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 International photographer Francisco “Paco” Guerrero examined three genres of photography during his lecture dubbed “A Photographer’s Journey” on December 8 at the Cyber Lecture Hall. Mr. Guerrero’s first contact with photography started out on the streets. Exposure to street life helped him understand how light works and how to best capture that light in film. […]

Renowned ethnomusicologist Priscilla Magdamo-Abraham opened this semester’s Albert Faurot Lecture Series for Culture and the Arts with her talk on “The Art of the Visayan Song” at the College of Performing and Visual Arts (COPVA) Music Sala on December 1. Ma’am “Prescy”, as she is fondly called among friends and colleagues, explored the artistry behind […]

Scientists have isolated six compounds from the guyabano fruit (scientific name, Annonamuricata Linn.) which are known to fight cancer, diabetes, heart ailment and tuberculosis. Writing in a recent issue of the Silliman Journal, the researchers identified the following six compounds from the guyabano fruit which are known to have significant medicinal effects:  beta-sitosterone (1), beta-sitosteryl […]

 Four Sillimanians were among 150 youth leaders invited to the Visayas-Mindanao Consultative Conference and Workshop on the Youth’s Role in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) conducted December 3 to 5 in Cebu City.  They are Stephanie Chelsea Mora (Psychology IV), Jeasela Lucyn De Barras (Psychology III), Shamah Bulangis (Political Science II) and Shahadat Samsurin […]

High school senior Jude Martin Amiscaray was declared the champion for the Physical Science Individual Study Category of the Regional Science and Technology Fair held November 28 to 30 in Cebu City. His science project, titled “An Investigative Comparison on Heating Value and Combustion Gas Composition of Sacharumofficinarum Leaves and Oryza sativa Hulls Charcoal,” sought […]

Thirty senior students from the College of Computer Studies are among the successful examinees of the Philippine Information Technology General Certification Examination (PHIL-IT GCE) administered November 29. PHIL-IT GCE is an annual entry-level professional competency standard which evaluates the taker’s cognitive, psychomotor and affective learning. It serves as a viable and credible measure of IT […]

Silliman University received recently a collection of 220 pieces of different rocks and minerals from the Basmayor family. The collection will soon be unveiled as a permanent exhibit in the Anthropology Museum. Mr. Romeo and Mrs. Loreto “Linda” Basmayor donated their collection in order for more people to learn more about the mineralogical items which, […]

Her Excellency Ms Ruby Marks, Ambassador of South Africa to the Kingdom of Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar (fifth from left) visited Silliman University on November 22 and had a roundtable discussion with some women advocates and international students in the University. The Ambassador was welcomed to the campus by Silliman President Dr. Ben S. […]

College of Law Dean Atty. Mikhail Lee L. Maxino delivered his first lecture as Professorial Chair on Liberty and Prosperity of the Chief Justice Panganiban Foundation for Liberty and Prosperity (FLP), on November 26 at the Cyber Lecture Hall of the Instructional Media and Technology Center. Retired Chief Justice Artemio V. Panganiban and Mr. Nicanor […]

 Advent Celebration this year, themed “The Transforming Power of God’s Truth,” opened November 29 with a worship service at the Amphitheater. A parade around the campus and a brief program followed. Advent is a period of spiritual preparation where Christians make themselves ready for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. Celebrating Advent […]