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Traffic Advisory: Closure of road going to Math Bldg. |
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Effective Monday, 28 July 2008, all U.P. TOKI and PUVs shall take the Regidor Street going to Math building. The road going to Computational Science Research Center shall be closed to traffic due to the ongoing infrastructure works at the National Science Complex. |
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New Academicians from the College of Science |
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Three CS professors were inducted into the National Academy of Science and Technology during the awarding rites of the 30th Annual Scientific Meeting of the National Academy of Science and Technology on 10 July 2008. The new academicians are: Dr. Jose Maria P. Balmaceda (Institute of Mathematics), Dr Gisela Padilla-Concepcion (The Marine Science Institute), Dr Gavino C. Trono (Professor Emeritus, MSI). |
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UP Marine Science Institute wins Prestigious International Prize |
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The Marine Science Institute of the University of the Philippines-Diliman (UP MSI) has been awarded, ex-aequo with the Global Footprint Network from the US, the Calouste Gulbenkian International Prize 2008 for its “thoughts or actions that have made a decisive contribution to and have significant impact on understanding, defending or fostering the universal values of the human condition, with particular reference to respect for biodiversity and defence of the environment in man’s relationship with nature”. |
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2008 ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist Award given to Dr. Caesar Saloma |
 Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presents the 2008 ASEAN Oustanding Scientist and Technologist award to Professor Caesar Saloma in ceremonies during the 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Week and the 50th National Science and Technology Week celebration. (M. Pascua/OPS-NIB) Caesar Saloma is the recipient of the prestigious 2008 ASEAN Outstanding Scientist and Technologist (AOST) Award. The triennial award was created by the ASEAN Committee on Science and Technology in the early 1990's and is given to ASEAN scientists and technologists whose outstanding S&T achievements have been nationally and internationally recognized. Saloma was awarded on July 7, 2008 during the 8th ASEAN Science and Technology Week in Manila, Philippines. |
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The College of Science is the pacesetter of academic excellence in the Philippines today. It is the acknowledged national center of excellence for advanced education and research in the natural and mathematical sciences. The College has the highest concentration of PhD faculty (149 in the 1st semester, SY 2007-2008) in the sciences and mathematics in the country and its foremost producer of PhD and MS graduates. A total of 323 PhD, 1,154 MS and 5,905 BS graduates were trained between May 1983 and April 2008. The College operates the National Science Complex which was established by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on 8 December 2006 in her Executive Order No. 583.