The UPV Seaweed Laboratory, in partnership with the Provincial Agriculture Office of Iloilo (PAO), conducted training on the establishment and management of seaweed nurseries for the seaweed farmers in Northern Iloilo last November 20-21, 2024 at the New Beach Head Resort, Barosbos, Carles, Iloilo. 

The 2024 PANAnaw Awards is an annual case competition organized by the Philippine Associations of National Advertisers Foundation (PANAF). Top marketing students from schools throughout the country compete in the conceptualization, design, and presentation of a full-blown brand communications strategy that translates the theories learned in school into an actual marketing campaign.

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.

The Institute of Fish Processing Technology (IFPT), College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS), UP Visayas (UPV) organized a lecture on socio-emotional learning (SEL) in the workplace on November 21, 2024 at the Audio Visual Hall, CFOS, UPV Miagao campus.

Dr. Randy M. Madrid, a Social Studies professor from the Division of Professional Education, was one of the Philippine representatives to the Regional Conference 2024 of the International Society for the Studies of the Chinese Overseas held on November 7 to 9, 2024, at Universitas Kristen Maranatha in Bandung, Indonesia.  

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. 

The undergraduate programs of the University of the Philippines Visayas College of Management (UPV CM) underwent the External Quality Assurance (EQA) Assessment Type B on Nov. 20-22, 2024. 

The “Embracing the Currents: An International Conference on the Sulu Archipelago” gathered international experts and scholars recently to discuss Sulu Archipelago as a zone of deep and diverse possibilities. 

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.