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Listed companies in Singapore achieved a collective “A” grade for sustainability reporting in the latest Sustainability Reporting Review by the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at NUS Business School and Singapore Exchange Regulation (S...

Scientists from NUS and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) have uncovered one of nature’s most potent tool in an arsenal to combat today’s agricultural challenges: agro-microbials – or agro-chemicals of natural ...

One year ago, OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT created a sensation across the globe over its ability to generate everything from essays to e-mails and poems in a matter of seconds.Since then, the focus has turned more broadly to generative artificial intelli...

The Outstanding Social Worker Award, the highest accolade for social workers in Singapore, has been conferred on Associate Professor Peace Wong for her unwavering dedication and stellar contributions to social work supervision and education. Assoc Pr...

The United Nations organises a climate change conference every year, the Conference of Parties (COP), to provide an opportunity for countries to review the ongoing progress following the Paris Agreement on Climate Change signed by 196 parties in 2015...

The 100th anniversary dinner of the Medical Alumni Association was held on 18 November 2023, where over 700 guests and alumni members from NUS Medicine celebrated the momentous milestone together.Connecting the healthcare professionals of Singapore s...

Being a small country, Singapore is dependent on effective international cooperation for the success of its decarbonisation measures. Collaboration with other countries, such as on carbon markets, clean energy technologies, regional power grids, clea...

From extreme heat in Europe to floods in West Africa, the wildfires in Canada and record rain in China, the devastating impacts of climate change are reverberating through the world today.Ahead of the COP28 United Nations (UN) climate change conferen...

The Sustainable Tropical Data Centre Testbed (STDCT) – the first of its kind for the tropical environment – hosted by the National University of Singapore’s College of Design and Engineering (NUS CDE) is up and running, marking a significant mileston...

PIER71™ (Port Innovation Ecosystem Reimagined at BLOCK71), founded by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) and NUS (through NUS Enterprise), celebrated its fifth anniversary at the inaugural PIER71™ Great Circle 2023 event on 21 Novembe...

Since its inception in 2015, BLOCK71 San Francisco has served as a dynamic hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, providing a collaborative space where start-ups, investors, and industry leaders from Singapore, Asia and the US converge to foster in...

NUS President Professor Tan Eng Chye has been conferred the Honorary Doctor of Management by Universiti Malaya (UM) in recognition of his instrumental role and dedicated efforts in supporting the Malaysian university’s Transformation Plan – a 10-year...

NUS graduates are the ninth most employable worldwide, according to the 2024 edition of the Global Employability University Ranking and Survey (GEURS).The University also retained its position as Asia’s second most employable – ranked only behind the...

It was a feast for the senses from the moment the performance began. Buoyed by the melodious, almost hypnotic, Balinese gamelan music, actors – some wearing beautifully carved masks – moved and sang in a wonderful blend of Old Javanese, Balinese, Bah...

Fifty trees found their forever homes in NUS’ University Town as part of the inaugural Plant-It-Forward (PIF) Day, held on 4 November 2023. More than 80 NUS alumni, students, staff, friends and families participated in this much-anticipated event, wh...

Engaging with industry partners is integral to bringing research innovations in sustainable energy from the lab bench to real-world solutions for Singapore to achieve its decarbonisation goals. To support Singapore in achieving these goals, NUS is of...

Climate change is not just an environmental crisis. It affects society at all levels, and has a direct effect on the health of populations. Extreme weather and climate events – from extreme heat and drought, to rising sea levels and air pollution – h...

The NUS Faculty of Law (NUS Law) has received a S$2 million endowed gift from Dr Michael Hwang SC, an internationally recognised arbitrator and Senior Counsel with more than 50 years’ experience in legal practice, to establish the Michael and Laura H...

It was by sheer chance that Dr Jessie Chua, Wellbeing Specialist Partner, Health & Wellbeing, Office of the President, discovered her love for plant propagation. Since joining NUS earlier this year, Jessie has embarked on a new kind of propagation pr...

With a monthly household income of $6,000, the Tan family (not their real surname) was not exactly a low-income household. However, the family of six was weighed down by mounting debts: $160,000 in debt, comprising $37,000 in credit card loans and $1...

Forty-five NUS researchers have been placed among the world’s most prominent researchers, based on the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 List published by data analytics firm Clarivate. Each of these NUS honourees have demonstrated substantial impact in ...

In muscular dystrophy, genetic mutations interfere with the production of proteins needed to form healthy muscle. There are different types of muscular dystrophy, but the condition is generally characterised by progressive weakness and loss of muscle...

Three NUS researchers have been honoured in the 2023 edition of the MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Asia Pacific list for their outstanding achievements and contributions to advancing science and technology.Announced on 3 November 20...

Smiles, hugs and congratulatory handshakes were all in order at the NUS University Cultural Centre on 27 and 28 October 2023, as NUS recognised the best of student achievements at the Tan Ean Kiam Arts Awards and the NUS Achievement Awards (NAA). A t...

When NUS' The Logistics Institute – Asia Pacific (TLI-AP) launched its Master’s programme in Supply Chain Management in 2011, it had one goal in mind: to plug a crucial gap in the industry.“We were well-served on the operational level, but there was ...

When times are tough, a trusted friend by your side becomes a source of strength to help you persevere, overcome adversity or give you hope. For some disadvantaged families in Singapore, these friends are NUS students who opted to take up a year-long...

Twenty-one individual alumni and three alumni teams, comprising another 14 individuals, were honoured at the NUS Alumni Awards 2023 on 2 November.Now in its 10th edition, the biennial NUS Alumni Awards recognise alumni who have distinguished themselv...

A pioneering study led by Professor Ashok Venkitaraman from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore and Dr Mona Shehata from the University of Cambridge (UK) has uncovered vital insights into ...

In recognition of the contributions of its outstanding alumni, the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) presented the Distinguished Arts and Social Sciences Alumni Award 2023 to four recipients – Dr Khoo Kim Choo, a trailblazer of early chi...

The NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) will soon be able to boost its research and teachings in Buddhist Studies, thanks to a generous gift of S$500,000 from Mee Toh Foundation.The gift will enable the establishment of the Mee Toh Foundat...