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Professor Mohan J. Dutta, Head of the Department of Communications and New Media, has won the National Communication Association Outstanding Health Communication Scholar Award! The Award recognizes a significant and original contribution to the study and application of the field of Health Communication. Prof. Dutta received the award for his contributions to the development of […]
Every November, men around the world grow out moustaches in support of the near global Movember movement. The campaign seeks to raise awareness for men’s health related issues such as prostrate cancer and mental health issues. Moustaches and beards aren’t only influential in global movements. This hairy trend also has a place in alumni Catherine […]
You have heard of Dr. Lim Boon Keng, one way or the other. But what do you know of his eldest son? Dr. Lim Kho Seng may not quite be as famed as the ‘grand old man of the Singapore Chinese community’. But according to Associate Professor Wong Sin Kiong from the Department of Chinese […]
How relevant is the Kranji War Cemetery and Memorial in post-colonial Singapore? Remembrance Sunday is commemorated annually on the Sunday closest to November 11. It is a day to honor Commonwealth soldiers who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. On Remembrance Sunday, members of the diplomatic corps, military, Singapore Armed Forces Veterans League, […]
If you are single, feel proud and celebrate Singles’ Day on November 11th. In Singapore single women face great social pressure to get married from the family as well as the state. The pressure to marry stems from a ‘family biopolitics’ to produce the right kind of family. The state, on the other hand, through […]
“Haggling” by Kelman Chiang from SRN’s SG Photobank.Naraina Pillai (also known as Narayana Pillay) was the first Tamil on record to have arrived in Singapore. He came with Sir Stamford Raffles during Raffles’ second visit here in May 1819. Pillai settled in Singapore and established many businesses, also building Singapore’s first Hindu temple, the Sri […]
How are religions affected when they are practiced and cultivated in diasporic communities? Diwali, celebrated this year on 6 November, is arguably the biggest Hindu festival, both in terms of its grandeur and the number of people who celebrate it all over the world. Known in Singapore as Deepavali, preparations begin months in advance, with […]
How do you catch a tiger in Singapore? Who could imagine that over a century ago, wild tigers roamed across Singapore, once a densely-forested island. However, on 26 October 1930, the last tiger on the island was killed near the old Chua Chu Kang village. A/P Timothy P. Barnard (Department of History) and his co-researcher, […]
Existing policies that tackle homelessness must be improved – but how? Dr Neo Yu Wei, Research Fellow from the Social Service Research Centre at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Assistant Professor Ng Kok Hoe from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS tackle this question. Their findings show that […]
Why was Biopolis established? Biopolis was launched on 18 October 2003 as an integrated cluster of research facilities, which A/P Axel Gelfert (Department of Philosophy) characterizes as a milestone in the push to integrate basic and applied research ‘under the paradigm of biomedical and molecular biotechnology’. Singapore’s industrial and economic policy has long focused on […]