“Sayang naman.” Imagine hearing that as a response to “I want to be a doctor.” Unusual, right? Now imagine that comment coming from an educator interviewing a ̽̽ student who was about to earn his Biology degree, magna cum laude, and was being considered as the “Most Outstanding Graduate. Surprising, but perhaps a little less […]

  “By locating our cultural heritage, we ascertain our origins and future,” Anna Razel Limoso Ramirez stated emphatically. The ̽̽ Visayas (̽̽V) publications officer is the overall co-project leader of the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras (CMPG), along with Director Anthea Redison of the ̽̽V Center for West Visayan Studies. Formally launched in December […]

  Representatives from state universities and colleges, local government units, and other sectors across Central Visayas gathered online and onsite in ̽̽ Cebu on January 19 for “Open Data for Social Innovation: SUCs and LGUs Regional Forum.” Organized by ̽̽ Cebu together with the ̽̽ Open Data Committee, the event showcased open data initiatives, discussed […]

Biosurveillance, cybersecurity, and resilience. These were the possible areas of collaboration mentioned by ̽̽ President Angelo Jimenez (PAJ) to University of Ottawa (uOttawa) President and Vice Chancellor Jacques Frémont in their meeting on November 6. PAJ took his cue from Frémont’s overview of uOttawa and his discussion of some of its leading programs. It was […]

  More resources, human and financial, are needed to strengthen ̽̽’s mental health initiatives. This was the bottom-line of the recommendations presented by representatives of the University’s various sectors—students, faculty, staff, and mental health practitioners—during the ̽̽ System Mental Health and Wellbeing Conference (MHWC) on October 11-12 in ̽̽ Los Baños. They pushed for the […]