Philippine Blog Awards 2010UP and Ateneo Make it in World’s Best Universities 2011 List
The University of the Philippines made it to the Top 400 of the World’s Best Universities list for 2011.
U.S. News & World Report has released the new ranking of the Top 400 best colleges in the world based on Academic Reputation, Employer Reputation, Faculty-Student Ratio, International Faculty, International Students, and Citations per Faculty.
Two Philippine schools made it to the Top 400.
With a score of 34.4, the University of the Philippines ranks 332nd in the world and 62nd in Asia.
The second of only two Philippine schools in the list is Ateneo de Manila University which ranks 360th in the world and 65th in Asia. Ateneo received a total score of 32.
The highest ranking Asian school is Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) which garnered a perfect score of 100.
The world’s no.1 university, on the other hand, is University of Cambridge of the United Kingdom. The British school bested USA’s Harvard University which settled for no. 2.
Buwan ng Wika 2011 – ‘Ang Filipino ay Wikang Panlahat, Ilaw at Lakas sa Tuwid na Landas’
August is National Language Month or “Buwan ng Wika” and this year’s theme: “Ang Filipino ay wikang panlahat, ilaw at lakas sa tuwid na landas.”
‘Happy Yipee Yehey’ Opens Competition that Challenges the Excellence of the Filipino Youth
“Happy Yipee Yehey” (HYY) proudly opens the search for the next “Batang Genius,” a competition that challenges the excellence of the Filipino youth.
University of the Philippines Ranks 34th in Best English-Teaching Schools in the World
The University of the Philippines ranked 34th in the Top 50 Best English-teaching schools in the world according to the latest list released by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
A Planet is Named After Fil-Am Harvard Student Martin Ayalde Camacho
A minor planet numbered 26740 has been named after Filipino-American student Martin Ayalde Camacho of Central High School, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA after winning the top prize in the 2010 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (Intel ISEF).
Camacho is now a freshman at Harvard College on a US presidential scholarship as one of the 141 outstanding high school seniors who composed the US Presidential Scholars Class of 2010.
He was given the recognition due to his achievements as the first place award winner in the Intel ISEF, a high school science competition of the Society for Science and the Public and Intel Foundation.
The planet was discovered by the LINEAR Program of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory.
John Gabriel Pelias is New Record-Holder of Highest GWA in UP
National Artists of the Philippines
Here is the updated list of National Artists awardees as of 2009:
