The UPV-CHED TSIBOG Project “Bridging the Past, Sailing toward the Future, History to the (and by the) People” successfully delivered its outputs to project partners, the LGU of Ibajay and DepEd Aklan, on 20 June 2022.

“Dog Eaters,” a short film directed and written by Prof. Kevin Piamonte of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) College of Arts and Sciences – Division of Humanities (HumDiv), premiered at the UPV Cinematique on June 17, 2022.

Assistant Professor Dr. Cristy Sales Acabado of the Institute of Marine Fisheries and Oceanology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (IMFO, CFOS), was recently granted the Excellent Research Paper Award by the National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) for her research paper: “Vertical Nitrate Flux Induced by Kelvin-Helmholtz Billows Over a Seamount in the Kuroshio.”  She is one of IMFO’s experts in Biological Oceanography and Planktology.

The book cover for the  “Humadapnon sa Tarangban,” the 8th title of the Suguidanon (Epics) series  of Panay Island is one of the finalists for Book Design in the 39th National Book Awards this 2022.

“Si Oddie,” a film written and directed by UP Visayas’ BA Communication and Media Studies student Ma. Kydylee Torato qualified in the 2022 Cinemalaya Festival Short Film Category. 

Juan Algal Paste, a microalgae paste developed by the University of the Philippines Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (UPV-CFOS), Institute of Aquaculture, received the Outstanding Technology Commercialization Award from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) during the latter’s Gabi ng Parangal at Pasasalamat in celebration of its 64th anniversary held at Sofitel Philippine Plaza, Pasay City last June 13, 2022.

The UP Visayas College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (UPV-CFOS) Seaweed Research Group, in collaboration with the Seaweed Base for International Science and Technology Cooperation (SBIS&TC) – China, conducted an Undergraduate Research Symposium last May 27, 2022 at the Umali Hall Conference Room, UPV, Miagao, Iloilo.

The seafood processing team of the Institute of Fish Processing Technology, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPT), UP Visayas introduced fish processing technologies to Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Tibiao, Province of Antique.

The UP Visayas Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (UPV TTBDO), led by Dr. Reynold D. Tan, met with Dr. Leni Yap-Dejeto, Dr. Rolly Fuentes, and the mussel research team for the possible commercialization of products from the DOST-Funded Utilization and Extraction of Mussel Glycogen project last June 3, 2022, at UP Visayas Tacloban College, Tacloban City, Leyte.