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Two graduates from the Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences clinched top spots in the 2015 Physical and Occupational Therapist Licensure Exam administered February 1 to 2. Nicole Janine R. Gatillo placed fifth; Raizel Eunice G. Panisa, ninth. They lead twelve other passers from the University: Kathleen Raena M. Alabastro RejineEmer D. Alarios Hanaeza P. Boransing Robert […]

Veteran broadcast journalist and 2014 McLuhan Prize winner Cheche Lazarro tackled the change in media landscape from the traditional channels to the social and crowd-sourced platforms and with it the need to improve awareness on ethical practices and principles of accountability relevant in the daily practice of journalism. Her talk on “Ethics and Accountability in […]

New York-based poet Mr. Joseph O. Legaspi arrived on campus on January 22 as a Fulbright research scholar for four months. Mr. Legaspi chose Silliman University for his comparative study between the kind of poetry written in English by Filipinos in the Philippines and those written by Filipino-Americans in the United States. The University not […]

Integrity School, a project that calls for citizen empowerment and a stop to the culture of apathy, was launched January 26 in Silliman University. The project is an initiative of Bantay.ph done in partnership with the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Manila. Some 60 students, who are officers of their respective […]

The college student publication, the Weekly Sillimanian (tWS), was the only weekly paper that clinched a spot in the Broadsheet Category during the 10th Lubas Visayas-wide Press Convention held January 29 to February 1 in Iloilo City. tWS ranked third. First and second places went to student publications that are released monthly. Editor-in-chief Stephanie Colinco […]

Three papers from collaborative research projects by faculty and students have been accepted for presentation during the 3rd International Conference in Technology (InCiTe) organized February 12 to 13 in Manila. The three are: “Traffic Sign Detection and Classification using Support Vector Machine,” “Dapogan: An Online Database of Food Recipes with Indigenous Ingredients,” and “Discovering Buying […]

Silliman University President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III issued a statement on January 29 that calls for unity in pursuing peace in Mindanao and seeking justice for the 44 members of the Special Action Force who were killed in Maguindanao last Sunday. “Tomorrow, the entire Filipino nation is being called to mourn the loss of […]

Acclaimed Filipino virtuoso pianist Rudolf P. Golez returns to Dumaguete City for another concert, titled 24 Etudes F. Chopin, slated January 31 at the Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. Mr. Golez started basic piano lessons at age four. He spent his high school years at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division in New […]

Silliman University registered 100 per cent in the Nurse Licensure Exam administered November last year and which results were released January 23. The national passing rate was 57.29 per cent. A total of 30 from Silliman took the exams — 29 were first-timers and one, repeater. Most of the takers graduated in October 2014. There […]

Award-winning poet Ricardo de Ungria has been appointed Director-in-Residence for the 54th Silliman University National Writers Workshop by Silliman President Dr. Ben S. Malayang III upon the recommendation of the Advisory Board of the Edilberto and Edith Tiempo Creative Writing Center through its Coordinator, Ian Rosales Casocot. De Ungria has published eight books of poetry […]