Social Service Research Centre and Next Age Institute at NUS Arts and Social Sciences organised SSR-NAI Conference 2017 on 27 July, focusing on the theme “Innovative Approaches in Community and Institutional Rehabilitation of Offenders”. 

Ten projects by seven Masters’ of Architecture graduates envisioned a fully floating settlement, complete with housing, schools and farms. The projects earned them the Lim Chong Keat prize for the most rigorous experimental thesis in architecture.

NUS played host to almost 2,000 student-athletes and officials at the Games Village in University Town from 14 to 20 July as part of the 9th ASEAN Schools Games. 

NUS and the University of Malaya (UM) further cemented their strong and longstanding ties through the 49th edition of the UM-NUS Inter-University Tunku Chancellor Golf Tournament from 19 to 20 July.

An NUS research study led by Associate Professor Leher Singh from NUS Psychology has shown that bilingual infants have an easier time than their monolingual peers in learning words in a third language.

The newly graduated Class of 2017 was honoured at the annual Commencement Dinner on 14 July. Held for the first time at Ridge View Residential College, the dinner was attended by some 300 guests.