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Meet the neighbours: The seven animals youโ€™ll spot in NUS
The lush greenery surrounding NUSโ€™ campus has made the school grounds a place for a wide range of biodiversity to call home. You'll find the Collared Kingfisher (pictured here), as well the Red Junglefowl, Plantain Squirrel, and Oriental Pied Hornbill.
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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here is this weekโ€™s news digest:

1. NUS Social Service Research Centre (SSR) Receives S$1.4 Million Funding
The SSR received funding from the Ministry of Social and Family Development and Tote Board for a Capability Development Programme for the next three years. https://bit.ly/FASSSSRCDPFunding

2. Future-ready Your Career with Interdisciplinary Skills
Ms Agatha Soh, Regional Head of People at Shopee, and Ms Cher Whee Sim, VP of Global Talent Acquisition and Mobility at Micron Technology share the qualities sought after by employers. https://bit.ly/future-ready-career-fass

3. Cultural Studies in Singapore Conference 2021 (27 July 2021)
This inaugural event examines the conditions and productions of culture in Singapore. Register for the free conference before 12pm, 25 July 2021: tinyurl.com/CSinSGCon21

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Combining Her Love of Healthcare with Economics
Sharlyn Ng pursued her two passions and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Nursing) (Honours) with a Second Major in Economics, making the most of the multi-disciplinary education offered by NUS. https://bit.ly/SharlynNg-nursing-econs

5. World Shakespeare Congress 2021 (Now till 24 July 2021)
The World Shakespeare Congress regenerates understandings of Shakespeare across the world. https://bit.ly/shakespeare-congress-2021

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๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ก๐—จ๐—ฆ
The Universityโ€™s recent interdisciplinary initiatives โ€“ establishment of the College of Humanities and Sciences, and the new Common Curriculum for the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Design and Environment โ€“ as well as efforts it has made to future-proof education by preparing students for lifelong learning, are resonating with the latest batch of students. During the 2021 admissions exercise, 71% of those who had applied to these programmes as the first choice accepted the offer. Of the incoming cohort, more than 4,000 will be exposed to interdisciplinary, and the University hopes to up that number beyond 6,000 next year.

Read all about it: https://bit.ly/FASS-strong-interdiscipline

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Professor Brenda Yeoh Elected to the Fellowship of the British Academy

Prof Yeoh from the Department of Geography and former Dean of NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (January 2010- January 2017) joins a list of 84 new Fellows who have been elected into The British Academy, the United Kingdomโ€™s national academy for the humanities and social sciences. She is the only Singaporean scholar to be elected into the Academy this year.

Congratulations Prof Yeoh!

Learn more about her: https://bit.ly/ProfBrendaYeohFellowBritAcad

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here is this weekโ€™s news digest:

1. CHS Case Competition: Promote Adoption of EVs in Singapore
Calling all students to develop a cogent strategy to promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Singapore for the NUS College of Humanities and Sciencesโ€™ inaugural Case Competition. https://bit.ly/CHSCaseComp_Website

2. Save our Mangroves to Save Our Planet
Associate Professor Dan Friess (NUS Geography) shares the critical role mangroves play in climate mitigation and how the community can play a key part in their conservation. https://bit.ly/FASS-saving-our-mangroves

3. Preparing Students for a Lifetime of Careers
Employers now look beyond academic credentials and value candidates with critical thinking, analysis, problem-solving and self-management skills. https://bit.ly/CHSLifetimeofCareers

4. Three Strategies for Successful Group Work
Mr Jonathan Sim, instructor at the Department of Philosophy, shares three methods for facilitating productive group work. https://bit.ly/THEJSGroupWork-FASS

5. Celebrating Success at the Tokyo Olympics
Adele Tan, NUS FASS undergrad, comes in 21st in the women's 10m air rifle event at the Tokyo Olympics. https://bit.ly/Adele-Tan-TokyoOlympics

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๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ

A warm welcome to all our students to the new Academic Year. We encourage you to explore our vibrant campus through an immersive 360 Virtual Tour! Check out the rest of NUS while youโ€™re there too.

Join the tour here: https://bit.ly/fass-virtual-tour

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here is this weekโ€™s news digest:

1. Preparing a Future-Ready Generation
NUS prepares students for the rapidly changing workplace and beyond through its sustained commitment to excellent teaching and an emphasis on experiential learning. https://bit.ly/fass-future-ready-workforce

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Welcoming NUS Students to our New Academic Year
โ€œEmbrace the new learning experiences and exciting student life while at NUS. I look forward to seeing you make your mark in our community in the months ahead.โ€ โ€“ NUS President Professor Tan. https://bit.ly/president-welcome

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Nature Lover Co-Establishes First Urban Insect Farm in Singapore
Read Insectta co-founder, Chua Kai-Ning (FASS English Language and Literature, โ€˜18), interview in The New Paper. https://bit.ly/ChuaKaiNing-Insectta

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Centre for Family and Population Research (CFPR) Lunchtime Seminar Series
Sign up for CFPRโ€™s upcoming seminars starting 13 August 2021. https://bit.ly/cfpr-seminar-series

5.
REIMAGINE Homecoming This Year
The Kent Ridge Alumni Family Day 2021 for FASS Alumni is on 14 August 2021. Register to stay connected with the NUS community. https://bit.ly/FASSKRAFD2021

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๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€

Partnering with the NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates, the National University of Singapore, College of Humanities and Sciences' 4-Year Career-Readiness Roadmap (4YRM) is a structured initiative to help students with career planning through workshops and programmes.

Discover your core strengths with the foundational module, Career Catalyst, in your first year and be exposed to our suite of digital tools to improve your resume and elevator pitch!

Watch to learn more: https://bit.ly/vid-career-compass

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here is this weekโ€™s news digest:

1. NUS National Day Observance Ceremony 2021 
The ceremony paid tribute to the country and University's resilience in these unprecedented times. Among those given special mention by NUS President Professor Tan, were FASS students Adele Tan and Toh Wei Soong as well as FASS alumna Chantal Liew who represented Singapore at the Tokyo Olympics. https://bit.ly/fass-NatDayObservance2021
 
2. FASS Celebrates National Day Awards 2021
Eleven from FASS received awards, including the Public Administration Bronze (Mr Mark Teng, Deanโ€™s Office), Commendation (Dr Azhar Ibrahim, Malay Studies) and Long Service Medals. Details: https://bit.ly/fass-natdayaward-2021
 
3. EVENT | Global Research Forum 2021: The Fruition and Challenges of Computational Social Science, 23-25 August 2021
Engage top researchers, industry experts and policymakers! Don't miss it. Review the programme and sign up today: https://bit.ly/GlobalResearchForum2021

4. Discover the Human Condition
Our inaugural CHS cohort are honing their critical thinking skills, learning from great philosophers and story-tellers throughout history in the CHS Common Curriculum Humanities Integrated Module. Details: https://bit.ly/CHSCCHSH1000

5. Why CHS? Hear From Chong Tze Wyne
Read what attracts Tze Wyne to the Data Science and Economics Cross-Disciplinary Programme (DSE-XDP). https://bit.ly/chs-ChongTzeWyne
 
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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ก๐—จ๐—ฆ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ
The University has announced the appointment of Professor Lionel Wee as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Co-Dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences from 1 October 2021.

Prof Wee takes over from Prof Robbie Goh, who shall be assuming the role of Provost at the Singapore University of Social Sciences.

Full story here: https://bit.ly/NewFASSDean

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Global Research Forum 2021: Connect with the Worldโ€™s Top Researchers (21-23 Aug 2021)
The NUS Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences and the Information Systems & Analytics (DISA) Department within NUS School of Computing will host top global researchers to share their strategies in applying data and analytics to the study of social sciences.

This is an opportunity to engage leading scholars and researchers from the National University of Singapore, Duke University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, New York University, Peking University and more, in discussion about data-driven approaches to meet the worldโ€™s challenges.

โžก๏ธ Full programme: https://bit.ly/fass-grf-2021
โœ… Learn about the interdisciplinary field of Computational Social Science: https://bit.ly/fass-big-data

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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here is this weekโ€™s news digest:

1. NUS Graduates Earn More and Emerge as Leaders of Society and Industry
NUS graduates earn 8% more than their counterparts and make up half of the current Parliament in Singapore based on NUSโ€™ inaugural Impact Report. https://bit.ly/fass-nusimpacttrilogy

2. Economics and Machine Learning, Integrated
Dr Denis Tkachenko (NUS Economics) shares how machine learning is essential for todayโ€™s digital economy. https://bit.ly/nus-econs-machine-learning

3. FASS Studentsโ€™ Internship Insights Series: Meet Lim Hui Shan
Learn about Hui Shanโ€™s (NUS Political Science, โ€™21) valuable experience as an intern at the Ministry of Trade and Industry whilst pursuing her passion in public policy. https://bit.ly/fass-internship-exp

4. The Interdisciplinary Nature of Work
Read about emerging work trends, jobs of the future and the skills valued by employers from a recent article in The Straits Times. https://bit.ly/fass-futurework

5. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS| Student Life Award 2021
Make a submission if you or your student group have made any noteworthy contributions toward Student Life in AY 20/21. Nominations close 22 August. https://bit.ly/osa-student-life-awards-2021

6. EVENT | HERE! Arts Carnival by NUS Centre For the Arts, 19-20 August
Jet across the globe to experience the arts from 22 exciting destinations, led by knowledgeable tour guides from the NUS Centre of the Arts. Review the programme and sign up: https://bit.ly/cfa-arts-carnival-2021

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[LAST CALL] Register Now for Global Research Forum 2021!
From 23-25 Aug, engage key scholars and researchers from all over the world to discuss current issues and potentials of computational social science at the Global Research Forum 2021.

Day 1 (23 Aug) highlights include keynote presentations by Professor Alex (Sandy) Pentland (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Professor Cuihua (Cindy) Shen (University of California, Davis). Organised by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Science and the Department of Information Systems and Analytics (DISA) within the NUS School of Computing.

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US Foreign Policy in the Indo-Pacific with US VP Kamala Harris
United States Vice President Kamala Harris will give a speech on Facebook live tomorrow (24 August) at 10am SGT on US foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific. Jointly organised by the US Embassy Singapore and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Watch the livestream below
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Greetings from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences! Here are highlights for the week:

1. Seeing the Connections in a Chaotic World
Hear from Assoc Prof Melvin Yap, FASS Vice Dean (Undergraduate Matters) about NUSโ€™ timely push towards interdisciplinary learning: https://nus.edu/38dqFTr

2. NDP 2021: The Road Ahead
Watch singer-songwriter Linying (NUS History, โ€™16) perform this yearโ€™s NDP theme song: https://bit.ly/3B5OWHu

3. Into the Unknown, Emerging Stronger
Find out how our FASS students and alumni tackle the challenges brought about by the pandemic: https://nus.edu/3mvKRbN

4. Chinaโ€™s Three-child Policy
Read Prof Jean Yeungโ€™s (NUS Sociology) perspective on the effectiveness of Chinaโ€™s three-child policy: https://ab.co/3kqRTMl

5. NUS Masterโ€™s Degree Scholarship for Research in GIS
The NUS Geography Department, in collaboration with Yale-NUS College and NUS Asia Research Institute, are calling for applications for a two-year scholarship. Apply by 1 Nov. https://nus.edu/3sFqLww

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