Alumni from the first batch of the BS Chemical Engineering (BSChE) program (2007) donated 35 hard hats to the UP Visayas School of Technology. The hard hats are intended to be used as part of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) of BSChE students taking up Unit Operations Laboratory courses.

Papers of graduate students of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), UP Visayas won in the 2019 UP Visayas (UPV) Graduate Research Conference (GRC) held on November 23, 2019 at Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City.

The Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) of the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) participated in the 30^th Conference on History and Culture held at Romblon State University – Main Campus, Odiongan, Romblon, last 28-30 November 2019. The conference theme is, “Ang Pangingibang Bayan at ang Paghahanap ng Ginhawa sa Kasaysayan at Kalinangang Pilipino.”

A lot of thought and effort were put into the making of the big lantern of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) that won first place during UP Visayas’ Lantern Parade on December 11, 2019.

UP Visayas (UPV) participated in the 9th ASEAN-FEN International Fisheries Symposium 2019 (IFS 2019) held on November 18-21, 2019 at Seri Pacific Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The 2019 UPV Graduate Research Conference, now on its 8^th year, underscores the importance of cultivating a culture of research in the university, which calls for the provision of a supportive context in which research is produced, communicated, and valued in the University. This year, the GRC was held at the Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City with the theme: “Cultivating a Graduate Research Culture for Knowledge and Technology Creation” on October 23, 2019.

The reinstituted Peer Tutorial Program of the Teaching and Learning Resource Center has enticed 22 tutees to avail of the peer-assisted learning services as of September 2019, when the cash incentive for peer tutors was launched in May. Based on logged-in requests, demand for such services continues to rise.

Prof. Harold M. Monteclaro, coordinator for external linkages of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), was elected vice chairman of the International Linkage Program Governing Council (ILPG), an alliance of seven international fishery-related postgraduate schools from six countries in the Asian region.

Ms. Alexanra Bagarinao-Regalado, Research Associate at the OceanBio Lab of the CAS, presented the results of a study co-authored with Dr. Wilfredo L. Campos entitled “Impacts of Climate Change on the sardine fishery in the Philippines: challenges and options for adaptation” at the “Expert workshop on adaptive management of fisheries in response to climate change” held in Rome, Italy on November 12-14, 2019.