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From trailblazer in the banking world to leader in social services — Ms Junie Foo (NUS Political Science, ’90) has found her journey to be full of fulfilment.
On 1 November 2012, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) was restructured to form the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Formerly, the MCYS aimed to involve Singaporean youths in nation-building measures but was later restructured to provide social-safety nets to youths and families at risk. With its mission “to nurture […]
16 October is World Food Day, featuring food security as a global concern. Although Singapore is not a country typically associated with agriculture, it is actually an intriguing case for the study of smallholders and their persistence. In ‘Singapore: Making Space for Farming’ (in Asian Smallholders in Comparative Perspective (2019)), Ms Sakunika Wewalaarachchi (NUS Lee […]
‘Public seminar on Singaporean Mandarin as 1,000 terms selected for online database’ (The Straits Times, October 2022) mentions Associate Professor Tham Shiao Wei (NUS Chinese Studies), who will speak in a PMC-organised public seminar – Selat to Singapore: A Conversation on Singaporean Mandarin – in October this year. The public seminar will take place on […]
Congratulations to Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov (NUS Departments of Psychology and Communications and New Media) and her co-authors, whose article ‘Beyond mindfulness: Arousal-driven modulation of attentional control during arousal-based practices’ has recently been accepted for publication in Current Research in Neurobiology! A/P Kozhevnikov’s study was funded by her 2019 Tier 1 Ministry of Education Grant, […]
World Skin Health Day is marked every 14 October. Recent studies show that in Singapore, 1 in 10 individuals are being treated for eczema. Unfortunately, a social stigma is attached to contracting eczema in Singapore, thus imposing additional challenges on patients combating the disease. In ‘Media and social factors influencing stigma towards eczema patients: A […]
AMP Singapore is a non-profit organisation serving the Muslim community. Established on 10 October 1991, AMP was formed with core programmes in education, human resource development, social development and research. In ‘Unequal returns to social capital: the study of Malays in Singapore through a network lens’ (Asian Ethnicity, 2015), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Department […]
The practices lead to above-normal levels of physical and cognitive performance and pave the way for a range of potential medical and behavioural interventions.
7 October is Children’s Day in Singapore. Children learn from others not only through direct experiences but also verbal testimony. Verbal testimony takes place in a human information-sharing system, requiring children to consume given information and produce information for others, the latter of which is teaching. Western studies have shown that children engaging in teaching […]
We invite NUS FASS members of staff to nominate the colleagues who have served as their truly inspiring mentors – who have gone beyond the call of duty to positively impact their work and life – for FIMA 2022 honours.