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Dr. Aileen Maypa, Clarissa Reboton, Danielle Mark Fukuda and Dr. Janet Estacion Silliman University – Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences The Philippines is one of the hotspots of global marine biodiversity. This means that the number and diversity of marine organisms in the Philippines are very high. Part of this biodiversity are the hundreds […]

The Silliman University Student Government Environment Committee, Infomedia Committee, and High School Affairs Committee won third place in the Southeast Asian Waste Hero Awards under the School category for their video on the university’s waste management story. Their winning video, “Beyond Plastics: Silliman’s Pursuit to a Zero Waste Legacy,” competed with other videos produced by [...]

Silliman University (SU) produced 35 licensed physicians who passed the October 2023 Physician Licensure Examination (PLE). SU garnered a passing rate of 77.78% (35 out of 45). The national passing rate is 63.24% (4,083 out of 6,456). Based on the list of passers released by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) on November 10, 2023, the […]

Asst. Prof. Janice Antoniette Forster, Silliman University Technology Business Incubator (TBI) manager and Philippine eLearning Society (PELS) president, talked about the free computer education program for senior citizens at SU during the EDUtech Asia Conference last November 5-7, 2023 in Singapore. Through her talk, titled “Silver Screens: Empowering Philippine Seniors through Tech Education,” Forster shared […]

Asst. Prof. Joshua S. Soldivillo and David B. Ragudo presented their research paper on environmental education at the International Conference on Environmental Education in Southeast Asia (SEA) last October 25 to 27, 2023 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The conference, hosted by the Philippine Network of Educators on Environment (PNEE), gathered educators and experts in Southeast Asia […]

Five Silliman University (SU) High School students clinched major awards in the different events of the recently concluded 11th National Student Leadership Assembly and Talent Fair on November 9-11, 2023, at the DepEd Baguio Teachers’ Camp, Baguio City.  Of twenty participating schools, twelfth grader Seve Nigel Tuale was hailed as the overall champion in the […]

Dr. Dave Marcial, the director of the Dr. Mariano C. Lao Global Studies Center, participated in a regional experts’ meeting titled, “Empowering Minds: A Round Table on Generative AI and Education in Asia-Pacific, held at the Pullman Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand on November 7-9, 2023. Organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization […]

Silliman University joined 35 other Philippine higher education institutions (PHEIs) supported by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to compose the Philippine delegation to the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Higher Education Summit: Asia Pacific 2023 on November 7-9, 2023 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With the theme, “Creating the Right Outcomes: […]

Atty. Mary Fokno-Capuyan, a 1976 graduate of the Bachelor of Science in Social Work program of Silliman University (SU), has been named 2023 Outstanding Professional of the Year in the field of Social Work by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). The Outstanding Professional of the Year award is the highest recognition that can be given […]

Silliman University (SU) produced 35 licensed pharmacists who passed the November 2023 Pharmacist Licensure Examination. SU garnered an 82.93% passing rate for first-time takers of the said exam. The national passing rate is 73.65% (2,974 out of 4,038). The Professional Regulation Commission released the exam results on November 8, 2023. The SU Pharmacy Department reported that the […]