BROWSE ARCHIVES
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Volume xxix Number 09
September 2008
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SyCip asks UP the hard questions
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Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
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On September 3, 2008 at the UP Diliman Nismed Auditorium, management stalwart Dr. Washington SyCip delivered “Questions for UP,” the fifth and last of the “View from Outside” set of the UP Centennial Lecture Series, the centerpiece activity of UP’s centennial celebration. |
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Prof David assesses UP's 100 years
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Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
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On August 29, 2008, Prof. Randolf S. David revisited the University’s last 100 years, in a UP Centennial lecture titled “Modernity and the UP: The First 100 Years”. |
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Board Work
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President is co-chair; and New appointments |
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US Ambassador visits UP
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Bernice P. Varona |
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In a lunch at the Executive House on August 20, 2008, UP officials met US Ambassador Kristie A. Kenney and her party to acknowledge her assistance in helping restore four murals by National Artist Carlos “Botong” Francisco located in the Philippine General Hospital (PGH) Main Lobby. |
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First Public Health Managers sent off
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FM Jemena |
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Coming from the UP Manila (UPM) College of Public Health, the first ever Public Health Managers (PHMs) of the country are now doing work in the provinces. |
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College of Nursing co-hosts First Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research
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Arlyn VCD Romualdo |
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“Armed with critical information based on their unique experience with patients, nurses are able to significantly influence the development of research-based strategies in the delivery of healthcare,” UP President Emerlinda R. Roman said during the opening ceremony of the First Asia Pacific Conference on Nursing Research on September 4 at the Manila Hotel. |
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COA cites UP informal settlers problem
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KIM Quilinguing |
The relatively small UP campus in Cebu or the UP Visayas Cebu College appears to have the biggest problem with informal settlers among UP campuses, a recent report of the Commission on Audit (COA) on the University of the Philippines System reveals.
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Varsity teams get new bus
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Arlyn VCD Romualdo |
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Varsity athletes have more reason to be happy this UP Centennial Year. Not only is UP hosting this University Athletics Association of the Philippines season, it also acquired a new bus for its varsity teams. |
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UPLB begins construction of "wonder building"
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Bernice P. Varona (with inputs from JAA Oruga) |
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Being environmentally friendly and at the same time urban is possible, as the UPLB College of Economics and Management (CEM) will soon prove with the construction of the new Rural Economic Development and Renewable Energy Center (RED REC), a “wonder building” with energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly features. |
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Arcellana scholarship given anew
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In a simple gathering held on September 5, UP Institute of Creative Writing (UP-ICW) director Prof. Jose Y. Dalisay, Jr. introduced Pia V. Benosa to University Professor Emeritus Emerenciana Arcellana, the widow of the late National Artist, Francisco Arcellana. Benosa is this year’s Francisco Arcellana Scholar for Creative Writing. |
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UP writers lead winners in recent literary tilts
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Francis Paolo M. Quina |
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The University’s faculty members, alumni, and workshop fellows have once again brought pride and honor to UP by bagging multiple wins in some of this year’s recent literary awards and competitions. |
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Most Distinguished Alumnus' facility wins Magsaysay award
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The Center for Agriculture and Rural Development Mutually Reinforcing Institutions (CARD MRI) founded by 2007 UP Alumni Association Most Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Jaime Aristotle B. Alip is one of this year’s nine Ramon Magsaysay Awardees. |
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Two UP profs named Outstanding Teachers
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KIM Quilinguing |
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Two UP Professors were chosen by the Metrobank Foundation to be among the awardees in the annual Search for Outstanding Teachers. Dr. Irma Makalinao of UP Manila and Dr. Virginia Cuevas of UP Los Baños were among ten teachers chosen from elementary, high school, and college levels this year. |
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History experts discuss field’s role in nation-building
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Jo. Florendo B. Lontoc |
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As part of the College of Social Sciences and Philosophy’s Rafael Palma Centennial Lectures, history professor Dr. Jaime B. Veneracion called for a consensus on historical milestones that would comprise a “master narrative” for Philippine history. |
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Profs explore UPD as heritage to the country
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Arlyn VCD Romualdo |
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“Writing about the heritage of UP Diliman (UPD) is to bring out those things that have made and continue to make the UP soul, which gave the nation so much, in terms of knowledge and its applications to society,” said Dr. Ferdinand Llanes, chair of UPD’s Department of History. |
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Story of UP in the time of People Power told
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KIM Quilinguing |
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The UP Diliman Department of History documents UP’s recent history as a contribution to the UP Centennial. In a forum held on August 27, 2008 titled “The University of the Philippines in the Time of People Power” held at the Claro M. Recto Conference Room at Rizal Hall in UP Diliman, professors presented an overview of their works that will constitute the sequel to the book University of the Philippines: The First 75 Years, edited by Dr. Oscar Alfonso and published during UP’s Diamond Anniversary in 1983. |
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Confab traces link between faith and the university
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KIM Quilinguing |
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In support of the UP Centennial, the UP College of Law and the UP Christian Youth Movement held the “First International Conference on Faith and the University” on August 14 and 15, 2008, at the Malcolm Hall, the Gumersindo Garcia Hall, and the Church of the Risen Lord—all in UP Diliman. |
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Faculty development is key for future of PolSci
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Francis Paolo M. Quina |
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Where is political science at the present; what has shaped political science as an academic discipline in the University and the country at large; and where is it headed? |
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ISSI launches book on UP alumni entrepreneurs
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In a developing country, micro, small and medium enterprises are crucial. Thus, the contributions of UP alumni entrepreneurs to our country cannot be underestimated. Documenting their contributions to illustrate UP’s history of nurturing entrepreneurs in a book titled Iskolar ng Bayan Gives Back, the Enterprising Way is a fitting tribute to them and the University that nurtured them. |
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Announcements
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UPB’s Baguio Centennial Conference makes a last call for papers; Workshop on the teaching of bioethics in Philippine higher education set; and NISMED holds international confab |
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UP Pep Squad wins UAAP Cheerdance Competition
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Bernice P. Varona |
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On September 7, 2008, members of the UP Pep Squad were once more hailed as the champions of the Samsung UAAP Cheerdance Competition after giving a spectacular and awe-inspiring performance to a record crowd of around 23,000 spectators at the Araneta Coliseum. |
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