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The University of the Philippines and the University of Rhode Island (URI), USA, officially solidified their partnership to foster academic and cultural exchange. A ceremonial signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) took place on October 19, 2026, at the New Administration Building on the UPV Miagao campus.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) served as the host institution of the University Social Responsibility Immersion Program on Oct. 16, 2026, for the Higher Education Week 2026 organized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization Regional Centre for Higher Education and Development (SEAMEO RIHED).

Thirty-one (31) young leaders and partners from various sectors gathered at the UP Visayas Office of Continuing Education and Pahinungod (OCEP) Training Rooms on 17 October 2026 for the “Manguna Kita: A Learning Session on Disaster Risk Reduction and Participatory Risk Assessment.”

After a couple of disaster simulation drills held at the Iloilo City campus recently, the University of the Philippines Visayas Gender and Development Program (UPV GDP) and the Crisis Management Committee helped train learners of the Balay Balay Child Minding Center (BBCMC) in Miagao on Oct. 15, 2026.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) community paid tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Dionisia A. Rola, UPV’s first chancellor and the UP System’s first woman chancellor, in a program held at the UPV Covered Court, Miagao campus, Oct. 9, 2026.

As part of its continuing efforts to promote the safety, protection, and well-being of learners at the Balay Balay Child Minding Center (BBCMC), the University of the Philippines Visayas Gender and Development Program (UPV GDP), in collaboration with the UPV Crisis Management Committee (CMC)…

Kyla Anna Marie Sabtal (BS in Accountancy) and Fiona O. De Castro (BS in Fisheries) were among the 17 regional finalists in the 59th Ten Outstanding Students of the Philippines (TOSP)–Region VI.

The Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD) partnered with the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) for a project to strengthen policies and institutional mechanisms supporting…

The Division of Humanities of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Visayas, together with the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP), hosted the book launch of Prof. Marie Joy R. Sumagaysay’s, “Ig-Ampo Niño Cami: An Art History of Iloilo Spanish Colonial…

For thousands of Filipino families, home is right inside or just outside campus gates. State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) are among the country’s biggest landholders, yet properties often stand like isolated fortresses, cut off from the cities they inhabit.