èßäAV College of Science Archives - University of the Philippines Diliman /tag/upd-college-of-science/ University of the Philippines Diliman Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:53:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 /wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-upd-favicon-32x32.png èßäAV College of Science Archives - University of the Philippines Diliman /tag/upd-college-of-science/ 32 32 èßäAV’s position on climate change /upds-position-on-climate-change/ Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:17:11 +0000 /?p=56126 On July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on climate change, declaring that failure in doing appropriate measures to address climate change can be an internationally wrongful act. Below is an article by Marielle Justine C. Sumilong, assistant professor of speech communication at the èßäAV Department of Speech Communication and […]

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]]> BOR approves appointments of 3 new èßäAV deans, 1 re-appointee /bor-approves-appointments-of-3-new-upd-deans-1-re-appointee/ Wed, 03 Sep 2025 01:08:04 +0000 /?p=56045 At the 1402nd meeting of the UP Board of Regents (BOR) on Aug. 28, appointments of four faculty members from UP Diliman (èßäAV) as deans were approved—three new and one re-appointment. Gwen Grecia-De Vera, associate professor at the UP College of Law (UP Law); Cynthia P. Saloma, PhD, professor at the National Institute of Molecular […]

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]]> 2025 Call for Nominations for the Deanship of the UP Diliman College of Science: Announcement of Nominees and Schedules of the Public Forum and Interviews /2025-call-for-nominations-for-the-deanship-of-the-up-diliman-college-of-science-announcement-of-nominees-and-schedules-of-the-public-forum-and-interviews/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 02:43:52 +0000 /?p=55738 The Search Committee for the Deanship of the UP Diliman (èßäAV) College of Science (CS) invites the UP community to a public forum on Thursday, July 31, from 9 to 11 a.m., at the èßäAV Institute of Biology.

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]]> 2025 Call for Nominations for the Deanship of the UP Diliman College of Science /2025-call-for-nominations-for-the-deanship-of-the-up-diliman-college-of-science/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 10:24:45 +0000 /?p=55452 The post 2025 Call for Nominations for the Deanship of the UP Diliman College of Science appeared first on University of the Philippines Diliman.

]]> UP scientists develop model to detect LVI /up-scientists-develop-model-to-detect-lvi/ Tue, 17 Jun 2025 02:48:39 +0000 /?p=55212 According to the Global Cancer Observatory by the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer, breast cancer was the most common cancer in the Philippines in 2022. It also claimed close to 12,000 lives in the Philippines that year, making it the country’s second leading cause of cancer-related deaths after lung cancer. On […]

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]]> NSRI publishes work on SGD microorganisms /nsri-publishes-work-on-sgd-microorganisms/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 02:52:01 +0000 /?p=53736 A research team from UP Diliman (èßäAV) found microorganisms in Mabini, Batangas whose genes have potential medical and biotechnological applications. Joshua T. Veluz, Paul Christian T. Gloria, Laurence Anthony N. Mallari, Ann Elizabeth R. Enova, and Maria Auxilia T. Siringan from the Natural Sciences Research Institute and the Marine Science Institute of the èßäAV College […]

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]]> èßäAV tops 2024 geologist exams /upd-tops-2024-geologist-exams/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 06:15:32 +0000 /?p=53184 All 50 examinees from UP Diliman (èßäAV) passed the November 2024 Geologist Licensure Examinations (GLE), giving the University a 100% passing rate and making it the lone top-performing school for this round of examinations. Leandro Ceasar A. Cediño, the first summa cum laude graduate of the èßäAV National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS), topped the […]

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]]> UP hosts scientist advocating CBD research /up-hosts-scientist-advocating-cbd-research/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 05:30:56 +0000 /?p=50811 At the book talk and signing event of Mighty Flower: How Cannabis Saved My Son that the University Hotel and UP Press jointly organized, author Annabelle Manalo-Morgan emphasized that she advocates for research on medicinal cannabis. Manalo-Morgan is a cell and developmental biologist. She is on the board of directors and the lead scientific officer […]

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]]> NRCP recognizes 2 èßäAV profs and an academic unit /nrcp-recognizes-2-upd-profs-and-an-academic-unit/ Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:16:59 +0000 /?p=49839 Two UP Diliman (èßäAV) College of Science (CS) professors and an academic unit from the èßäAV College of Engineering (COE) were this year’s recipients of the Department of Science and Technology-National Research Council of the Philippines (DOST-NRCP) awards. Reynaldo L. Garcia, PhD of the National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) and Cristine D. […]

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]]> MSI honors Gomez, renames its building /msi-honors-gomez-renames-its-building/ Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:56:29 +0000 /?p=49536 The UP Diliman (èßäAV) Marine Science Institute (MSI) recently honored National Scientist Edgardo D. Gomez, its founder and the institute’s prime driving force, by renaming its building as the Edgardo D. Gomez Hall (Gomez Hall) at the celebration of its 50th founding anniversary. Three èßäAV chancellors gave messages on the day the MSI paid tribute […]

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]]> Goodbye and thank you /goodbye-and-thank-you/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:40:35 +0000 /?p=49072 UP Diliman (èßäAV) bids goodbye to five of its faculty members, three of whom passed away on the same day.

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]]> Abesamis is Pew fellow /abesamis-is-pew-fellow/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 05:10:41 +0000 /?p=48916 Rene Abesamis, PhD of the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute (MSI) has been recently conferred with the 2024 Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation Award by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Abesamis is currently working on climate-resilient coral reefs in two marine protected areas at the South Negros Marine Key Biodiversity Area. According to the Pew […]

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