Latest @ Yale-NUS
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Highly selective admissions process yield a class of extremely accomplished students. |
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29 May 2013: Yale-NUS wins BCA Green Mark Platinum Award Yale-NUS College received the Green Mark Platinum Award from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) earlier this month. |
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23 May 2013: Building Relationships The new Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid at Yale-NUS will be looking at cementing ties as the College matures and grows. |
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26 April 2013: 50-strong faculty to teach when Yale-NUS starts Singapore's first liberal arts college continues to attract leading educators from around the world. |
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19 April 2013: The Community Grows A diverse and talented group of recent college graduates hand-picked as Dean’s Fellows to mentor inaugural freshmen. |
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12 April 2013: Framing the Residential Experience Inaugural Vice-Rector Dr Eduardo Lage-Otero aims to make creativity, curiosity and community a part of Yale-NUS College’s DNA. |
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10 April 2013: Report details fresh take on liberal arts Yale News reports on the content of the Curriculum Report, released by the Yale-NUS Curriculum Committee on 4 April. |
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8 April 2013: Strengthening the Liberal Arts Yale-NUS Dean of Faculty Charles Bailyn weighs in on the role of liberal arts in the 21st century |
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5 April 2013: A New Community of Learning Yale-NUS presents report on curriculum process after year-long effort |
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13 February 2013: Top Yale Scholars to teach at Yale-NUS Students will have access to Yale University’s professors who are experts in their fields |
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1 February 2013: Living to Teach Inaugural Rector of Yale-NUS, Professor Brian G McAdoo will live among students and nurture a community of learning |
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29 January 2013: Top Research Honors Science Professors Dr Melissa Fullwood and Dr Shaffique Adam recognized by NRF for their research contributions |
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16 January 2013: Defining the Majors Yale-NUS students can choose from 14 Majors that cut across disciplines |
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2012 |
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17 December 2012: Next application deadline of Singapore’s first liberal arts college approaches Yale-NUS receives close to 2,600 applications from two earlier rounds this year. |
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16 December 2012: A Singapore Ramayana Academic freedom and the liberal arts curriculum. |
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27 November 2012: Yale-NUS panel mulls student life Yale-NUS faculty and Singaporean students exchanged views at a panel discussion. |
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17 November 2012: Dr Stephen Riady makes $25 million gift to NUS Dr Stephen Riady ‘s donation will support University Town and Yale-NUS College. |
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14 November 2012: Lai Choy Heng: An East-West bicultural learning is one of the founding principles of Yale-NUS College Professor Lai Choy Heng shares thoughts on liberal arts and science and Yale-NUS College |
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9 November 2012: Yale-NUS College outlines innovative Common Curriculum Students to get an integrated introduction to the full range of humanities, sciences, and social sciences. |
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9 November 2012: Yale-NUS College attracts talented applicants across continents Students from around the world are drawn to Singapore’s first liberal arts college. |
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25 October 2012: Liberal Arts in Asia President Pericles Lewis writes about the changing educational landscape in Asia. |
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11 October 2012: Yale-NUS College receives gift from Yale alumna and Duke-NUS professor Medical and Operations Director of Duke-NUS’ Clinical Performance Centre Dr Mara McAdams gives a gift to support Yale-NUS scholarships. |
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1 October 2012: Yale-NUS College moves to University Town After months of planning and preparations, the entire team of administrative and faculty staff made the move from University Hall to the new Residential College 4, University Town. |
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27 July 2012: Yale-NUS College Receives Donation from Yusof Ishak Secondary School Yale-NUS College receives strong support from Singapore's Educational Community. |
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19 July 2012: Statement by Yale-NUS President Pericles Lewis Yale-NUS College is committed to academic freedom and open inquiry. Yale-NUS's policy specifically protects academic freedom for research, teaching, and discussion on campus and for publication of the resulting scholarship.
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6 July 2012: Yale-NUS College Breaks New Ground in Singapore and Asia Yale-NUS College’s groundbreaking ceremony on 6 July 2012 was graced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.
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30 May 2012: Yale-NUS College Announces Inaugural President and Leadership Team Outstanding US and Asian talent with strong academic, research and leadership experience to shape Singapore’s liberal arts college.
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6 January 2012: Yale-NUS College to Add Two Degree Programs in Law and Environmental Studies The Yale-NUS College (Yale-NUS), a landmark collaboration between NUS and Yale University, has announced two new degree programmes in Law and Environmental Studies.
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22 November 2011: Yale-NUS College Announces Governing Board Asian business leader Madam Kay Kuok has been announced as the Chair of the Yale-NUS College (Yale-NUS) Governing Board. The 10-member board includes influential industry leaders from Singapore and the USA, a leading liberal arts college president, a senior official from the Singapore Ministry of Education, and the presidents of Yale University and National University of Singapore (NUS). |
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11 April 2011: Singapore Prime Minister Launches Yale-NUS College Singapore's first liberal arts college, the Yale-NUS College, was officially launched on 11 April 2011 by the country's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who also unveiled a distinctive architectural model of the college at the event.
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31 March 2011: NUS and Yale to Establish Singapore's First Liberal Arts College NUS and Yale University announced today that they will establish Yale-NUS College, an autonomous college of NUS. The College will provide a new model of liberal arts education for Asia that will prepare high potential students - from Singapore, the rest of Asia and beyond - for leadership and engaged citizenship in today's complex and rapidly changing world.
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10 September 2010: NUS and Yale Announce Landmark Partnership The collaboration between the NUS and Yale is a landmark partnership. Today's announcement brings together two universities with distinctive strengths and a shared vision. NUS and Yale seek to create a new model of residential liberal arts education, contextualized to Asia in the 21st Century. |