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Prof Chew who retired in 2022 looks back on his academic career and tells us how he developed an interest in economic models of decision-making.
Photo: istock/Kagenmi In ‘Singapore’s Relationship with China’ (Asia Rising podcast episode 198, 26 January 2023) Associate Professor Ian Chong (NUS Political Science) discusses Singapore’s complex position on China, as well as how its relationship with Taiwan possibly complicates its relationship with China. A/P Chong first sketches Singapore’s position as a multi-ethnic society. The Singapore state […]
During NUS SAVE’s inaugural Green Action Week, over 140 NUS students discovered different fun and fulfilling ways to incorporate climate-conscious behaviours into their day-to-day lives.
Why undergraduate Joan Lim, 20, made the radical choice to study both Philosophy and Life Science, and how she is never too busy to learn something new.
Alumna Loong Yi Xin (NUS Social Work, ’22) knew from an early age that she wanted to be a catalyst to instill change in others, and enrolled in Nanyang Polytechnic’s Social Work diploma course after her ‘O’ Levels.
Associate Professor Timothy Barnard (NUS History) considers the changing popular imagination of Singapore’s colonial founder, Stamford Raffles, from his relative obscurity post-death to the unrivalled heights that he now occupies in ‘Commemorating Raffles: The creation of an imperial icon in colonial Singapore’ (Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 2019). A/P Barnard contextualises Raffles within the backdrop […]
The first infection of COVID-19 in Singapore was reported on 4 February, 2020. However, scientific knowledge about the COVID-19 pandemic is still limited, particularly on how the social attributes (population, ethnicity composition, average income, social cohesiveness etc.) and human-made environment (roads, buildings etc.) of a neighbourhood contribute to epidemiological risk. ‘A Socio-Ecological Perspective on […]
“I think it’s really the direct experience of experiential learning that helps to deepen students’ understanding of the real world environmental and social problems,” says Dr Carl Grundy-Warr, Senior Lecturer, NUS Geography, for whom the marriage of theory and practical experience is key to a fruitful education.
Cognitive psychologist Assistant Prof Pan studies the science of human memory and learning patterns for effective learning.
In February 2021, the Ministry of National Development, Ministry of Health, and the Housing & Development Board of Singapore jointly launched the new Community Care Apartments catered to seniors who want to live independently and prepare for their future care needs. In the Asian context, seniors living alone are often perceived to be more vulnerable […]