Category: Announcements

The UPLB Graduate School (GS) officers (JF Rabajante, RJD Flores, and PA Custodio) visited the National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) on 16-21 January 2023 to establish new partnerships and expand existing collaborations. The meetings that they attended aimed to explore and pursue collaborative activities on Data Science, Communication, Humanities, One Health, and Future Communities. On 18 January, Dean Rabajante also delivered a talk at the Modelling Infectious Diseases in South East Asia (MIDSEA) Seminar Series hosted by the Temasek Foundation and NUS. Moreover, during this visit, Assoc Dean Flores participated in the Global Young Scientists Summit held at SUTD, where he was able to meet and build relationship with global scientists. During this trip they have also set meetings with UPLB alumni and other professional Filipinos in Singapore.

The 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 is inviting academicians, researchers, students, and practitioners to join the conference by submitting abstracts that will fall under its conference agenda or to any of the following open panels:

✅4IR in Local Governance and Development
✅Advances and Innovations in Disaster Risk Governance
✅Developing Competencies for Local Governance: From Knowledge to Practice
✅Development Management and Governance in the Changing Times
✅Lessons and Imperatives on Tourism Development in the Philippines
✅Poverty with Context: Alternative Poverty Diagnostics in the Philippines
✅Quality Culture of Higher Education Institutions and its Influence to its Institutional Outcomes
✅Structural Transformation and Inclusive Growth, and
✅Transformations in Agriculture for Food System Resilience
✅Emerging Scholars (Special Panel for Students)

The deadline of submission is 𝟏𝟓 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. All abstract submissions shall be submitted via https://bit.ly/icgd3submitabstract. You may also scan the QR Code on the poster.

ICGD3 will be held on 19-21 July 2023 in Manila, Philippines. With the theme Governance and Development in Transition, this face-to-face conference aims to initiate agenda-setting conversations and debates that recognize the agencies of institutions and communities to lead governance and development to better pathways.
For more information about the conference agenda, you may visit our website, https://cpaf.uplb.edu.ph/ICGD. You may also send inquiries to: [email protected]

#ICGD3 #governanceanddevelopment #CallForAbstracts #conferences

During the soft launching of the new UPLB Graduate School building on 12 December 2022 and as part of the GS50 celebration, a time capsule was sealed, which will be opened after 25 years (2047). This contains memorabilia and wishes from our GS staff, faculty, alumni and students.

The GS International Student and Cultural Center (aka new GS bldg) was launched on 12 December 2022.

The UP Board of Regents approved the offering of new graduate degree programs in UPLB.

Visit: https://gs.uplb.edu.ph/programs

The Southeast Asian University Consortium for Graduate Education in Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC) held two simultaneous events in Universitas Brawijaya, Malang Indonesia:

(i) UC Summer School (13-27 November 2022). UPLB students Leoveliza Fontanil (MS Agronomy) and Marjorie Pamplona (MS Agronomy) participated in the summer school. The summer school is co-organized by L’Institut Agro of France, with the theme “Diversification of Crops, Mixed Cropping, and Risk Management in Smallholder Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change”.

(ii) 35th UC Executive Board Meeting (25-26 November 2022). Chancellor Camacho, VCCA Cereno, VCPD Paras, and GS Dean Rabajante attended the meeting. In the meeting, Dean Rabajante (as the UPLB UC Coordinator) reported UC-related activities of UPLB and grants provided by UC to UPLB during the the period 01 November 2021 to 31 October 2022. Chancellor Camacho also proposed a Postdoctoral program for UC members, and the establishment of the UC Data Analytics and Informatics Study Network (UC DAINS).

UPDATE: The above calendar is the old academic calendar for 2nd Sem and Midyear. Please see revised calendar below.

We have a revised Academic Calendar for 2nd Sem and Midyear.

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Kindly submit your application documents via the online portal: https://tinyurl.com/ASTHRDP2022-23

Please use the NEW application form: https://tinyurl.com/newasthrdpappform

For questions, please email [email protected]

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Regarding scholarship tagging for Midyear 2022, here are few reminders before you proceed filling-out the google form.

1. Finalize the enlistment of courses.

2. Use your UP email account to access the form.

3. Ready your latest TCG (request link: https://bit.ly/3FEjsub) or screenshot of grades from your SAIS Account or proof of completion if grades in your SAIS account are still DFG/INC. Midyear 2022 tagging link: https://forms.gle/fzKcQbfePcH3zwat8

Note: Issuance of Form5 will start after the registration period Thank you and stay safe!

FAQs: https://bit.ly/3OQLEP8