Two USP students will travel to Tufts University to participate in the Education for Public Inquiry and International Citizenship (EPIIC) International Symposium hosted by the Institute for Global Leadership. The theme for this year’s symposium is “The Future of Europe” and students will present an issue related to their home country and the future of Europe, attend panel discussions and topical forums and participate in informal gatherings and workshops.

The University Scholars Club (USC) cordially invites the USP community to join the Lo Hei session. Let’s usher in the Year of the Monkey by tossing Yusheng in the Dining Hall.

Ten USP students will travel to Princeton University to participate in the Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation (PICSim) Conference. Founded in 2006, PICSim delivers what has been hailed as the most realistic collegiate crisis simulation in the US. Under the theme “Crisis in Latin America”, PICSim 2016 will focus on the regional conflict in Latin America.

USP alums from the various cohorts will get together at this event to reconnect and get USP updates. Jointly organised by the USP Alumni Society and USP, the event will also include participation by USP student leaders, class ambassadors, faculty members and admin staff.

Eight USP students, together with three students from the Department of Malay Studies, will travel to Tehran to explore various aspects of Iranian civilisation. Led by Associate Professor Farid Alatas, the students will be hosted by the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran and will attend lectures by Iranian experts and visit universities, research centres, museums and other cultural sites.