The University of the Philippines Visayas – National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (UPV-NIMBB) in partnership with the Institute of Aquaculture (IA) and the Institute of Fish Processing Technology (IFPT) - of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), together with the DOST-PCAARRD funded project, Improvement of Milkfish Larval Rearing and Nursery Culture through Gut Metagenome, Transcriptome Analysis and Gut Microbial Community Manipulations, hosted a three-day blended lecture and hands-on training workshop last October 10-12, 2022 at the NIMBB and CFOS Laboratories of UPV.
The culmination of the week-long screenings and film talks for CineMapadayon proved to be a resounding success for the regional filmmakers of Western Visayas. Much of the success is attributed to the concerted efforts of the University of the Philippines Visayas as host organizer and the full support of the Iloilo City Government in realizing the objectives of CineMapadayon – a UPV film festival of Western Visayas Films.
The UP Visayas College of Arts and Sciences celebrated the 75th year of UP presence in Iloilo through an entertaining and colorful show titled “CASadyahan: CAS 9 ka Dekada” last 21 Oct. 2022, Friday, at the UPV Auditorium, Iloilo City campus.
The Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS), the Indigenous People’s Resource Center (IPRC), and the Visayan Studies 101 class held a webinar entitled “Dunang Kinaaram: A Webinar on Indigenous Knowledge, Cultural Identity, and Resource Conservation” last October 19, 2022, from 8:30 to 11:30 in the morning. The webinar was done via zoom and was streamed live on the UP Visayas official Facebook page. The event was initiated in line with the university’s celebration of National Indigenous Peoples Month.
It was a fine Saturday morning on October 22, 2022, when 262 UP Visayas students enrolled in the National Service Training Program planted a variety of trees close to the area identified as the proposed camping ground in the Miagao campus.
Newly elected University of the Philippines Alumni Association Iloilo Chapter (UPAAIC) President, Atty. Rene John V. Nuñez called on all the alumni to work closely together, strengthen alumni relationships, and set aside differences in academic groups or organizations to better serve the University and its constituents during the Oathtaking Ceremony of the 2022-2023 UPAAIC Board of Directors.
