Four hundred seventy undergraduate and graduate students were conferred their degrees through the 1st virtual commencement ceremony held by the University of the Philippines Visayas on August 6, 2021, via YouTube and Facebook Live. 

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Undergraduate Leaders’ Program (ULP) is now accepting applications. With the theme, “Sahaya: Science and Arts Harnessing the Youth’s Advocacies”, this year’s ULP will be hosted by the University of the Philippines (https://www.up.edu.ph) from 18 - 29 October 2021.

• SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being

Retired UPV professor Corazon G. Defensor, 94, never hesitated to have herself vaccinated when she was given a schedule to receive her jab at the UPV Iloilo City campus vaccination site today, July 27, 2021.

• SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

The University of the Philippines Visayas – Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (UPV-OVCAA) has partnered with the UP National Engineering Center (NEC) to conduct the online Administrative Staff Program towards Institutional Resiliency and Excellence (ASPIRE) for UPV’s administrative staff. 

• SDG 13: Climate Action
• SDG 14: Life Below Water
• SDG 15: Life On Land

Various topics related to House Bill (HB) 9181 or the Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS) were discussed during a webinar organized by the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in partnership with the Office of Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda, July 29, 2021. 

• SDG 14: Life Below Water

The UP Visayas Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (UPV TTBDO) and UPV Patent Mining Team led by project leaders Dr. Concepcion Ponce and Prof. Norwell Brian Bautista, conducted a Consultative Meeting on the Status of Scallops Research and Industry last July 16, 2021. The meeting was attended by 24 participants composed of invited research academe experts, LGU representatives, and industry experts. The pool of expertise created an interactive exchange of ideas and probable solutions about the gaps that needed to be addressed on scallop fishery and export concerns, mainly in Carles and Estancia, Iloilo. 

Commencement activities of UP Visayas are going to be held online for the first time, after the postponement of graduation ceremonies of the previous academic year due to the pandemic. 

“UPV is a reliable partner of DILG because we are not just a public service university but a publicly engaged university,” says Chancellor Clement Camposano during the virtual turn-over ceremony of 20 laptops by UPV to DILG on July 20, 2021.

Communication and Media Studies (CMS) students broke records with “most read” and “most shared” articles during their five-month internship at an international social impact magazine.