Tag: University of the Philippines
UP alumni, portrait artists hold online exhibit fundraiser honoring Filipino frontliners
The University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA) and Filipino Portrait Artists Guild (FILPAG) have joined together for an online exhibit fundraiser that honors Filipino frontliners.
UP Los Banos readies Bio-safe COVID-19 Testing Center
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) COVID-19 Testing Center has stepped up preparations for its operation as a bio-safe and bio-secure facility for Laguna and neighboring provinces.
UP Fighting Maroons helps frontliners, poor families affected by COVID-19 pandemic
The University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons Men’s Basketball Team (UP MBT) has been staying in fighting form despite the halt of games around the world to stop the spread of COVID-19, by assisting frontliners and the poor affected by the lockdown.
UP Los Baños moves to protect COVID-19 frontliners with solutions to PPE shortage
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is addressing the shortage of various protective equipment (PPE) to protect hospital frontliners from COVID-19 infection.
University of the Philippines scientist lists “new normal” habits to keep “good” air quality
University of the Philippines (UP) scientist Mylene Cayetano has listed new habits in the "new normal" to keep the "good" air quality observed during the enhanced community quarantine to stop the spread of COVID-19.
UP Los Baños proposes edible landscaping as healthy food source solution
The University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) is promoting its Edible Landscaping garden model as a source of healthy food source during community quarantines to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease and perhaps as a way of life in the "new normal" once the lockdown is lifted.
UP College of Mass Communication fights COVID-19 disinformation on media
The University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP CMC) Journalism Department is fighting against COVID-19 in the best way it knows how - by marshaling its fact-checking team to expose disinformation and verify COVID-19 information on the media.
UP, Ateneo lead 7 Philippine universities in QS World, Asian Rankings
The University of the Philippines (UP) and Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) led 7 Philippine universities in the 2020 list of London-based Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (WUR) and Asia University Rankings (AUR).
UP Singing Ambassadors sing “The Prayer” to honor doctors, frontliners lost to COVID-19
The University of the Philippines Singing Ambassadors (UPSA) members and alumni from around the world came together to sing "The Prayer" to honor doctors and frontliners' who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
UP Diliman houses COVID 19 testing center, quarantine area, offers free counseling
The University of the Philippines Diliman (UP Diliman) has agreed to house a COVID-19 testing Center for Quezon City, has set up a quarantine, and is offering free counseling to frontliners, patients and their families, and anyone severely affected by the health crisis.
UPLB free-to-download children’s e-books teach importance of social distancing, face masks
University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) has published two illustrated children’s e-books explaining practices during the COVID-19 pandemic that are free to download.
UP alumni in Hong Kong donate over 200k to protect medical frontliners at PGH...
University of the Philippines (UP) alumni in Hong Kong raised $32,501 to help protect health workers at the UP-Philippine General Hospital in Manila.