Assistant Professor Polly Leilei Chen from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at NUS is the only Singapore-based researcher to be inducted into the prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization Young Investigator Programme this year.

In the media this week, Dr Gillian Koh from the Institute of Policy Studies discussed the recent People’s Action Party Central Executive Committee elections, NUS Business Visiting Senior Fellow Mr Alex Capri touched on the slow progress of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and NUS Geography Assistant Professor Sin Harng Luh suggested a shift in local tourism tactics.

Some 400 members of the NUS community had an opportunity to interact with Prime Minister of Canada The Right Honourable Justin Trudeau when he visited the University on 15 November for a special dialogue session themed “Canada and Asia in a Changing World”.

NUS graduates are among the world’s top 10 most employable, according to the latest Global University Employability Ranking produced by French HR consultancy Emerging and published by Times Higher Education.

In the media this week, members of the NUS community provided insight into the role of diversity in company risk and change governance, common misconceptions about flu vaccines, and the mutually beneficial relationship between the pitcher plant and the yellow arachnid, a species of crab spider.

With the aim of honing the legal skills of practising lawyers and non-lawyers alike, the NUS Law Academy was officially launched on 12 October by Senior Minister of State for Law and Health Edwin Tong and NUS Law Dean Professor Simon Chesterman.