FIRST WORLD OCEANS REPORT REVISITED Theme 1: Climate change and its impact on the oceans (Fourth in a Series)
22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the UN General Assembly in late 2015 their report as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. We wish to share some details (verbatim) of the […]
International Journal Publishes SUACKREM’s Paper on Reef-Fish Larval Dispersal Patterns
A paper entitled “Reef-fish larval dispersal patterns validate no-take marine reserve network connectivity that links human communities” by the Silliman University – Angelo King Center for Research and Environmental Management’s (SUACKREM) was accepted for publication in Coral Reefs, the Journal of the International Society for Reef Studies, on March 14, 2017. Rene A. Abesamis, Garry R. […]
Philippine frogs at risk due to climate change
National Scientist Angel C. Alcala wrote that since the 1970s, frogs have been dropping dead in significant numbers around the world. These were recorded by scientists in western United States, Puerto Rico and Western Australia in the 1970s and in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Venezuela in the 1980s. At first the events were believed to […]
CBA Juniors Ranked 2nd in HSBC Nat’l Business Case Analysis Competition
Team Silliman won as 2nd runner-up in the HSBC National Business Analysis Competition 2017 on March 26 at the Ateneo de Manila University. Rhea F. Castillo (BS Accountancy), Ina Gabrielle M. de la Torre (BS Business Computer Applications), Christian Clifford M. Ong (BS Entrepreneurship), and Jolina S. Sinco (BS Economics) – all in their junior year […]
Silliman Produces 2 New Mechanical Engineers
Rhafael Mar Sevilla Ramos and Jose Noe Lopez Tan of Batch 2016 passed the March 2017 Mechanical Engineer Licensure Examination. Both Ramos and Tan are first-time takers after finishing their degree in October last year. Silliman garnered a passing rate of 66.67% against the national passing rate of 56.88%.
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Issue Date: 4 April 2017 In behalf of the Silliman community, I extend my deepest sympathies to our colleague, Prof. Dionesio V. Piñero II and family on the senseless death of their daughter, Jan Nicole “Nikki” Piñero and her unborn child. All of us in Silliman are in shock and deeply saddened that the life of […]
FIRST WORLD OCEANS REPORT REVISITED Theme A: Climate change and its impact on the oceans (Third in a series)
22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the UN General Assembly in late 2015 their report as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. We wish share some details of the Report. Fish […]
Silliman Produces 7 New Doctors, 6 New RNDs, 2 Alumni Topnotchers
Seven graduates of the Silliman University Medical School (SUMS) passed the March 2017 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE), garnering an 87.50% passing rate against the national passing rate of 61.73%. Further, two alumni from the College of Nursing – Maude Sang-an Tabigue (SUCN Batch 2010) and Clint Christian Tan Garbanzos (SUCN Batch 2009) – placed 4th […]
SU Signs MoA with New York-based Engineering Firm
Silliman University and Howard I. Shapiro & Associates, Consulting Engineers, P.C. entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) after incoming 5th year mechanical engineering student Lawrence Joseph Mariño got accepted as the latter’s student-intern. The New York-based engineering and consulting firm was represented by Jay P. Shapiro, P.E. The Agreement is for the purpose of setting out […]
Environmental and Marine Sciences Director Attends UN’s Group of Experts Meeting
Dr. Hilconida P. Calumpong, director of the Silliman University Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS), is one of the 18 members of the Group of Experts of the Regular Process (GOERP) of the United Nations (UN) Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the State of the Marine Environment, including Socioeconomic Aspects. The […]
