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The virtual ICT4Good/Asia Workshop, jointly hosted by the CivicTech Lab, the Department of Communications and New Media, and the Singapore Research Nexus at the National University of Singapore, took place on Wednesday, 17 November 2021. This workshop brought together researchers and practitioners pursuing ICT4Good in Asia to discuss the interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral development of the […]
On 10 January 2020, the Singapore Structural Steel Society organized an international symposium on ‘Advances in Steel and Composite Structures’ (http://www.ssss.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=78). Steel and composite construction are usually employed in high rise buildings due to their high strength-to-weight ratio, structural efficiency, and robustness. The symposium offered international experts the opportunity to discuss and reveal new knowledge […]
The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is proud to announce the 37 winners of the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award for their work in AY2020‐21, 16 of which have also been nominated for the Annual Teaching Excellence Award(ATEA) and Annual Digital Education Award (ADEA).
The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the most recent appointments to the Faculty’s leadership team.
Since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in modern Singapore on 29 January 1819, Singapore has progressively formed closer political ties with various European countries. Though established by the British East Indian Company as a favourable trading port in the Malay peninsula, Singapore has since garnered global repute in fields spanning from politics to education. […]
The Flying Inkpot was a volunteer-run website which published theatre reviews from 1996 to 2015 in Singapore. Since 1st January 2016, the website’s maintenance has been taken over by Centre 42. All reviews in the site were submitted on a voluntary basis by a core group of reviewers. In a country like Singapore where an active […]
On 1 January 2016, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect. High levels of transboundary atmospheric pollution pose a severe challenge towards meeting the SDGs. Given that the SDGs are evaluated on a regional scale, with Southeast Asia (SEA) forming one such region, regional cooperation is required. However, effective cooperation on environmental […]
Although only one-sixth of the resident population in Singapore is Christian, Christmas is still a well celebrated holiday. Many celebrate with church services, or with Christmas themed foods, decorations, gift-giving and shopping sales across Singapore. Another role of Christianity in Singapore can be found in the chapter “Mission Schools in Singapore: Religious Harmony, Social Identities, […]
The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Division, NUS invites you to a Virtual Event featuring recent research in the humanities and social sciences on Singapore. Academics from NUS will present their studies on the themes of 1) Diaspora and Cosmopolitanism, 2) Religion and Place, and 3) Language […]
One year since the official inauguration of the NUS College of Humanities and Sciences (CHS), the publicity campaign for the new College has gained recognition at the recent Public Relations in the Service of Mankind (PRISM) Awards. The University bagged a Distinction Award in the category “Outstanding Campaign by a Non-Government Organisation or Not-For-Profit Organisation” for […]