Yale-NUS, a collaboration between Yale and the national University of Singapore, opened its doors to students in August of 2013 to a fair amount of fanfare, hype, and controversy. The first liberal arts university in Singapore, Yale-NUS also signals the first time in its 300-year history that Yale has ever lent its name to another institution. At a time when U.S. institutions are increasingly turning away from the liberal arts, tightening their belts and becoming increasingly concerned with the bottom line and in math and science competitiveness, governments in Asia and the Arab world are starting to recognize the value of the liberal arts.Robin Hemley holds a Bachelor's degree in Comparative Literature from Indiana University in 1980, and subsequently earned a MFA in fiction in 1982. Hemley is the recipient of Geggenheim Fellowship and others from the North Carolina Arts Council, the Ohioana Library Association, and the Washington State Arts Council. Beginning in 2004, Hemley served as the director of the Non-fiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa. Many of Hemley's works have been published domestically and overseas, and has been included in publications including The New York Times, Orion, The Wall Street Journal, The Chicago Tribune, and New York Magazine. Most recently, Hemley lives in Singapore and serves as the Director of the Writer's Centre at Yale University - Singapore. For more information on the Foreign Relations Council visit their website.A complete list of available streaming videos can be found at citychannel4.com/video
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