Filipina professor to conduct research at U.S. physical sciences lab

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As of end-2019, DBP’s loan portfolio stood at P413.9 billion with about 3.6 percent, or P14.89 billion, accounting for the transportation sector. country’s mass transportation system to mitigate the impact to the economy of the existing enhanced community quarantine.

The DBP PASADA Financing Program is a special loan financing facility available to corporations and cooperatives registered with the Office of Transportation Cooperatives, participating in the PUVMP and qualified to receive franchises by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) under the Omnibus Franchising Guidelines of the PUVMP. Herbosa said there is a need to ramp up support to further improve the He said an efficient public transport system remains an important component in shoring up investor confidence as the country gradually recovers from the ill-effects of the pandemic. “State financing institutions such as DBP would continue to assist public transport operators and cooperatives as they grapple with the challenges of the “new normal” spawned by this global pandemic,” Herbosa said. (PIASurigao del Norte) Filipina professor to conduct research at U.S. physical sciences lab

Jessica Asuncion will carry out research in the Biomolecular Measurement Division at NIST alongside Dr. Concepcion Remoroza, a Filipina research chemist. NIST is a federal agency within the United States (U.S.) Department of Commerce that promotes innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science and standards to enhance citizens’ quality of life and the bioeconomy. This research scholarship is the result of a 2019 mission trip to the U.S. by the Philippine Commission on Higher Education (CHED) and the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines EducationUSA

SURIGAO CITY, Surigao del Norte - A graduate student and faculty member of the Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) Biological Sciences Department has been chosen to conduct research as a short-term scholar at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

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office designed to develop links between U.S. and Philippine higher education institutions.

Last year, MMSU President and Fulbright alumna Shirley Agrupis and an E d u c a t i o n U S A Philippines advisor met with NIST representatives to discuss c o l l a b o r a t i o n s in advancing innovation in the biological sciences through technology.

“After my short-term research training at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, my goal is to go back home to the Philippines and share the knowledge and skills I have learned with my colleagues, students, and local agencies through seminars and workshops,” said Asuncion.

“Aside from offering the highest standards of education, U.S. universities and agencies promote quality cultural experiences as well which are vital in the holistic development of the students,” said MMSU President Shirley Agrupis.

In addition to this collaboration, the recently signed joint statement on U.S.-Philippine Higher Education Cooperation has resulted in the intensified efforts of CHED and

EducationUSA to support academic and cultural exchanges, capacity development of university officials, and university collaborations. Recent successful collaborations between Philippine and U.S. universities include the following: 1) New York Film Academy’s master class on directing at the Ateneo de Manila University; A lecture at MMSU on ethanol expansion and climate change by Dr. Marcellus Caldas, assistant provost of international faculty collaboration at Kansas State University; 2) University of California Los Angeles graduate student-led training on anthropology at MMSU; 3) Texas A&M University’s visiting professor collaboration with MMSU on renewable energy engineering; and 4) Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ international conference on peace education and indigenous peoples studies in partnership with Central Washington University. (PIA-Surigao del Norte)