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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UP alumni in Hong Kong donate over 200k to protect medical frontliners at PGH COVID 19 center
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.
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Diwata 1 & 2 view from space photos of Philippines, 9 countries released to mark Earth Day
Unreleased photos from Diwata-1 and Diwata-2 scientific Earth observation microsatellites of the Philippines were posted for the first time to mark Earth Day 2020.
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UP Pep Squad cheers for health workers in PGH COVID-19 center
The University of the Philippines (UP) Varsity Pep Squad gathered together online to cheer for Philippine General Hospital (PGH) health workers who are in the frontlines of the country’s battle against the coronavirus disease pandemic.
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Rising demand for ginger-calamansi drinks for frontliners prompts UP students to offer sponsor scheme
“Lukal”, the ginger-calamansi health drink concentrate developed by University of the Philippines (UP) students Sofia Tagle and Meghan Sevilla, was welcomed with rising demand both from health workers and ordinary consumers and has prompted the team to offer sponsorship of bottles for donation.
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COVID-19 test kit explainer released by UP-PGH as Philippines’ mass testing starts
A COVID-19 test kit explainer was released by the University of the Philippines-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) as the Philippines started mass testing in communities.
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UP Visayas develops alcohol from sugar byproduct to donate to hospitals and frontliners
University of the Philippines Visayas School of Technology (UPV-SoTech) took the lead in developing a sugar byproduct into alcohol for donation to hospitals and frontliners and for public sanitation.
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