This year, Kent Ridge Hall celebrates its 40th anniversary with the theme “Remembering the Past, Living the Future”, a timely reminder to look back upon their past successes while striving for more in the future.

Southeast Asian countries are having to choose between aligning with the US or China. Professor Khong Yuen Foong from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS investigates the ways in which these important choices are made.

Politics took centre stage at this year’s Singapore Perspectives conference, organised by the Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS. Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing provided their views on Singapore’s path over the years, the implications for the Republic’s political institutions and values, as well as emerging forms of citizenry.

Professor Bao Zhiming from NUS English Language and Literature explains the possibility of linguistic markers for dementia, which can serve as tools for early diagnosis, and for developing linguistic therapies.

Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov and Assistant Professor Charles Lim gave the opening talk and first plenary lecture at the 2020 Global Young Scientists Summit in Singapore.

NUS scientists are part of an international team producing a first-of-its-kind ultra-high resolution 3D comprehensive map of the neural network within the human brain. This effort could lead to more effective treatments for neurodegenerative diseases in the future.

Researchers from NUS Engineering, together with scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland, have developed a bandage that both helps blood to clot and does not stick to wounds — the first time these properties have been combined in one material.

Students from the NUS Ridge View Residential College embarked on a reforestation project in Tahura Forest Reserve in Sumatra, Indonesia. They planted over 200 trees and more than 300 seedlings, helping to restore the forest.

Dr Simon Rowedder from NUS Southeast Asian Studies gave his insights into China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the strategy of Laos to dramatically increase their land links.

An NUS team has developed a personalised assessment tool which can detect the incidence of cancer, predict patient survivability and determine patient suitability for immunotherapy cancer treatment.