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2023
21
September
2023
| 17:30 Asia/Singapore
Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT) Distinguished Fellow and Research Professor Artur Ekert has been named the winner of the Milner Award and Lecture 2024 by the UK’s Royal Society for his pioneering contributions to quantum communication and compu...
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15
September
2023
| 13:44 Asia/Singapore
Professor Lim Chwee Teck, from the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at NUS College of Design and Engineering, has been elected as Fellow by the Institution of Engineers, Singapore...
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11
September
2023
| 16:32 Asia/Singapore
A paper by Associate Professor Jaclyn Neo from NUS Faculty of Law and her co-author has been awarded the 2023 I•CON Best Paper Prize by the International Journal of Constitutional Law (I•CON) in 2022. The award was announced at the 2023 ICON•S Annual...
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06
September
2023
| 17:11 Asia/Singapore
Seven academics from NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (YLLSOM) and Duke-NUS Medical School were recognised for their dedication and significant contributions at this year’s National Medical Excellence Awards (NMEA).Presented by Minister for Health...
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26
July
2023
| 11:23 Asia/Singapore
NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology) and Tan Chin Tuan Centennial Professor Liu Bin; Professor Hong Wan Jin from the Department of Biochemistry at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine; and Assistant Professor Koh Ming Joo from the Department...
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18
July
2023
| 13:49 Asia/Singapore
Associate Professor Hans Tan from the Division of Industrial Design (DID) at the NUS College of Design and Engineering received the Design of the Year award at this year’s President*s Design Award (P*DA), Singapore’s highest accolade for design. Reco...
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14
July
2023
| 18:30 Asia/Singapore
At this year’s Women in IT Asia Summit and Awards organised by DiversityQ and Information Age, NUS Chief Information Technology Officer (CITO) Ms Tan Shui-Min was named CITO of the Year. The event, which took place on 28 June in Shangri-La Singapore,...
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29
May
2023
| 10:58 Asia/Singapore
Provost’s Chair Professor Abhik Roychoudhury from NUS School of Computing was part of a research team that won the Most Influential Paper award at this year’s International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). Since 1989, the award is presented...
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25
May
2023
| 15:15 Asia/Singapore
Dean’s Chair Associate Professor Yao Yao from the Department of Mathematics at NUS Faculty of Science and NUS Presidential Young Professor Assistant Professor Reza Shokri from the Department of Computer Science at NUS School of Computing have been aw...
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21
April
2023
| 16:09 Asia/Singapore
Provost’s Chair Professor Dr Dean Ho, Head of NUS Department of Biomedical Engineering, has been accorded the Achievement Award by the Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern California (CESASC). Presented annually, the awar...
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29
March
2023
| 18:13 Asia/Singapore
Mr Jeremiah Lau from NUS Faculty of Law has been elected a Prize Scholar of Merton College, Oxford. Awarded in an annual competition regardless of discipline and funding, the accolade is reserved for those of the highest academic distinction and is u...
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23
March
2023
| 10:56 Asia/Singapore
Assistant Professor Dr Andy Tay from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the College of Design and Engineering has been honoured with the Hisako Terasaki Young Innovator Award from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, for his res...
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17
March
2023
| 16:43 Asia/Singapore
Professor José Ignacio Latorre, Director of Singapore’s Centre for Quantum Technologies (CQT), has been conferred a Distinguished Professorship by ST Engineering. The inaugural award recognises researchers who have made outstanding contributions to t...
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22
February
2023
| 17:23 Asia/Singapore
Four faculty members from NUS Business School, NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) as well as the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) at NUS, have been recognised by the Association for Psychological Science (APS) for their resea...
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17
February
2023
| 10:26 Asia/Singapore
NUS Law Professor Antony Anghie has been conferred the prestigious Manley O. Hudson Medal by the American Society of International Law (ASIL) for his exceptional contributions to scholarship and achievement in international law.Born in Sri Lanka and ...
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27
January
2023
| 17:44 Asia/Singapore
A research team led by Professor Lim Chwee Teck from the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) and the Department of Biomedical Engineering under the NUS College of Design and Engineering, has won the Institution of Engineers, Si...
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19
January
2023
| 11:34 Asia/Singapore
Ms Diane C Fletcher received the award from Mr Benjamin Gaw, Director of Drew & Napier LLC.Ms Diane C Fletcher, NUS Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel was awarded the Certificate of Special Recognition for the Public Sector category by the Singa...
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09
January
2023
| 08:48 Asia/Singapore
Assistant Professor Shruti Bhatt from the Department of Pharmacy at NUS Faculty of Science has been selected as new member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Global Investigator Network. She was among eight group leaders selected t...
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2022
22
December
2022
| 10:24 Asia/Singapore
Assistant Professor Jack Chia from the Department of History at NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (RHS), in recognition of his contribution to historical scholarship. The RHS Fellowship ...
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13
December
2022
| 12:05 Asia/Singapore
Asst. Prof. Pieremanuele Canepa from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the College of Design and Engineering has been recognised by the American Chemical Society (ACS) a...
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12
December
2022
| 16:37 Asia/Singapore
The Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) has appointed Professor Low Teck Seng, NUS Senior Vice President (Sustainability & Resilience) as its Chairman, with effect from 1 January 2023.“SMI has been actively building and deepening maritime R&D capabili...
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22
November
2022
| 17:52 Asia/Singapore
Distinguished Professor Henry Yeung from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences has been awarded the prestigious 2022 Sir Peter Hall Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field by the influential Regional Studies Association (RSA). The annual RSA a...
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16
November
2022
| 10:29 Asia/Singapore
Prof Lam received the award from Ms Indranee Rajah, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office and Second Minister for Finance and National Development.Prof Lam Khee Poh was recognised with the Ministry of National Development’s (MND) Medallion 2022 for...
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14
October
2022
| 17:49 Asia/Singapore
Mr Loo Deliang, Head of Sustainability Strategy Unit at the Office of University Campus Infrastructure has received the 15th EcoFriend Award in the Non-Government Organisations & Grassroots Category. Selected from over 220 nominees, Deliang is among ...
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07
September
2022
| 01:15 Asia/Singapore
Recipients of the Amazon Research Awards 2022: Assoc Prof Ilya Sergey (left) and Asst Prof Trevor Carlson (right).Associate Professor Ilya Sergey and Assistant Professor Trevor Carlson from the NUS School of Computing were announced as recipients of ...
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05
September
2022
| 19:16 Asia/Singapore
Associate Professor Tan Kong Bing from the Department of Pathology at NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, was recently presented with the National Healthcare Group (NHG) Outstanding Education Partners Award 2022. This award is given to non-NHG facul...
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29
August
2022
| 14:19 Asia/Singapore
In June 2022, the Academy of Engineering, Singapore (SAEng) elected NUS Senior Deputy President and Provost Professor Ho Teck Hua as its President.“I am deeply honoured and excited by the opportunity to lead this eminent group of engineer-leaders fro...
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17
August
2022
| 17:30 Asia/Singapore
NUS Presidential Young Professor Kuldeep Meel from NUS School of Computing has won the 2022 Association for Constraint Programming (ACP) Early Career Researcher Award.Established in 2021, the award is given to researchers with a scientific track reco...
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16
August
2022
| 17:55 Asia/Singapore
Seven NUS scientists have been conferred fellowships awarded by the Singapore National Academy of Science this year.Scientists from NUS Computing, NUS College of Design and Engineering and NUS Science have been conferred seven of the 14 fellowships a...
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15
August
2022
| 01:18 Asia/Singapore
Assistant Professor Andy Tay, Presidential Young Professor from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the College of Design and Engineering, has been awarded a short-term fellowship from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) for a ...
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