Iloilo City is the Philippines’ first UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy as announced via a press release last October 31, 2023. The recognition is granted to applicant cities for their culinary history, tradition, culture, and identity – which integrates education, science and technology, crafts and farming industries, and environmental endeavors that contributed to the sustainable gastronomic heritage. Several members of the UP Visayas community, from faculty members, research and extension personnel, and alumni shared their expertise with Iloilo City to make the recognition possible.
Dr. Jonny B. Pornel, a senior faculty member of UP High School in Iloilo teaching Mathematics, won second prize in the Short Story for Children category in the 2023 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature Contest. The prestigious award is Pornel’s first.
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) College of Management (CM) team is the regional champion of the 23rd Inter-Collegiate Finance Competition (ICFC), besting seven other schools during the Western Visayas leg of the prestigious finance quiz bee.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OVCAA) and the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Quality Assurance Committee held a three-day in-house training on Asean University Network-Quality Assurance (AUN-QA) Program Assessment (Tier 1) from 25-27 October 2023 at Hotel del Rio, Molo, Iloilo City.
Team Fifth of Ace of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) attended the DOST-PCIEERD 6th Young Innovators Program Forum and Memorandum of Agreement Signing at the Philippine International Convention Center, PICC Forum Tent, Pasay City on October 27, 2023.
The UP Visayas Appraisal and Disposal Committee (ADC) turned over various office and academic equipment to four elementary schools in Miagao last October 26, 2023.
