The Balay Balay Child Minding Center (BBCMC) of the University of the Philippines Visayas held its culminating activity or “Pagpadungog” on June 14, 2023 at the Little Theater, UPV Iloilo City campus. Fifty two young learners of BBCMC Iloilo City and Miagao were recognized for completing the Growing Up Rhythm during their stay at the Balay Balay. 

Prof. Dr. Rex Ferdinand M. Traifalgar of the Institute of Aquaculture, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS-IA), UP Visayas delivered a Plenary Lecture on science-based technological solutions to lessen the impacts of climate change on food security through aquaculture in the 2nd International Conference for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction Management (CCA-DRRM). 

The Aquatic Science 1 (People and the Aquatic World) and F175 (Community-Based Coastal Resource Management) classes of UPV College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, in partnership with the UP Visayas Ugnayan ng Pahinungód/Oblation Corps (UP/OC), presented their class projects to selected schools and coastal barangays of Miagao, Iloilo on May 24-June 17, 2023.

The Office of the Vice President for Development (OVPD), headed by Engr. Ferdinand Jesus A. Pecson, organized the UP System Infrastructure Planning Workshop with the theme "On-Time, On Budget, and of Quality Infrastructure Projects" from June 14 to June 16, 2023, at the UP Open University, Los Baños. 

The Center from West Visayan Studies hosted the lecture of Dr. Resto Cruz, a visiting scholar on Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, at the CWVS, Museum of Arts Culture and Heritage, UP Visayas, Iloilo City campus on June 15, 2023.

The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) is thrilled to announce its acceptance as a member of the esteemed Academic Film Society (AFS), following a successful application. This membership signifies the University's dedication to providing its students in the Communication and Media Studies program under the Division of Humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, with enhanced opportunities to excel in the field of filmmaking and contribute to the thriving film industry in the Philippines.

UP Visayas is partnering with the UP Los Baños Graduate School (UPLB-GS) and UP Manila National Graduate Office for the Health Sciences (NGOHS) for a Tri-campus Benchmarking on Graduate SchoolAcademic Policy and Operational Processes.

Nine administrative staff  involved in handling records in their respective offices at UP Visayas attended the training and seminar titled, “Valuing Public Records thru the Establishment of Effective Records Disposition Program” last June 7-9, 2023 held at the La Carmela de Boracay Resort and Hotel, Boracay, Malay, Aklan. 

The University of the Philippines is embarking on a distinctive direction under the leadership of Atty. Angelo A. Jimenez, who started his term as President on 10 February 2023, promising to transform UP into a “learner-centered digital university.” One of the notable directions in his vision paper is the transformation of UP into a “global university” and a research university heavily focused on academic linkages and graduate and post-graduate programs.