SMU President elected Foreign Fellow of the Geographical Society of China
Published onProfessor Lily Kong, President of SMU, has been elected as a Foreign Fellow of the esteemed Geographical Society of China, in recognition of her exceptional contributions to geographical research, particularly in urban transformation and social cohesion within Asia.
Co-founder and CEO of global social media platform, Twitter, Jack Dorsey reveals what brought Twitter to life, and the lessons the business has taught him in return. Social media and tech mogul, Jack Dorsey, recently paid a visit to SMU as a guest speaker of a special dialogue that was part of the SMU Presidential Distinguished Lecturer Series (PDLS).
Subbarao Kambhampati goes in-depth into the concept of artificial intelligence, common misconceptions, and how we can use it to our advantage
With Globalisation 4.0 in motion, the waves of connectivity and digital transformation that it rides on are set to revolutionise the way we do things.
How companies are changing the way they do business, and why battling climate change goes beyond just corporate efforts.
From solving environmental woes to exposing corruption, the cryptography-linked technology can become a powerful catalyst for social change.
From Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates, from Steve Jobs to Oprah Winfrey, the myth of the successful college dropout is a potent one. If you have the creativity and vision to be an entrepreneur, the logic goes, why go to university when you can learn by doing?
Taking research out of the classroom and into the real world can yield commercial, social and educational value.
From the Imperial Academy in ancient China that equipped the emperor with bureaucrats to Western Europe’s first university in Bologna, Italy, around 1,000 years later, the earliest universities had no need to move with the times. They were repositories of a largely unchanging body of knowledge centred on religion, spirituality and supporting the status quo.
From the Imperial Academy in ancient China that equipped the emperor with bureaucrats to Western Europe’s first university in Bologna, Italy, around 1,000 years later, the earliest universities had no need to move with the times. They were repositories of a largely unchanging body of knowledge centred on religion, spirituality and supporting the status quo.
Far from the legend of the college dropout, a business school education can help entrepreneurs succeed, whether their enterprise is brand new or generations old. From Mark Zuckerberg to Bill Gates, from Steve Jobs to Oprah Winfrey, the myth of the successful college dropout is a potent one. If you have the creativity and vision to be an entrepreneur, the logic goes, why go to university when you can learn by doing?