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June 2020 Issue

Living

Yale-NUS recognises the contributions of its community in 3rd Kingfisher Awards Ceremony

Before the start of semester break, Yale-NUS celebrated the contributions of its community leaders with the third installation of the Kingfisher Awards. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the prize ceremony was moved online to celebrate the outstanding contributions of Yale-NUS community leaders safely.

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Alumni

Yale-NUS alumni deliver breaking news on COVID-19 pandemic

Covering the news during COVID-19 requires both speed and an eye for details. Three Yale-NUS alumni, Timothy Goh, Jane Zhang and Justin Ong, share the challenges and triumphs of working in the newsroom during this extraordinary time.

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Community

Yale-NUS Professor receives National Research Foundation grant for research on superconductivity

Assoc Professor of Science Shaffique Adam was awarded the prestigious National Research Foundation Investigatorship for his research to achieve ‘high-temperature superconductivity’, which aims to help scientists gain a better understanding of the properties of new materials. 

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Learning

Career Services team mentors students through their career exploration journey

At Yale-NUS College, students are supported in their career exploration journey by a robust Career Services team. Learn how career advising, mystery internships and skills building workshops have played a role in helping our students prepare for life after College. 

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Giving

Inaugural artists of the Artist-in-Residence programme interact with ecology to create engaging artworks

Earlier this year, Yale-NUS launched its Artist-in-Residence programme and welcomed multidisciplinary artists Andrew Yang and Christa Donner to a semester at the College. During their residency, the artists explored a variety of ecologies to create engaging artworks.

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Community

New Haven Faculty Director aims to strengthen ties between Yale-NUS and Yale

A key part of Yale-NUS’s partnership with Yale is the College’s New Haven office, which facilitates ongoing programming and institutional collaboration. The new director of this office Professor Philip Gorski aims to deepen ties between the two institutions.

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Community

Yale-NUS PhD Scholarship holder receives award for research on butterfly wing scales

Yale-NUS offers three PhD scholarship places a year for graduate students to work with our faculty members in different fields of research. Yale-NUS PhD scholarship holder Ms Seah Kwi Shan has received an award from the Society for the Study of Evolution to support her research on butterfly wing scales. 

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Learning

Learning to teach while helping others learn through peer tutoring programme

Yale-NUS College has had a strong emphasis on peer-to-peer support systems for its students and students have opportunities to support each other in different areas at College. The Peer Tutoring programme brings additional academic support to students, while also giving students the opportunity to teach their peers.

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