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Professor Barry Halliwell, Senior Advisor (Academic Appointments and Research Excellence) at the NUS Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, has been conferred the Citation Laureate for 2021, for highly cited, exceptionally influential, and transformative research work deemed to be of “Nobel class”.
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"The Human Condition" is an integrated humanities module offered at the newly-launched NUS College of Humanities and Sciences. Two students share their experience with the module, which studies the essence of being human through the discussion of selected texts and other media.
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Assistant Professor Jack Chia shares about his passion in studying Buddhism, and about his research on the religion’s role in fostering diplomacy in Asia. The project has won him the Social Science and Humanities Research Fellowship by the Social Science Research Council.
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Together with the drive towards sustainability, mooncakes are coming under stress. And yet this broader gift-giving culture is likely to persist for a few reasons, writes Associate Professor Audrey Chia from NUS Business School.
Creating opportunities for Singaporeans, boosting their job and social protection, and making foreigners feel welcome will go towards making Singapore a successful global city, writes Associate Professor in Practice Terence Ho from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
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