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Director for Research Dr. Enrique G. Oracion presented a paper containing findings of his study on the Pagatban River located in Bayawan City, during the 2014 National Conference on the Philippine Sociological Society (PSS) held October 17 to 18 at the Mindanao State University in General Santos City. His paper, “Fish, Flood and Kin: Ecosystem […]

Three Mass Communication juniors represented the country as goodwill ambassadors to Japan under the Japan-East Asia Network of Exchange for Students and Youths (JENESYS) Mass Media Program held September 29 to October 7. Students Queenie Maria Guibao, Andrea Lim and Alissa Lacson were among the 111 participants from the Philippines. They were divided into four […]

A capacity-building activity for members of a local community in the municipality of Dauin in Negros Oriental was spearheaded by the Nutrition and Dietetics Department of the College of Education at the Silliman University Marina Mission Clinic late last month. The activity trained mostly mothers on achieving high nutrition for their children and families before, […]

Over 80 “solar power” officers from eight barangays in the municipalities of Siaton and Sta. Catalina in Negros Oriental were hosted in Silliman University on October 21 to 23 for a capacity-building activity under the Household Electrification Program (HEP) of the Silliman University-Affiliated Renewable Energy Center (SU-AREC). The participants were all officers of the HEP-Solar […]

 Economics teacher Mr. Roberto Estoconing was elected Director and Secretary of the Asian Confederation of Credit Unions (ACCU) during the Asian Credit Union Forum held in Bali, Indonesia on September 18 to 20. Mr. Estoconing also serves as the chairperson of the Silliman University Community Cooperative Board. This year’s forum, hosted by the Credit Union […]

Beginning second semester of school year 2014-2015, the Robert B. and Metta J. Silliman Main Library will introduce a standalone information kiosk developed by the Department of Science and Technology's Science and Technology Information Institute (DOST-STII). The digital library, known as the Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations (STARBOOKS), contains thousands […]

 Seventeen graduates of the College of Business Administration are among the country's new certified public accountants (CPA), based on the licensure exam results released by the Professional Regulation Commission this month. Silliman registered a passing rate of 94.12 per cent for its first takers. Including repeaters, its passing percetange is 89.47. Both figures are higher […]

Silliman University entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society on October 15. The MoU, signed by Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III and Mr. Neil Maddison, Head of Conservation Programmes of Bristol Zoological Society, will facilitate dialogue and collaborative efforts to explore the potential of […]

Sophomore Student Khail Santia’s game design “Tikis vs Kitties” won the Best Music and Sound Design award during the Philippine Game Festival held October 3 to 4. Khail, who is currently pursuing two majors, Computer Science and Mathematics, submitted the said game design for the Game On! Challenge category.  It is a maddening action-puzzle game […]

A research project authored by four fresh Computer Science graduates was adjudged Best Paper during the International Conference on Advances in Image Processing (ICAIP) held October 10 to 12 in Bangkok, Thailand. The winning paper titled “Age Estimation using Support Vector Machine-Sequential Minimal Optimization” was co-authored by Julianson Berueco, Kim Angelo Lopena, Arby Lon Moay […]