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A FORMER dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters was among the delegates to the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), a premier initiative to strengthen international networks and explore policy goals. Lawyer Jacqueline Lopez-Kaw, currently the dean of the Graduate School of Law, was the…

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas honored 49 retiring faculty members, four of them from the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB), in a testimonial ceremony that highlighted their decades of service to the Thomasian community. Former AB dean and English Prof. Marilu Madrunio, Tiger Media Network founder Asst. Prof. Faye…

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) has become the first higher education institution in the country to complete the ASEAN University Network Digital Transformation (AUN Dx) assessment, a benchmarking process that evaluates digital governance and information and communications technology (ICT) systems in tertiary institutions. The two-day assessment, held on May…

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas (UST) and the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) have agreed to work together to implement an alternative approach to managing the population of cats living on campus. Through the “Kabali-Cat program,” the University will use the Trap-Neuter-Vaccinate-Return (TNVR) method to control the stray population. The…

THE UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas' existing security measures are enough to prevent violence in campus, its safety chief said, as school protocols gain the spotlight due to the fatal shooting in Tacloban City. "No major adjustments will be necessary because we have our measures in place," Campus Safety and Security…

Manila Mayor Francisco “Isko” Moreno Domagoso signed an executive order adopting preventive measures against armed violence in schools following the shooting incident in Tacloban that left three students dead. In his State of the City Address on Wednesday, June 24, Domagoso announced that Executive Order No. 29 would be implemented…