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UP holds system-wide conference
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Rod P. Fajardo III |
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The University of the Philippines marked the beginning of its second century with a UP System Conference, “The Challenge of Being a National University: Looking Toward UP’s Second Century,” at the Subic Holiday Villas in Olongapo City from May 20 to 22. |
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CHED reinstates UP centers of excellence
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Arlyn VCD Romualdo |
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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) has reinstated two UP constituent universities as centers of excellence for a period of three years, from 2009 to 2012. |
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Board Work: Updated BOR list
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The Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents has released the list of members of the UP Board of Regents (BOR) as of June 3, 2009. |
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PGH secures latest ISO certification
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Bernice P. Varona |
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The Philippine General Hospital (PGH) received its ISO 9001: 2008 certificate on May 25, 2009 during the ceremonies held within the hospital’s premises. Vice President and General Manager Paul Bagatsing from the Anglo-Japanese-American (AJA) Registrar was present to give the much-coveted certification to PGH’s and the University’s representatives President Emerlinda R. Roman, Regent Nelia Gonzalez, UP Manila Chancellor Ramon Arcadio, and PGH Director Carmelo Alfiler. |
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UP experts spread education on GMOs
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Biotechnology experts urged state policy makers and the general public to keep an open mind on genetically-modified (GM) products, saying that GM produce currently in the market are safe. |
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Economics student represents RP in global issues symposium
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Arjay Louis Bautista, currently studying Economics in UP Diliman, represented the Philippines and UP in the recently-concluded 39th St. Gallen Symposium at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, where around 200 students from around the world recently congregated to talk about the world’s most pressing contemporary issues. |
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Debate Society ranks third in Asia
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Anna Elvira S. Arcellana, UPD |
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Breaking a record in the history of UP participation in the Asian Universities Debating Championship (AUDC), a UP Diliman (UPD) team made it to the top three of the biggest and most prestigious Asian regional tournament after the preliminaries held in Dhaka from May 12 to 20, 2009. |
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BIOTECH finds ways of marketing technology
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Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta |
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The National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology at UP Los Baños (BIOTECH) points to a microbial-based fertilizer as its most successfully marketed technology, counting 60 mixing plants all over the country, to date. |
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Microbiologist comes out with first RP book on food bio-processing
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Dr. Priscilla Chinte-Sanchez, retired professor of Food Science and Technology at UP Los Baños and one of one of the UP Alumni Association Centennial Outstanding Alumni Awardees, launched her book Fermented Foods: Principles and Technology on May 14, 2009 during the convention of the Philippine Society for Microbiology, Inc. (PSMI). |
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Dulaang UP's 34th year is a 'season on the edge'
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Dulaang UP (DUP), the official theater arm of the UP Diliman Department of Speech Communication and Theatre Arts, announces the opening of its 34th season which will feature German masterpieces and the re-staging of a recent work by a prize-winning Filipino playwright. |
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