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State of the University 2010 NUS SOU Cvr 0924 indd 129 09 2010 11 32 AM Vision Towards a Global Knowledge Enterprise A leading global university centred in Asia infl uencing the future Mission To transform the way people think and do things through education research and service CONTENTS 01 President s Message 02 Raising Our International Profi le 05 Making a Global Impact 07 Our Students 13 Our Faculty and Staff 21 Support from Our Benefactors 22 Connecting with Our Alumni 24 Moving Ahead with New Education Initiatives 30 Making Great Strides in Research 36 Fostering the Spirit of Enterprise 39 Enhancing Our Campus This report covers the Academic Year 2009 2010 August 2009 to July 2010 President s Message It gives me great pleasure to present this report on NUS for the academic year 2009 10 The pages that follow capture our community s quest for excellence faculty staff students alumni and friends in pursuit of our vision of becoming a leading global university centred in Asia We have much to be proud of as NUS continues to fl ourish and grow NUS has nurtured and retained faculty who have achieved international eminence as scholars while competing with leading universities to recruit the best minds We have made much progress in enhancing and in several cases transforming the quality of the education we offer In addition many members of our University community have also contributed to country and society through their outstanding service and accomplishments As we refl ect on what we have achieved we must not forget to keep our singular focus on what we have to continue to do We must constantly challenge ourselves to push the boundaries of excellence with imagination and strategic boldness Are we stretching our students suffi ciently and giving them the opportunities to discover and grow so that they can achieve more than they had thought possible Is the research we pursue of the highest quality addressing important questions and making an impact Is our NUS community becoming even more dynamic vibrant and connected to our University Are members of NUS making their mark and contributing signifi cantly in our globalised world We start the new academic year with several major initiatives which will help us advance in all these dimensions I would like to particularly highlight NUS new University Town Two of the four Residential Colleges the Graduate Residence and other state of the art facilities will be opened next year providing our students and community many exciting new opportunities to excel In addition the opening of the National Research Foundation s Campus for Research Excellence and Technological Enterprise which is co located at University Town will enable our faculty and students to interact and work with world class researchers from some of the world s best universities Colleagues and friends may the excellence we strive for as a University continue to be the hallmark of our community and take us to the forefront in global education and research Tan Chorh Chuan President State of the University 2010 1 Raising Our International Profi le The NUS Global Asia Institute NUS GAI invited luminaries to be Associates to promote its mission and involve NUS GAI in key academic projects and research The Associates are Dr Tan Khee Giap Adjunct Senior Fellow Institute of Policy Studies Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Prof Peter Rogers Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Engineering and Professor of City and Regional Planning Harvard University Prof K N Satyanarayana Indian Institute of Technology Madras India Dr Bindeshwar Pathak Founder Sulabh International Social Service Organisation and Prof Ryosuke Shibaski Director Center for Spatial Information Science University of Tokyo Former United Nations Secretary General and Nobel Laureate Prof Kofi Annan delivered his fi rst public lecture titled Asia and Africa Past Lessons Future Ambitions in his capacity as the inaugural Li Ka Shing Professor of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Close to 1 000 guests attended the lecture at the University Cultural Centre Prof Annan was also hosted to lunch by NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan at the University NUS President Prof Tan Chorh Chuan attended the meeting of the Global University Leaders Forum at the 40th World Economic Forum 2010 Annual Meeting in Davos Klosters Switzerland A member of the WEF s Global Agenda Council on Pandemics Prof Tan was also invited to speak at a panel discussion on Germs and Globalisation The Duke NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore hosted a conference in December 2009 to inaugurate the Programme in Emerging Infectious Diseases Close to 250 doctors scientists and public health offi cials from Singapore and overseas converged to discuss issues on global emerging infectious diseases and the prevention and control of such diseases 2 National University of Singapore His Royal Highness Prince Andrew the Duke of York KG graced the Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan CSFP 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