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Chee Yeow Meng: Design Can Make the World Better
A commentary by SUTD Provost and Chief Academic & Innovation Officer, Professor Chee Yeow Meng, which argues that in an age transformed by AI, design is more essential than ever, and must be consciously taught so that society can build better, more empathetic and more inclusive systems.
Ministry of Home Affairs Appoints Five New Members to HTX Board
SUTD President, Professor Phoon Kok Kwang, was appointed as one of five new members to join the Home Team Science and Technology Agency’s (HTX) Board.
SUTD President Appointed to Board of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences
SUTD President, Professor Phoon Kok Kwang, has been appointed to the Board of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technological Sciences, becoming the first board member from Singapore.
By redesigning roads into winding S-shaped layouts, accidents involving elderly pedestrians reduced by 80%
Singapore redesigns roads in Silver Zones, using S-shaped layouts, narrower lanes and pedestrian-priority features, to slow traffic naturally and reduce accidents involving elderly pedestrians. LKYCIC’s Assistant Professor Samuel Chng was quoted in this article.
Many South-east Asians support climate action, but hesitant about policies that can raise costs
A new report found that people in South-east Asia are generally supportive of climate action but think that measures that could result in higher costs of living should be pushed back. The surveys that contributed to the report were led by the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, with contributions from the LKYCIC.
