Highlights

Organised by HASS’ Green Economy and Sustainability Society (GESS), in conjunction with the Sustainability Centre in order to connect researchers working on sustainability issues.

Our Human-Centred Design Master’s program was honoured to host Ms Liu Hanmo (Hana), Product Experience Design Expert, and Mr Shu Weiqi from Tencent LightSpeed Studios (Singapore) as part of our Dialogues with Leaders series.

Assistant Professor Jeffrey Chan is a member of the Artificial Intelligence Technical Committee (AITC), which contributed to the launch of SS ISO/IEC 42001:2024 standard.

Our Master of Science in Technology and Design (Human-Centred Design) programme students had an inspiring visit to Carousell hosted by Keith Oh, Head of Product Design.

Our HASS Freshmore core course, ‘02.003 Social Science: Understanding Behaviour, Culture and Society’, begins with the foundational debates of political economy. We read selections from Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations, including his famous discussion of the origin of the division of labour and its role in promoting national wealth.

SUTD researchers had set out to test the effect of bilingualism in mitigating cognitive decline in older adults. The team developed and conducted a novel game-based cognitive training programme and found that older adults who played in dual-language mode improved their cognitive skills more than those who played in single-language mode.

Be it for work or vacation, chances are that many will have passed through an airport. In the largest cities, the airport presents to travelers the first glimpse of a new land and a reflection of the surrounding city. Beyond first impressions, airports stand as an important economic hub for local policymakers, with a continuous flow of goods and passengers fueling the urban economy.

Every single SUTD graduate from our undergraduate degree programmes is now recognised as being “design-trained”. This marks the first time all degrees in a university worldwide have been design accredited.

Move over Super Mario and Candy Crush, Ami is set to take the game world by storm – for the mature audiences at least. Ami operates on the scientific hypothesis that bilingualism or multilingualism has positive effects on the cognitive abilities of the elderly.

Through this research, Assoc Prof Yow aims to develop ideas on ways to embrace language diversity, with the ultimate goal of harnessing the advantages of bilingualism to improve the developmental and educational outcomes for children from all walks of life.