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Volume No. xxxii, Issue No. 12, |
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| Philippine Genome Center launched |
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A symbolic launch of PGC was held last November 28 at the Makati Shangri-La following the first meeting of its international advisory board that morning. The center was created on July 31, 2009 upon the initiative of UP, which realized the potential of its molecular biologists in helping improve Filipino life by finding radical solutions to problems based on genomics. |
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| PNOC RC, Philips support ‘Green UP’ |
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In a memorandum of understanding with the Philippine National Oil Company Renewables Corporation, UP agreed to work toward such a goal by auditing its operations for energy efficiency and carbon footprint, efficient utilities management, and exploration and use of alternative energy in the different campuses. |
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| Protesters storm Senate gates |
As sessions resumed last November 15, various sectors under KILOS NA!, the national alliance against budget cuts on social services, also re-opened, and managed to break through, the gates of the Senate of the Philippines.
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| UP appoints new VP for legal affairs |
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During its 1,273rd meeting last September 29, the Board of Regents (BOR) approved the appointment of lawyer Hector Danny Uy as UP vice-president for legal affairs. He took over the position left by law professor Danilo Concepcion who has been appointed dean of the College of Law. |
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| CSC reflects on its goals at 31 |
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The Cordillera Studies Center (CSC) launched, in tribute to UP Baguio’s 50th year, its UP Baguio Golden Jubilee Lecture Series last September 12 with the theme “The State of Research in Cordillera Studies: 1980-2010.” |
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| Forum |
Volume No. 12, Issue No. 6, November - December 2011 |
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| ‘It’s Complicated’ Financing UP and other SUCs |
 Unlike in other countries, the Philippine higher education system is marked by a predominance of private higher education institutions (HEIs). Out of the 2,180 HEIs across the regions, there are 1,573 private HEIs and only 110 public chartered state universities and colleges (SUCs) financially subsidized by the government. |
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