MAJORITY OF the candidates seeking posts in the Artlets Student Council (ABSC) are pushing for the return of full in-person learning next academic year, saying students and UST administrators should work together to ensure its safe implementation. The Office of the Vice Rector for Academic Affairs (OVRAA) recently released a…
FILIPINO VALUES and norms like ‘pakikisama,’ ‘hiya’ and ‘utang na loob’ may lead to corruption if practiced without moderation, a Dominican priest and scientist has warned. Fr. Nicanor Austriaco, O.P, a professor of sacred theology and biological sciences and a fellow of the UST Research Center for Natural and Applied…
MANILA ARCHBISHOP Jose Cardinal Advincula has urged Thomasians to build a friendship with God, saying achieving holiness is not an impossible feat. In his homily during the thanksgiving mass for the closing of the 80th canonical establishment of the Santisimo Rosario Parish on Tuesday, March 21, Advincula said living out…
by SHAYNE LEE MACARAEG and TRISHA TAMIO TWENTY-SEVEN professors from the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) were feted during the 2023 Research Fortnight which covered the academic years 2016 to 2018, 2018 to 2020, and 2020 to 2022. The Artlet professors were acknowledged for their contributions in their respective…
FORMER ARTLET professor and UNESCO commissioner Jose David Lapuz has died at the age of 84, the Royal Institution announced in its Facebook page on Wednesday, March 8. The Royal Institution describes itself as the umbrella organization of more than 300 Royal Institutes of various disciplines and professions that are…
F3: These are the facts and figures you need to know this week (March 5, 2023). Written by Zoe Airabelle Aguinaldo Infographic by Julia Dominique T. Yancha
by ZOE AIRABELLE AGUINALDO THE UNIVERSITY suspended onsite classes next week in anticipation of the nationwide transport strike to be held from March 6 to 12. “[A]ll students will have their academic engagements virtually via the UST Cloud campus,” a memorandum dated March 2 and signed by UST Secretary-General Rev.…
by JASMINE MAE ALARDE THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters Student Council (ABSC) has urged Artlets to participate in the policymaking process to ensure that their concerns are truly addressed. ABSC policy affairs director Josh Moncayo said “progressive” policies would be crafted if there is engagement with the student body.…