New president named


Prof Tan will start his new role from July 1. — The Straits Times/Asia News Network

HISTORIAN Tan Tai Yong has been named the new president of the Yale-NUS College.

Prof Tan (pic), 56, who is currently the college’s executive vice-president for academic affairs, will assume office on July 1. He will take over from current president Pericles Lewis, who has helmed the liberal arts college - a collaboration between Yale University and the National University of Singapore (NUS) - since its establishment in 2011.

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