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As part of its public service tradition, the UP Open University (UPOU) holds annual blood donation drives. Now in its tenth year, the UPOU Blood Donation Drive was held on 6 April 2022 at the UPOU Community Hub in Los Baños, Laguna. This year, 60 blood bags were collected, surpassing the 2019 UPOU Blood Donation Drive’s total number of successful donors. Eighty (80) volunteers attended the drive with 20 deferrals due to low hemoglobin levels, hypertension, and other medical conditions.  The medical team advised proper hydration, consuming iron-rich foods and supplements, and making the necessary preparations before the blood donation [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) conducted a live webinar in Ethics in Social Sciences as part of the Research Conversations: Ethics Series 2021 last 25 March 2022. The event featured Dr. Meita Dhamayanti, dr., Sp.A(K)., M. Kes, Professor and Coordinator for the Doctoral Program of the Faculty of Medicine, and former Chair of Research Ethics Committee of the Universitas Padjadjaran as the resource speaker. Assoc. Prof.  Myra D. Oruga, Associate Professor and Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs for Research) served as the host of the event. Dr. Dhamayanti discussed the general ethics in social [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) through its Chancellor, Dr. Melinda dela Peña Bandalaria, and the National Association for Sikolohiyang Pilipino, Inc. (NASPI), through its President, Dr. Jayson D. Petras, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 1 April 2022 to strengthen its academic and institution cooperation to explore opportunities for cooperation in holding webinars and other academic activities in the field of sociology. Prior to the MOU, UPOU and NASPI have partnered in conducting an OPEN Talk episode, a live webinar featuring Sociology experts from UP Diliman as speakers held via UPOU digital platforms such as YouTube, [...]

UP Open University (UPOU) OPEN Talk 21 featured the current status of the country in terms of disinformation in line with the upcoming national and local election on 18 March 2022.  The said talk featured notable speakers in the field of media, academe, and data science. These are Dr. Joane V. Serrano, previous Director of the UPOU Office of Public Affairs and now Dean of Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS); Mr. Bash Yumol, Data Scientist and Member of Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU); and Prof. Eileen G. Meneses, Faculty Member of the Department of Humanities, UP Los Baños.  The [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has once again joined the global celebration of Open Education Week (OE Week). This 2022, it was held from 7 to 11 March. OE Week is an annual event organized by Open Education Global (OEG).  It was launched in 2012 as a collaborative and community-built open forum.  Through the years, it has become a global platform in raising awareness, highlighting innovations, and sharing achievements on open education.  OEG is a global, members based, non-profit organization supporting the development and use of open education around the world. For this year, UPOU’s massive open [...]

The UP Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) organized a Special Masterclass featuring “UPOU Ethics Review, Principles, Policies, and Procedures” on Thursday, 3 March  2022.  Asst. Prof. Ria Valerie Cabanes, current Chair of the UPOU Institutional Research Ethics Committee (UPOU IREC), served as the event’s resource speaker. Asst. Prof. Cabanes is also the Program Chair of UPOU’s Master of Arts in Nursing Program, and the recipient of excellence, leadership, and governance award from University of the East Ramon Magsaysay (UERM) College of Nursing. She’s a nurse educator, a mental health advocate, life-long learner, and researcher, among [...]

The Diploma in/Master of Research and Development Management (D/MR&DM) program is now running a two-month training course program (with synchronous and asynchronous sessions) on Research and Development Management. This training program, titled “Research Capacity Building Program for Makapuno/Agriculture Researchers and Community Extension Workers” is part of the Continuing Education Program (CEP) courses of the Faculty of Management and Development Studies (FMDS). A collaboration between the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) and the Cavite State University (CvSU), this first program offering aims to build the capacities of management, faculty, and staff members, particularly those who are designated to manage and operate [...]

MANILA, Philippines, February 9, 2022–The University of Philippines, through the university’s Office of the Vice President for Public Affairs and the Department of Journalism, will conduct the Philippines Elections Workshop Series for newsroom editors and journalists to ramp up knowledge on effective election coverage. This is supported by Google News Initiative. The workshop series will offer a breadth of skills for election coverage—from finding ideas on Google Trends, producing data-driven stories, conducting investigations on political ads, to producing your newsroom’s best election coverage on YouTube. Interested media from print, broadcast and online news organizations must sign up via bit.ly/UPElectionWorkshop for [...]

The University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) has teamed up with University of the Philippines colleges and institutes to hold a two-part webinar for the public on “#COVIDisAirborne: Understanding and implementing the Paradigm Shift.” UPOU, together with UP Diliman Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs,  Institute of Civil Engineering, College of Science, College of Engineering ; UP Manila College of Medicine, Community Health and Development Program, College of Public Health , College of Nursing ; UP Baguio Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs; and UP Los Baños Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs [...]

As part of the 13th SyenSaya - The Los Baños Science Festival, the Los Baños Science Community Foundation, Inc. (LBSC) conducted the Technoforum on COVID-19 Vaccines and Herd Immunity on 25 November 2021 at 9:00 AM.  The online event was held via Zoom and streamed live through the LBSCFI Facebook page.  Ms. Krizzia Mei Esperanza of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal, Quezon), a member agency of LBSC and current Chair of the Technoforum Committee, served as the host. Dr. Joane Serrano delivering the Opening Remarks during the Technoforum. Dr. Joane V. Serrano, [...]