News

2023
November 24: All surviving drafts, including three rediscovered pages, of Origin of Species revealed
October 02: Three Tembusu Educators Win University Level Awards
2022
November 09: Tembusu Ambassadors are Recruiting!
October 13: Musical Showcase Success by our Master, Prof Ho Chee Kong
August 11: Congratulations to Dr Margaret Tan & Dr Jessie Teng for garnering National Day Awards 2022!
05: Project Re-imagining Concert, 8 October 2022
July 20: Former Tembusu Rector Prof Tommy Koh conferred Honorary Doctor of Laws
June 14: By Professor Tommy Koh: The Earth Summit at 30: A Stocktake
01: Kay Yeo Hui Qin won Bert Peeters Prize for Best Student Project in NSM Semantics
May 05: By Professor Tommy Koh: UNCLOS is 40 today. Should we celebrate?
April 25: impacT featured Nurturing young leaders in public policy and social impact
13: Change in Rector of Tembusu College
11: By Professor Tommy Koh: War in Ukraine: Separating truth from falsehood
06: Performance of Tembusu Master’s musical composition at National Gallery
March 18: By Professor Tommy Koh: The war in Ukraine and the laws of war
09: Launch of Interactive Map!
07: By Professor Tommy Koh: Ukraine, international Law and the security of small states
02: Tembusu Student Projects in Shortlist & Finalist of URA-REDAS SPARK Challenge 2021
February 21: See you at Tembusu College Open House 2022!
18: Finding opportunities and passion at Tembusu College
January 31: Tembusu Staff Updates
24: Tembusu Reading Pod AY 2021/22 Sem 2
2021
November 10: Tembusu Ambassadors are Recruiting!
October 15: By Professor Tommy Koh: Will the US and China cooperate or clash?
September 10: By Professor Tommy Koh: Justice for our Paralympic athletes
02: Tembusu College Students Win Star Award for Community Engagement
August 23: By Professor Tommy Koh: A warm welcome to Kamala Harris
20: By Professor Tommy Koh: A tribute to four Malaysians
11: By Professor Tommy Koh: Can small countries win medals at the Olympic Games?
July 08: Tembusu students paint wall murals in aid of dementia-friendly community
08: Tembusu College’s efforts to reimagine college life amid the pandemic
06: New book out by Tembusu Fellow Dr John van Wyhe- ‘Charles Darwin: Justice of the peace’
June 14: By Professor Tommy Koh: The scourge of racial prejudice in Singapore
May 27: By Professor Tommy Koh: The disabled and the arts in Singapore
April 29: By Professor Tommy Koh: The global campaign to combat ageism
01: By Professor Tommy Koh: Rivers of peace and rivers of conflict
March 12: Reading Room - Book Reviews by Students
06: By Professor Tommy Koh: A Farewell to Arts: The Substation’s Legacy
03: Tembusu Fellow, Dr John van Wyhe publishes new book on Charles Darwin
February 26: See you at Tembusu College e-Open House 2021!
26: Interested to apply to Tembusu College?
03: Tembusu alumnus Sim Zhi Min selected to be Schwarzman Scholar
January 29: Tembusu Fellow Dr John van Wyhe’s online keynote lecture ‘Charles Darwin: Then and Now’
21: By Professor Tommy Koh: The Biden administration: the road ahead for Asia
18: By Professor Tommy Koh: Looking to 2021: Seven wishes for the year
05: Tembusu Reading Pod AY 2020/21 Sem 2
2020
December 03: By Professor Tommy Koh: The India Of My Dreams
02: Dr John van Wyhe unveils manuscripts of naturalist Charles Darwin
November 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: Islam and Europe: Should caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad be protected by the freedom of speech?
17: By Professor Tommy Koh: Biden’s Foreign Policy: A Prognosis
10: By Professor Tommy Koh: The 2020 US Presidential Election - A Quest For Understanding
06: Tembusu Ambassadors are recruiting!
October 14: By Professor Tommy Koh and Dr Yeo Lay Hwee: Asean and EU
September 12: By Professor Tommy Koh: The UN at 75: An Assessment
August 27: By Professor Tommy Koh: Is War Between China And The United States Still Inconceivable?
11: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2020/21 Sem 1
04: By Professor Tommy Koh: China and Japan: Will They Ever Reconcile?
July 29: Tembusu Alumni leading the way for young ‘earthpreneurs’
29: Free public talk —"The first female tourist - The amazing Ida Pfeiffer" Friday, 28 August 2020 via Zoom
25: By Professor Tommy Koh: What Asia, Europe can do to fight world's 3 major crises
17: By Professor Tommy Koh: GE 2020: A Reflection
June 18: By Professor Tommy Koh: Are art workers non-essential?
06: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean’s response to Covid-19: A report card
April 06: By Professor Tommy Koh: 7 silver linings in Covid-19 dark cloud
March 19: NUS BBA and Tembusu College Alumnus - Ong Kah Jing
13: Free public talk by Dr John van Wyhe-- "The first female tourist - The amazing Ida Pfeiffer"
02: Opportunities abound at Tembusu & NUS
February 29: By Professor Tommy Koh: Time to put mental health high on list of national priorities
28: Interested to apply to Tembusu College?
19: Applications for Residential Assistants and Graduate Fellows now open
13: By Professor Tommy Koh: An Appeal To Singaporeans
January 29: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2019/20 Sem 2
14: John van Wyhe in Ships that shaped us by Channel News Asia
2019
December 24: By Professor Tommy Koh: Five tests that Singaporeans must pass to be a truly First World people
November 09: By Professor Tommy Koh: Foreign Domestic Workers: A Suggested Rulebook
October 26: By Professor Tommy Koh: Seven good habits for Singapore bosses to emulate
22: By Professor Tommy Koh: The crisis in Hong Kong: A quest for understanding
09: 2 reviews of Wanderlust: The Amazing Ida Pfeiffer, the first female tourist by John van Wyhe
September 17: By Professor Tommy Koh: Remembering Syed Hussein and Honouring his Legacy
09: By Professor Tommy Koh: The Seven Habits of the Singapore Driver
04: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2019/20 Sem 1
August 22: Tembusu Ambassadors are recruiting!
May 14: By Professor Tommy Koh: Thoughts Turn To The Workers In May
06: Transformative expeditions - Dr John van Wyhe
April 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: The UN Convention On The Law Of The Sea: A revolutionary treaty
09: By Professor Tommy Koh: Tribute To Greg Clancey
March 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: The UK and the EU: It’s complicated
12: Applications for Residential Assistants and Graduate Fellows now open
February 19: By Professor Tommy Koh: Women’s Quest For Justice And Equality: A Short History
January 29: By Professor Tommy Koh: Singapore and the United Kingdom: 1819 to 2019
14: Team from Tembusu College take 3rd place at Makerton
03: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2018/19 Sem 2
2018
December 17: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and the UN: Natural partners
November 26: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and China: Past, present, future
20: Tribute to Prof. John Richardson
12: By Professor Tommy Koh: Deng Xiaoping and Singapore
October 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: ASEAN and New Zealand
26: Internship Opportunity with Future Cities Laboratory (FCL)
September 25: By Professor Tommy Koh: Section 377A
24: STEER Sulawesi in their own words
20: Eileen Feng, on being Miss Singapore International 2018
04: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and Canada
August 20: Tembusu Ambassadors are recruiting!
10: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2018/19 Sem 1
July 31: By Professor Tommy Koh: Moscow holds the key to better Asean ties
07: Many congratulations to Francis Lee on his wonderful achievement at the ActInSpace competition in France.
06: By Professor Tommy Koh: Moulding the Future of our Nation: The Role of the Humanities
03: By Professor Tommy Koh: Three ways to improve ASEAN-South Korea ties
June 29: Exploring Sulawesi, island of natural wonders
16: By Professor Tommy Koh: Trump-Kim summit in Singapore: From brink of war to peace
09: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and Japan: Neighbours, friends, partners
May 05: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and European Union: A North-South success story
April 03: By Professor Tommy Koh: Asean and Australia: From friends to partners
March 13: Sailing the Krakatoa seas
February 06: By Professor Tommy Koh: Why Asean is good for the US
January 26: Many congratulations to our Rector, Prof Koh, on receiving the Padma Shri Award
26: Volcano Voyage (Recess Week)
19: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2017/18 Sem 2
17: 'Dr Adam Staley Groves — My Tembusu Story' by Ong Kah Jing
09: By Professor Tommy Koh: Why ASEAN is good for Singapore
2017
December 06: Professor Tommy Koh gets special tribute for contributions
05: By Professor Tommy Koh: The world in Singapore
November 24: Tembusu Fellow, Dr John van Wyhe on NUS News
11: Tembusu College would like to congratulate our dear Rector, Prof Koh, on the advent of his new book
October 16: Assoc Prof Gregory Clancey on the upcoming Japanese elections
15: Congratulations to Professor Tommy Koh on receiving the Mochtar Kusumaatmadja Award
13: Congratulations to Margaret Tan on the advent of the 'Flows and Contours in Tropical Asia' Mural
10: Tembusu College mourns the passing of our friend, Shunji Matsuo
September 19: By Prof Tommy Koh: Maritime Boundary Conciliation between Timor-Leste and Australia: A Success Story
August 29: Exploring Sustainable Development and Nature Conservation
21: Tembusu Ambassadors are recruiting!
14: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2017/18 Sem 1
05: By Professor Tommy Koh: Is Singapore A Small Country?
July 01: By Professor Tommy Koh: ASEAN and the European Union
June 22: Into the heart of Borneo
15: Island adventurer: Alfred Russel Wallace and the quest for the origin of species
May 29: Denise Goh Hui Jun on hospitality and the Rohingya Refugee in Berfrois
24: Crosshouse from Tembusu featured in NUS admissions campaign
March 14: The Conservation Conversation now screening!
09: 'On Places — Becoming Spaces'
February 18: By Professor Tommy Koh: A Guide To A Confusing World
15: Sarah-Kei Lauw featured on the Ministry of Social Development blog
13: New articles by Dr John van Wyhe
January 28: Recruiting Tembusu Residential Assistants & Graduate Fellows
20: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech: President Trump In Office: What Can Singapore Business Expect?
19: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech at the Conferment of the JC Nichols Prize on Dr Cheong Koon Hean
16: Tembusu College alongside Firefly Mission, supporting children in Myanmar
12: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2016/17 Sem 2
12: 'Age of Innovation' featuring Dr John van Wyhe
03: By Professor Tommy Koh: 2017: Three great expectations
2016
December 29: Indian Ocean should be for peace and not competition
24: By Professor Tommy Koh: Is Singapore the new sick man of Asia?
14: Tembusu College congratulates Noor Azura Zuhairah on her win at the IAEA essay competition
November 21: Tembusu students turn CSI sleuths
12: By Professor Tommy Koh: Donald Trump presidency: Memo from an old friend of the US
10: Professor Tommy Koh responds to the outcome of the 2016 US Presidential Elections
07: Tembusu College stands in solidarity with the White Ribbon campaign
October 21: By Professor Tommy Koh: China’s perception of Singapore: 4 areas of misunderstanding
20: Fragments of the Berlin Wall at Tembusu College
15: By Professor Tommy Koh: Small and Successful
September 26: Tembusu Tree is NUS Students Against Violation of the Earth's species of the month
17: By Professor Tommy Koh: The Obama Presidency - An Assessment
07: Call for Participants: International Summer Course on Imogiri Saujana Heritage
02: By Professor Tommy Koh's remarks at the exhibition of Iskandar Jalil’s Works
August 27: By Professor Tommy Koh: The misunderstood Asian who helms the UN
26: By Professor Tommy Koh: Eulogy for S. R. Nathan
03: Tembusu Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROPs)
02: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2016/17 Semester 1
July 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: Dinner at the White House
22: Professor Tommy Koh: The Great Powers and the Rule of Law - A Reply to Graham Allison
21: New articles by Dr John van Wyhe
13: Dr John van Wyhe: Darwin’s discovery: The remarkable history of evolution
10: Catelijne Coopmans and Graham Button conferred Distinguished Paper Award 2016 by the American Sociological Association
09: By Professor Tommy Koh: Solving Asia's water woes by 2030
June 29: By Professor Tommy Koh: Why I think the EU will survive?
25: By Professor Tommy Koh & Professor S Jayakumar: Sovereignty, Jurisdiction and International Law
17: Proefessor Tommy Koh and Dr Hao Duy Phan: The Asian Way To Settle Disputes
03: By Professor Tommy Koh: Peace at Sea
02: Tembusu College/STEER Komodo Expedition
May 12: Dr Kelvin Pang receives the NUS Annual Teaching Excellence Award, 2016
06: By Professor Tommy Koh: Importance of 'soft' power
April 26: Is heritage important? Why?
22: Recruiting Student Helpers for SHOT Annual Meeting 2016
March 18: Dr John van Wyhe featured in BBC article on Charles Darwin
16: Professor Tommy Koh invites you to the 'Pioneering the Future Series'
15: By Professor Tommy Koh: Singapore-China Relations: Past, Present and Future
07: NUS Open Day | Tembusu College | 12 March 2016 (Saturday)
February 19: Invitation by Prof Koh to the launch of Singapore-China Relations 50 Years
15: Dr John van Wyhe: Wallace's Malay Archipelago
13: By Professor Tommy Koh: Taking stock of US-Asean ties on eve of Sunnylands Summit
03: Watch "Vice & Virtue: 1800s Singapore", featuring our very own Dr John van Wyhe
January 12: By Professor Tommy Koh: Three Miracles From 2015
08: Sign up for Tembusu Reading Pods
2015
December 09: Professor Tommy Koh's welcome remarks at the CIL-JCLOS International Conference
November 20: By Professor Tommy Koh: India’s Trysts With Destiny
19: Tembusu College congratulates Prof Koh on his Eminent Alumni Award.
17: Tembusu College congratulates Adam, Connor, and Kelvin, on their awards for teaching excellence
14: By Professor Tommy Koh: China On My Mind
07: Professor Tommy Koh's speech at the annual lecture of the Singapore Medical Association
05: Professor Tommy Koh's at the National Arts Council 'Singathology' Book Launch
October 19: By Professor Tommy Koh's speech at the 10th China-Singapore Forum
19: Professor Tommy Koh's speech at the Singapore Children’s Society Book Launch
15: Invitation by Prof Koh to the launch of 50 Years of Singapore & the United Nations.
08: By Professor Tommy Koh: Law Society Biennial Lecture 2015 at Supreme Court Auditorium
06: By Professor Tommy Koh: The haze, international law and global cooperation
05: Prof Koh's Opening Address at the MPA 8th Co-operation Forum
September 30: Professor Tommy Koh on Perspectives, 8pm Channel News Asia (30 Sept)
17: Professor Tommy Koh's Ten Reflections on GE 2015
15: 'I am Ali Wallace': The Malay Assistant of Alfred Russel Wallace
August 27: Recruiting Tembusu Ambassadors
19: Animal of the year AY2015/2016: the Komodo Dragon (Ora)
04: By Professor Tommy Koh: 21st Century Maritime Silk Road
03: By Professor Tommy Koh: Letter to my grandchildren in 2065
July 30: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2015/16 Sem 1
27: Professor Tommy Koh's Keynote Address at the Singapore Regional Business Forum 2015
27: Six students volunteer at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai
13: Professor Tommy Koh's Commencement Address: Law School and LKY School of Public Policy
08: Tembusu alumnus David Hoe in The New Paper
07: By Professor Tommy Koh: International law and refugees
June 10: By Professor Tommy Koh: The Asian way to settle disputes
May 26: Tembusu College students paint Easter eggs to benefit VSA Singapore
22: Tembusu College sends our very best to Alexis Lee & John Low for their Gobi desert adventures
15: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech - Launch of the official book for SG50
14: Dave Goldberg interviews Catelijne Coopmans, Mavis McAllister, and Sonja Chua, on coaching, living, and learning in Tembusu College
14: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech: Why I believe in ASEAN
13: Our artist-in-residence TeZ featured on both the Business Times and NUS News
04: TODAY Newspaper reports the founding of the Inter-University LGBT Network
April 30: On Prasenjit Duara’s book, The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future
28: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech at Book Launch: Through the Lens of Lee Kip Lin, Photographs of Singapore, 1965-1995
25: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech - Launch of the Musicians Guild of Singapore
24: Technology and the Fate of Knowledge - On the Web
21: Tembusu alumnus, David Wong awarded the IAPSS Award for Academic Excellency 2015
18: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech at Official Opening of Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
16: Professor Tommy Koh's Speech at Fulbright Dinner, 16 April 2015
02: By Professor Tommy Koh: Thank You India
01: By Professor Tommy Koh: Reining in the tribal instinct
March 25: By Professor Tommy Koh: Remembering Lee Kuan Yew - Our chief diplomat to the world
02: Tembusu Alumni David Hoe - Featured as part of NUS Admissions
February 26: 50 Years of Singapore’s Diplomacy: Highlights and Insights
23: On Walking with My Teacher — Ink, Walking, Calamari
21: By Professor Tommy Koh: Miracle on Waterloo Street
09: tSingaporeans at the SG50 'Local Champions, Global Leaders' competition
January 28: Tembusu Reading Pods AY2014/15 Sem 2
13: Raffles Documentary (With contributions by Dr John van Wyhe)
08: Professor Tommy Koh: Opening of the Meeting of the International Studies Association
05: By Professor Tommy Koh: Three wishes for the New Year
2014
November 27: Inaugural Presentation of the Residential Colleges Teaching Excellence Awards
25: Is There A History Of Science? Yes… And It Works
October 30: By Professor Tommy Koh: 1st International Conference on Humanitarian Medical Missions
29: By Prof Tommy Koh: 10th Anniversary of the USSFTA
16: Darwin's Nautical Library Sails Online
September 30: Book Launch of Charles Darwin in Cambridge (Cancelled)
19: Forum Casts Spotlight on Human Rights
08: Tembusu Alumni, Tan Ming Jiang & Youk Keunhee, win at SMRT & NUS Enterprise hackathon
04: Tembusu Fellow John van Wyhe on the Science Centre
04: By Professor Tommy Koh: Ten years, over 100 trips and millions of miles
August 27: Tembusu Ambassadors are recruiting!
26: Notes on a Tree --- Tembusu College in Art Zone magazine
22: Tembusu Reading Pods
July 29: Winning with SASS: Salima Nadira
25: New book from Journalist-in-Residence Bertha Henson
15: Charles Darwin's evolutionary reading: HMS Beagle's library goes online
11: Primed for the future: Eugene Chum
May 18: The Great Singapore Debate: An advocate is as useful as an avocado
16: Hiroshima-Singapore Green Legacy tree planting
08: By Professor Tommy Koh: Confessions of a lucky negotiator
April 28: All-expense paid volunteer work at The Future of Khmer Children Organisation
23: 3-for-2 Student research internship: Architectural design for an applied research and building construction project in Singapore
15: Treehouse launched
March 29: By Professor Tommy Koh: Is there an ideological cleavage in Singapore?
19: Tembusu College at the ArtScience Museum
06: Tembusians shine at Q&A on potential Sino-Japanese war
04: Master's Teas with Takaaki Kojima and Shunji Matsuo
February 20: Tembusu College's Rachel Ng co-founds AFTERGLOBE
18: Dr. Catelijne Coopmans' new book out with MIT Press
17: Join Future Cities Laboratory as a student researcher
13: Yale-NUS A and Yale-NUS B teams to debate cosmetic surgery
05: Dr. Adam Groves and Dr. Connor Graham in conversation
04: Catherine Sarah Young, interviewed in Fast Company.
03: The Tommy Koh observer: Notes from a dialogue
January 30: Applications to Tembusu College Received Soon
2013
December 28: By Professor Tommy Koh: Farewell 2013, Welcome 2014
02: Timetable Available
November 26: Shop for a cause
15: Art, Culture and Heritage in Singapore: Towards a Common Vision and Agenda
04: Reading Professor Tommy Koh
October 31: The Tommy Koh Reader
11: Emancipasia: STEPS in the Park
02: Remembering Gandhi
September 26: Tommy Koh named the Great Negotiator of 2014
21: Film Screening
August 19: Exploring The Last Frontier
19: REACH Event with Dr. Vivian Balakrishnan
09: Attempts to reinstate Wallace as the working class hero who discovered evolution before Darwin have no basis in fact
July 24: Editorial- Listening to Tommy Koh
June 18: Keynote Speech: The Future is Now
17: China and India: Chini Hindi bhai bhai?
05: Bursary enables Tembusu student to do more for community
May 27: Speech at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit by Prof. Tommy Koh
27: Tembusu Globetrekkers Featured on Straits Times
13: Art Science Residency Program 2013
April 15: Summer module with USP on Participatory Social Development in Southeast Asia
09: Prof. Sir Geoffrey Lloyd awarded Dan David Prize
09: China and Japan: Friends or Enemies?
09: My Faith in India
09: NUS Museum Call for Interns
February 22: Tembusu College wins Inter-Collegiate Debate Shield Finals
19: Healthcare forum debates sustainability of 3M system
05: Modern Day Slavery Film Forum by EmancipAsia
January 20: Tembusu Alumnus secures prestigous internship at the International Atomic Energy Agency (of the United Nations)
2012
December 10: Semester 2 Module Selection Begins TODAY 17th December!
04: The Global Outlook for 2013
November 29: Student Portal Woodie Central Launched
05: A heartfelt tribute to a remarkable man
03: In defence of Lim Chong Yah
October 31: 10 Years Of Driving Sustainability – A Business Model For The Future
30: Rector's Fund featured in September issue of Knowledge Enterprise
20: Are Singaporeans A Kind or Unkind People?
03: Japan’s Prospects and Challenges: A View from Southeast Asia
September 29: Who will lead Asia
26: Singapore Writers Festival: Walking with AR Wallace
25: Museum Rendezvous: Art and DIY Science
24: An Experiment In The Extraordinary
17: ‘Ideas for Life’ Challenge
01: Asean up to tackling sixth challenge
August 29: Tembusu Ambassadors are now recruiting!
12: Asia and UNCLOS: Progress, Practice and Problems
July 28: The oceans, the law and the future of the world
10: ASEAN is an open door for Canada
04: What Asean wants: Powerful, peaceful, rich China
03: How Cities Can Lead Efforts to Tackle Climate Change
June 30: The Future of Water Today
25: Dr John van Wyhe on Solving the Darwin-Wallace Mystery
16: Green Thoughts Inspired by Stockholm and Rio
May 21: Prof. Tommy Koh: Enhancing Regional Economic Integration in Asia and the Pacific, ESCAP
21: Master Gregory Clancey wins 2012 Morison Prize
19: Prof. Tommy Koh writes for Straits Times column: What Singapore can learn from Europe
18: Call for Submissions: Margaret River Press
16: Asia And Europe: Coming Together Or Drifting Apart?
March 19: Cover Design Competition: Singapore Proverbs
12: Tembusu A debate team wins both its matches in the lead up to Thursday's debate competition finals against Cinnamon College.
January 12: Elephants painted by Tembusu College students sold for over $44,000 in aid of elephant conservation.
12: Elephant Parade Project
2011
October 11: Rector Tommy Koh launches inaugural Tembusu Forum on UN recognition of Palestine as a state.