …
NUS Economics’ Associate Professor Jessica Pan – whose recent work focused on gender differences in labour market and educational outcomes, the labour market effects of immigration, and the economics of higher education – has received a Young Researcher Award by the University.
In conjunction with the United Nations’ International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July, mangrove expert and geographer Associate Professor Daniel Friess (NUS Geography) diaries a day in his life as a researcher in an Eco-Business article.
Undergraduate Friedel Wong (NUS Sociology) explores why there is an “unhealthy obsession with grades” in Singapore universities, and what it would take to move beyond grades.
On 27 July 2019, Channel NewsAsia (CNA) Insider featured a video article on Ms Bay Song Lin, who works as a medical illustrator at the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. Ms Bay creates graphics and animations of human anatomical structures to enhance the learning experience for students in the faculty. For example, …
Taking place at the Kent Ridge Guild House, the dinner honoured the newly minted graduates and was graced by some 160 guests, from the graduates – including Honorary Graduate Professor Wang Gungwu – and faculty to members of the NUS Board, and NUS Pro-Chancellors Mr Po’ad Mattar, Mrs Theresa Foo, and Prof S. Jayakumar.
Speaking at the inaugural NUS Lifelong Learning Festival, Minister for Education Mr Chan Chun Sing called on Singapore’s Institutes of Higher Learning to work closely with industry to enhance their lifelong learning course offerings.
No one knows what the future holds, except that there is a vast and technology-driven world out there. NUS has done its best to prepare students for a digital, post-pandemic society — and done it well — through the introduction of game-changing tech tools and major reforms focusing on technology subjects.
The new initiatives, including tuition fee rebates and increased capacity in selected Graduate Certificate courses, will make it easier for prospective students to pursue postgraduate studies with NUS.
From Fighting Climate Change to Healing Illnesses — Mangroves Should be Celebrated
In ‘Commentary: From fighting climate change to illnesses — why mangroves are worth celebrating’ (Today, July 2022), Associate Professor Daniel Friess (NUS Geography and Deputy Director of the NUS Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions) discusses ten reasons to celebrate mangroves for International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on 26 July. He notes …
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