Episode 3 of Usapang Bayanihan webinar series aired on UPLB Facebook and YouTube on May 22, and this time examined the community pantry phenomenon from the vantage point of sociology.
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UPLB Agapay, the disaster response task force of UPLB, was officially launched at an online benefit concert with the theme, “Sama-sama, tulong-tulong, patungo sa makabagong panahon.”
Umalohokan, UPLB Writer’s Club, UPLB Silakbo, UPLB Street Jazz Dance Company, and the UPLB Choral Ensemble performed in the concert that was held to raise funds for community pantry initiative and to purchase COVID-19 kits, hygiene kit essentials, and prepare relief packs for affected UPLB communities, students, and staff.
“There are still many laws that need to be enacted and still many provisions of existing laws that need to be revised because there are provisions in existing laws that are discriminatory to women. But when we talk about gender, we don’t only refer to women,” said Ms. Africa-Verceles, emphasizing that gender equality includes the rights of the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning) community.
For the second episode of the Usapang Bayanihan webinar series that was broadcast on May 15 via UPLB Facebook and YouTube, UPLB faculty members took a different perspective in viewing community pantries – this time from the lens of psychology.
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman, in partnership with the Quezon City Local Government Unit, opened a vaccination hub at the UP College of Human Kinetics gymnasium, dubbed the “Bakunahan sa UP Diliman”. When the vaccination hub called for volunteers to act as medical and non-medical frontliners, members of the UP community responded to […]
The webinar Online GST and UP ASH Code Orientation was concluded last 18 May 2021, with 133 participants joining the one day web-based lecture and live discussion via Zoom. The webinar was presented by the Human Resource Development Office (HRDO), in partnership with the Diliman Gender Office and Office of the Anti-Sexual Harassment. VC […]
The UP Philippine General Hospital was hit by a fire early Sunday morning, May 16, 2021. We are asking for your help and support for the healthcare workers and patients who have been affected by the fire.
Mindanao scientists are now in anticipation of the first research center to be established in the region aimed to strengthen local response to infectious diseases, including COVID-19.
On 3 May 2021, the Department of Science and Technology and the University of the Philippines (UP) Mindanao launched AMDABiDSS-Health, or Center for Applied Modeling, Data Analytics, and Bioinformatics for Decision Support Systems in Health while observing proper precautionary measures at Malayan Colleges Mindanao with viewers supporting via Zoom.
The University of the Philippines is calling for applications to the 3rd Public Service Writing Fellowship until May 31, 2021. The application packet may be downloaded from http://bit.ly/3rdPSWF-App and submitted to [email protected].
Six medical technologists and the chief of hospital of the Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) in San Jose, Antique recently completed a training on molecular techniques for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing at the Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Visayas in the Regional Research Center of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in Miag-ao, Iloilo.
This was the first hands-on training under the UP TRAINS 2 Program held at the newly inaugurated PGC Visayas Laboratories.