Constituent Universities’ Weekly Bulletin (Week 1)
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Meghan Sevilla and Sofia Tagle, 4th year BS Food Technology students from UP Diliman’s College of Home Economics, formulated and produced a ginger-calamansi concentrate called Lucal. Bottles of this vitamin C-enriched drink were distributed to the Philippine General Hospital and Lung Center of the Philippines.
The National Training Center for Biosafety and Biosecurity of the National Institutes of Health, UP Manila is offering a free Online Biosafety Training for Laboratorians who will be handling SARS-CoV-2 on March 30 – April 3, 2020.
This March, in line with the celebration of the International Women’s Day, with the theme #EachforEqual, the institute will hold its 8th UPRI-NOAH TALK on March 6, 2020 at the College of Science Auditorium, College of Administration Building from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM. With the theme “Women in DRRM,” discussions will revolve around how the featured speakers actively shape their communities through their CCA-DRR efforts.
The University of the Philippines has protocols in place for dealing with the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Here’s what you need to know about how to protect yourself from the virus, and what to do in case of a possible infection.
UP President Danilo Concepcion, co-chair of the UP Board of Regents (BOR), announced the selection of Dr. Fidel R. Nemenzo, current UP Diliman (UPD) Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, as UPD chancellor 2020-2023, before a multi-sectoral mobilization at Quezon Hall, UPD awaiting the BOR decision on February 3, 2020.
The evacuees of the Taal Volcano eruption are in need of immediate help. The University of the Philippines Taal Response Task Force is enjoining everyone to donate the following items: drinking water, canned goods, ready-to-eat meals, beddings, hygiene and health kits, towels, and face masks.
The University of the Philippines (UP) welcomes the inquiry by the national government into its lease contract with Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) on the UP-Ayala Land Technohub, and will fully cooperate in such an investigation.
We in the University of the Philippines extend our deepest sympathies to the bereaved. We reach out in concern as well to all those who have been victimized by a persistent system of fraternity-related violence engendered by an underlying culture of toxic masculinity, patriarchal values and impunity.
