Tag: University of the Philippines
GAMES SCHEDULE: Ateneo-UP basketball rematch headlines UAAP Season 84 opening
The anticipated rematch between the 3-peat champion Ateneo de Manila University Blue Eagles and the fabled never-say-die University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons is headlining the return of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) as it opens Season 84 after a 2-year hiatus amidst the COVID-19 pandemic which stopped Season 82 and canceled Season 83.
LOOK: University of the Philippines’ Sakunwari board game teaches disaster resilience
Take a look at the University of the Philippines Resilience Institute (UPRI) Sakunwari board game that teaches the complexities of disaster risk management in a creative way.
LISTEN: Sounds of EDSA People Power Revolution
Listen to the sounds of the EDSA People Power Revolution of February 22-25, 1986, as the award-winning PumaPodcast network releases two productions capturing the soundbites as well as the aspirations of the "bloodless revolution" that made Filipino pride soar 36 years ago as the world heaped praises on the legacy and model for people living under repressive and dictatorial regimes.
UP Visayas Philippine Genome Center acquires country’s 1st Next-Gen Sequencers for COVID
The University of the Philippines Visayas-hosted Philippine Genome Center (PGC) has just received the country's first set of Next-Generation Sequencers to enable the center for Whole Genome Sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2 variants in the region.
UP Visayas’ food for terminally ill, UST’s vegan sausage contribute to MSME growth
Breakthrough food science innovations being developed by the University of the Philippines Visayas for the chronic or terminally ill and the University of Santo Tomas' vegan sausages are expected to contribute to the growth of Micro-to-Small-Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Philippines.
UP alumni, Apl.de.Ap donate COVID-19 saliva test kits for UP PGH students
University of the Philippines Alumni Association of San Francisco, Inc. (UPAASF) and Apl.de.Ap Foundation International (ADAFI) donated over 200,000 COVID-19 saliva collection test kits to the UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH).
UP alumna Sophia Hernandez’s malaria research wins top prize in Swedish tilt
University of the Philippines (UP) alumna Sophia Raine Hernandez and her study on malaria bagged the 2nd Prize at the Researchers' Grand Prix (Forskar Grand Prix) in Stockholm, Sweden.
UP alumni docu on Lumad children’s right to education wins UNICEF Prize in Japan
The Bullet-Laced Dreams documentary by University of the Philippines (UP) Film Institute alumni Kristoffer "Tops" Brugada and Charena Escala depicting the struggles of Lumad indigenous children in Mindanao has won the UNICEF Prize awarded at this year's Japan Prize tilt of the NHK Broadcasting Corporation.
University of the Philippines tops board exams for doctors, agriculturists
University of the Philippines (UP) medicine and agriculture graduates have topped the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) exam results released in November.
UP stays in Top 100, leads 15 Philippine universities in QS Asian Rankings
The University of the Philippines (UP) has kept its position as the top Philippine university in Asia's Top 100 and is leading the country's 15 higher educational institutions (HEIs) that made it to the 2022 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (QS WUR) Asia.
UST-UP team is 1st student-led winner of Okayama Award for sustainability
The University of Santo Tomas (UST) and University of the Philippines (UP) team of the Ladders to Literacy project has won the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Okayama Award in Japan, the first students to earn the recognition since the award was launched in 2015.
NASA, PhilSA, UP women scientists urge use of satellite data to help communities
University of the Philippines and Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) women scientists along with an official from the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are urging the continued use of satellite data to help communities on earth.