{"id":8177,"date":"2012-05-22T00:55:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T00:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?page_id=8177"},"modified":"2015-05-15T00:56:46","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T00:56:46","slug":"mou-to-develop-nobel-laureate-mindset-among-permatapintar-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/may-2012\/mou-to-develop-nobel-laureate-mindset-among-permatapintar-students\/","title":{"rendered":"MOU To Develop Nobel Laureate Mindset Among PermataPintar Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">0<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukm.my%2Fnews%2Farchive%2Fyear-2012%2Fmay-2012%2Fmou-to-develop-nobel-laureate-mindset-among-permatapintar-students%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/?p=8177&amp;via=https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukmtwit\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-toggle-container\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"midblock\">\n<div class=\"insidem\">\n<div class=\"news_item_a\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_tools\">\n<div class=\"newsitem_info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"createdate\">TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012 17:48<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsitem_text\">\n<div class=\"news_item_article\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Campus2012\/NEW%20YORK%203.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>By Ikmal Ismail<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK, 16 May 2012 \u2013 The National University of Malaysia(UKM) today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) to forge strategic alliance for developing Nobel Laureate mindset among UKM\u2019s PermataPintar students.<\/p>\n<p>In another signing UKM representing Malaysia Research University Network (MRUN) signed with NYAS and the State University of New York (SUNY) for \u2018cradle to career\u2019 programmes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Prof. Tan Sri Dato&#8217; Wira Dr. Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin, Vice Chancellor, UKM<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>exchanging the MoU document with Mr. Ellis Rubinstein, President &amp; CEO of NYAS, withnessed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>by YAB Dato Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak and YB Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor, Patron,<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>PERMATAPintar.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nUKM Vice Chancellor, Prof Tan Sri Dato\u2019 Wira Dr Sharifah Hapsah Syed Hasan Shahabudin signed for UKM and MRUN. SUNY was represented by its Chancellor, Nancy Zimpher while NYAS by its President and Chief Executive Officer, Ellis Rubinstein.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was held at the New York Academy of Sciences at the World Trade Center in conjunction with the Second Global Innovation and Science Advisory Council (GSIAC) meeting here.<\/p>\n<p>The signings were witnessed by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak who is on a working visit to the United States and Datin Paduka Seri Rosmah Mansor who is also the Patron of PermataPintar.<\/p>\n<p>The MOUs are also to establish Laureate-in-Residence programmes at PermataPintar and setup Pintar Labs at selected Malaysian Research Universities for mutual advancement of fundamental research to enable PermataPintar students and researchers of Malaysian Research Universities to undertake\u00a0programmes at NYAS to strengthen STEM (Sciences, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) skill sets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Creation of the Nobelist mindset is to develop the ability to pioneer frontier research endeavours and develop new theories\/philosophies, the cornerstone to humankind survival in the 21st<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Century.<\/p>\n<p>Exposure to international science and mentoring programme under world renown Nobel Laureates are important elements of creating the next generation of scientists. Experts agreed that exposure to research through career exposure, introduction to lab skills and lab culture and mentoring by role models is a more effective method of inspiring the next generation of scientists.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Academy of Sciences is reputed to be one of the world\u2019s nexus of scientific innovation in the service of humanity and had brought together extraordinary people working as the frontiers of discovery and promoted vital links between science and society.<\/p>\n<p>It is not only a notable and enduring cultural institution in New York City but also one of the most significant organisations in the international scientific community.<\/p>\n<p>Present at the signing ceremony were Minister of Higher Education, Dato\u2019 Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin; Science Advisor to the Prime Minister, Prof Emeritus Dato\u2019 Dr Zakri Abdul Hamid and Malaysian Ambassador to the United States, Dato Seri Jamaluddin Jarjis.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/images\/stories\/Icon\/ukmnewsportal.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"leftblock\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2012 17:48 By Ikmal Ismail NEW YORK, 16 May 2012 \u2013 The National University of Malaysia(UKM) today<a class=\"tukm-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/archive\/year-2012\/may-2012\/mou-to-develop-nobel-laureate-mindset-among-permatapintar-students\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8179,"parent":1266,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8177","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8177"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8180,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8177\/revisions\/8180"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukm.my\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}