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ABUAN • UP educators, alumni lead QC’s “Gawad Parangal” Awardees MARIANE AMOR ROMINA T. ABUAN • Genre-bending book bags first award, as ICW celebrates Writers Night FRANCIS PAOLO M. QUINA • Likhaan Journal 3 launched FRANCIS PAOLO M. QUINA • Advocates talk on being ‘so gay for human rights’ • UP hosts international conference on faith and migration JO. FLORENDO B. LONTOC • UP booters off to a rousing start • UPIS student, UP swim team member help win SEAG medals UP Newsletter Volume xxxi   Number 01    2010-01-01 browse the archives UP puts Arts Productivity System in place Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc and Francis Paolo M. Quina The long-awaited UP Arts Productivity System (APS) is now in place. Its aim is to honor and support the University’s most distinguished and productive artists. University Professor Emeritus Domingo is new National Scientist Bernice P. Varona Dr. Ernesto O. Domingo, currently university professor emeritus of the UP College of Medicine, is the newest National Scientist of the country. The proclamation was  signed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on January 14, 2010. Scholars talk about implications of Darwin’s theories on their disciplines Andre Encarnacion The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) and the UPD School of Economics (SE) jointly sponsored the symposium “The Impact of Darwin on Science and Society” held on December 14, 2009 at the CS auditorium. Board Work: Officials’ appointments approved Former BIR Commissioner feted by the University Celeste Ann Castillo Llaneta UP tendered a dinner in honor of Atty. Sixto S. Esquivias IV, former commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and a former professor of Taxation at the UP College of Business Administration (UPCBA), on December 8 at the Executive House, UP Diliman. UP honors past president Malacañang recognizes ISO 9001-certified UP units Arlyn VCD Romualdo The UP-Philippine General Hospital (UP-PGH) and the UP IT Training Center (UP ITTC), along with other government agencies and government-owned and -controlled institutions, were awarded certificates of recognition at the Malacañang Palace on December 10, 2009. Four UP alumni join roster of TOYM awardees Mariane Amor Romina T. Abuan Four UP graduates were recognized among The Outstanding Young Men in ceremonies held on December 9, 2009 at the Rizal Hall of the Malacañang Palace. UP educators, alumni lead QC’s “Gawad Parangal” Awardees Mariane Amor Romina T. Abuan UP educators and graduates who are Quezon City residents figured prominently in this year’s Gawad Parangal given by the Quezon City government. Genre-bending book bags first award, as ICW celebrates Writers Night Francis Paolo M. Quina The El Bimbo Variations by Adam David, was awarded the 9th Madrigal-Gonzalez Best First Book Award during ceremonies held at the Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman on December 11, 2009. Likhaan Journal 3 launched Francis Paolo M. Quina The third issue of the Likhaan Journal of Contemporary Philippine Literature was launchedby the Likhaan: The UP Institute of Creative Writing (ICW) on December 11, 2009, at the Balay Kalinaw in UP Diliman (UPD). Advocates talk on being ‘so gay for human rights’ “I’m so Gay for Human Rights,” a forum on politics and identities, was sponsored by the UP Center for Women’s Studies (CWS), in cooperation with the UP Diliman College of Law, the UP Institute of Human Rights (IHR), the Lawyers League for Liberty (Libertas), and the Rainbow Rights Project. UP hosts international conference on faith and migration Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc UP, through the UP Diliman (UPD) Center for International Studies (CIS) and Institute of Islamic Studies (IIS), hosted an international conference on Filipino migrants and their religious faith, titled “Diasporic Encounters, Sacred Journeys: Gendered Migrants, Sociality and Religious Imagination,” on January 5 and 6, 2010, at the Bulwagang CM Recto of UPD’s Rizal Hall. UP booters off to a rousing start The back-to-back UAAP title bid for football of the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons began auspiciously as they blanked both the University of the East and Ateneo de Manila with identical 2-0 scores. UPIS student, UP swim team member help win SEAG medals The Philippine Taekwondo Poomsae Team composed of four UP alumni and one UP Integrated School (UPIS) student  won one gold and two bronze medals in the Southeast Asian Games in December 2009.

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