Behind the Numbers: Exploring the Trends and Changes in This Year’s Major Declarations

April 24, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Senior Writer photo | Dion Ho; Yale-NUS Data Science   On April 6, 2018, The Octant published the major declaration statistics fo...

New Rectors Announced for Saga and Elm Colleges

April 19, 2018

story | Terence Anthony Wang, Editor-in-Chief; Yip Jie Ying, Managing Editor photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs   On April 18, Associate Dean (Academ...

Highlights From the Major Declaration Statistics for the Class of 2020

April 6, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Senior Writer photo | Dion Ho, Senior Writer   From March 19 to 23, 182 students from the class of 2020 declared their majors in...

Protected: Highlights From Mar. 14’s Town Hall

March 15, 2018

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Frustrated at College Administration, Students Stage Sit-in Protest

March 15, 2018

story | Yip Jie Ying and Kanako Sugawara, Managing Editors; Dion Ho, Senior Writer Photo | Dave Lim, Guest Photographer   Ed: A previous version o...

Twelve students participate in the inaugural Yale-NUS Mapathon

March 15, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Senior Writer cover photo | Serena Jael Quay   On Feb. 26, the Yale-NUS College Urban Studies Department organized the inaugural ...

Graduation statistics from the first cohort of Yale-NUS graduates

March 15, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Senior Writer Cover photo | Dion Ho, Senior Writer Photo | Dion Ho, Senior Writer A table showing the top 16 NUS Degrees ranked by me...

Writers’ Centre Review

March 15, 2018

story | Alysha Chandra, Editor and Ambika Madan, Staff Writer photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs   Ed: A previous version of the article stated that...

Yale-NUS Hosts Annual Singapore Undergraduate Philosophy Conference

March 12, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Staff Writer photo | Reyes Theodore-Craig, Official Photographer from Nanyang Philosophy   Ed: A previous version of this article...

The Future of Journalism: The Straits Times Editor Speaks at Yale-NUS

March 12, 2018

story | Alysha Chandra, Editor photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs   On Feb. 21, the President’s Office hosted a dialogue with with Mr. Han Fook Kwang...

Challenges Ahead for SATS and SODEXO

February 23, 2018

story | Reza Alam, Staff Writer photo | Yip Jia Qi, Editor As SATS, the vendor operating Yale-NUS College’s dining halls, will see its contract expiring t...

Yale-NUS Community Gathers to Enjoy Triple Moon Event

February 8, 2018

story | Dion Ho, Staff Writer photo | Ashen Light (Yale-NUS Astronomy Club)   It was 9.29 pm on Jan. 31. Dozens of Yale-NUS College students packe...

Change in Elm Lift Policy Raises Concerns

February 8, 2018

story | Chia Jie Lin, Contributing Reporter; Rachel Hau, Contributing Reporter photo | Elesin Teo, Contributing Photographer   On Jan. 29, resid...

Public Spaces Taskforce Seeks Student Feedback

February 8, 2018

story | Yip Jia Qi, Editor, Jiang Haolie, Contributing Writer photo | Yip Jia Qi   Last semester, the student-run forum “Occupy: The Politics of Y...

Yale-NUS Summer Institute in Global Strategy

February 8, 2018

story | Ambika Madan, Staff Writer photo | Alysha Chandra   Yale-NUS College has recently announced the start of a new summer program, the Yale-NU...

Yale-NUS Graduation Speakers Announced, Ceremony Now Autonomous From NUS

February 1, 2018

story | Alysha Chandra, Staff Writer photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs EDITOR’S NOTE, February 19, 2018:  The NUS Registrar’s Office has clarified that w...

Behind the Fall: YIRPA’s Conflict of Interest with The Global Citizen

January 18, 2018

story | Pham Le Vi and Dave Chappell, Executive Editors photo | Dave Chappell   On Jan. 15, 2017, the Yale-NUS International Relations and Politic...

Is FINCOM overstepping its boundaries?

December 3, 2017

story | Alysha Chandra, Staff Writer photo | Photo of empty LT1 by Alysha Chandra, infographic by Rachel Juay A debate sparked in the comments section of ...

Yale-NUS Graduates Secure Job and Graduate School Opportunities

November 13, 2017

story | Rachel Hau, Contributing Reporter photo | Yale-NUS College Public Affairs As of Sept. 29 2017, 90% of Yale-NUS College graduates had secured jobs, f...

Fareed Zakaria and Tommy Koh: “The Unfolding 21st Century”

November 13, 2017

story | Kanako Sugawara, Editor photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs   On Oct. 31, a President’s Speaker Series event featuring Dr. Fareed Zakaria and ...

SATS’ Contract with Yale-NUS to Expire by End of Academic Year

October 26, 2017

story  | Harrison Linder, Contributing Reporter photo | Peh Yilin   Yale-NUS College’s contract with SATS, the current dining hall operator, will ...

Familiar concerns arise over planning of 2018 graduation

October 26, 2017

story | Alysha Chandra photo | Yale-NUS Public Affairs   Some members of the Class of 2018 have expressed dissatisfaction after finding out that s...

Yale-NUS Concurrent Degree Programme with NUS School of Computing

October 25, 2017

story | Dion Ho,  Contributing Reporter photo | Dion Ho, Contributing Reporter Yale-NUS College plans to introduce its fourth concurrent degree programm...

More Than Just a Name-Change

September 23, 2017

story  | Mathias Ooi, Contributing Reporter photo | Peh Yilin, Contributing Photographer   With the beginning of the new academic year, the Yale-N...

Social Emotional Leadership — is it a Cult?

September 17, 2017

Story | Terence Choo, Contributing Reporter Photo | Wong Zhi Ying   Upon entering the dining hall, I spotted two figures conspicuously seated rig...

End-of-Term Official Letter

September 17, 2017

Letter | Saza Faradilla, Avery Simmons Story | Peh Yi Lin photo | Saza Faradilla   Dear students, It’s been our pleasure to serve in the Stude...

Dissecting Apathy: Why Should We Care about the Student Government?

September 7, 2017

story  | Yi Lin Peh, Contributing Reporter photo | Yip Jia Qi graphics | Kalla Sy   Unlike local government and school council election speeche...

A Step Towards Wellness: Updates to the Student Health Insurance

August 31, 2017

story  | Vasudha Kataruka, Guest Reporter photo | Justin Ong, Editor-in-Chief   The National University of Singapore (NUS) has changed its Undergr...

YIRPA Policy Violations and Sanctions Announced

August 21, 2017

story | Pham Le Vi, Managing Editor photo | Dave Chappell, Executive Editor   Eight months after Yale-NUS International Relations and Political As...

Yale-NUS Welcomes Class of 2021

August 18, 2017

Story | Dave Chappell, Executive Editor Photo | Dave Chappell and Yale-NUS Public Affairs   On July 29, 2017, the Yale-NUS College campus came ali...