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0 7 J U L Y 2 0 1 403VOLUME 46
NUMBERTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY
2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the official newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.
F A C T S a n d F I G U R E S
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University Fellow and Professor Emeritus Dr. Cirilo F. Bautista was declared National
Artist for Literature by President Benigno S. Aquino III last June 20 by virtue of
Proclamation No. 809.
He is joined by other new National Artists Alice Reyes for Dance; Francisco V. Coching
(posthumous) for Visual Arts; Francisco F. Feliciano and Ramon Santos for Music;
DLSU Professor Emeritus Cirilo Bautista named as National Artist for Literature
INSIDE:
see page 3
Lit prof launches new poetry book in Sydney
Best Paper Awards for top Engineering researchers
Microhydro plant lights up Apayao barangay
The Museum’s new exhibit showcases patterns in art
Cirilo F. Bautista is author of books on poetry, fiction, and essays that have won many literary awards.
Source: DLSU official publications
Two award-winning members of the Gokongwei College
of Engineering once again received recognition for their
outstanding papers in their respective fields.
Associate professor of the Chemical Engineering Department
Dr. Michael Angelo Promentilla received the 2014 Outstanding
Scientific Paper along with coauthors Dr. Takafumi Sugiyama
and Ivan Sandi Darma of Hokkaido University, Japan for the
paper entitled “Application of X-ray CT to study diffusivity in
cracked concrete through the observation of tracer transport”
published in the ISI-indexed Journal of Advanced Concrete
Technology.
The award is given every year by the Japan Concrete Institute
(JCI) to best papers published by the organization in recognition
of their significant contribution to the advancement of concrete
science and engineering.
Promentilla also received the Commission on Higher Education’s
2014 REPUBLICA Award with his coauthor, DLSU Vice
Chancellor for Research and Innovation Dr. Raymond Girard
Tan, for the paper “A methodology for augmenting sparse
pairwise comparison matrices in AHP: Applications to energy
systems” published in the ISI-indexed Springer Journal Clean
Technologies and
Environmental Policy.
This paper was one
of five recipients
selected to receive
the national award,
out of over 80
entries submitted
to CHED.
Best Paper Awards for top Engineering researchers
Lit prof launches new poetry book in SydneyLiterature professor and award-winning poet Dinah Roma recently
released her third book of poetry. Published by the Sydney- and
Tokyo-based Vagabond Press as part of its new Asia Pacific Series,
Naming the Ruins was launched at Gleebooks in Sydney on May
17. The now Australia-based Bicolana writer Merlinda Bobis, who
launched the book, had these words to describe it: “The poet is a
word shaman....Each poem astounds...with such tenderness, such
grace.”
Roma also participated in two Sydney Writers’ Festival (SWF)
events, namely, the Asian Contemporary Poetry Reading Marathon
and a panel discussion Open Words and Worlds.
According to the Australian publisher Michael Brennan, “With the
Asia Pacific series, I’m trying to create a space that will be open and
expansive. We’ve done six three-poet collections so far, along with
Dinah Roma’s magnificent Naming the Ruins, and it’s a very exciting
start to what I hope will grow rapidly to be a series where people
around the world can gain access to a broad and inclusive range of
contemporary work from Asia Pacific.”
Asked about the highlights of her participation at the SWF, Roma
said that “aside from listening to Pulitzer Prize-winning Alice Walker
(whom I’ve read as a university student), meeting other writers, and
Promentilla and Tan
reading my poems on Radio National Australia, I was also very glad
to have met the Filipino community in Sydney. Many responded
deeply to my Haiyan poem and, I guess, these connections are
what really matter after all.”
For Roma, the SWF was an immense learning
experience. “It was a
privilege to have
been able to
represent not
only DLSU but
the country.
And I’m glad
that DLSU
acknowledges
the importance
of supporting
our writers
and artists
in having our
voices heard
elsewhere.”
Chiu
Tan
Aviso
Culaba
National Artist for Literature, from page 1
---St. John Baptist de La Salle
Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for He will take care of you
DLSU faculty members led key persons from the education and
environment sector in a series of seminars around the country to
promote interdisciplinary approaches to nature and the environment
and discuss strategies on the conduct of environmental
engagement in the classrooms of higher education institutions.
Towards a Green Education in the Philippines: Workshops on
Teaching the Environment and Climate Change Impacts in the
New General Education Curriculum was held last June 20-21 at
La Salle University (LSU), in Ozamiz City and on June 27 -28 at the
University of San Agustin (USA), in Iloilo City. The Metro Manila leg
took place last October 24-26, 2013 at DLSU.
The series’ two-fold aim was to encourage the core courses of
the New General Education Curriculum (CMO No. 20-s2013) to re-
examine students’ vital connections to people, cultures, and places
beyond the walls of the school; and to transform the learners of
today into critical mass and innovative forces that work together
towards a green, productive, and sustainable future.
This project was organized bythe Office of the Associate Vice
Chancellor for Faculty Resources and Development, the Bienvenido
N. Santos Creative Writing Center, and the Behavioral Sciences
Department, and sponsored by the United Board for Christian
Higher Education in Asia and the DLSU College of Liberal Arts
Office of the Dean.
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The Museum’s new exhibit showcases patterns in art
La Salle faculty dominate PHL’s industrial ecology research output An article on social network analysis recently
published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology (ISI
with IF 2.276) showed that DLSU professors are
the major contributors to industrial research in
the Philippines.
The authors in the Philippines category
mentioned in the article are Dr. Kathleen Aviso,
Dr. Anthony S.F. Chiu, Dr. Alvin Culaba, and
Dr. Raymond Tan.
According to the article, China, Japan, and the
Philippines have strong contributions to the
research of industrial symbiosis.
The DLSU researchers have been working in
this field since 1998 when the field Industrial
Ecology was at its introductory stage. The
various engineering departments have graduated
Ph.D. students in the field of industrial ecology
with specialization in life cycle analysis, industrial
symbiosis, material flow analysis, and economic
input-output.
The Museum at De La Salle University presents its first major show
for Academic Year 2014-2015, Patterns: In Layers of Meaning. The
exhibit showcases works of art featuring various forms and elements
of patterns—through shapes and colors, in geometric, decorative, or
figurative forms.
The exhibition explores how artists incorporate patterns in their
works to express meaning, movement, and action. It also shows
how patterns in art can create a strong visual interest, as seen in the
To help raise funds for the St. La Salle Scholarship endowment fund and
promote environmental awareness, De La Salle High School ‘56, Commerce ’60,
and Engineering ‘61, led by former Sen. Ramon “Jun” Magsaysay, Ambassador
Jose Zaldarriaga, Fred Ong, and Ruben Viado, planted mahogany seedlings last
June 23 at the DLSU Science and Technology Complex grounds.
Dubbed “Pledge to a Greener Tomorrow,” the project aims to plant 3,000 trees
and raise scholarship funds through donation pledges of plant seedlings worth
one thousand pesos each.
De La Salle University, together with SN Aboitiz Power (SNAP), recently
turned over the Pico Hydro Power Plant to the local government of
Barangay Parina in Apayao.
NAST Academician and DLSU University Fellow Dr. Alvin Culaba, as the
project leader of the micro hydro power plant, formally turned over the
plant to Calanasan Mayor Elias Bulut together with barangay officials and
residents.
Culaba, during the inauguration, acknowledged the year-long partnership
of DLSU with the community and the support of the local government unit,
which contributed to the successful implementation of the project that
started construction in 2013.
The 10-kilowatt micro hydro plant was conceptualized in 2011 by SNAP,
and the technical aspect of the project was implemented by DLSU.
The plant, which is in line with the energization program of the national
government, is set to energize 50 households in Barangay Parina.
Alumni raise fundsfor St. La Salle Scholars
Notable Engineering alumni embark on an eco-fundraising activity for DLSU scholars.
Network of coauthorship and countries of author’s affiliations.
and Jose Maria V. Zaragoza (posthumous) for
Architecture.
Recognizing Bautista’s works and achievements
as a poet, fictionist, and essayist, Malacanang
noted that he has “greatly contributed to the
development of the country’s literary arts and
strengthened the Filipino’s sense of nationalism.”
Bautista earned his Doctor of Arts in Language
and Literature at De La Salle University in 1990.
He was an exchange professor and honorary
fellow in various universities abroad. He received
notable literary recognitions including the first
Hall of Fame Award of the Don Carlos Palanca
Memorial Award for Literature, numerous
National Book Awards, and the Grand Prize in the
Centennial Literary Contest.
Green Education Workshops in Visayas and Mindanao
Micro hydro plant lights up Apayao barangay
Decoding and Manipulating Genome Regulationfor Regenerative Biomedicine Guangzhou Institute of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) principal investigator Dr. Ralf Jauch
recently delivered a lecture on campus entitled “Decoding and Manipulating Genome
Regulation for Regenerative Biomedicine“ last June 30.
Jauch detailed current research on the molecular processes that govern
the reprogramming of cells, such as the conversion of a urine-derived
cell into a brain cell. These converted cells can then be used to model
human diseases leading towards generation of tissues or whole organs for
transplantation medicine.
Jauch focused on transcriptional networks leading to cell fate decisions, the development
of drugs that directly target DNA binding domains of TF proteins, and highlighted the
capabilities of the drug discovery pipeline (DDP) at GIBH.
The seminar was sponsored by the College of Science, Research and Advanced Studies
Office, COS Graduate Students Organization, and the Mathematics Department.
detailed parts and the totality of work. The exhibit also shows how,
side by side, various work on the same subject by different artists
can form a coherent pattern.
Featured artworks are from the Wili and Doreen Fernandez and
University Art Collections, with additional loaned work by selected
Filipino artists. The exhibit runs until August 22.
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