In celebration of the 77th year of UP presence in Iloilo, UP Visayas (UPV) — through the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development and the Urban Studies Program of the UP Center for Integrative Development Studies (UP CIDS) as lead convenor—held a roundtable discussion (RTD) on sustainable governance solutions for the integrative development of urban areas at the GCEB Training Rooms, UP Visayas, Iloilo City campus, on October 23, 2024.

Fifty University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) employees signified interest and were trained on food processing focused on fish deboning last November 11, 2024 at the Fish Processing Laboratory, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS). It was organized by the Committee on Personnel Development and General Welfare, under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Extension and in partnership with the Institute of Fish Processing Technology (IFPT), CFOS. 

Student journalists and high school publication advisers of Miagao, Iloilo attended the first journalism workshop series with the theme enabling voices to address election-related issues in their community. 

Students from various universities including UP Visayas, West Visayas State University, University of San Agustin, and John B. Lacson Maritime Foundation University were given a chance to be interns for the Kaantagan: Cultural Mapping of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros Occidental Province (CMPG) 1st Conference held in Grand Xing Imperial Hotel, Iloilo City on October 23-25, 2024. 

A paper published by faculty members and researchers from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS) received the Dr. Elvira O. Tan Awards of the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD).

The Office of the University Registrar (OUR) conducted a two-day user training workshop on the automated academic processes for UP Visayas, funded by the Academic Program Improvement (API). The event occurred from November 5 and 6, 2024, at the MILC Audio-Visual Room at the UP Visayas, Miagao campus. Participants included college secretaries, OCS staff, division/department chairs, institute directors, division/department/institute staff, deans, the University Registrar, and selected OUR personnel.

Yel Pogoy, a first-year Chemical Engineering student at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV), made a strong showing at the 28th Regional Philippine Statistics Quiz (PSQ), securing second place in the competition held on November 8, at the Diversion 21 Hotel in Iloilo City.

Representing UP Visayas, the team consisting of Vince Justin Dela Cruz and Arielle Estrella, both BS Fisheries students from the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, finished second in the recently concluded Biotechnology Quiz Bee Competition held at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Iloilo City on November 7, 2024. 

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the University of Antique on October 30, 2024, at the UP Visayas New Admin Building Conference Room, via Zoom. At the same time, the UPV Regional Research Center (RRC) and the UA Integrated Research Centers (IRC) entered into a Memorandum of Agreement for research and development, and capacity building activities under the Material Science and Nanotechnology (MSN) Laboratory. This upcoming activity aims to capacitate researchers on the basic operations and maintenance of the various equipment under the MSN Laboratory despite the lack of enough human resources. This activity is spearheaded by the UPV RRC MSN Laboratory and will be inviting Ms. Jessebel V. Gadot, then University Researcher I of the UPV RRC MSN Laboratory, and the current Faculty and Director of UA-IRC.