Nine personnel of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) participated and contributed in the workshop of the UP System titled Commission on Audit (COA) policies supporting the digitalization of the UP Information Systems held at the College of Law, UP Diliman, Quezon City on January 27-28, 2025.

The Brackishwater Aquaculture Center of the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IA-BAC), UP Visayas marked its 47th year foundation anniversary last January 2025.

Personnel and students of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) took part in the opening festivities of the municipality of Miagao’s 309th Foundation Anniversary and 27th Salakayan Festival, on Feb. 3, 2025. 

The Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Agriculture and Aquatic Natural Resources Research and Development (DOST-PCAARRD) funded project, ‘Assessing and Accelerating: Towards the Full Implementation of the FAO Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSF Guidelines) in the Philippines,’ conducted a benchmarking activity last 25 January – 02 February 2025 in Japan. The benchmarking activity was hosted by Tokai University and TBTI Japan.

More than 120 faculty members from the Colleges of Education across Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology (ISUFST) campuses—Tiwi, Poblacion, San Enrique, Dingle, and Dumangas—gathered for a Training-the-Trainers Workshop on Classroom-Based Action Research (CBAR) last February 3, 2025, at ISUFST-Dingle Campus.

Two teams from UP High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) secured spots in the Top 20 Research Competition of the UP Alchemes Research Fair 2025, held from January 16- 18 at UP Diliman’s Melchor Hall.

Prof. Nathaniel Samson of the College of Management, University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV CM) is the new Director of the Office of Student Affairs (OSA), effective Feb. 1, 2025 to Jan. 31, 2028. 

The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS), through Deputy Director Dr. Ma. Mylene Martinez-Villegas, turned over to the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) the two sourcebooks on earthquake and volcanic hazards that are written in the Hiligaynon language on February 4, 2025.  The information materials are titled “Paglaragway sa mga Katalagman sang Linog” and “Sourcebook on the Descriptions of Kanlaon Volcanic Hazards in Hiligaynon and Cebuano.” 

The BS in Accountancy students representing the UPV College of Management - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA) won most of the academic competitions and were declared the Overall Champion of the Academic League of the 20th Regional Mid-Year Convention (RMYC). The RMYC is an annual gathering of accountancy students in the region organized by the National Federation of Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (NFJPIA) - Region VI Chapter.