Students from the National University of Singapore (NUS) University Scholars Programme (USP) are organising the Singapore leg of the fourth Asian Undergraduate Summit (AUS) from 15 to 23 July 2018, with the overarching summit theme of “Leadership in a Complex World: Taking on Diffused Responsibilities”. Asia’s societal challenges are so large-scale, complex and widespread that the responsibility for tackling them is diffused across all members of society. Too often, individuals experience an inertia to act. AUS 2018 thus aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to respond to diffused responsibilities with purposeful action. The Singapore leg will focus on the sub-theme of creating inclusive spaces to explore how individuals can take on diffused responsibilities by creating inclusive spaces through human-centred design. More information at AUS 2018 website.

Since 1998, Dr Lee Shiu and Dr Jennie Mui Lee have sponsored and initiated various leadership programmes with several universities in Hong Kong. Organised by Chung Chi College (Chinese University of Hong Kong)and co-hosted by NUS University Scholars Programme (USP), the 2018 Lee Shiu Summer Programme is a three-week programme involving 80 committed and outstanding students from Hong Kong, mainland China, Singapore and the US. The 2018 programme will focus on the theme "Global Citizen – The Future You in 20 Years" and will explore the following five areas:  • Leadership and Global Outlook • Entrepreneurship and Innovation • Social Responsibility and Community Service • Green Living and Sustainable Development • Adaptability and Resilience More information HERE.

Organised by USP Career Services, this leadership mentoring programme is conducted by mentors from Compass@Campus – a group of experienced industry leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. The programme is conducted in an interactive manner and includes in-depth group discussions with mentors featuring five modules addressing key topics. The modules are: • Discovering Purpose, Redefining Success • Understanding Personality Differences and EQ: Knowing Self & Relating to Others More Effectively • Trust and Integrity: The Foundation for Relationships • Failing Forward: The Importance of Passion and Resilience • Keys to Leadership Effectiveness

USP Freshmen will get to meet with their academic advisors to talk about USP in general, and academic matters. The advisors would try to help freshmen as they chart their course through USP and NUS.

Organised by USP Career Services, this leadership mentoring programme is conducted by mentors from Compass@Campus – a group of experienced industry leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. The programme is conducted in an interactive manner and includes in-depth group discussions with mentors featuring five modules addressing key topics. The modules are: • Discovering Purpose, Redefining Success • Understanding Personality Differences and EQ: Knowing Self & Relating to Others More Effectively • Trust and Integrity: The Foundation for Relationships • Failing Forward: The Importance of Passion and Resilience • Keys to Leadership Effectiveness

This annual dinner formally welcomes freshmen to USP and our residential college, marking the start of their USP experience. USP faculty members and admin staff are invited to join in this meaningful occasion.

This year, USP will hold our Homecoming in conjunction with the NUS Kent Ridge Alumni Family Day. It promises to be an afternoon for USP alumni to meet up with professors and old friends, to reminisce the good old days and to reconnect. Details can be found here.

The USP Ambassadors team will be sharing in detail what it means to be a USP Ambassador, including event timeline and its training sessions, mini projects, and application details. Application to be a USP Ambassador opens from 21 Aug to 28 Aug. Application details will be sent separately via email, so keep a lookout.

Organised by Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a prof and 4 to 6 students on a topic that the prof is interested in.

Organised by USP Career Services, this leadership mentoring programme is conducted by mentors from Compass@Campus – a group of experienced industry leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. The programme is conducted in an interactive manner and includes in-depth group discussions with mentors featuring five modules addressing key topics. The modules are: • Discovering Purpose, Redefining Success • Understanding Personality Differences and EQ: Knowing Self & Relating to Others More Effectively • Trust and Integrity: The Foundation for Relationships • Failing Forward: The Importance of Passion and Resilience • Keys to Leadership Effectiveness

In this interactive workshop, we will discuss strategies for deciding if postgraduate education is right for you, identifying the programmes that best suit your needs, and crafting effective application materials. We will also consider how networking with faculty mentors, potential supervisors, and current postgraduate students can help you to prepare for this next stage in your education. Organised by USP Career Services, this workshop is conducted by USP faculty Dr Bart Wassenhove.

Organised by USP Career Services, this leadership mentoring programme is conducted by mentors from Compass@Campus – a group of experienced industry leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals. The programme is conducted in an interactive manner and includes in-depth group discussions with mentors featuring five modules addressing key topics. The modules are: • Discovering Purpose, Redefining Success • Understanding Personality Differences and EQ: Knowing Self & Relating to Others More Effectively • Trust and Integrity: The Foundation for Relationships • Failing Forward: The Importance of Passion and Resilience • Keys to Leadership Effectiveness

Join The Sessions as they invite Mr Tommaso Demarie, Co-founder and CEO at Entropica Labs, for a chat and lively debate with USP students on Quantum Computing – one of the popular fields in engineering now. Quantum Computing has a wide array of real-world applications from online security to climate change prediction, artificial intelligence, and even traffic optimatisation. In particular, they will discuss about what Quantum Computing is, how computing models have changed with our understanding of physics, and it’s many multidisciplinary applications. No background knowledge is needed as there will be an introductory lecture by Mr Demarie.

USPolymath will be having its first session for the semester. The line-up ranges from dealing with uncertainty to analysing the addictive factors of your favourite go-to songs to sharing the history of RAG. USPolymath is a platform for speakers to present about any topic they are passionate about using the Pecha Kucha format (20 slides x 20 seconds each).

Organised by Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a prof and 4 to 6 students on a topic that the prof is interested in.

Organised by USP Career Services, My Unique Resume Workshop will help students to prepare a resume for application of internship or full-time job, tailor their resume aligning to his or her career inclination and personalise their resume to reflect his or her uniqueness as a USP student.

The Cinnamon Conversation team has organised a session for students to explore USP International Programmes including short-term programmes and long-term programmes as well as NUS Overseas College. Using the Human Library format, the aim is to provide informal, free-form sharing sessions where individuals can ‘hop in and out of conversations’.

Conducted by USP Creative Instructor Ms Koh Xin Tian, the workshop focuses on written lyric poetry and creative nonfiction. In this beginner-level workshop, participants will practice poetry as thoughtful craft, awareness, integrity, revision and admiration. This class uses the workshop model, which means working together as a community to strengthen each participant’s creative potential. All are welcome, do join Xin Tian for this workshop!

Two USP students have organised a poetry reading session in which ten migrant poets will share their poetry. The migrant poets (including migrant worker poets) will be joined by NUS students who will also share their poetry. The event is held in collaboration with the Migrant Writers of Singapore. All are welcome! Refreshments will be provided and no registration is required.

Organised by Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a prof and 4 to 6 students on a topic that the prof is interested in.

In our fast changing world, today's jobs require us to be agile and adaptable. Hence, it is important to learn skills that will help you to develop career resilience – the ability to adapt to changes, deal with stress and move forward, so that you can ace the interviews and excel in your career. Organised by USP Career Services, you will learn how to project your desired image, how to handle challenging situations during an interview or at work, how to manage workplace conflict and how to build positive relationships with colleagues.

The QR Centre is organising two workshops for those in the USP community interested in programming. These workshops are run by USP students who are computing enthusiasts. The 1st workshop is Introduction to Python with Telegram Bots. Python is a general purpose programming language with wide applications such as game development, data processing and machine learning. It is easy to pick up and many of its concepts are transferable to other programming languages as well. No experience is required for this workshop as they will cover the basics of programming in Python, followed by a hands-on development of your own Telegram bot.

Organised by The Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a professor and four to six students on a topic that the professor is interested in. This week, we will have Prof Lim Chwee Teck with us. Prof Lim is a NUSS Professor at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, a Principal Investigator at the Mechanobiology Institute as well as a Faculty Fellow of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology – learn more about him and his works here.

Organised by USP alum Alexius Yeo (Geography + USP, Class of 2010), Permaculture@USP is into its third round this semester. This unique programme in USP explores environmental issues through evening workshops, dumpster diving, forest school and even an overseas trip. If you have an insatiable curiosity for sustainable living, bio-mimicry, systems thinking, urban farming and anything green, drop by this info night to find out more about the programme. No pre-requisites for the programme except being (or have been) a USP student and a curious mind for nature.

The QR Centre is organising two workshops for those in the USP community interested in programming. These workshops are run by USP students who are computing enthusiasts. The 2nd workshop is Data Analysis with Python. Participants will learn the basics of handling and analysing publicly available real life data with Python and the Pandas Library. If time permits, the student instructors will also share how the processed data can be used to predict HDB resale prices.

Global organisations use Assessment Centre as a critical component in their recruitment process to recruit the best talents to meet their business objectives. Organised by USP Career Services, the workshop will equip participants with first-hand knowledge about “standard” formats in a typical assessment centre setting. At the end of the workshop, participants will have an increased awareness of the components of and the competencies required to be successful at an assessment centre.

Learn to take the lead in creating a community movement and make informed decisions to collectively solve issues on the ground. Join CTPCLC info session to find out more about its programmes and admissions process.  CTPCLC is supported by USP.

USPolymath will be having its second session for the semester. The line-up ranges from bringing awareness about a niche industry, providing fitness inspiration pro-tips, and re-examining your deepest heartfelt convictions. USPolymath is a platform for speakers to present about any topic they are passionate about using the Pecha Kucha format (20 slides x 20 seconds each).

Every year, we invite the parents of all USP students to our premises for an evening together. It is an opportunity for parents and the USP community to share information and ideas about USP’s development. The programme this year includes a tour around USP, dinner at our dining hall, mini showcases, and conversation with our directors, professors, residential fellows and staff. We welcome everyone in the USP community to come together to enjoy this evening, and celebrate our community ties.

Organised by the 2018 USP participants of the Princeton Diplomatic Invitational (PDI), “USCrisis” is a crisis simulation conference in which students role-play as key figures from the past, rewriting history with their committees. PDI, formerly known as the Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation, is one of the short-term international programmes offered in USP. In previous years, USP students had brought home awards from PDI and were commended for their outstanding performances.

Organised by USP Career Services, this workshop is to help students discover their career inclinations and explore career options which are aligned with their self-concept.

Hosted by USP, a group of student delegation from Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University will be visiting USP and NUS from 2-4 October 2018. They will be introduced to USP and NUS by attending three sample classes by USP faculty members, touring around USP and UTown, and visiting the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum at NUS. Sample Class 1 Evolution: Human origins by Dr Hwang Wei Song Summary: The evolutionary history of our own human species is currently undergoing major revisions as new discoveries in unexpected localities are made in recent years. This sample class will make use of a comparative morphology approach to gather information using hominid skulls to understand how we can piece together the lives of past and present species. We will examine the connections between morphological form and function and attempt to make phylogenetic inferences given the information gathered. Sample Class 2 Engaging and Building Communities by A/P Albert Teo Summary: How do we engage and support disadvantaged, marginalised communities? What are the key outcomes, strategies and principles of impactful community development? In this session, we will critically review the principles of community development in the context of addressing the challenges and issues faced …

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USC invites all USP students, profs and staff to the AY2018/19 End-of-Semester Dinner themed Mad Mismatch. The evening will feature special performances by USP students, games, as well as a special video montage. Dress code: Come in your most mismatched outfit

Organised by Love, USP, this student-led event will discuss how you can exercise self-care while being an emotional support to your friends. This closed-door dialogue allows students to: 1) share about the difficulties they faced, in a safe and comfortable space; 2) discuss potential solutions on managing one's own emotional boundaries, recognising your own feelings and communicating them sensitively, and 3) other ways of caring for oneself while caring for others.

Organised by The Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a professor and four to six students on a topic that the professor is interested in.

As part of this week’s Mental Health week, NUS Mental Health Wing, a student-led initiative, is organising a night of open conversations and heartfelt sharing about students' stressors, worries and hopes over desserts in an informal candid setting. This event is supported by USP and NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Centre.

In collaboration with Checkpoint Theatre, USP Career Services invited USP alum Lucas Ho (English Literature + USP, Class of 2009) to speak to USP students, and share about his life journey from civil servant to professional playwright and theatre-maker. He will also share about the lessons he has picked up along the way from working in the arts, and how they apply outside of the theatre. This session will be useful not only for aspiring writers looking to continue their craft after graduation, but for anyone considering less conventional career paths. Checkpoint Theatre is a theatre company set up by Huzir Sulaiman (USP adjunct faculty) and Claire Wong to develop local writing and theatre. You may read more about USP alums in the Singapore theatre scene in this USP Highlights story.

USP will host the annual Pan-Asian Student Forum under the theme “Our Identity in a Changing World”. The student-organised forum aims to provide a platform for students from universities in Asia to meet regularly and share views on topics that impact countries in the region and around the world. Further information on the 2018 iteration is available at PASF website.

Organised by Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a prof/guest and 4 to 6 students on a topic that the prof/guest is interested in. Ms Liang-Lin is currently Managing Director of Templebridge Investments. She was the president of the Singapore Committee for UN Women and a board member of women advocacy groups like Singapore Council of Women's Organizations (SCWO) and BoardAgender — learn more about her here.

USP Visiting Professor, Prof Willerboordse, will be conducting two talks on Bitcoin. We strongly encouraged USP community to join these interesting sessions. 1st talk: Why Polar Bears Hate Bitcoin This talk gives an overview of Bitcoin, how it works and the possibly ground-breakingte chnology it is based on, and explains why, if polar bears would know about them, they’d really dislike them. Technical details will be discussed in the second talk on 22 Oct.  Read the abstract HERE.

This is a special game organised by the USP Residential Assistants (RAs) for all USP students to come together to have fun and bond.

USP will offer a new study trip to Aceh, Indonesia in June 2019. Initiated and led by two USP alums, Nursyazwani (History + USP, Class of 2013) and Amos Hor (Political Science + Economics + USP, Class of 2014), the programme will focus on peacebuilding, activism and humanitarianism.  *As above timing clashes with USS, we have arranged a separate info session on the same day for Year 1 students interested in the programme: Time: 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Initiated by two USP alums, "Coffee Shop Talk in Aceh" will explore peace-building, activism and humanitarianism in Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh has experienced a combination of: civil war; a destructive tsunami; one of the largest international humanitarian responses for tsunami victims; an influx of Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees; a province-wide network of human rights activists; and 13 years of peace. The trip will involve learning from a ground-up perspective – focusing on those who have fought in the civil war, advocated for human rights and are helping to rebuild Aceh. The two-week programme will take place in June 2019. USP alum Nursyazwani (History + USP, Class of 2013), will provide further information to give an overview of the programme, its objectives and to answer any questions. Students interested in the programme are encouraged to attend. Applications for ‘Coffee Shop Talk in Aceh’ will open in December 2018.

USP admin, faculty and student representatives will host our visitors from Macau, with the aim to share experiences and explore potential collaborations. Please say hi when you see our visitors.

Organised by The Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations over dinner, between a professor and four to six students on a topic that the professor is interested in. 

Held annually, this award presentation-cum-dinner event will celebrate the following achievements in USP for AY2017/18: • USP Honour Roll • USP Senior Honour Roll • President’s Honour Roll • Programme Recognition Awards • USP Teaching Excellence Awards • Long Service Award

USP Visiting Professor, Prof Willerboordse, will be conducting two talks on Bitcoin. We strongly encouraged USP community to join these interesting sessions. Mon, 22 Oct (2nd talk) > Bitcoin: Chaining the World Block by Block Following the 1st talk on 15 Oct, this talk explains in reasonable detail how bitcoin and the underlying blockchain technology work. The objective is to discuss the technological ingredients that go into the blockchain, its most well-known implementation – bitcoin – and the possible ramications for the wider financial industry. Read the abstract HERE.

The Sessions invites Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, for a chat and lively discussion with USP students on Singapore’s bilateral relations with the major powers and our immediate neighbours, as well as how we can navigate turbulent waters of world politics today.

Dinner Conversations with USP Profs: “Really Connected by Being Connected to Social Media?” by A/P Joonmo Son Prof Son, an associate professor from NUS Department of Sociology, is USP’s newest residential fellow. His research interests lie in Social Capital, Volunteering, Health, Economic Sociology and Stratification – learn more about him here.

Organised by Love, USP, this event is a collaboration with SoSD, a non-profit organisation striving to change the plight of street dogs in Singapore. The volunteers from SoSD will bring along their canine pals and share about the roles we can play in changing perceptions about how homeless animals are regarded in Singapore.

Join this conversation with USP faculty Dr Leung Wing Sze and two invited speakers – Mr Jevon Ng (a social worker with the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics) and Mr Zakir Hossain Khokon (a construction supervisor and freelance journalist) – as they look at various issues of migrant labour in Singapore. Mr Zakir, also the winner of the 2014 and 2015 Migrant Worker Poetry Contest in Singapore, will read some of his poems during the session. Everyone in USP is invited.

All USP students are welcome to collect a welfare pack on 7 or 8 Nov (different timings). Each welfare pack – given out before the exams in every semester – is filled with goodies kindly provided and sponsored by organisations that are sourced by NUSSU, USC Finance Committee, and the House Committee.

Join The Sessions for their final event of the semester as they invite Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for Social and Family Development, for a chat and lively discussion with USP students on Singapore’s social policy and approach to inequality.

All USP students are welcome to collect a welfare pack on 7 or 8 Nov (different timings). Each welfare pack – given out before the exams in every semester – is filled with goodies kindly provided and sponsored by organisations that are sourced by NUSSU, USC Finance Committee, and the House Committee.

Is there someone whom you would like to send some encouragement or good wishes to as the semester comes to an end? In this pompom crafting session, you will get to make pompom using various techniques and tools. Come and join in the session, and craft a personalised fluffy pompom. No registration required. For more information or enquiry, please contact USP Pastoral Care’s Rachel.

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This is an initiative to collaborate with residents at Medway Park (just right next to UTown) to walk their dogs into our campus and interact with the dogs closely. Each interaction session will last about 45mins at the Chua Thian Poh Hall or around the USP amphitheatre. The dog walking session will commence 30mins prior and immediately after the interaction session. This will take place on every Tuesday and Thursday in Week 13 and Reading Week, subject to weather condition. Interested students, please contact USP Pastoral Care’s Rachel.

This is an initiative to collaborate with residents at Medway Park (just right next to UTown) to walk their dogs into our campus and interact with the dogs closely. Each interaction session will last about 45mins at the Chua Thian Poh Hall or around the USP amphitheatre. The dog walking session will commence 30mins prior and immediately after the interaction session. This will take place on every Tuesday and Thursday in Week 13 and Reading Week, subject to weather condition. Interested students, please contact USP Pastoral Care’s Rachel.

This is an initiative to collaborate with residents at Medway Park (just right next to UTown) to walk their dogs into our campus and interact with the dogs closely. Each interaction session will last about 45mins at the Chua Thian Poh Hall or around the USP amphitheatre. The dog walking session will commence 30mins prior and immediately after the interaction session. This will take place on every Tuesday and Thursday in Week 13 and Reading Week, subject to weather condition. Interested students, please contact USP Pastoral Care’s Rachel.

This is an initiative to collaborate with residents at Medway Park (just right next to UTown) to walk their dogs into our campus and interact with the dogs closely. Each interaction session will last about 45mins at the Chua Thian Poh Hall or around the USP amphitheatre. The dog walking session will commence 30mins prior and immediately after the interaction session. This will take place on every Tuesday and Thursday in Week 13 and Reading Week, subject to weather condition. Interested students, please contact USP Pastoral Care’s Rachel.

Organised by USP students, there will be music and spoken word live performance, featuring USP Livecore and USP students who are excited to share some spicy tunes, stories, and poems. 

Organised by the Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, they invite the co-founders of Our Grandfather Story (OGS) to share anything from media, creative storytelling to managing a business. OGS is a digital video publisher featuring stories such as those of local childhood treats (and where they came from) and stories about heritage and traditions in Singapore.

As USP students, we have the prerogative to understand what intellectualism truly means and its place in our world today. How important is it, really? How much does academic excellence define an intellectual, and is intellectualism a quality that should be attributed to USP as a community and to its individuals? How has the definition and perception of ‘intellectualism’ changed over the years? Join us as we discuss these questions with USP graduates from all walks of life to gleam insight to where intellectualism has brought them and where it has failed to bring them, so we may learn to steward intellectual capacity meaningfully!

Show time: • 25 January (Friday) and 26 January (Saturday), evening show @ 8pm-10pm • 27 January (Sunday), matinee @ 3pm-5pm An android hospitalises a man. Meanwhile, it's business as usual for 061's human co-workers, who are less concerned about the incident than making sure it doesn't affect their salary. Of course there's also the detective whom everyone wishes wouldn't do her job so thoroughly, and the daughter who doesn't care that androids are "evil" now. But at the end of the day, it's definitely the robot's fault, right? For ticketing details, click HERE. To know more about the play, read this article. Drama Centre Black Box, National Library Board

Show time: • 25 January (Friday) and 26 January (Saturday), evening show @ 8pm-10pm • 27 January (Sunday), matinee @ 3pm-5pm An android hospitalises a man. Meanwhile, it's business as usual for 061's human co-workers, who are less concerned about the incident than making sure it doesn't affect their salary. Of course there's also the detective whom everyone wishes wouldn't do her job so thoroughly, and the daughter who doesn't care that androids are "evil" now. But at the end of the day, it's definitely the robot's fault, right? For ticketing details, click HERE. To know more about the play, read this article. 

Show time: • 25 January (Friday) and 26 January (Saturday), evening show @ 8pm-10pm • 27 January (Sunday), matinee @ 3pm-5pm An android hospitalises a man. Meanwhile, it's business as usual for 061's human co-workers, who are less concerned about the incident than making sure it doesn't affect their salary. Of course there's also the detective whom everyone wishes wouldn't do her job so thoroughly, and the daughter who doesn't care that androids are "evil" now. But at the end of the day, it's definitely the robot's fault, right? For ticketing details, click HERE. To know more about the play, read this article. 

As part of the Art Month initiative, the USC Art Directorate has planned a range of activities to cater to the diverse artistic interests in our community. A different theme is adopted each week, and this week’s theme is “Literature”. Here is the week’s schedule: 28 Jan, Mon: Mailbox Surprise 29 Jan, Tue: USPBlobs Art Jam (Chinese New Year Edition) 29 Jan – 1 Feb, Tue – Fri: Literature in the Dark Exhibition @ Theme Room 1 31 Jan, Thu: Samara’s Drawing Workshop

In this session organised by USP-FASS peer mentors, participants will get to know and chat with several “books” to learn about their internship experiences in various industries – public sector, local arts scene, media, consulting, marketing and many more. Alfred Lim (USP Career Services) will also share on upcoming career workshops, as well as how you can maximise your internship exposure.

This event is co-organised by USP students. USP is proud to contribute towards this meaningful event. Show your support if you may!

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Organised by The Cinnamon Conversation and initiated by students, this is a series of informal and relaxed conversations with invited guests. This week, we will have with us Mr Baey Yam Keng, Member of Parliament, and Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Ministry of Transport, and Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Join Mr Baey for a chat and lively discussion on prospects of youth, life as a politician and the local arts scene.

Organised by USP Career Services, this career talk will give you a peek into how to: 1) apply mental models to the rapid nature of collaborative work, and 2) become a knowledge worker creating value by partnering with intelligent machines. The speakers are from Design Prodigy. You will also get to explore career opportunities by interacting with these speakers.

This student-initiated event is for students to share a module that they are passionate about, and in return, learn about something they are interested in (from a module they may not have been able to take) from another student. Such an exchange would hopefully encourage inter-disciplinary learning. Each sharing session will be around 40 mins (your sharing + you learning by attending one session from another student).

The theme for this week is “Theatre”. In line with that, there will be two film screenings on Thu 7 Feb and Mon 11 Feb, which will include discussions led by USP students. Be sure to look out for the upcoming poster for timing and more details!

USC Welfare is organising a Chinese New Year celebration dinner for USP students on Thu 7 Feb from 6pm to 9pm in the Dining hall. Look out for snacks, Fortune Angbaos, Mandopop music and a special guest appearance at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm! All are invited.

As the theme for this week's Art Month is “Theatre”, there will be two film screenings on Thu 7 Feb and Mon 11 Feb. First up will be "The Grand Budapest Hotel" with a post-movie discussion led by USP student Sean Auyok.

As part of the Art Month initiative, the USC Art Directorate has planned a range of activities to cater to the diverse artistic interests in our community. A different theme is adopted each week, and for this last week of the Art Month, the theme is “Music”. Here is the week’s schedule: Daily: Lobby Music featuring different genres every day and Singlit Corner Music Feature 11 Feb, Mon: Conversation with USProductions by The Cinnamon Conversation and USPBlobs Art Jam 12 Feb, Tue: Samara’s Drawing Workshop 13 Feb, Wed: Love Songs Live Performance

This is the second movie of last week’s Art Month “Theatre” theme. A post-movie discussion will be led by USP student Shikhar Gupta.

In this closed-door dialogue session organised by Gender Collective, the talk aims to situate the nitty-gritty of privilege discourse in our lived experiences in Singapore, using gender as a lens, and empower people to think about how structures of privilege affect groups in society in their own time.

USP invites Prof Tan Tai Yong, President and Professor of Humanities (History) at Yale-NUS College, for an interesting sharing on "What do to with the Bicentennial?". Singapore will commemorate the Bicentennial this year, marking the 200th anniversary of the landing of Stamford Raffles in 1819. The Bicentennial provokes a number of questions about Singapore’s history, and how we relate to that history. Professor Tan (also an Advisory Panel Member for the Singapore Bicentennial Office) will address some history questions in this session.

Organised by the University Scholars Club (USC), The February Thing is a welcome dinner for the new semester and the festive season. Come down in your best floral/pink outfits, and join them for a night of good food and lohei (starts at 7pm!). Everyone in the USP community is invited!

Organised by Love, USP, this closed-door dialogue will discuss the challenges of participating in an overseas exchange programme. Whether you are a current exchange student struggling to adjust, a returning exchange student who doesn't feel comfortable sharing a less-than-ideal experience in most spaces, a prospective exchange student feeling anxious about leaving, or a non-exchange student feeling left behind, you are welcome to join.

Donate your pre-loved clothes and books to USPurge – USP's very own pop-up thrift shop! All proceeds will help fund Youth Expedition Project: NamNam's efforts to install solar panels in selected communities in Hanoi, Vietnam. This collection will be held on 15 Feb and 18 Feb. Let’s contribute to this meaningful cause!

USP alum Zhai Yunjie (Psychology + USP, Class of 2018), currently a Product and User-experience designer, will be conducting two talks on Blockchain for the USP community. We strongly encourage students to join these interesting sessions. Fri, 15 Feb (1st talk) > Introduction to Blockchain This talk will touch on the fundamentals of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, different form of blockchain technology available today, problems with existing blockchains, and why blockchain technology is important to you and your job in future. The 2nd talk will be on 22 Feb, Fri.

This is USP’s first ever data hackathon event, organised by our Quantitative Reasoning professors and a team of students. Named “Data Journalism”, it aims to encourage USP and NUS students to think critically and to reason quantitatively with real world data, utilising it to develop solutions to today’s complex problems. Participants will deliver a 3-minute video designed to tell a story with data and will have the opportunity to meet speakers, mentors and judges from IBM, Google, URA and CNA. Find out more HERE.

USP alums from the various cohorts will get together at this event to reconnect and get USP updates.