On March 13, 2009, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and UP Mindanao (UPMin) formally launched the DOST-UPMin Biotechnology Facility at UPMin’s College of Science and Mathematics in Davao City. The facility is expected to help Mindanao utilize its unused indigenous bio-resources for economic development.
“We feel very proud of this. This is a milestone [...]

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by KIM Quilinguing
UP placed third in the over-all standings in the 71st Season of the UAAP after an impressive one-to-nil victory of the UP Fighting Maroon Booters over the FEU Tamaraws at the Erenchum Field of the Ateneo de Manila University.
Jose Andoni Santos of UP sealed the fate of the Tamaraws by scoring the deciding [...]

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by JM Bo, AP Dominguita, & KIM Quilinguing
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap challenged the UP Los Baños (UPLB) community to support government efforts in boosting food production at the opening ceremonies of the UPLB Centennial celebration held on March 2 at the Seniors’ Social Garden.
Yap, the program’s guest speaker, said that the country has to produce [...]

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The University of the Philippines started its celebration of UP’s 100th founding anniversary on the morning of June 18, 2008 with festive ceremonies at the UP Diliman campus.
The various sectors of the UP community were fetched from different points at the Academic Oval by the Quezon City Hall and the Armed Forces of the Philippines [...]

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by KIM Quilinguing, Francis Paolo Quina, Bernice P. Varona
It was a star-studded extravaganza and a day of recognition for UP alumni who held a grand general homecoming at the Araneta Coliseum on June 21, 2008.
President Emerlinda R. Roman welcomed the alumni and lauded them for their untiring commitment to the University, especially in the celebration [...]

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Some constituent universities celebrated the UP Centennial in their campuses.
In UP Manila, a new Oblation statue was unveiled at the main gateway after a concelebrated mass at the PGH chapel. The CU also had a soft launch of a coffee-table book on its heritage, culture, and history and the launch of the Comprehensive Community Health [...]

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On January 8, 2008, the University of the Philippines, established by the Philippine legislature on June 18, 1908, kicked off its Centennial celebrations in a grand way as UP officials, faculty members, support staff, students, alumni, and friends arrived in droves to commemorate the milestone event. Many of the alumni came home from abroad and [...]

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University of the Philippines President Emerlinda Roman’s visits to the U.S. during the first three years of her term have proven prolific, not only for U.P. Centennial Fund Drive, but for the Friends of U.P. Foundation in America (FUPFA) as well.

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by Francis Paolo M. Quina
Former UP President Senator Edgardo J. Angara administered the oath of office to the new set of Board of Trustees for the Friends of UP Foundation in America. The oath-taking ceremony was held during a meeting of the FUPFA Board on August 31 in San Francisco.

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