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4th publicly funded varsity to focus on design & technology - October 30, 2009
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4th publicly funded varsity to focus on design & technology - October 30, 2009
(SINGAPORE) Singapore's fourth publicly funded university has officially been named the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SU).
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| Prof Magnanti: Looking forward to helping SU become the top institution for technology and design in the world over the next 10 to 20 years |
Also unveiled yesterday was its founding president, Thomas Magnanti, an institute professor and former dean of the engineering school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. He has been with the Boston-based institution for the past 37 years.
Prof Magnanti began work here at the start of October and will be on leave from MIT throughout his three-year appointment to devote his time fully to leading SU.
MIT is one of the new university's two foreign partners, and the Ministry of Education said yesterday that it expects to announce the other - a top Chinese university - by the end of the year.
The chairman of SU's new board of trustees, Philip Ng, told reporters that he was delighted to have Prof Magnanti at the helm as his knowledge and experience would be crucial in building a strong relationship between SU and MIT.
SU is on track to accept its first intake of 500 students in 2011, before eventually growing to reach an annual intake of about 2,500. It will operate from an as-yet-undisclosed temporary campus for about four years before moving to a permanent home on Upper Changi Road East, next to the Changi Business Park, by 2015.
Students will get to pick from four programmes leading to separate degrees. These are Architecture and Sustainable Design, Engineering Product Design, Engineering Systems and System Design, and Information Engineering and Design. All undergraduates will also have to take up a foundation programme in mathematics, sciences and the humanities in their freshmen year.
Said Mr Ng, who is also chief executive of Far East Organization: 'There is a lot of regional demand for the MIT links that we have, a modified type of MIT education, if you will. What we hope to do is to produce logically and technically trained leaders of the future.'
Prof Magnanti is no stranger to Singapore, having had a long association dating back to the mid-1980s. He was a contributing faculty member and then-member of the governing board of the Singapore-MIT Alliance, and later as the director of the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology.
Having travelled in and out of the Republic frequently over the last decade, Prof Magnanti said that he has a strong connection here and was looking forward to helping SU become the top institution for technology and design in the world over the next 10 to 20 years.
'The creation of SU is as exciting as it is ambitious,' said the American. 'Through its distinctive education and research and focus on technology-grounded leadership, it will be well-poised to serve Singapore, the region and the world.'
Prof Magnanti earned his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Syracuse University, and master's degrees in statistics and mathematics, as well as a PhD in operations research, all from Stamford University.
I am so going to take a break today.
Going to Serangoon Gardens to eat Kway Chap with Bella. Shes into Kway Chap lately. And no, before this was another food, and before that food was another food. Namely, her taste for food never stop, just keep changing from one to another. rahhh
After brunch, we are going to find a mouse for her notebook and photo frame. Perhaps we should wait till Sitex 09 where she will be buying a new notebook to replace her 5 years Fujitsu. Can bargain for a mouse.
Its been more than 2 months where we last dine out together for dinner. Gonna bring her go Junction 8 for a nice pasta dinner. She missed my pasta!
Its also been more than 2 months where I last bring her to a movie. And tonight just coincidentally, a new Hong Kong show came out and also coincidentally, the show is about the new game I taught her this year. Texas Holdem! The show is Poker King.
My poly friends, who siao about Texas last time, might be interested too! Right? Gavin? Jit? This gang of friends of mine turned from Pool siao, to Texas Holdem siao and now to Tennis siao. They bought cue stick, bought poker chips and now bought tennis racket. Really is play hard.
I have not told her of the dinner and movie yet. All these surprises mean a lot to her and to me. Not only it perks up our dull relationship in months (due to my busyness), it also excite me because I love to see her surprised and happy reaction =D
Going to Serangoon Gardens to eat Kway Chap with Bella. Shes into Kway Chap lately. And no, before this was another food, and before that food was another food. Namely, her taste for food never stop, just keep changing from one to another. rahhh
After brunch, we are going to find a mouse for her notebook and photo frame. Perhaps we should wait till Sitex 09 where she will be buying a new notebook to replace her 5 years Fujitsu. Can bargain for a mouse.
Its been more than 2 months where we last dine out together for dinner. Gonna bring her go Junction 8 for a nice pasta dinner. She missed my pasta!
Its also been more than 2 months where I last bring her to a movie. And tonight just coincidentally, a new Hong Kong show came out and also coincidentally, the show is about the new game I taught her this year. Texas Holdem! The show is Poker King.
My poly friends, who siao about Texas last time, might be interested too! Right? Gavin? Jit? This gang of friends of mine turned from Pool siao, to Texas Holdem siao and now to Tennis siao. They bought cue stick, bought poker chips and now bought tennis racket. Really is play hard.
I have not told her of the dinner and movie yet. All these surprises mean a lot to her and to me. Not only it perks up our dull relationship in months (due to my busyness), it also excite me because I love to see her surprised and happy reaction =D
Your body is tired after a long day of study/work, you lie on your bed trying to fall asleep as soon as possible to replenish the energy lost. Your mind keep thinking if you can fall asleep now, I want to sleep now, please let me sleep now.
You end up going into sleep 2 hours later. Apparently, you stayed awake worrying about keeping awake.
You end up going into sleep 2 hours later. Apparently, you stayed awake worrying about keeping awake.
How can starhub be so slow??? I can't even watch a 300kbps streaming!!!!!!
Watching a buffering non-stop soccer match makes my blood boil especially when the match involve Newcastle! argh
KUALA LUMPUR - A MALAYSIAN state is offering free second honeymoons for couples on the brink of divorce, hoping that romantic getaways will help rekindle their marriages, an official said Monday.
Under the ambitious plan, feuding couples will spend three days and two nights on one of the tropical islands off Terengganu state, said government official Ashaari Idris.
'Newly-wed couples are facing numerous problems. Among them are financial issues and problems related to their in-laws,' said Mr Ashaari, the state's welfare, community development and women affairs committee chairman.
'Before marriage, all was good. But after marriage, some are unable to cope with the new challenges,' he told AFP.
'I want to strengthen family ties. If a marriage breaks down, it will hurt the children and it will have serious implications on society.' Couples will have to make an application and then undergo an interview before being accepted for the package which is worth an estimated RM1,500 (S$615).
Mr Ashaari said the state had already carried out a successful pilot project involving some 25 couples who faced marital woes. He said that divorce rates in the Muslim-majority north-eastern state were among the lowest in the country. -- AFP
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