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In June 2008, construction of Solaris, an eco-friendly building located at One-North as part of the Fusionopolis facility, commenced. Completed in a little over two years, Solaris was built for research and development in the infocommunications, media, science, and engineering industries. Singapore’s Media 21 vision was to promote Singapore as Asia’s leading media marketplace to […]
From his teaching experience at the National University of Singapore, Senior Lecturer Georgios Georgiou (NUS Economics) explains that it is not uncommon for students to send him emails in the wee hours of the morning. He wonders whether these habits are associated with the students’ many responsibilities and investigates their happiness levels. In The […]
In a Straits Times editorial, Professor Jack Qiu (NUS Communications and New Media) asserts that skills training for delivery riders across all major food delivery platforms has been inadequate. While noting GrabFood’s new occupational and safety training initiative — a program that aims to impart skills such as protective riding, package handling, and riding […]
International Justice Day for Cleaners and Security Guards is celebrated annually on 15 June. Started 30 years ago, this Union Network International (UNI) Global Union event commemorates the struggles of these essential yet lowly-paid workers. The COVID-19 global pandemic highlighted once again that the role of cleaners is of paramount importance to society. As […]
The NUS College of Humanities and Sciences has launched the Case Competition Series. Register your interest now!
On June 3rd, the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Women’s Conference was held. The panelists included Associate Professor Jessica Pan (NUS Department of Economics), chief executive of Wildtype Media Group Dr Juliana Chan, Nee Soon GRC MP Carrie Tan, and Group Head of DBS Bank Ms Tan Su Shan. The discussion centered around the need […]
In “Against The Grain: Malay Studies and the School of Autonomous Knowledge” in The Edge Malaysia, Professor Syed Farid Alatas (Departments of Sociology and Malay Studies) writes about the history behind the School of Autonomous Knowledge, likely the only school of thought in the human sciences to have emerged in the Malay world. At the NUS […]
Initiated by the United Nations in 1974 to raise awareness of issues pertaining to marine pollution, human overpopulation, global warming, and illegal wildlife crime, World Environment Day is observed every 5 June. Each year, a new theme is presented for corporations, communities, and non-governmental organizations to campaign for. The theme for 2019 was ‘Beat Air […]
In this panel discussion by Channel News Asia, presenter Genevieve Woo speaks with A/P Maitrii Aung-Thwin from the NUS Department of History, A/P Elliott Prasse-Freeman from the NUS Department of Sociology, A/P Eduardo Araral from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Burmese activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi about the implications of the coup […]
Singapore will commemorate Father’s Day on 20th June this year. The celebration was adopted from the West and seeks to honor fatherhood and the influence of fathers on family ties and the larger society. While it is not a public holiday in Singapore, Father’s Day is still observed annually in the country. The celebration aims […]