Year 1918 is such a distant year for many, transcending historical memories of today’s EDSA People Power participants, Martial Law victims, and World War II survivors. Because it took place during the American colonial period, it is an episode in our history that most of us can only imagine through...
UPLBAA Awardees 2014
UPLB Alumni Association (UPLBAA) Awardees 2014 The Outstanding UPLB Alumni Award (TOUA): Wangsee-Araya, Aree (Good Governance) Inciong, Olivia Sylvia O. (Community Service) Collado, Geronimo M. (Agribusiness Consultancy) Reyes, Teotimo L. (Entrepreneurship) Tetangco, Milagros H. (Community Service) Paller, Vachel Gay V. (Biology) Albacea, Zita VJ. (Education and Institution Management) Opena, Rico...
ADOBO IN SPACE? Pinoy scientist helps invent out-of-this world cooking technology
Written by: Jose Bimbo F. Santos, InterAksyon.com If in the future, man does indeed conquer space and "boldly go where no one has gone before", he may have to thank a Filipino for having a happy tummy in zero gravity. Filipino citizen Apollo Arquiza (BS Chem Eng. 1990, magna cum laude), a...
NATIONAL SCIENTISTS | PNoy confers honors on Alcala, Trono, Gomez, Barba
Four Filipino scientists who have made outstanding contributions in marine botany, biological scinces, horticulture and marine biology were conferred the Order of National Scientist Tuesday in simple rites at Malacanang Palace. President Benigno Aquino III gave the recognition to Angel Alcala, PhD. (for Biological Sciences); Ramon Barba, PhD.(Horticulture); Gavino C....
Dr. Ramon Barba: Science ‘against all odds
The story of Dr. Ramon Barba's discovery of the chemical that helped launched Philippine mangoes in the international market is one for the books. This very same chemical also launched his career in plant physiology, and ultimately, helped pave the way for him to be called a National Scientist. Dr....
UPLB couple chooses path of public service
She would refer to him as her “greatest assistant” while he would call her his best “research collaborator.” Their most recent work together was to discover a parasitoid, a wasp-like insect and a “natural enemy” of the coconut scale insect or “cocolisap,” which has infested hundreds of hectares of coconut...
2014 National Science and Technology Week Awards
Congratulations! Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora (BSA 1982; MSEntom 1987) - Outstanding Science Administrator Award Ms. Tessie C. Nuñez (BSA 1975; MSAgro 1982) - Outstanding Technology Commercialization Award
UPLB alumni among the 2014 UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awardees
The UPAA honored UP’s outstanding alumni achievers as the UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awardees at the 2014 UP Grand Alumni-Faculty Homecoming and Reunion, on June 21, which also marked the association’s 101st foundation year — with the theme Bagong Tagsibol (“a new spring”). UPLB recipients: Distinguished Alumna – Educational Innovation Dr....
2014 UPAA Distinguished Alumni Awardees
Congratulations! Distinguished Alumna – Educational Innovation Dr. Mariechel Jamias-Navarro (BS ’77; MS ’83; PhD ’92) Distinguished Alumnus – Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation Mr. Nazario “Naz” S. Racoma (BSA ’68; MBA ’72) Distinguished Alumnus – Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development Dr. William S. Gruezo (ROTC ‘72; BSF ’72; MS ’79) Distinguished...
UPLB scientists discover ‘metal-eating’ plant
Scientists from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños (UPLB) have discovered a plant in Zambales that "eats" nickel. Named Rinorea niccolifera ("niccolum" - Neo Latin for nickel; "fer" - to yield, to contain), this shrub "hyperaccumulates" nickel in its leaves, with concentrations reaching more than 18,000 micrograms of nickel per...