The heavy downpour started in the wee hours of the morning and continued by daybreak although it was reduced to light rain. But this did not dampen the enthusiasm of the participants of Run UP 12 who gathered at the Oblation Plaza of UP Visayas, Iloilo City campus on August 19, 2023.

A step towards industry-academe collaboration and partnership for environmental research and innovation was made between the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) School of Technology (SOTECH) and SEPAR Environmental Corporation through a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) signing ceremony last August 15, 2023 at the New SOTECH Building, UPV, Miagao, Iloilo.

A total of forty-one beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) are trained on financial literacy through the conduct of Capacity Enhancement for the Beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development held at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Iloilo City Campus, GCEB Training Rooms 1 and 2, August 15, 2023.

After a fun-filled week dedicated to rekindle and further strengthen ties among alumni, the 2023 University of the Philippines (UP) Alumni and Faculty Homecoming ended with the get-together of several jubilarian batches for a dinner-program and the awarding of outstanding professionals.

The UP Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) students, Ms. Jem Celyne Ferrer, Ms. Nicole Galve, and Ms. Pearl Aljean Santacera completed the International Tropical Summer Course (ITroSCo) Camp 2023 last August 1-12, 2023 at Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia.

Twenty-two graduates from the University of the Philippines Visayas School of Technology (UPV SOTECH) successfully passed the August 2023 Licensure Examination for Food Technologists held in various testing centers nationwide, specifically located at National Capital Region, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Koronadal, Legazpi, Lucena, Rosales, and Zamboanga last August 10-11, 2023, with Ms. Mary Denize Celine Portal, PFT, bagging the ninth (9th) spot in the roll of successful examinees after posting an 84.75% personal rating.