Issue 87, June 2010

Campus News

  • Minister Vivian Balakrishnan unveils the Mayor and Deputy Mayors of the Youth Olympic Village during a tour of the 55-hectare site located within NTU’s lush Yunnan Garden campus.
  • Singapore’s first eco-bus, developed by engineers from NTU and Tsinghua University, will make its debut at the inaugural Youth Olympic Village in August.
  • The Technical University of Munich (TUM) will complement NTU’s strengths in "green" vehicle technologies at its latest set-up in Singapore, the TUM-Campus for Research Excellence And Technological Enterprise.
  • Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew and former top Chinese political advisor Li Ruihuan launch the Global Chinese Dictionary, a multi-country project spearheaded by NTU’s Prof Chew Cheng Hai.
  • Fraunhofer IDM @ NTU is a partnership with German R&D giant Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft to bring the latest interactive digital media technologies to the global market.
  • NTU’s joint doctoral programme with Israel’s top university means students get the best of both worlds – to do high-end research in two dynamic regions. It also includes stipends, fee waivers and access to the best facilities.
  • The S$200m Energy Research Institute @ NTU marks its official opening with the signing of partnership agreements with six leading European universities.
  • Wilmar, the world’s largest integrated palm oil group, donates S$1m to support scholarships for the “Mayors’ Class”.
  • Promising Irish business leaders will be nurtured as Asian specialists under a new programme by Ireland’s University College Cork and NTU’s Nanyang Business School.
  • Washington University in St Louis Chancellor Dr Mark S Wrighton speaks on the future energy challenges facing America and the global community.
  • Top educators and researchers from Germany and Singapore meet at a networking session to strengthen bilateral ties and explore new partnerships.