Professor Matthias Roth from the NUS Department of Geography was recently featured in this CNA article on rising temperatures in Singapore. He highlights that these rising temperatures are due to global warming and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect, which is caused by the heat generated from human activities and trapped by urban surfaces. In […]

Singaporeans may be familiar with Tai Pucam, a Hindu festival that usually takes place between late January and early February. A number of rituals are carried out during the Tai Pucam processions along the streets of Singapore, including the carrying of kavati on the shoulders of devotees. A kavati, a wooden pole surmounted by a […]

In NUS News, Associate Professor Leher Singh from the NUS Department of Psychology shares her scientific interest in language, as well as her research, which centres on language development in very young children. A/P Singh explains that she developed a passion for human language in children during her undergraduate studies. After completing her PhD in […]

Assistant Professor Lin Weiqiang from the NUS Department of Geography wrote a forum letter on the Singapore-Malaysia maritime and aerial boundary disputes in The Straits Times. In the letter, A/P Lin briefly explains the recent developments in the dispute. For one, Malaysia wants to reclaim International Civil Aviation Organization or ICAO-delegated airspace over Johor. It […]

A book of poems and illustrations by Dr Lee Tzu Pheng, NUS alumna and former Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, and Senior Lecturer Dr Ho Chee Lick from the Department of Chinese Studies, was recently featured in the Straits Times as one of this year’s top 10 must-read books. Simple […]

Poetry Festival Singapore is a society funded by the National Arts Council which offers a multilingual, multicultural, and multi-generational platform for poets and poetry enthusiasts in the appreciation of the art of poetry in Singapore. Poetry Festival Singapore also aims to develop the written and spoken word in the island’s four official languages and to […]

As Singapore is a city-state, its high degree of urbanization and population density contribute significantly to carbon dioxide emissions. Singapore’s unique position as a tropical urban island has been the focus of research by Professor Matthias Roth (NUS Department of Geography). His research looks at the shifts in various components of Singapore’s climate such as […]

What was the relationship between government policies and public perceptions of condom use in Singapore during the 1970s through the 1990s? Did you know that in the 1970s, officials in Singapore considered selling contraceptives in slot machines to make them more easily available? Learn about Singapore’s condom debates in ‘The state in sexual life: Public […]

What sorts of privacy management strategies do we use on Facebook? Associate Professor Hichang Cho from the NUS Department of Communications and New Media investigates using samples from Singapore, the United States, and South Korea. Find out as well how conceptions of privacy vary across cultures, and what the consequences of collective privacy management are […]

A new study conducted by Associate Professor Alberto Salvo, Associate Professor Liu Haoming, and Dr He Jiaxu (NUS Department of Economics) on air pollution was featured in The Straits Times. The study, just published in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, found that long-term exposure to polluted air adversely affects the productivity of a workforce. […]