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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In celebration of the UP Centennial, the College of Arts and Letters (CAL), in cooperation with the Office of the UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor and the UPD Office of Initiatives for Culture and the Arts (OICA), will present during the whole month of February the first-ever Komedya Fiesta.
The komedya is a colorful theatrical tradition whose [...]

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On December 18, 2007, after almost two decades, the UP Diliman (UPD) campus was once again ringing with musical pieces played by 36 new carillon bells. Through the efforts of the UP Alumni Association (UPAA), the bells were imported from The Netherlands, the old clavier keyboard was replaced with a new heavy-duty oakwood one, a [...]

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Three professorial chairs were established recently for the UP Centennial Celebrations, courtesy of two alumni and a pharmaceutical company, all honoring UP alumni who have contributed much to the University and the country.
On November 29, 2007, Dr. Jaime C. Laya, former dean of the UP College of Business Administration (CBA) and former Minister of Education, [...]

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by Francis Paolo M. Quina and Bernice P. Varona
The Department of English and Comparative Literature (DECL), in cooperation with the Office of the UP President, Office of the Chancellor, and the Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Letters, successfully held the 12th Biennial Symposium on the Literatures and Cultures [...]

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by Arlyn VCD Romualdo
The University of the Philippines is set to confer the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, upon Prof. David J. Gross, recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics, on 9 January 2008, 10:00 a.m., at the UP Film Institute.
Following the conferment, Gross will deliver a lecture on the future of [...]

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The Board of Regents (BOR), during its 1227th meeting on November 23, 2007, noted the certificate of congratulations and commendation it received from the House of Representatives of the State of Hawaii, USA, on the occasion of UP’s Centennial celebration.
Hawaii representatives, led by Speaker of the House Calvin K.Y. Say, signed the certificate which states [...]

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Centennial kick-off Concert in Diliman
On January 8 at UP Diliman (UPD), the UP Centennial celebrations will officially start.
The day will begin with a fun run sponsored by Engineering fraternity Tau Alpha.
At 2 p.m., a motorcade cum parade will start from the University Avenue and wind around the Quezon Memorial Circle, where contingents from the constituent [...]

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