(FEB. 29)—The Optical Society of America (OSA) Board of Editors appointed Dr. Percival F. Almoro of the National Institute of Physics (NIP) as Topical Editor for its Applied Optics Journal from 2016 to 2018. Applied Optics is ISI SCI-indexed journal that focuses on applications-centered research in optics (scientific study of light) and covers optical technology, photonics, lasers, information processing, sensing and environmental optics. As topical editor, Almoro will evaluate submitted manuscripts in specialized optics research areas including, but not limited to, Interferometry, Holography, Speckle, Statistical Fringe Processing and Nondestructive testing. He…

  (February 2)—Four graduating students of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (DIEOR) won the first prize in the 7th Industrial Engineering Competition (IECOM) held in Bandung, Indonesia from Jan. 9 to 17. Organized by the Intitut Teknologi Banbung (ITB), the oldest technology-oriented university in Indonesia, IECOM is a competition among industrial engineering and engineering management students from all over Southeast Asia. The team, composed of Daniel Roi Agustin, James Reneir Domingo, Dominic Aily Ecat and Arizza Ann Nocum, bested teams from Chulalongkorn University, Universitas Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada and ITB…

(Left to right) Dr. Anindo Choudhury, Dr. Lemuel Aragones, IESM director and Dr. Grace Ramos, PDA for International Linkages-UPD Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs. (JAN 26)—UPD, through the Institute of Environmental Science and Meteorology (IESM), College of Science, welcomes visiting professor Dr. Anindo Choudhury of St. Norbert College (SNC), USA. Choudhury is a professor of biology and environmental science at the SNC, his specialization and research interests are in biogeography and systematics and parasitology. Choudhury’s stay in UPD is from…

  (ENERO 26)—Malugod na inihahatid ng UP Tanggapan ng Presidente, UP Tanggapan ng Bise Presidente para sa Pang-Akademikong  Gawain, at UP Kolehiyo ng Musika ang Gawad Pangulo Choral Competition sa darating  na ika-4  ng Marso 2016. Idaraos ito sa UP Theater sa ganap na ika-6 ng gabi. May tema itong “One UP for the Nation and for the World”. Ang mga nakapasa upang magtagisan ng husay sa pag-awit ay ang sumusunod: UP Staff Choral Society (UP Diliman), UP Engineering Choir (UP Diliman), Public Health Artists Circle (UP Manila), UP College of…

  (JAN. 25)— The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (BTMU) awarded…

Five articles on different social science fields make the latest issue of “Social Science Diliman” (SSD, Vol. 11. No. 2) now available online. The researches featured are: “Celebrity Politics: Correlates of Voting for Celebrities in Philippine Presidential Elections” by Clarissa David and Jenna Mae Atun; “The Perilous Paths of Deeper Democracy: Understanding the Rise and Decline of Participatory Budgeting in Porto Alegre, Brazil” by Teresa Melgar; “The Filipino, Diaspora and a Continuing Quest for Identity” by Almond Aguila; “Sensing the World: Social Sensorium in the Chemical Use of Selected…

VSB Team tops 17th FINEX Inter-collegiate Finance Competition

Call for Nominations to the Institute of Islamic Studies Deanship