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Identification by the Karolinska
Institutet (Sweden) of NUS as
its venue of choice for its first
overseas office. |
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The success of NUS’ partnership
in the Singapore-MIT Alliance
(SMA). The graduate education
and research collaboration
between Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), NUS
and Nanyang Technological
University was extended into a
second phase that covers the
award of dual degrees as well as
life sciences programmes. |
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Living the brand promise. NUS’ promise to deliver a distinctive
learning experience with global
and entrepreneurial dimensions is
lived out by its students. Third year
engineering student, Peh Ruey
Feng, filed over 10 US joint patents,
relating to medical devices, while
working as an intern at NUS College
in Silicon Valley. |
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Leadership in international
consortia. NUS President Professor
Shih Choon Fong was re-elected to
head APRU (Association of Pacific
Rim Universities) for a second two-year
period. |
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Hosting major conferences. NUS played host to the AAU
-APRU (Association of American
Universities-Association of Pacific
Rim Universities) Presidents
Roundtable and the APRU 9th
Annual Presidents Meeting as part
of its centennial celebrations. |
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Walking the talk. NUS researchers
in pushing the frontiers of
knowledge affirm the University’s
standing as a centre of intellectual
creativity. Associate Professor
Hong Yunhan’s (Faculty of
Science) breakthrough as the first to cultivate test-tube sperm
was reported in more than 100
newspapers worldwide. An article
co-authored by NUS researchers
and published in Biomaterials Vol
23, Issue 4, February 2002 has
been identified by Thomson ISI to
be one of the most cited papers in
materials science research. |
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Appointment of internationally-renowned
specialists as faculty. Dr R Sanders Williams, Dean
of Medicine, Duke University,
will concurrently be Dean of
NUS Graduate Medical School.
Professor Christopher Earley,
formerly department chair of the
Organisation Behaviour Group at
London Business School, is the dean
of the School of Business. |
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Membership in the big league. NUS’ Department of Chemical &
Biomolecular Engineering is the first
foreign member to be admitted
to the (US) Council for Chemical
Research, Washington DC. |
