Six inspiring USP alumni were honoured with the prestigious NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award and Team (Alumni) Award at this year’s NUS Alumni Awards held on 5 November 2021. This is the largest number of USP alumni honoured in a single year.

Two USP students, one USP alumnus and one NUS alumnae formed a team to get creative and compete in the Charmingly Changi Ideas Competition. We are pleased to learn that our students won Third Prize under Tertiary Category with their ‘Idyllic Changi’ idea.

National swimmer USP student Toh Wei Soong (Philosophy, Politics and Economics + USP, Class of 2023) represented Singapore for three events at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Games and broke his own personal records, setting two new national records – what an amazing feat!

USP alum Jessica Lee (History + USP, Class of 2017) is on this year's Prestige 40 Under 40 list! Unveiled in August 2021, this list identifies 40 Singapore-based individuals from various industries effecting positive change in today’s world. They displayed tenacity, are imaginative and unafraid to think big.

Our heartiest congratulations to our USP faculty member Associate Professor Kuldip Singh for being among the proud recipients of this year’s National Day Awards! A/P Singh was conferred the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) for his significant contributions to Singapore and NUS.

Three inspiring USP alums received recognition for their hardwork and significant contributions in their field of work. They are: Madhumitha Ardhanari (Political Science + USP, Class of 2014), Fadhilah Abdul Rahman Zamawi (Accountancy + USP, Class of 2014) and Goh Huishan Aprilene (English Language + USP, Class of 2010.

Four USP faculty members were honoured at the NUS Teaching Awards for Academic Year 2020/2021. They are Dr Edmund Low, A/P Tok Eng Soon, Dr Bart Van Wassenhove and A/P Loy Hui Chieh.

A group of USP students came together to form a new Ground-up Initiative (GUI), USP^3D, to share the joy of art and creation through 3D printing.

Kudos to everyone on Team USP who trained hard over the past few months notwithstanding the safe-distancing restrictions, and gave the very best fight in every match played at the 2021 NUS Inter College Games (ICG)!

USP alum Yong Zi Fong (Industrial Design + NOC + USP, Class of 2019) – on the right in the photo – and her teammate Ng Ai Ling clinched the prestigious Red Dot Award: Product Design Junior Prize for “The Dyslexperience” – an interactive empathy book specially designed to raise awareness on how having dyslexia feels like.

USP alum Chen Ying Rheverie (English Literature + USP, Class of 2016) was one of the seven educators to receive the Inspiring Teacher of English – Teaching Award 2020 for being an exceptional teacher and inspiring love for English Literature in her students.

USP student Ng Alison (Law + USP, Class of 2023) formed a team with her NUS friends to compete in two virtual competitions. Alison and her team made an impressive performance – and clinched the Most Business Savvy Team award at the inaugural Singapore Corporate Counsel Association (SCCA) Legal Eagle Challenge in August 2020 and was conferred the Champions Team for the Singapore Business Case Competition in October 2020.

Unveiled on 15 October 2020, three USP alums have been placed in this year's Singapore Tatler's Generation T (Gen.T) List – a list of individuals who are shaping Singapore and Asia’s future.

Snack Empire Holdings Limited, co-founded by USP alum Daniel Tay (Economics + USP, Class of 2003), was one of only six Singaporean companies to make it to the prestigious Forbes Asia’s Best Under A Billion list with a market value approximating US$23 million (S$31.3 million).

We are happy for USP student Wee Su-Ann (Law + USP, Class of 2021) to be elected President of the NUS Students’ Union (NUSSU) 42nd Executive Committee (EXCO). She is also the second-ever female NUSSU President (and the first in 14 years).

USP alum Ow Yeong Wai Kit (English Literature + USP, Class of 2013) has successfully launched an anthology of poetry entitled “Love and Life at the Gallery” at The Arts House on 30 August 2020. This book is a sequel to another anthology that he co-edited, entitled “Love at the Gallery”, which was published in 2017.

Three members of the USP community have contributed to the creation of The Birthday Book: 20/20 Seeing Clearly. This Birthday Book edition is a collection of 55 essays presented as a gift to the nation on its 55th birthday. An annual publication now, this year’s edition was launched on 22 August.

USP student Teow Junhao (Philosophy, Politics & Economics + USP, Class of 2022) and his team of six from the Advisory – a youth-led non-profit organisation dedicated to empowering young Singaporeans to make informed career and further education choices – participated in the Youth Action Challenge (YAC) and emerged the Champion Team, beating out strong competition from over 50 teams.

USP Fellow Professor Lim Chwee Teck is the co-founder of Biolidics – a homegrown medical technology that has developed a rapid test kit for COVID-19 which is able to detect the disease in less than 10 minutes with high accuracy. The test kits are being used in Singapore and will be delivered to neighboring countries once approved.

USP alum Dr Zhou Lihan (Biomedical Science + USP, Class of 2007), Co-founder & CEO of MiRXES - Singapore-based biotech company - activated his entire team when they received the government’s call to manufacture 100,000 COVID-19 test kits. They delivered within two weeks and these kits have been used in Singapore and across the world.

USP alum Muhammad Nadjad Abdul Rahim (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2014) is part of the NanoBio Lab team headed by Professor Jackie Ying at the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). The team of scientists have been working tirelessly to come up with a rapid test kit that can detect if a person has the coronavirus in just 5 minutes - possibly the fastest test ever to detect COVID-19.

Singapore-made feature film A Land Imagined – a film with USP-The Arts House’s 2013 writer-in-residence Daniel (Dan) Koh as the associate producer and script consultant – has brought the country's film industry on to the international stage since its first release in August 2018.

USP alum Yong Zi Fong (Industrial Design + NOC + USP, Class of 2019) – on the right of the photo – and her teammate Ng Ai Ling clinched the top accolade, the Grand Prix Award, at the 2019 Taiwan International Student Design Competition.

Zhou Xiaorui (History + Middle Eastern Studies + USP, Class of 2020) has been named a Rhodes Scholar. Xiaorui, who is on the NUS-Sciences Po Double Degree Programme, is the first USP student to receive this scholarship and one of only four Rhodes (China) scholars selected this year.

Five inspiring USP alums were honoured with the prestigious NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2019. They are Dr Li Jingmei, Dr Mustafa Izzuddin, Muhammad Shamir Bin Abdul Rahim, Veerappan Swaminathan and Soh Yi Da.

Two USP alums Dr Li Jingmei (Life Sciences + NOC+ USP, Class of 2006) and Dr Mustafa Izzuddin (Political Science + USP, Class of 2005) were honoured with the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Singapore's Ten Outstanding Young Persons (TOYP) 2019 Award for their outstanding achievements in their field of work and contribution to the community.

National swimmer USP student Toh Wei Soong (Philosophy, Politics and Economics + USP, Class of 2023) bagged two Gold medals at the 2019 Japan Para Championships.

USP student Carina Lim Yu Shan (Industrial Design + NOC + USP, Class of 2020) formed a team with her NUS Overseas Colleges (NOC) friends to compete in the McKinsey Digital Menopause Challenge in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite facing a strong competition from more than 800 female participants, her team impressed the judges and emerged as champions at the challenge.

USP has clinched the Top Achievement Award under the Hall/Residential College category for attaining the highest participation rate at the annual Commencement Class Giving Campaign.

USP student Toh Wei Soong (Philosophy, Politics and Economics + USP, Class of 2023) clinched the Sportsboy of the Year award at Singapore Disability Sports Award 2019.

USP alum Goh Si Wei (Biomedical Engineering + USP, Class of 2015) has gained a spot at Duke-NUS Medical School to pursue the Doctor of Medicine (MD) programme for the next four years.

The USP Prizes, Joanna Wong Gold Medal Award, Sung Kah Kay Memorial Prize and Izzuddin Taherally Prize were presented at the USP Commencement Dinner held on 20 July at the Hilton Singapore.

Three USP alumni teachers received outstanding recognitions at this year’s National Institute of Education (NIE) Teachers’ Investiture Ceremonies held on 2 and 3 July 2019.

USP alum Fairoz Ahmad (Sociology + USP, Class of 2006) launched his debut fiction collection, Interpreter of Winds, on 28 June 2019 at The Arts House.

Unveiled on 26 June 2019, three USP alums have been placed in this year's Singapore Tatler's Generation T (Gen.T) List – a list of individuals who are shaping Singapore and Asia’s future.

USP alum Song-Ming Ang (Literature + USP, Class of 2005) represents Singapore at the prestigious 58th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia for his presentation titled Music for Everyone: Variations on a Theme. The multidisciplinary presentation by Song-Ming and curated by Michelle Ho comprises film, works on paper, sculptures and banners.

We are delighted to share that our Writing and Critical Thinking (WCT) Programme has made a mark on the international stage, becoming one of only four recipients, and the first in Asia, to win a 2018-2019 Certificate of Writing Program Excellence from the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC).

USP alum Shawn Seah (Economics + USP, Class of 2010) has successfully launched his second book titled “Leader and Legislator—Seah Liang Seah” at The Peranakan Museum on 23 March 2019. This book is a sequel of his debut book, “Seah Eu Chin: His Life and Times”, which was published in 2017.

USP alum Choo Ruizhi (History + USP, Class of 2017) submitted his short story entry on Facebook for the ‘Utterly changed. The Substation Writing Competition’ and was awarded Third Prize (S$1,000). There was a total of 62 entries for this competition.

We are delighted to share that USP Deputy Director (Student Life), A/P Albert Teo, was presented with the Red Ribbon Award 2018 at the 11th Singapore AIDS Conference. Held on 8 December at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, the award was given in recognition of his volunteer work with people living with HIV over the past 18 years.

The OCD Empathy Kit — a final year project by USP alum Desiree Lim (Industrial Design + USP, Class of 2018) — was among the three projects by NUS Design and Environment graduates selected from more than a thousand applications to be featured at this year’s Global Grad Show in Dubai from 13 to 17 November.

USP student Natalya Jia Yu Wickramasuriya (Psychology + USP, Class of 2019) was presented the Global Winner award in the Psychology category at the Global Undergraduate Summit for her research paper titled “Development of the Sensitivity to Instructor Criticism Scale (SICS)”.

Two USP students Kee Qian Ling (Engineering Science Programme + USP, Class of 2022) and Chang Jing Wen Celeste (BIZ + USP, Class of 2022) are among the six recipients of the new NUS bond-free Stephen Riady Young Entrepreneur Scholarship.

USP alum Jonathan Low (Electrical Engineering + USP, Class of 2013), co-founder of honestbee, and his team have launched habitat by honestbee – a supermarket, restaurant and retail innovation lab all in one – on 16 October.

Two USP alums have been shortlisted for this year's Epigram Books Fiction Prize (EBFP). They are:

May Seah (English Literature + USP, Class of 2008), senior digital lifestyle journalist at Channel NewsAsia
Lu Huiyi (English Literature + USP, Class of 2013), pursuing a post-graduate course in Singapore Management University

USP student Woo Qiyun (Environmental Geography + USP, Class of 2020) was recognised at the HSBC/National Youth Achievement Awards 2018 ceremony on 21 September for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the environment.

Five USP-Law students impressed at the annual Asia Law Students’ Association International Moot Court Competition (AIMCC) 2018 held in Myanmar from 24 – 28 August. They were in the teams that emerged Champion and First Runner-up.

Two USP faculty members, Assoc Prof Lo Mun Hou and Dr Edmund Low, received the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Awards (ATEA) for Academic Year 2016/2017 on 28 September.

We are extremely proud of two members of our USP community for receiving recognition at the Singapore Accountancy Awards 2018.

Four USP students impressed the judges at the inaugural NUS Law-WongPartnership LegalTech Competition which took place over two weeks, from 31 August – 14 September. They were in the team that clinched the first prize.

Three USP alums have been placed in this year's The Vanguards: 2018 Prestige 40 Under 40 – Titans list, unveiled in August. They are:

Tin Pei Ling (Psychology + USP, Class of 2007), Muhammad Shamir Bin Abdul Rahim (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2007) and Kelvin Teo (Accountancy + USP, Class of 2010).

USP alum Christopher Chok (History + USP, Class of 2014) has been awarded the prestigious Chevening Scholarship 2018 to pursue a Masters in Religion and Society at Durham University. He was presented this Scholarship at a ceremony on 31 July.

USP alum Nur Safiah Alias (Communications and New Media + USP, Class of 2014) was part of the “Who Cares? Transforming the Caregiving Experience for Singaporeans” project that won Design of the Year at the 2018 President*s Design Award (P*DA). Held on 17 July at the Istana, the Award was jointly handed out by the Urban Redevelopment Authority and DesignSingapore Council.

We presented the USP Prizes, Joanna Wong Gold Medal Award and Sung Kah Kay Memorial Prize at the USP Commencement Dinner held on 21 July at the Le Meridien Singapore, Sentosa.

Congratulations to USP Rector Emeritus Ms Euleen Goh for being named one of the best in corporate governance in Singapore! The Chairman of SATS Ltd was awarded Gold for Best Managed Board of a listed company with S$1 billion and above in market capitalisation at the Singapore Corporate Awards (SCA) 2018.

USP alum Amutha Saravanan (Psychology + USP, Class of 2007) was among 14 outstanding women entrepreneurs honoured at the Women Entrepreneur Awards (WEA) 2018 on 11 July at The Ritz-Carlton Millenia.

USP alum Feng Yuanqiu (Architecture + USP, Class of 2014) was recently awarded the Barbour Scholarship by the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School for Academic Year 2018/19. Another USP alum Tiffany Chuang May (Sociology + USP, Class of 2011) was also a recipient of the scholarship for Academic Year 2017/18.

Four USP alums have been placed in this year's Singapore Tatler's Generation T (Gen.T) List, unveiled this month.

USP student Beverly Goh (Law + USP, Class of 2019) together with students from Fudan University formed a team to compete in the 2018 Tsinghua University School of Law International Arbitration Moot. The team emerged first place in the competition.

USP alum Jackie Tan Yen (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2012), the Co-founder of fundMyLife, has been placed in the prestigious Forbes “30 Under 30 Asia” 2018 list under the Finance and Venture Capital category.

Two USP students Annina Zhang (Economics + USP, Class of 2021) and Isabella Tan (Law + USP, Class of 2021) was commended for their outstanding performances with Honorable Mentions at this year’s Princeton Diplomatic Invitational (PDI) at Princeton University, USA.

The NUS Student Achievement Awards (SAA) organised annually by the NUS Office of Student Affairs recognises exceptional individual students or student organisations for their noteworthy contributions to the University in areas outside the academic curriculum. This year, Camp REConnection III was awarded Silver under the Community Projects (Group) category.

USP alumni Betty Tsai (Chemical Engineering + USP, Class of 2012) and Mohamed Fairoz bin Ahmad (Sociology + USP, Class of 2006) were honoured with the prestigious NUS Outstanding Young Alumni Award 2017.

USP alum Dr Li Jingmei (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2006) was among 10 women trailblazers honoured by The Singapore Women’s Weekly magazine in its annual Great Women Of Our Time Awards.

USP alum Kia Jie Hui (BIZ + USP, Class of 2011), co-founder of Save That Pen project, was awarded this year’s National Environment Agency (NEA)’s EcoFriend Award under the Non-Government Organisations and Grassroots Volunteers category for her effort and contribution to protecting the environment.

USP students Moh Su Jin (BIZ + USP, Class of 2019) and Keane Looi Yi Xian (Computing + USP, Class of 2019) participated in the NUS Medical Grand Challenge. Su Jin's team won the Change Maker Prize for the most creative and impactful project while Keane's team won the People's Choice Award for the most popular project.

Two USP students together with two Law students formed a team to compete in the inaugural Asia-Pacific Commercial Mediation Competition. The team came first in the competition.

Three USP students together with a Chemical Engineering student formed a team to compete in this year’s Sembcorp-EMA Energy Challenge (SEEC). The team managed to clinch second runner-up position under the University category in the competition.

USP students contributed much to the success of the recent 17th ASEAN University Network (AUN) and 6th ASEAN+3 Educational Forum and Young Speakers Contest. Held from 22-26 May 2017 at USP, the event provided a platform for discussions, public speaking and academic presentations by some 50 students from ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) countries. A group of USP students represented NUS in either participating or organising the event.

USP student Teoh Xin Yi (FASS + USP, Class of 2021) won the second prize in The New York Times Asia-Pacific Writing Competition 2017, under the tertiary category.

USP student Cassandra Pee Xue Yi (Political Science + USP, Class of 2019) has received the Bronze award under the Leadership category at the NUS Student Achievement Awards (SAA) 2017 organised by NUS Office of Student Affairs.

Two USP students Woo Qiyun (Political Science + USP, Class of 2020) and Cheok Jia Ying (Computing + USP, Class of 2020) brought home an award each after participating in this year’s Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation (PICSim) at Princeton University, USA.

USP alum Betty Tsai (Chemical Engineering + USP, Class of 2012) has gained a place in the Asian Scientist 100 list 2017 edition. To gain a spot on the list, the honoree must have received a national or international prize in the last two years for his or her scientific research through competitive selection, made a significant contribution in scientific discovery, or displayed leadership that has benefitted either academia or industry.

USP alum Prasatt Arumugam(English Literature + USP, Class of 2016) is one of 4,862 people in the world and the FIRST Singaporean to complete the 4,280km-long Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).

In PM Lee Hsien Loong’s New Year message delivered on 31 December 2016, he spoke about USP alum Muhammad Shamir Bin Abdul Rahim (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2007) who started out as a molecular biologist and launched his own start-up at NUS Enterprise's Blk71.

USP student Low Joo Tat (Industrial Design + USP, Class of 2017) and fellow Industrial Design students formed Team Duktig to take part in a joint collaboration workshop (organised by SPACE10 in collaboration with NUS Enterprise and IKEA Singapore) during which they won an all-expense-paid trip to Scandinavia, Sweden.

Four USP students brought home an award each after participating in the 14th Annual English Festival at Shantou University 2-4 December 2016.

In her final year of undergraduate studies, USP alum Li Yanzhe (Pharmacy + USP, Class of 2016) was awarded with NUS Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prize (OURP) 2015/2016 under Individual category for her project titled, “Safety and Efficacy of Immuno-privileged Cord Lining Epithelial Cells For Cutaneous Wound Repair – A Pilot in vivo Study”.

USP alum Muhammad Nadjad bin Abdul Rahim (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2014) spearheaded a book project, Brani: Memories of an Island, with a team of volunteers who wanted to uncover more about life on the unknown island of Singapore.

USP student Poh Yu Ting (Sociology + USP, Class of 2017) brought home three awards at the recent 16th ASEAN University Network (AUN) and 5th ASEAN+3 Educational Forum and Young Speakers Contest in Bangkok, Thailand.

For contributing to Singapore-China relations, USP Rector Emeritus Prof Wang Gungwu was conferred the Business China Excellence Award at the Business China Awards 2016 held on 22 November 2016. Prof Wang has established himself as an eminent and prolific historian as well as an internationally-renowned pioneer expert on overseas Chinese studies.

USP fellow Prof Lim Chwee Teck and two NUS Engineering professors were conferred the ASEAN Outstanding Engineering Achievement Awards 2016 at the 34th Conference of ASEAN Federation of Engineering Organisations (CAFEO 34) held from 20-24 November 2016 in Manila, the Philippines.

USP fellow Prof Philip Holden launches his debut fiction collection, Heaven Has Eyes – a collection of stories that studies estrangement, interconnection and belonging in Singapore. The 12 short stories are linked by their characters’ discovery of moments of transcendence in everyday life.

USP alum Muhammad Shamir Bin Abdul Rahim (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2007) was honoured with the prestigious award of “Young Entrepreneur of the Year” by the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SMCCI).

Two USP alums, Lim Hui Min Jan (Architecture + USP, Class of 2009) and Muhammad Ibnur Rashad (Engineering Science + USP, Class of 2011), have contributed to the creation of Designing with People and Not Just for People: A Publication by P!D book, which was launched recently on 27 October 2016.

USP student Amanda Ng Ren Hui (Life Sciences + USP, Class of 2019) and three Special Programme in Science (SPS) students formed Team KiasuNUSPS to compete in the International Natural Science Tournament (INST) 2016 and emerged as champions.

USP alum Betty Tsai (Chemical Engineering + USP, Class of 2012) was honoured with the Young Chemical Engineer in Industry Award by the Institution of Chemical Engineers’ (IChemE) in Singapore, sponsored by Shell.

Two teams consisting of USP and NUS students – The Glass Half Full and iChange – clinched Top 5 in the Crossing the Chasm Challenge 2016. More impressively, iChange won the grand prize of S$12,000 from Tanoto Foundation!

Three USP students and one NUS student formed a team to compete in the Facebook Singapore Hackathon 2016 and won with their TombBook idea.

Five USP students on our Double Degree Programme with the School of International Liberal Studies (SILS), Waseda University have just graduated top of the class and received recognition for their academic achievements.

USP alum Veerappan Swaminathan (Mechanical Engineering + USP, Class of 2011), founder of Repair Kopitiam and director of social enterprise Sustainable Living Lab, received recognition at this year’s EcoFriend Awards for conducting upcycling (the reuse of discarded objects or material) and environmental education workshops.

Two USP students and three Computing students formed a team to compete in the API World Hackathon 2016 and won the grand prize of US$10,000 from SAP Hybris, one of the largest sponsors for the challenge.

Six members of the USP community have contributed to the creation of The Birthday Book: What is Singapore's Next Big Thing? (Ethos Books, 2016).