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UP helps Iligan
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Fred Dabu |
To aid in the relief and rehabilitation efforts in the wake of storm “Sendong” in Northern Mindanao, UP President Alfredo Pascual formed the UP Padayon Disaster Response Team last December 18. |
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‘Campers’ simbolikong inokupa ang Mendiola
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Arbeen Acuña and Fred Dabu |
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Noong Disyembre 10 sa kabila ng matinding ulan, nakiisa ang CampOut PH sa paggunita ng Pandaigdigang Araw ng Karapatang Pantao, kasama ang libo-libong mamamayan mula sa iba’t ibang pormasyon mula sa Kamaynilaan at Timog Katagalugan (TK). |
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Chancellors announce plans
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Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
The last quarter of 2011 was the occasion for the new UP chancellors to bare their plans before their respective constituencies during the turn-over ceremonies in their campuses. All aligned their administrations’ roadmaps with the vision of President Alfredo Pascual for “one UP” and of “UP as a Great University”
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Research progress reports presented at symposium
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Arlyn VCD Romualdo |
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The Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA) held a research symposium last December 5 that featured the progress reports of four projects funded by the UP Emerging S&T Fields Grant. |
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OVPAA organizes first Scientific Writing Workshop in UP
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Mai Andre D.P. Encarnacion |
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The workshop, organized by the Office of the Vice-President for Academic Affairs (OVPAA), was held at the University Hotel, UP Diliman last November 24 and 25 and involved 15 participants across the UP System. |
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Balitang Unyon: Balik-Tanaw sa 2011 - Ulat ng All-UP Workers Alliance
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Sinarhan natin ang taong 2011 sa pagtanggap ng mga kawani, REPS at faculty ng UP ng P4,000 Christmas grocery allowance mula administrasyong Pascual bukod pa sa P10,000 ibinigay ng Malakanyang sa lahat ng kawani ng pamahalaan. Gayundin, nagalak tayo sa balitang nagbigay ang Administrasyong Saloma ng hindi bababa sa P2,500 para sa mga kontraktwal ng UP Diliman. |
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Makialam: May Magagawa Ba Ako?
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Felix Pariñas |
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Ano nga ba ang magagawa ko o maitutulong ko upang maitaas ang subsidyo sa mga SUC, partikular sa UP? Mahirap na madali ang tanong. Mahirap dahil hindi ko masasabing sapat na ang simpleng paglahok sa mga kilos-protesta bilang indibidwal. Madali naman ang sagot kung ako ay magiging kontento na sa pasibong partisipasyon. |
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Cocolife is new Provident Fund insurance provider
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The UP Provident Fund has designated United Coconut Planters Life Insurance Corp. (Cocolife) as its new insurance partner effective January 2012. UP President and UPPFI Chair Alfredo Pascual and Cocolife President Atty. Alfredo C. Tumacder, Jr. signed the agreement last October 28. |
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UPOU hosts ASEAN Studies I & II integration meeting
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The UP Open University hosted the ASEAN Studies I and II Integration Meeting from November 22 to 24 at the UPOU Headquarters in Los Baños, Laguna. The meeting was attended by course writers from the Universitas Terbuka, (Indonesia), Open University of Malaysia, UPOU, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University (Thailand) and Hanoi Open University (Vietnam), collectively called OU5. |
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MBA donates five new professorial chairs to honor deans
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Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
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With the donation, Albarracin made good on his earlier challenge to the college to find donors for a number of professorial chairs, for which he would make counterpart donations. This arrangement resulted in some 15 new professorial chairs endowed by DMCI Homes, Maynilad and Albarracin. |
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NCTS spreads traffic impact assessment skills
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The center held the second part of the training program from November 15 to 17 at the Toyota Training Room. A total of 15 participants from different professions attended the program, which is intended for personnel of local government units and government agencies involved in approving urban and regional development projects. |
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UP High School in Iloilo transfers to new building
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Anna Razel L. Ramirez |
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The UP High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) transferred to its new building last December 8 at the UP Visayas (UPV) Iloilo City campus. The building was completed with the help of UPHSI Batch ’61, which has Senator Franklin Drilon as member. |
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UPV plants trees on future site in Miagao campus
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Lyncen M. Fernandez |
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UP Visayas’ (UPV) College of Management (CM), in its 30th founding anniversary, planted 30 saplings on its future site in the main campus in Miagao last December 10. The activity was part of the three-day celebration of the college starting December 7. |
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Dadufalza awardee discusses catalysts, challenges, change
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AP Dominguita |
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“Do not be afraid of change. Change is inevitable.” These were the parting words of Professor of Plant Breeding Evelyn Mae T. Mendoza in her lecture “Transformations” that she delivered last December 13 during the Concepcion D. Dadufalza Award for Distinguished Achievement ceremonies. |
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Destura, UP Manila’s Newest TOYM Awardee
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From UPM-IPPAO |
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Dr. Raul Destura, director of the Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology under UP Manila’s National Institutes of Health, was one of seven recipients of the The Outstanding Youngman (TOYM) Award for 2011. |
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CHITS wins Best Health Market Innovation Award
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The UP Manila website has announced the award of “Best Health Market Innovation” to the UPM’s Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS), the country’s first electronic medical record system for government health facilities.
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Gender Office holds forum on eVAW
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Arbeen Acuña |
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The UP Diliman Gender Office (UPDGO), in coordination with the College of Engineering (CoE), College of Mass Communication (CMC) and Gabriela Youth, held the “Secured Social Networking Forum” at the CoE Auditorium last November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (VAW). |
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UP Law Centennial Lecture highlights emerging trends in Family Law
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Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta |
"The Philippine legal system has to keep abreast of the changes in family law that modernization and rapid technological developments are bringing about; otherwise we risk being left behind by other countries in Asia and the world." This was the advice of former Supreme Court Associate Justice Flerida Ruth Romero, former director of the UP Law Center, secretary-general of the 1986 Constitutional Commission and member of the UP Law Centennial Commission.
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NCPAG assesses peace process under GMA
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Mai Andre D.P. Encarnacion |
UP Diliman Political Science Prof. Miriam Coronel-Ferrer was addressing attendees at the UP National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) Center for Leadership Citizenship and Democracy and UP Diliman public lecture on “The President and the Peace Process” last December 2 at the UP NCPAG Assembly Hall.
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CMC, COMELEC encourage youth to vote
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Arbeen Acuña |
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The College of Mass Communication (CMC) of UP Diliman (UPD) and the CMC Student Council, in partnership with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), organized the forum “The Youth and Elections: Harnessing youth participation for people empowerment through responsible voting,” last December 1 at the CMC Auditorium. |
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Likhaan Journal 6: Call for submissions
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The Likhaan: UP Institute of Creative Writing is accepting submissions for possible inclusion in the sixth issue of Likhaan: The Journal of Contemporary Literature. |
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UP artists call for voluntarism
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Several UP artists during an exhibit and online auction of their works extolled voluntarism and becoming agents of change. The group joined VSO Bahaginan, a development organization in the Philippines and a member of the international organization, in mounting the first “Art for Voluntarism” charity exhibit and auction. |
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UPIS powers Team NCR to Milo National win
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UPIS athletes powered Team NCR to a second-place finish in the Milo Little Olympics National Championships held from November 18 to 20 in the Narciso Ramos Civic & Sports Center, Lingayen, Pangasinan. |
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Buhay UP
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Christmas skies at UP Diliman: Spectacular fireworks light up the sky above the Oblation and Quezon Hall as finale to the Lantern Parade last December 16, marking the official start of the students’ Christmas vacation.
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