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HASS x AI

Published on 08 Dec 2025

SHAPE x STEM Talk Series: Dr Tobias Rees on the Future of AI for Humanity and the University

Published on 27 Nov 2025

Digital HASS Information Session

Published on 07 Nov 2025

In Memoriam: Professor John N. Miksic

Published on 27 Oct 2025
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Celebrating CoHASS Faculty at NTU for Being Named Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists (2025)

Published on 22 Oct 2025

Celebrating Excellence: Nanyang Awards 2025

Published on 17 Oct 2025

School of Art, Design and Media

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Institutes of higher learning expand industry partnerships to prepare students for tech-driven media landscape

Published on 29 Dec 2025

Emmy-Winning Alumna, Samantha Suyi Lee, delivered lecture on "Beyond the Lightbox"

Published on 19 Nov 2025
2025 ADM Visual Communication student’s work tour Europe

2025 ADM Visual Communication student’s work tour Europe

Published on 16 Nov 2025
ADM Gala Group Photo

ADM CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION

Published on 15 Nov 2025

Phenomenal: Works by ADM Faculty

Published on 04 Sep 2025
Our ADM students, Adrielle De Silva, Lewis Tang and Thierry Ting, who formed the design collective, PR1NTC3NT3R, won the Wood Pencil for best of the year in advertising, design, craft, culture and impact.

ADM Students wins D&AD New Blood Award

Published on 03 Sep 2025
Congratulations to ADM alumna Shiao-ya Maggie Huang on being selected as one of 24 emerging filmmakers from a pool of 613 applicants for the prestigious 2024 CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy.

ADM Graduate Shiao-ya Maggie Huang selected at the CHANEL X BIFF Asian Film Academy

Published on 03 Sep 2025
Through his distinctive fusion of Chinese ink fluidity and the texture of Western painting traditions, Associate Professor Ng Woon Lam captures the spirit of Singapore’s 60-year journey, infusing the collection with cultural depth and artistic expression.

Ng Woon Lam collaborates with Luzerne on SG60 Diamond Collection

Published on 03 Sep 2025
Events:

Admissions Outreach

Digital HASS Information Session

28 Nov 2025 07.00 PM - 08.30 PM
Exhibitions & Fairs

MULTIVERSAL: Works by ADM Faculty

07 Nov 2025 at 06.30 PM - 27 Feb 2026 at 05.00 PM
Performances

ADM20 Retrospective

01 Nov 2025 01.30 PM - 06.00 PM
Exhibitions & Fairs

Animation Nation: Discover the best of Singaporean animation!

10 Oct 2025 - 19 Oct 2025
Exhibitions & Fairs

ADM Show 2025

10 May 2025 at 11.00 AM - 18 May 2025 at 08.00 PM New Bahru, 46 & 58 Kim Yan Rd
Networking

ADM PORTFOLIO REVIEW: ADM PORTFOLIO REVIEW IS NOW OPEN FOR ALL POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS (GRADUATING 2024)

03 Feb 2024 10.30 AM - 02.30 PM
Workshops & Classes

Symposium: Environmentally-Engaged Artistic Practices in South, Southeast Asia and the Pacific 2024

26 Jan 2024 at 11.00 PM - 27 Jan 2024 at 12.00 AM
Performances

The Managed Heart: Art and Emotional Labour

17 Jan 2024 12.00 AM - 01.00 AM

School of Humanities

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2026-01-27 New Book Stegenga

New Book Release: "Heart of Science: A Philosophy of Scientific Inquiry" by Prof. Jacob Stegenga

Published on 27 Jan 2026
2026-01-10 EASE

Introducing the Humanities Experience at NTU CoHASS Early Admissions and Scholarship Engagement (EASE) Session 2026

Published on 12 Jan 2026
2026-01-08 WHO Traditional Medicine Summit 607783176_1306240371548580_8978471155387612803_n

Shaping the Future of Traditional Medicine: Michael Stanley-Baker Presents Research at World Health Organisation’s Global Summit on Traditional Medicine

Published on 07 Jan 2026
2025-12-16 Tier 1 Li

Supporting Impactful Research: MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant Awarded to Asst. Prof. Haoze Li

Published on 16 Dec 2025
"Smart Nation: A Literary Atlas": A research monograph examining the digital imaginary of Singapore through science fiction

Supporting Impactful Research: MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant Awarded to Asst. Prof. Cheryl Julia Lee

Published on 16 Dec 2025
2025-12-16 Tier 1 Openshaw

Supporting Impactful Research: MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant Awarded to Asst. Prof. James Openshaw

Published on 16 Dec 2025
2025-12-16 Tier 1 Tan

Supporting Impactful Research: MOE AcRF Tier 1 Grant Awarded to Asst. Prof. Tamisha Lauren Tan

Published on 16 Dec 2025
C15 Cover

Constellations Issue 15 is Now Available!

Published on 15 Dec 2025
Events:

History Icon
Conferences & Seminars

Body Maps, Invisible Anatomy, and Technologies of Life

16 Apr 2026 03.30 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
Art History Icon
Workshops & Classes

Book talk: Philippine Figurine: Image, Ornament, Art

06 Apr 2026 02.30 PM - 04.30 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
2026-03-26 History - Ganguly
Conferences & Seminars

Documenting a Freedom Struggle: Oral Histories and Indian Nationalism in Wartime South-East Asia (1940-1945)

26 Mar 2026 03.30 PM - 05.00 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
Art History Icon
Workshops & Classes

Picturing Time: Temporality and US Imperialism in Oceania

23 Mar 2026 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM Zoom
Art History Icon
Workshops & Classes

Ca. 1945, when nothing seemed more certain than that “the towers of London, Vienna, and Paris were about to fall”

11 Mar 2026 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM Zoom
2026-02-26 History - Prosperetti
Conferences & Seminars

Book Talk: An Anticolonial Development: Race, Schooling, and Emancipation in Twentieth-Century West Africa (Cambridge University Press, May 2026)

26 Feb 2026 04.30 PM - 06.00 PM SHHK Conference Room (05-57)
2026-02-09 Art History - Burchmore
Workshops & Classes

A Porcelain Aesthetic? “New Export China” in Contemporary Chinese Art

09 Feb 2026 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM
HIstory - Nair
Conferences & Seminars

Mooktie’s Story: A Micro-History of Disability in the Early Twentieth Century

06 Feb 2026 10.00 AM - 11.30 AM Online via Zoom

School of Social Sciences

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​SSS in the News | Commercial spots see more crime than residential areas; Orchard and Marina Bay top list

Nov 8, 2020, 13:11 PM
Title : ​SSS in the News | Commercial spots see more crime than residential areas; Orchard and Marina Bay top list
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The Straits Times, page A4; Lianhe Wanbao, page 8

Neighbourhood police centres (NPCs) in commercial areas saw more crime last year than those in residential areas, with Orchard NPC topping the list, government figures show. Criminologist Olivia Choy, from NTU’s psychology department, said there are more opportunities to commit crimes such as outrage of modesty in commercial areas, as they are heavily populated with venues such as shopping malls. Another reason, she added, is a well-established phenomenon in criminology called the age-crime curve, which charts the aggregate offending rate.

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Events:

Conferences & Seminars

(NTU Festival of Ideas) Failing Forward: What the Humanities and Social Sciences Teach Us About Resilience

02 Mar 2026 02.00 PM - 05.00 PM
Conferences & Seminars

Panel Discussion on Post Singapore Budget 2026

13 Feb 2026 11.00 AM - 12.30 PM
Conferences & Seminars

(CSSI Junior Visiting Fellows Seminar) Die, die must live?: An Institutional Ethnography of Palliative Care in the Necropolitical Singaporean State

30 Jan 2026 02.30 PM - 04.30 PM
Networking

Alumni Event |Teh Tarik with Prof Walid | Why Palestine? Reflections from Singapore

22 Jan 2026 06.30 PM - 08.30 PM
Networking

(SOHAA & SSSAA Collaboration) Alumni Event | Understanding Specialty Coffee Workshop

17 Jan 2026 02.00 PM - 04.00 PM
Exhibitions & Fairs

(NTU MSc in Applied Gerontology) Information Session for AY2026 intake

09 Jan 2026 at 07.00 PM - 14 Feb 2026 at 12.00 PM
Networking

Project Goody 2 Shoes

15 Nov 2025 at 02.00 PM - 01 Dec 2025 at 05.30 PM
Workshops & Classes

(Sociology Seminar) SMU-NTU Joint Seminar

14 Nov 2025 04.00 PM - 06.30 PM

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information

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NTU WKWSCI Signs MOU with Wuhan University to Advance Human–AI Interaction and Game Culture Research

Published on 14 Jan 2026

The 14th International Conference on Chinese-Language Media and Huaxia Civilisations Convenes in Singapore

Published on 02 Dec 2025

i-SEA Fellowship Programme 2025: Welcoming Our Inaugural Cohort of 40 Southeast Asian Student Creators

Published on 01 Dec 2025

Advancing Research and Innovation: WKWSCI at ASIS&T 2025

Published on 30 Nov 2025

Honouring Innovation and Impact: WKWSCI Faculty Recognized for Excellence at NTU

Published on 26 Nov 2025

WKWSCI Students Shine at the Meta Reels Impact Awards 2025

Published on 17 Nov 2025

Asst Prof Renwen Zhang Receives Prestigious Google Academic Research Award (GARA)

Published on 05 Nov 2025

WKWSCI Changemakers Series - From Disruption to Innovation: The AUX Journey into Virtual Production

Published on 30 Oct 2025
Events:

Conferences & Seminars

Knowledge Management Webinar - Shaping Careers in the Age of AI

24 Jan 2026 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Conferences & Seminars

The 14th International Conference on Chinese-Language Media and Huaxia Civilisations

27 Nov 2025 at 06.00 PM - 29 Nov 2025 at 01.00 PM
Conferences & Seminars

Knowledge Management Webinar - The KM Shift: Innovation in Motion

22 Nov 2025 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Conferences & Seminars

Knowledge Management Webinar - AI and Knowledge Sustainability

18 Oct 2025 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Admissions Outreach

Graduate Discovery Sessions 2025

08 Oct 2025 at 12.00 PM - 07 Nov 2025 at 08.00 PM
Conferences & Seminars

Knowledge Management Webinar - The Data Skills Ladder: Knowing Where You Stand (and Shine)

20 Sep 2025 11.00 AM - 11.30 AM
Conferences & Seminars

ICA Conference 2025

12 Jun 2025 - 16 Jun 2025
Conferences & Seminars

13th Honours Symposium for Asian Graduate Students in Communication Research

26 Apr 2025 - 27 Apr 2025

Nanyang Centre for Public Administration

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International Workshop on Asia Perspectives on Good Governance 2025 Concludes Successfully in Singapore

Published on 07 Nov 2025

Professor Arkebe Oqubay Distinguished Lecture on China and Global Transformation at NCPA

Published on 07 Nov 2025

EMME/EMPA International Study Trip Successfully Concludes with Immersive experiences in Malaysia and Indonesia

Published on 06 Nov 2025

NCPA Forges Strategic Ties in Beijing on Education, Technology and Talent Development

Published on 06 Nov 2025

Professor Liu Hong Elected President of the Asian Association of World Historians (AAWH)

Published on 03 Nov 2025

Lien Fellows Night 2025 Celebrates 18 Years of Fostering Singapore-China Ties

Published on 02 Nov 2025

NCPA Alumni Engagement Events in Beijing and Singapore Successfully Concluded

Published on 01 Nov 2025

NCPA Delegation Visits Xi’an to Advance Academic Collaboration and Alumni Ties in Western China

Published on 01 Nov 2025
Events:

Workshops & Classes

Masters Insight Information Sessions (Virtual)

08 Oct 2025 at 11.00 AM - 31 Oct 2025 at 05.30 PM
Networking

NCPA Graduation Dinner and Alumni Reunion

25 Jul 2025 06.30 PM - 09.00 PM The Fullerton Hotel Singapore, Ballroom 2
Workshops & Classes

Symposium on AI for Social Science: Methodological Innovations with Large Language Models

22 Jul 2025 11.00 AM - 05.30 PM The ARC, Innovation Port, Basement 1, NTU
Conferences & Seminars

Lien International Conference on Good Governance 2025

21 Jul 2025 at 09.00 AM - 22 Jul 2025 at 06.00 PM
Workshops & Classes

Generative AI Utility in Research: Opportunities and Challenges

18 Jul 2025 02.00 PM - 05.00 PM The Hive (Learning Hub South - LHS 01-04) Lecture Theater
Conferences & Seminars

ASEAN-China Relations in a Changing World: New Geopolitics and Regional Cooperation

27 May 2025
Workshops & Classes

第九届陈振传基金会—南洋理工大学领导力提升高端论坛

03 Mar 2025 09.00 AM - 05.00 PM
Conferences & Seminars

NCPA Distinguished Speaker Series: Government in Business: Friend or Foe

12 Sep 2024 06.30 PM - 08.00 PM