Who could imagine that something as small as cone snails, popular among shell collectors and tropical-themed jewelry makers for their intricately colored shells, is the key to a substantial medical breakthrough waiting to be unlocked? Perhaps it is fitting that a young Filipino scientist, Iris Bea Ramiro, is next in line to reveal the biomedical […]
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The University of the Philippines (UP) presents the latest projects under its Emerging and Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) Program on April 7 and 8, 2022, 1-5 PM, through a symposium via Zoom. The UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs invites the public to the event. The program features research on new materials, […]
“I talked to this jeepney driver who told me he had changed his mind about this administration. He was listening to this daily radio drama where one of the characters was a drug addict who got killed in a police operation. For him, it was a turning point.” This is how Assistant Professor Cleve Kevin Robert Arguelles retells a story of one of his interviewees for his research on populism which earned him the distinction of best thesis in his master’s program abroad.
“Food security is one of our most basic concerns . Without it we endanger everything else that is vital to us – from political stability to social justice”. This urgent reminder from UP Vice President for Public Affairs Jose Dalisay, Jr. kicked off the Media Luncheon on Food Security for Sustainable Development held at UP […]