In the media this week, NUS Biological Sciences lecturer Dr Zeehan Jaafar commented on the latest Singapore Blue Plan, NUS Dentistry Adjunct Associate Professor Rashid Tahir addressed tooth decay in young children, and Year 4 NUS Sociology student Louis Wong spoke about the joys of solo travelling.

NUS Civil & Environmental Engineering co-organised the 10th South China Sea Tsunami Workshop which saw some 120 academics and researchers from more than 14 countries converge at NUS University Hall from 10 to 11 October.

NUS has established a new scholarship to groom outstanding students who aspire to be entrepreneurs and are interested in developing their entrepreneurial skills. 

Prof Liu Bin, Head of NUS Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, is a full-time scientist, manager, entrepreneur, and mother, and a recognised global leader in the field of organic functional materials.

Final year NUS Law undergraduates Samuel Lim and Marissa Chok came in second in the 2018 edition of The New York Times — Association of Pacific Rim Universities Asia Pacific Case Competition with their entry on artificial intelligence.

NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye has been honoured for his outstanding achievements with the prestigious Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest award bestowed on an alumnus by the Yale Graduate School Alumni Association.