People of FASS
People of FASS is a content series that emphasises on the human element, our people, their accomplishments and journey, as well as what inspires them. The series is curated primarily to focus on featuring exemplary students, alumni, researchers, faculty and staff.
Unlocking Singapore’s Multilingual Heritage: AI Brings Jawi Newspapers into the Digital Age
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MIGUEL ESCOBAR VARELA (NUS CENTRE FOR COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE AND HUMANITIES) About a project that’s using AI to unlock Singapore’s history by digitising and producing searchable rare Jawi-script Malay newspapers for researchers and the public.
Beyond medicine: Health District @ Queenstown and experts explore vital themes shaping Asian healthy longevity
Organised by the West Pacific Rim Consortium and hosted by the Health District @ Queenstown (HD@QT), the West Pacific Rim Consortium for Healthy Ageing Symposium 2025 brought together close to 30 policymakers, healthcare practitioners, researchers, and community leaders from leading institutions in Asia to share regionally grounded approaches to ageing well.
NUS honours 22 outstanding alumni for their service to alma mater and contributions to society
Twenty-two outstanding alumni were honoured at the NUS Alumni Awards 2025 on 25 November 2025. First held in 2005, the biennial Awards recognise alumni who have distinguished themselves through significant and impactful contributions to their alma mater, society and the world.
Studying Polarity in the Work-life Experiences of Young Workers in Singapore
BY PROFESSOR IRENE NG, DR MATHEW MATTHEWS, MR ASHER GOH, MR TAN ZHI HAN, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR VINCENT CHUA, DR GERARD CHUNG, MS CARYS CHAN AND MS LIVIA LIM
Singapore’s young low-wage workers face a stark work-life polarity, lacking the flexibility and security afforded to their higher-income counterparts.
Investigating Mass Mobilisation in War and Politics in Twentieth-Century China and the World
BY JENNIFER YIP (NUS HISTORY)
One historian reveals how China’s WWII survival hinged on massive civilian grain mobilisation, challenging Eurocentric views of total war.
The Global Life of Cultures
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ANDREW HUI (NUS ENGLISH, LINGUISTICS AND THEATRE STUDIES)
Exploring how Renaissance studies and Jesuit missions shaped our global, modern psyche by tracing the movement of ideas across cultures and centuries.
Made in Shenzhen: A Global History of China’s First Special Economic Zone
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR TAOMO ZHOU (NUS CHINESE STUDIES)
Shenzhen’s story is a global history of migration and market experiments, transforming it from a factory into a tech hub that reshaped China and the world economy.
What is the Value of Human Word Associations in the Time of Generative Language Models?
BY DR CYNTHIA SIEW (NUS PSYCHOLOGY)
Human word associations offer unique, culturally-rich insights that AI models cannot replicate, revealing the true depth of our minds.
Four Frames, One Punch: The Surprising Power of the Comic Strip
BY ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DEBORAH SHAMOON (NUS JAPANESE STUDIES)
The four-panel comic strip is a deceptively simple, globally understood narrative structure that gives powerful shape to stories.
Mapping 5,000 Years of Financial History and Geography
BY PROFESSOR DARIUSZ WÓJCIK (NUS GEOGRAPHY)
After 5,000 years of finance, the first-ever atlas reveals its hidden patterns, global power, and profound human impact.
As machines learn, humans must think: How NUS Philosophy is nurturing critical thinking through courses that bridge disciplines
On World Philosophy Day, NUS Philosophy highlights how its interdisciplinary courses – spanning medicine, economics, mathematics and more – equip students with critical thinking skills essential for an AI-driven world.
ALUMNI STORIES | Soaring Ambitions
Ms Megan Lau (NUS Philosophy, Politics, and Economics ’25) is a high achiever, excelling both academically and in her role as a ‘water princess’ in House of Dancing Water, a circus show in Macau.