Dr. Zoilo Andrada, Jr. and Prof. Pepito Fernandez, Jr., the two nominees for the next College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Dean of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), presented their respective vision statements and plans for CAS on Dec. 12, 2023 at the CFOS AV Hall.
Prof. Alice Joan G. Ferrer, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS), was the keynote plenary speaker at the 7th International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia (CAA 7) held at Hainan, China from 29 November – 2 December 2023 and also plenary speaker at the 55th Federation of Institutions for Marine and Freshwater Sciences (55th FIMFS) Annual Convention at Bongao, Tawi-Tawi from 6-8 December 2023.
Faculty members of SOTECH BS Chemical Engineering held the Let's ChAT: Chemical Awareness Training on December 7, 2023 at the Leonora S. Salapantan National High School, San Miguel, Iloilo. The seminar-training was attended by approximately 250 senior high school students of the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics strand.
Dr. Clement C. Camposano, UP Visayas Chancellor; Dr. Rhoda Mae C. Simora, project leader of the CRISPR Project; Dr. Casiano Choresca Jr., co-project leader from the DA-NFRDI-Fisheries Biotechnology Center (FBC); and Dr. Sharon N. Nuñal, IFPT Director, led the blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Fish Gene-Editing Laboratory-UPV Facility on December 6, 2023.