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From the polar bears of the Arctic to the Irrawaddy dolphins of the Tropics, climate change is bearing down on marine mammals, leading  to loss of habitat, changes in distribution and migration patterns and threats to the availability of prey. The warming of the oceans could also mean diminished reproductive success and increased susceptibility to […]

Asst. Prof. Manolito Saldivar of the Physical Education Department was selected to represent the Philippines to the Project Management Seminar on Sports Development and Peace (SDP) in Tokyo, Japan on March 4 to 8, 2017. The seminar is a collaboration between the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace and the Japan Sports […]

Issue Date: 10 March 2017 The SU Faculty Association (SUFA) and the University Administration are currently engaged in collective bargaining negotiations. SUFA has previously submitted a Notice of Strike before the Department of Labor. It has since withdrawn the same last March 3, 2017. The Administration wishes to assure everyone that it will continue with […]

The Silliman community honored the lives of 5 Silliman alumni and former faculty during the Midweek Service at Silliman University Church on March 1, 2017. It was a solemn time to honor and remember the lives of: • Dr. Jesusa Corazon “Bing” Perigua-Gonzales (Elem ’69, HS ’73, BBA Mgt ’77, BSE P.E., M.A. Ed. ’93, […]

In recognition of her commitment in nation-building, government transparency, public policy, and in the academe, former Silliman Board of Trustee Chair and now Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Prof. Leonor Mangtolis-Briones was conferred with the honorary degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, by Foundation University (FU) in Dumaguete. The conferral happened during FU’s Honors […]

22 scientists from around the world—including Silliman University’s Hilconida Calumpong, Ph.D.—submitted to the United Nations General Assembly in late 2015 their report on the state of the world’s oceans after their appointment by the U.N. in 2010 to constitute the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Regular Process for Global Reporting and Assessment of the […]

To develop academic and educational exchange, Silliman University, and Holy Angel University (HAO) entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 27. HAO is a private, non-stock, non-profit Catholic school in Angeles City, Pampanga – one of the premier universities in Central Luzon. Both parties agree to develop collaborative activities in academic areas of […]

PRESS STATEMENT Subject: Claimants of Silliman Land Gather to Press Claims Issue Date: 08 March 2017 Once again, a group of claimants who believe they own Silliman have gathered along Hibbard Avenue and Rizal Boulevard to press their claim. Silliman recognizes their right to public assembly and free speech if exercised consistent with the law. […]

Starting SY 2017-2018, incoming freshmen law students are now required to take the Philippine Law School Admission Test (PhiLSAT), in pursuant to the Legal Education Board Memorandum Order No. 7 Series of 2016 which was released last month. PhilSAT is the standardized national aptitude test, which aims to measure the academic potential of an examinee […]