After almost 30 years, the UP Visayas Miagao pioneers reunited through a virtual homecoming using Zoom on August 28, 2021.
Successful stories in managing marine protected areas (MPA) were showcased in a virtual conference organized by the Institute of Fisheries Policy and Development Studies, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPDS) on August 19-20, 2021.
The University of Philippines Visayas Office of Alumni Relations (UPV OAR), in partnership with the College of Arts and Sciences -Division of Humanities (HumDiv), streamed multiple films produced and directed by UPV faculty, students, and alumni during the online alumni homecoming last August 27, 2021.
In order to be more capable of doing biosurveillance activities, the Philippine Genome Center Visayas received 92.6M funding from the Department of Budget and Management to enhance and expand its biosurveillance efforts through timely whole genome sequencing (WGS) of clinical samples.
UP Tacloban’s Leyte Samar Heritage Center (LSHC) has launched Hisgut Kalibungan, a seven-part monthly online discussion series on urgent environmental issues and concerns in Eastern Visayas and beyond. The series aims to assist in articulating informed policy initiatives for environmental conservation, management, and sustainable development in Region 8 by fostering dialogue and cooperation among concerned institutions and communities.
Three incoming fourth-year BS in Economics students from the College of Arts and Sciences in UP Visayas presented their paper in the recently concluded 3rd Asia Conference on Business and Economics Studies (ACBES).
