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26 May 2022

Creating Impact with Community-based Research

Empowering youths in Singapore, the future role of community hospitals, and women’s sexual health: these were some of the subjects explored by students of the NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre (CTPCLC) in their practicum projects.

17 May 2022

#ICYMI: FASS@CHS Open House 2022 — View On Demand Here!

If you missed the NUS College of Humanities Open House 2022, worry not. All the talks and engagement sessions of 11 and 14 May are available for your viewing on demand here.

06 May 2022

NUS CHS Open House 2022: Discover #Interdisciplinary Education!

Marking a cautiously calibrated return of the University to the normalcy of hosting large on-site events, this year’s CHS Open House is a two-day hybrid programme: 11 May on Zoom (and viewable on CHS’ Facebook page) and 14 May on several locations across the NUS Kent Ridge campus, specifically the areas around the Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS), and the Faculty of Science (FoS).

29 April 2022

FASS Alumni Honoured for Sterling Contributions to Nation and Society

The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) honoured five eminent alumni on 29 April 2022, presenting each with a FASS Distinguished Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award 2021.

21 April 2022

#DiscoverFASS@CHS 2022 | Watch Masterclasses Here!

As part of the #DiscoverFASS@CHS campaign leading up to our Open House in May, we are holding in-person Masterclasses presented by three of our award-winning Faculty members this Saturday, 23 April 2022, and streaming them ‘live’ on our website—so NO ONE misses them.

11 April 2022

Is the People’s Action Party Here to Stay: Analysing the Resilience of the One-Party Dominant State in Singapore

  Singapore’s first General Election as an independent nation was held on 13 April 1968. Out of fifty-eight seats, only two seats contested by the Worker’s Party, and another five seats contested by independents. This resulted in a walkover election won by the People’s Action Party (PAP) on nomination day. Since then, the PAP have […]

07 April 2022

Sixteen NUS Programmes in Global Top 10

These programmes include those from Arts and Social Sciences, Computer Science, Design and Engineering, and Science – demonstrating the University’s strengths across its different colleges, faculties and schools, according to the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject.

07 April 2022

Appointment as “Chair-Elect” for AAS Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei Studies Group 2022-2024

Assistant Professor Elvin Ong has been appointed as “Chair-Elect” of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei (MSB) Studies Group from 2022 to 2024. He will work with the new Chair of the MSB Studies Group, Associate Professor Cheong Soon Gan (University of Wisconsin-Superior), and Chair-Mentor Professor Patricia Sloan-White (University of Delaware), […]

05 April 2022

When Ties Run Deep

For celebrated alumna Ms Violet Oon (Political Science and Sociology, ’71), an association with the University spans across generations and is very much intertwined with her own family history.