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16 Artlets, Asian Studies Society honored in 2025 UST student awards

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May

16 Artlets, Asian Studies Society honored in 2025 UST student awards

SIXTEEN ARTLETS students and the Asian Studies Society took center stage for their notable achievements in academics and extracurricular activities during the UST Student Awards Day 2025 on Friday, May 23. Creative writing senior Kazzandra Ysabel Baysa was given the Rector’s Award for Academic Excellence after obtaining a general weighted average…

Former UST Spanish instructor dies at 59

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May

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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Former UST Spanish instructor dies at 59

FORMER UST Department of Modern Languages instructor Dennis Raymond Maturan, who handled Spanish courses at the University for 10 years, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, his sister Marjorie Maturan announced. He was 59. “We are deeply grateful to all who have been part of his wonderful life. During this…

Artlets quizzer leaps to podium finish in 45th Pautakan

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Apr

By Mc Neil Zyh Serrano and Rachelle Anne Mirasol

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Artlets quizzer leaps to podium finish in 45th Pautakan

THE FACULTY of Arts and Letters (AB) secured a podium finish in the individual category but struggled in the team division of the 45th installation of Pautakan, the country’s longest-running intercollegiate quiz competition. Represented by Legal Management senior John Travis De Luna, AB tallied a total of 85 points in the…

Artlets hailed grand champs in novice division of international debate tourney

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Apr

By Rachelle Anne Mirasol

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Artlets hailed grand champs in novice division of international debate tourney

THE AB Debate Parliament topped its category in the fourth edition of the Debatable Open, a Philippine-based international debate tournament. Named grand champions out of 16 teams in the novice category were Asian Studies sophomore Sean Matthew Parra and Political Science juniors Danica Jane Araoarao and Claudette Francesca Bayabay. The…

AB grand alumni homecoming: Essence of liberal arts lives on despite new learning modes, UST rector says

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Mar

By Cali Asajar and Raymond Vince Manaloto

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AB grand alumni homecoming: Essence of liberal arts lives on despite new learning modes, UST rector says

THE GENERATIONAL differences between the offsprings of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) and its predecessor institutions, including the varying ways they learned their craft, do not diminish the humanistic core values of their liberal arts education, the rector said. In his speech during the Philets and Artlets grand alumni…

Journalists told to reinvent, work with content creators in recounting EDSA 1986

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Feb

By Rovy Jilyn Fraginal

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Journalists told to reinvent, work with content creators in recounting EDSA 1986

JOURNALISTS AND content creators should collaborate and be driven by a shared principle to retell historic events such as the EDSA People Power Revolution, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter said. In a panel discussion for the 39th anniversary of the 1986 revolt, UST Journalism instructor Manuel Mogato said the legacy media should reinvent and…

‘Most efficient’ to ‘most concerning:’ St. Raymund building’s energy savings down by more than half last year

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Feb

By Veancy Palad and Ma. Alyanna Selda

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‘Most efficient’ to ‘most concerning:’ St. Raymund building’s energy savings down by more than half last year

AFTER PREVIOUSLY accumulating one of the highest energy savings among UST facilities, the St. Raymund de Peñafort building was identified as one of the most concerning facilities in terms of energy consumption in 2024. The energy conserved by St. Raymund’s, which houses the Faculty of Arts and Letters and the…

Recognition of 60 ‘sterling’ Philets and Artlets alumni in the works

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Feb

By Raymond Vince Manaloto

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Recognition of 60 ‘sterling’ Philets and Artlets alumni in the works

THE UST Philets and Artlets Alumni Association will carry forward the momentum of the Faculty of Arts and Letters’ (AB) 60th anniversary celebration by launching an awards ceremony that recognizes the legacies of outstanding alumni from the past six decades. Modeled after the Distinguished Thomasian Alumni Awards, the “Legacy of…

28 Artlets profs honored for research productivity

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Feb

By Christian Querol

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28 Artlets profs honored for research productivity

TWENTY-EIGHT PROFESSORS of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters have received recognition for their research productivity in their respective fields from 2022 to 2024 in the latest Gold and Silver Awards. A total of 16 Artlets researchers were conferred the Gold Award, while 12 were recipients of the Silver…

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Feb

By Mei Lin Weng and Samantha Crisha Garcia

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Four AB departments offer new electives

FOUR DEPARTMENTS of the Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) have updated their elective lineup to broaden the knowledge of students in their respective areas of expertise. The Philosophy and Legal Management departments established general elective courses on St. Thomas Aquinas and Philippine law, respectively, in January. Meanwhile, the Sociology…