The University of the Philippines Visayas welcomed researchers from Kagoshima University, Japan last March 17, 2023. They were Ms. Rico Hachisuka, Dr. Shin Ugawa, Dr. Takashi Torii and Dr. Satoru Nishimura.

A Training-Workshop on Scientific Brief Writing was conducted by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension (OVCRE) last March 16, 2023 with Ms. Jessica Dator-Bercilla as the resource speaker. It was participated by 20 faculty-researchers and REPS from different institutes and colleges of UP Visayas, who are conducting in-house and externally-funded research projects. The workshop aimed to equip researchers with skills to effectively translate their project’s significant findings and/or developed technologies into a science brief.

The UP Visayas alumni, through the Office of Alumni Relations, sent donations to the Municipality of Caluya to assist in the response efforts of the municipality in the mitigation of the MT Empress Princess Oil Spill in the island municipality located in the northen part of the province of Antique last week of February 2023.

The University of the Philippines Visayas Gender and Development Program (UPV-GDP) and the Ugsad Regional Gender Resource Center Western Visayas opened the Women’s Month Bazaar at the Administration Building grounds, UPV Miagao campus, on March 20, as part of the series of activities for this year’s Women’s Month celebration.

The Socio-Economic Research and Development Analytics Center-University of the Philippines Visayas (SERDAC-UPV) organized three training-workshops to help researchers broaden their knowledge and appreciation in conducting research using various methods. The training-workshops covered Value Chain Analysis, Methods of Data Analysis, and Profitability Analysis.

The University of the Philippines Visayas takes earthquake drills seriously. Not only because preparedness often spells the difference between life and death, but more so because, according to PHIVOLCS, there is the West Panay Fault that includes the town of Miagao, where the main campus is located, and the neighboring town of San Joaquin.