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The Silliman University (SU) Biology Department welcomed guest lecturers from the Biodiversity Research Center Academia Sinica in Taiwan who talked about “Fundamentals and Emerging Concepts on Plant Biodiversity,” March 28, 2023 at the James W. Chapman Science Complex. The lecturers were Danilo N. Tandang, a PhD candidate of the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) – […]

The Silliman University (SU) Student Scholarship and Aid Division is now accepting applications for the Pagpupugay Scholarship of the Bank of Philippine Islands (BPI) Foundation for S.Y. 2023-2024, intended to support the education of medical frontliners’ next of kin. SU is one of the Foundation’s partner schools for the scholarship program, through which the next […]

Silliman University (SU) will confer honors to 1,795 students for top academic performance in the 65th Annual Honors Day convocation, April 19, 2023 at the lobby of Claire Isabel McGill Luce Auditorium. The event, which starts at 4:00 p.m., will also be live-streamed on the SU Facebook page.  Jose Paolo M. Echavez, Agriculture Students Association […]

The Silliman University (SU) Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning (OCESL), with partners Negros Oriental State University (NORSU) and its campuses in Dumaguete and  Mabinay, and the SU Multipurpose Cooperative (SUCC) Community Development Committee, concluded the Sustainable Livelihood Project of the Pantawid Pamilya of Samac Sustainable Livelihood Association (UPPS-SLPA), April 13, 2023 at the NORSU […]

The Silliman University (SU) College of Law produced 14 new lawyers who passed the 2022 Bar Examinations. The SU College of Law reported that 11 out of 13 first-time bar examinees passed, garnering a passing rate of 84.6% for first-time takers. Three retakers also passed the said exam.  The Supreme Court released the results today, […]

Silliman University Student Government (SUSG) members participated in the 2023 Interactive Youth Forum (IYF) of the Philippine Association of Practitioners of Student Affairs and Services, Inc. (PAPSAS), March 9-11, 2023 at the Venus Parkview Hotel in Baguio City. With the theme “Post-Pandemic Perspectives Becoming REAL: Reconnecting, Embracing, Adapting, Living Now,” the event gathered 315 participants […]

Silliman University (SU) welcomed representatives from Deakin University, Australia, to explore possible partnerships, March 23, 2023. Dr. Nicole Phillips, Deakin University School of Nursing and Midwifery head, and Dr. Stéphane Bouchoucha, Deakin University School of Nursing and Midwifery international associate head, visited SU and met with Dr. Betty Cernol McCann, SU president; Dr. Theresa A. […]

Silliman University (SU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta (UMS), a university based in Indonesia, to establish an academic partnership starting with the SU Institute of Rehabilitative Sciences (IRS) and the UMS Physiotherapy Department. Dr. Betty Cernol McCann, SU president, and Prof. Dr. Sofyan Anif, UMS rector, led the virtual signing […]

Ecosystems in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) should be protected by the Philippines and other nations interested in the WPS despite maritime disputes, said Dr. Ben Malayang III, a professor emeritus of environmental policy and governance at the Institute of Environmental and Marine Sciences (IEMS) of Silliman University (SU). Malayang said discussions on the WPS […]

Kylle Christiann Saga, a fourth-year Psychology student at Silliman University, completed an intensive, short-term academic exchange program at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Arizona State University as part of the Spring 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellowship. Saga participated in an in-person capstone project under the Civic Engagement Program of […]