Dr. Jomar Rabajante of the UP Pandemic Response Team observes that there is a slowing increase of COVID-19 cases in NCR but cautions that the uptick in the other provinces, accompanied by low vaccination rates, may pose challenges to healthcare capacity.
We are cordially inviting you to join us in the virtual Awarding Ceremony of the 4th Gawad Pangulo: Award for Excellence in Public Service on December 16, 2021, at 9:30 AM, via Youtube and Facebook. The fifteen winners of this year’s Gawad Pangulo will be showcased, along with a video tribute to all the public service initiatives implemented by UP units and a special perfomance by the UP Los Banos Choral Ensemble.
Dr. Lorna E. Sister of the UPLB CAFS Institute of Crop Science leads the documentation initiative for indigenous vegetables which produced pamphlets containing information on “katutubong gulay” that are available all over the country.
UP Diliman reaches out to homeless individuals and survivors of gender-based violence and sexual exploitation to give them their COVID-19 vaccines at the University’s vaccination hub.
UP will be launching its alumni email registration portal on November 12, 2021.
According to researchers from University of the Philippines Manila who are conducting the clinical trial for the use of lagundi as herbal medicine in the management of mild COVID-19 cases, the plant brings “symptomatic relief” to patients without co-morbidities. Studies on the use of tawa-tawa as herbal supplement also yielded positive results.
The University of the Philippines Manila-National Institutes of Health, in partnership with the DOST-Food and Nutrition Research Institute, will be conducting research that will “determine the association of body composition with the functional capacity and quality of life of older persons in selected regions in the country.”
URBAN FARMING. Agriculture Secretary William Dar leads the inauguration of the country’s first Urban Agri Hydro Hub Learning Center at The Pop Up Katipunan in Quezon City on Wednesday (Oct. 13, 2021). Dar said the facility aims to address food shortages in the country. (DA Comms Group) MANILA – In light of the government’s thrust to promote urban […]
The UP Los Baños Department of Agribusiness Management and Entrepreneurship provided technical assistance to the Philippine Rural Development Project by giving a month-long Business Development Tooling/Retooling program to its staff last September.
LINKS TO THE PLENARY SESSIONS AND PARALLEL SESSIONS MAY BE FOUND HERE Webinar Registration: https://bit.ly/CUPSConWebinarReg Note: The Webinar link and passcode may be found in the confirmation email that will be sent after registering. The same Webinar link and passcode will be used for both days of the Conference, kindly refer to the Confirmation […]
