Roberto “Ka Dodoy” Ballon, the 2021 Ramon Magsaysay Award-winning fisher from Kabasalan town, Zamboanga Sibugay, will address the graduating class of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) on July 9, 2024 at the UPV Covered Court, Miagao campus. 

In celebration of Pride Month last June, the University of the Philippines Visayas - Gender and Development Program (UPV GDP) and the Ugsad Regional Gender Resource Network held a forum on LGBT Health, Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) awareness, and fostering inclusivity at the UPV Little Theatre, Iloilo City campus on June 28, 2024. 

A group of Math198.2 students under the supervision of Dr. Arnel L. Tampos and Assistant Professor Kent Christian A. Castor of the Division of Physical Sciences and Mathematics (DPSM) presented their research papers through poster presentation at the 2024 Mathematical Society of the Philippines (MSP) Annual National Convention. The event took place at the University of the Philippines Tacloban College from May 30 to June 2, 2024.

The Office of Continuing Education and Pahinungod (OCEP) organized an orientation forum on RA 10912, known as the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016 last 27 June 2024 at the Audio Visual Room of the Graduate and Continuing Education Building, UP Visayas (UPV), Iloilo City campus. This activity was organized in response to the Memorandum Circular No. 07 Series of 2017 by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), calling for all government agencies to apply for accreditation as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider. 

The Institute of Fisheries Policy and Development Studies, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IFPDS) conducted a seminar-workshop on national fishery laws and policies to the local government unit of Guimbal, a fourth class coastal town in the Province of Iloilo, on June 19, 2024.

Four Grade 12 students of UP High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) bagged three special awards during the 13th Regional Congress Search for SEAMEO Young Scientists held in Penang, Malaysia from June 10-14, 2024.

Five BS in Fisheries (BSF) students from the Capiz State University (CapSU)-Dayao Satellite campus completed their on-the-job training at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, UP Visayas (UPV-CFOS). 

The UPV Museum of Art and Cultural Heritage (MACH) has received a cache of pre-Spanish artifacts from Ilonggo businessman Mario Yang, a well-known collector of art and cultural artifacts. 

The Institute of Contemporary Economics (ICE) and the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) co-hosted the Pagtalupangod: The Iloilo Economic Forum and Roundtable Discussion at the UPV Little Theater, Iloilo City campus on June 11, 2024.