ILOILO City — UP Visayas partnered with the UP Los Baños Graduate School (UPLB-GS) and the UP Manila National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences (NGOHS) for a two-day Tri-campus Benchmarking on Graduate School Academic Policy and Operational Processes, held at the AVR, GCEB, UPV Iloilo City Campus on 15-16 June. The in-person […]
SEMIRARA ISLAND, Antique — A rapid assessment of impact areas affected by MT Princess Empress oil spill was conducted by the UP Visayas Oil Spill Response Program, starting last 15 Jun and concluding in three months. Led by Dr. Resurreccion B. Sadaba, a team of scientists, researchers, and field assistants were deployed to the areas of Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique, and Mindoro Oriental. The project is made by possible by the collaboration of UPV, Mindoro State University (MSU), and selected government units from the provinces of Mindoro Oriental and Antique. The rapid assessment seeks to determine and minimize the extent of the potential ecological and public health impacts resulting from the oil spill.
UP BAGUIO — The University of the Philippines Baguio (UPB) and the Mountain Province State Polytechnic College (MPSPC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) during a Ceremonial Signing activity signifying an important partnership between the two HEIs.
ILOILO CITY — UP Visayas Graduate School organized an Academe-Industry-Government Dialogue on 19 June at the UPV Iloilo City Campus.
BANGKOK, Thailand — Nutritional immunology expert Professor Dr. Rex Ferdinand M. Traifalgar of the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IA), UP Visayas delivered a plenary lecture during the 2nd International Conference for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Management (CCA-DRRM) held at Amari Don Muang Airport Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand from 29 May to 2 June.
QUEZON CITY — UP Open University (UPOU) met with representatives from the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) last 01 June 2023.
LOS BAÑOS — Through a research funding from the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Agricultural Research (DA-BAR), UP Los Baños’ National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (BIOTECH) developed Oryzinc™, an inoculant that increases the availability of zinc in the soil by making it soluble; thus, available for plant uptake and use.
MIAGAO, Iloilo — UPV College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences students from Aquatic Science 1 (People and Aquatic World) and F175 (Community-Based Coastal Resource Management) classes, in partnership with the UPV Ugnayan ng Pahinungód/Oblation Corps (UP/OC), presented their class projects to chosen schools and coastal barangays in Miagao, Iloilo from 24 May to 17 June 2023.
YUGATECH — The Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) successfully launched two locally-built cube satellites (CubeSats)—Maya-5 and Maya-6—to the International Space Station (ISS) via the SpaceX Falcon 9 while on its 28th commercial resupply mission on June 5, 2023, at around 11:47 PM PST.
MIAGAO, Iloilo — An Undergraduate Research Symposium was organized by the UP Visayas-College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (UPV-CFOS) Seaweed Research Group, in collaboration with the Seaweed Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation (SBIS&TC)-China last June 7 at the Umali Hall Conference Room, UPV, Miagao, Iloilo. The symposium showcased CFOS’ undergraduate students’ […]
