Good morning, USM community,
Welcome to this week’s edition of Inside USM, bringing you the latest news, highlights, media coverage, achievements, and developments from Universiti Sains Malaysia.
We hope this edition keeps you informed, engaged, and connected with the stories, accomplishments, and initiatives that continue to shape and strengthen
our University community. |
|
|
8–14 June 2026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CEDEC USM Receives Courtesy Visit from JTM Director General: Strengthening Collaboration in Digital and Analog Integrated Circuit (IC) Design Industry |
|
|
USM PENANG, 11 June 2026 – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) recently welcomed a courtesy visit from the Director General of the Department of Manpower (JTM), Datuk Rospiagos Taha, together with delegates from JTM and the Ministry of Human Resources (KESUMA), to the Collaborative Microelectronic Design Excellence Centre (CEDEC), USM. |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
USM Signs MoU with Technical University of Sofia to Strengthen Global Academic Collaboration |
USM PENANG, 11 June 2026 – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Technical University of Sofia (TUS), Bulgaria’s largest and most prominent institution for higher engineering education. |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
USM Achieves National Milestone as Malaysia’s First EASO International Affiliate Centre for Obesity Management |
BERTAM, PENANG, 9 June 2026 – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has achieved a significant international milestone in healthcare after its Obesity Medicine Clinic at Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (PKTAAB) was accredited as an EASO International Affiliate Collaborating Centre for Obesity Management, becoming the first centre in Malaysia to receive the prestigious recognition. |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
USM FC Ready to Represent Penang at MAKSAK
National Football Championship |
KUALA TERENGGANU, 9 June 2026 – The trust given by the Majlis Kebajikan dan Sukan Anggota-Anggota Kerajaan (MAKSAK) Pulau Pinang to Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), through USM FC, to form and manage the state football team for the MAKSAK National Football Championship 2026 is a significant responsibility. |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
28 Students Join Second Cohort of USM Public University
Form Six Programme |
NIBONG TEBAL, 8 June 2026 – The Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Engineering Campus (KKTSS), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), today welcomed the second cohort of students for the Public University Form Six Programme (Program T6 Kampus UA). |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
USM Welcomes Harvard Economist for Prestigious Fulbright
Specialist Program |
USM PENANG, 8 June 2026 – Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) proudly welcomes distinguished economist and renowned researcher Dr. Mun Sing Ho from Harvard University to its Penang campus under the prestigious Fulbright Specialist Program. |
▶️Read more |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
📌 13 June 2026 | The Malay Mail Online | Columnist
🌐 Metastatic Breast Cancer Is Not the End of It All — Nik Nur Syazni Nik Mohamed Kamal
👤 Dr. Nik Nur Syazni Nik Mohamed Kamal Pusat Kanser Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (PKTAAB) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
📌 13 June 2026 | apakhabartv.com | General News
🌐 Lowering Your Blood Pressure Only Takes 11 Minutes – USM Study |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
📌 8 June 2026 | Kwong Wah Yit Poh | General News | Page 8
📰 USM Communication Department Students Lead Social Responsibility Project to Care for Mental and Physical Well-Being of Residents at House of Hope Shelter |
|
|
Summary:
PENANG, 6 June – A social responsibility project led by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) communication students, COMM@ Love in Transit 2026, recently carried out its second phase of activities, bringing two practical health and psychosocial care programmes to residents of the Penang Hope Shelter.
Now in its third year, COMM@LiT 2026 carries the theme “Social Responsibility, Empowering Lives”. Supported under the Malaysia Service Learning programme and university-community service initiative, the project continues its collaboration with Penang Hope Shelter.
The event was also supported by Penang State Executive Councillor for Social Development, Welfare and Non-Islamic Religious Affairs, Lim Siew Khim and Tourism Malaysia Deputy Chairman, Dato’ Yeoh Soon Hin. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stay Connected |
|
|
@usmofficial1969 |
|
|
All Rights Reserved©Universiti Sains Malaysia 2026 |
|
|
