Issue 124 | Jan-Mar 2021

Features

LOVE IN THE TIME OF COVID-19

Absence makes the heart grow fonder — or does it? Four alumni couples share the stresses and silver linings the current pandemic has presented to their respective relationships.

Spotlight

For poet, educator, and current director of the Singapore Writers Festival, Ms Pooja Nansi (Arts and Social Sciences ’04), a successful festival space invites the coming together of all people, no matter their backgrounds.

Frontiers

LIGHT SPEED AHEAD

The new Director of the NUS Centre for Quantum Technologies looks to strengthen its position in cutting-edge research that has huge implications for the future.

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Favourite Articles

Putting Purpose Above Profit

Ms Charmain Tan (Science ’12) founded her first company while in Sweden on an NUS Overseas College stint. Today, she is a young entrepreneur who believes in making a positive social impact while also sticking to her principles.

Biden and China: Friends or Foes?

In the aftermath of arguably the most divisive election in US history, a new White House Administration seeks to usher in an era of change. But what does it spell for the relationship between the world’s two biggest powers — and the countries in our region? Professor Kishore Mahbubani (Arts and Social Sciences ’71) looks at the complexities.

Joining the Dots to Map Out Tomorrow

Finding solutions to the defining challenges of our time seems nigh impossible. But with an interdisciplinary mindset, we are halfway there.

Alumni Happenings

Blast from the Past

PUTTING HER BLESSED FOOT FORWARD

What began as course projects that Ms Francesca Phoebe Wah (Arts and Social Sciences ’14 ’18) undertook as an undergraduate has blossomed into an organisation that caters to the underserved in Singapore.

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