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NUS Giving Report 2018-2019 To all our loyal donors, thank you. 100% of your gift goes to your gift purpose. Every garden of When we nourish plenty had humble the seeds of talent, beginnings. It all we will grow the began with a seed green forests of of hope. the future for generations. Photo by Mr Chua Keng Soon Department of Biological Sciences Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum NUS Faculty of Science Wings on the fruit of the keruing gombang merah (Dipterocarpus kunstleri) Rice seedling from the “Rice for the Future: Novel Strategies help to disperse the seed farther away from the parent tree. This native tree to Develop Elite and Improved Varieties for Sustainable Rice species is listed in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Production” study that was led by Professor Prakash Kumar. Red List of Threatened Species as critically endangered. NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 2 Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. — Warren Bufet Shade from a Tembusu tree (Cyrtophyllum fragrans) NUS Bukit Timah Campus Over the next three years, more than 10,000 trees will be planted throughout NUS. The trees are expected to cool down surrounding areas by about 1°C. NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 4 Contents President’s Message 9 What’s New 10 Education 14 Healthcare 24 Social Mobility 32 Appreciation 40 Giving in Numbers 46 Trustees’ Circle 48 President’s Circle 50 Reciprocation 52 Annual Giving 62 Photo by Mr Rory Gardiner The Net-Zero Energy Building, SDE4, at the NUS School of Design and Environment. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Dear friends and partners, I am moved each time I see how the support of The bursaries that have been established have our caring benefactors impacts lives. What starts helped more than 2,800 deserving but fnancially from you is a purposeful beginning that is sown disadvantaged students to reap the full benefts of with our students, faculty and staff, diligently the University’s holistic educational experience. nourished and grown, and subsequently extended to the wider community we serve. Thanks to donors like the JPMorgan Chase Foundation, our School of Continuing and Lifelong Last year, we awarded more than 1,600 Education helps our students and alumni to stay scholarships and established three new named competitive in today’s fast-changing environment, professorships. These help our brightest through upskilling and reskilling courses. students realise their potential, and enrich the intellectual vibrancy of our campus. I hope that you will be inspired by the heartwarming stories in this year’s Giving Report. Each section Your generosity also boosted our thought gives a glimpse of how donors like you have leadership. Donors such as NEO Global Capital empowered our community to step up and enable our CRYSTAL Centre at the NUS School embrace positive change towards a brighter future. of Computing to be one of the world’s foremost think tanks in blockchain technology, where Your gifts matter. I am immensely grateful for your some of its key fndings have shaped the support, which has helped shape the University into blockchain ecosystem’s development. a world-class institution today. With your contributions, we continue to make Let us continue our shared vision of working a global mark in research. In healthcare for together to sow the seeds that nurture growth, example, the Children’s Cancer Foundation’s gift inspire achievement, and build future generations. supports paediatric cancer research that saves young lives. Gifts from individuals like Mr Assaad W Razzouk, who contributed to geriatric care With sincere thanks, research, likewise make a difference and will beneft our ageing population. Professor Tan Eng Chye (’85) President National University of Singapore NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 8 11 WHAT’S NEW What’s New Advancing Enterprise The University continues to grow our NUS Lifelong Learners entrepreneurial and innovation network. Programme Three new BLOCK71s — our distinctive The National University of Singapore incubator concept and global connector — (NUS) has made a commitment to were established in Yogyakarta and Bandung our students and alumni with the (Indonesia), and Suzhou (China). NUS Lifelong Learners (NUS L³) programme. More than 750 modular The University launched the Graduate Research and short courses from 12 categories Innovation Programme which connects NUS’ such as data analytics, arts and social talented pool of graduate students and research Block71 Bandung sciences, engineering, healthcare and staff with industry veteran partners. With a medicine, public policy, and thinking focus on scientifc and high-tech engineering series are available for learners to advances, the programme aims to co-create up upskill and stay competitive in our to 250 companies over the next fve years. fast-paced local, regional, and global economies. The CRYSTAL Centre For our undergraduates, the Stephen Riady Young Entrepreneur Scholarship has a The CRYSTAL (Cryptocurrency, component that provides seed funding for Security, Tools and Algorithms) business ventures. Besides access to a one- Centre, NUS School of Computing, semester Student Exchange Programme with aims to be the world’s leading one of NUS’ overseas partner universities and academic research laboratory and an NUS Overseas Colleges internship, graduates think tank for blockchain research may apply for up to S$50,000 seed funding to and technology. The team’s start a business venture within six months of experts already have their work graduation. implemented in some of the world’s leading companies and created two spin-offs in the blockchain ecosystem. By facilitating more scientifcally grounded debates in the community and in anticipating short-term and long-term issues, the Centre is at the forefront of many projects and discoveries that advance the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. Block71 Suzhou NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 10 13 WHAT’S NEW Khoo Teck Puat — National University Children’s Medical Institute The Khoo Teck Puat — National University Children’s Medical Institute (KTP-NUCMI) is the principal teaching and clinical service facility of the Department of Paediatrics in the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. The Institute is housed in the new Khoo Teck Puat — National University Children’s Medical Institute Building, a 10-storey facility made possible by the generous donation from the Estate of Khoo Teck Puat. The KTP-NUCMI consolidates the National University Hospital’s outpatient paediatric services — medical, nursing, and clinical support services such as art therapy, child life therapy, dietetics, and rehabilitation — under one roof. The therapeutic Photo by Mr Rory Gardiner environment is child-centric and family-friendly, with an overall “playscape” design that is inspired by nature. Apart from providing undergraduate Net-Zero Energy Building — SDE4 and postgraduate medical education in paediatrics On 30 January 2019, the NUS School of to doctors, nurses, and allied health professionals, Design and Environment (SDE) launched KTP-NUCMI is also very committed to advancing its Net-Zero Energy Building, SDE4 — paediatric scientifc research in Singapore and the the frst of its kind in Singapore, where Southeast Asia region. it consumes only as much energy as it produces. SDE4 uses the energy that is harvested from 1,200 photovoltaic panels on the rooftop and draws from its power grid in the absence of solar energy, thus achieving net-zero energy consumption over the course of the year. SDE4’s design serves as a living laboratory and teaching aid that inspires staff, students, and collaborators to explore innovative ideas on sustainable developments. Photo by Mr Rory Gardiner NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 12 Grounded in EDUCATION educational excellence Even the most fertile of minds would be just another plot of land if seeds of knowledge were not planted. Here at NUS, we believe in the creation and dissemination of knowledge, and that education should be afordable and accessible to all deserving students. NUS GIVING | GIVING REPORT 2018/2019 14 17 EDUCATION Forging Solidarity From left: Mr Jeffrey Stuart Allan, Director; Mr Edward HY Wong, Managing Director; Mr Edward Wong The Sri Solidarity Jaya Scholarship Mr Goh Peng Thong, Director; and Managing Director Mr Wong Meng Lin, Director of AWP Pte Ltd. enables Malaysians to study at NUS AWP Pte Ltd and gain a world-class education. Its name refects the Yoonhee Annhow As a pioneer frm of architects, AWP Foundation’s desire to encourage greater unity and solidarity among celebrated its 60th Anniversary by establishing Malaysians. the Alfred Wong Scholarship in honour of its founder. This is to support the advancement of knowledge, foster innovation, and nurture the next generation of talents to continue our never-ending service of nation building. Thanks to the Scholarship, Mr Chen Chin Shen these young Malaysians are Founder able to focus on and excel in Yoonhee Annhow Foundation their studies at NUS. Celebrating Heritage As Singapore’s frst-generation architect, Mr Alfred Wong I strongly believe that NUS is distinctively committed to excellence designed many notable buildings, including the National in undergraduate education and the education of future leaders. It is Theatre, the Hotel Malaysia (later renamed as the Marco Polo my humble wish that these students will be future leaders who respect Hotel) and the Church of St Bernadette (now a conserved cultural differences, aspire for social harmony, and bring greater unity building). His practice continues in the designing of cutting edge projects. The Alfred Wong Scholarship was established at the among our countrymen. NUS School of Design and Environment to attract outstanding students to study and excel in the feld of Architecture. Paying it Forward Professor Anne Pakir started the university-wide Pakir Scholarship in honour Ms Yong Liew Chin of her late husband, Mr Pakir Singh, who was the former chief executive of the Singapore Hotel Association.
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