6 economics students receive MTI awards
The Ministry of Trade and Industry has given six Economist Service Awards to outstanding economics students from the National University of Singapore…
Charity to hold seminar for entrepreneurs
The Spirit of Enterprise ? a charity that inspires and promotes entrepreneurship ? is organising a seminar for SME owners and leaders to learn about…
400 university students ?challenge? public policy
400 local university students, including international students, formed teams to take part in this year's 2009 Public Policy Challenge. One SMU team…
Academic defends the use of hedge fund ‘gates’
According to Professor Melvyn Teo, Director of the BNP Paribas Hedge Fund Centre at SMU, “by erecting gates, hedge funds can prevent further…
Disaster Asia
Tobias Rettig, Assistant Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at SMU, commented on the recent spate of disasters in Asia and the challenges countries…
Is it wrong for S'pore PR to love 'motherland' more?
Assistant Professor Chung Wai Keung commented that many people migrate to Singapore largely for economic reasons and not because they really want to…
Elect your town Councillor?
Assistant Professor of Law Eugene Tan contributed a commentary on how town councils could move towards greater engagement with residents and their…
Bagan Pinang: More than majority at stake
SMU Associate Professor Bridget Welsh writes about the Malaysian elections.
More graduates giving to alma mater
SMU is seeing more fresh graduates giving back to their alma mater in the form of the Senior Class Gift.
Asia
Across East Asia, governments are funneling resources into elite universities, financing basic research and expanding access to vocational and junior…