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.

August 13, 2024

NUS CNM’s Associate Professor Neyazi Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Top Communication and Political Science Journal

Associate Professor Taberez A. Neyazi (of NUS Communications and New Media, and the NUS Centre for Trusted Internet and Community) becomes the first Asian editor to lead the international Journal of Press/Politics.

August 12, 2024

NUSSU Rag & Flag Day 2024: Rediscovering the Spirit of Receiving and Giving

NUS students demonstrated the true spirit of giving, coming together as one to raise over S$212,000 for 15 social service agencies from Community Chest through generous donations from members of the public and corporate partners.

August 10, 2024

Breaking stereotypes: Seizing new Opportunities for Athletic Expression at NUS

Sports often have gendered connotations in our society and culture, with those that demonstrate strength and power, such as football and basketball, labelled as ‘masculine’, while aesthetic sports, such as figure skating, are feminised. But some teams and athletes at NUS are changing the game by embracing the sports they are truly passionate about, promoting equal and inclusive participation across genders and enriching our campus culture.

August 8, 2024

Singlish Goes Digital

How Singaporeans infuse their distinctive language into online communication.

August 7, 2024

Six Compelling Works Selected for S$50,000 NUS Singapore History Prize Shortlist

The NUS Singapore History Prize is awarded every three years, and the author of the winning publication will receive a cash award of S$50,000.

July 25, 2024

Come In, Let’s Talk

Even as she helps the community improve their mental health, Dr Charmaine Lim (Arts & Social Sciences ’12) is also mindful about safeguarding hers.

July 22, 2024

NUS Communications and New Media Graduate Overcomes Adversity to Advocate for Mental Health and the Malay/Muslim Community

As she enters the working world armed with a Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours (Distinction) in Communications and New Media (CNM), Aisha Shamsudin is excited to apply herself to the media and communications industry and learn all that she can, in the hopes of contributing back to her community and to causes close to her heart in the future.

July 18, 2024

Making Her-story: How this History Graduate Turned Barriers into Bridges

Rachel Quek (NUS History and College of Alice and Peter Tan ’24) held on to the belief that her formative undergraduate years were a time for her to explore who she wanted to, and could, be. Armed with this conviction, she used the challenges that came her way as opportunities to grow and build up her resilience for life after graduation.

July 1, 2024

Making Sociology Current

Associate Professors Feng Qiushi, Daniel Goh, Kelvin Low and Joonmo Son (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) have been appointed editors of one of the two flagship journals of the International Sociological Association, Current Sociology, making history as the first Asia-based editors and the first editorial quartet to oversee one of the oldest sociology journals in the world.

June 19, 2024

Dr Shaun Teo’s Journey of Figuring Things Out

Once a young, disengaged student at school, Dr Shaun Teo (NUS Geography) is today a multiple award-winning educator, who is highly popular among his students due to his unique teaching philosophy and methods.

April 29, 2024

Professor Matthias Roth wins Association of Japanese Geographers’ Masatoshi Yoshino Award

The annual award, named after eminent Japanese physical geographer and climatologist Masatoshi Yoshino, is presented to mid-career or senior geographers who have achieved outstanding results in climatology in the following sub-fields of geographical climatology or climate geography: microclimatology; historical climatology; disaster climatology; climate change; and climatology related to human activities, monsoons, or geoecology.

March 27, 2024

Overseas Experiential Learning: Exploring Sustainability in Cambodia

GE4421: Field Investigation in Human Geography enables students to research dolphin behaviour, study ecotourism sustainability, and bunk at overseas homestays. That’s just a regular day in the life of geography and environmental science undergraduates at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Let’s find out more about this unique overseas experiential learning course!

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