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The Annual ROSA Symposium on Successful Ageing unveiled early insights from ROSA’s ongoing study, highlighting infrastructure and social connections as being critical to the well-being of older adults in Singapore.
Published on 21 November 2024
A new study from SMU Centre for Research on Successful Ageing (ROSA) has revealed that both physical infrastructure and social connections are integral to enabling older adults to age in place, with both factors contributing significantly to their overall well-being.
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SMU President Prof Lily Kong.
Published on 7 November 2024
Professor 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.
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SMU President Prof Lily Kong making her 2024 President’s State of the University Address.
Published on 11 October 2024
SMU Hall buzzed with anticipation as faculty, staff, students and guests gathered to hear Professor Lily Kong delivered her sixth SMU President’s State of the University Address. Professor Kong took a broad view, reflecting on SMU’s progress over the last five years since the launch of the SMU2025 strategic plan in 2020. She shared milestones in the University’s transformative education, cutting-edge research, and commitment to being an engaged city university.
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Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat giving his keynote speech at the 7th GRASFI conference held at SMU.
Published on 8 October 2024
SMU hosted the groundbreaking GRASFI 2024 conference, uniting global experts to drive innovation in sustainable finance, with keynote insights from Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
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The SMU-DBS Foundation Symposium on Essential Household Needs in Singapore focused on sharing new findings on the Singaporean consensus of what constitutes essential needs.
Published on 24 August 2024
The SMU-DBS Foundation Symposium on Essential Household Needs in Singapore focused on sharing new findings on the Singaporean consensus of what constitutes essential needs, as experienced by groups in society that may be deprived of such essentials and on ways to enhance access for these groups.
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SMU Provost Prof Timothy Clark (left) with Ms Mengchen Zhen of Boston University who won the Best Paper on Marketing at the Singapore Scholars Conference 2024.
Published on 18 June 2024
To systematically help postgraduate research students, SMU’s College of Graduate Research Studies held the second Singapore Rising Scholars Conference in May 2024, with 60 papers by presenters from 22 institutions around the world.
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SMu President Prof Lily Kong.
Published on 18 June 2024
SMU President Professor Lily Kong has been conferred the highly prestigious Royal Geographical Society Victoria Medal 2024 for conspicuous merit in social and cultural geography and in urban research.
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Assistant Professor Andree Hartanto has been named APS Rising Star.
Published on 29 April 2024
Assistant Professor Andree Hartanto from the SMU School of Social Sciences has been recognised as a “Rising Star” by the Association for Psychological Science (APS). APS presents the Rising Star Award to outstanding APS members in the earliest stages of their research career post-PhD and recognises researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.
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SMU's OUB Chair Professor of Computer Science David Lo.
Published on 8 March 2024
SMU Professor David Lo has been honoured as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACM Fellows represent the most prestigious member grade in ACM, the largest professional organisation for computing, which boasts a global membership of 110,000.
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(L–R) Assoc Prof Orlando Woods, Director of SMU Urban Institute; Prof Timothy Clark, Provost of SMU; Mr Piyush Gupta, SMU Chairman; Ms Sim Ann, Senior Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and National Development; Prof Lily Kong, President of SMU; Prof Archan Misra, Vice Provost (Research) of SMU.
Published on 28 February 2024
The new SMU Urban Institute (UI) is dedicated to multi- and inter-disciplinary research on cities in Asia and was launched in response to trends that underscore a critical need to prioritise urban research. These include the rapid urbanisation of many Asian cities, and the need for policymakers to face increasingly complex and pressing challenges when it comes to balancing urban growth with the development of resilient and sustainable cities.
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