The University of the Philippines Press (UPP) will hold a book sale and will launch 10 new titles on December 14.
A Christmas Sale at the UPP Book Store will run from December 3 to 21.
Unlike previous sales which were limited to UPP titles, the 2007 sale covers all titles at the store. This includes children's books, art books, humanities, science and social science books by other publishers like Adarna House, Ateneo de Manila University Press, and Milfores.
Shoppers can expect up to 80 percent discount. The special Christmas tree decorated with miniature versions of UPP's latest books should not be missed.
UPP’s book store at Diliman is at the ground floor of Balay Kalinaw. Store hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday to Friday, with lunch breaks from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Similar sales will be held at the other branches of UPP book store in Baguio, Cebu, and Davao.
Ten new titles will be launched in the cocktail party “Paglulunsad 2007: Ikatlong Yugto at Pasasalamat,” to be held at the second floor of Balay Kalinaw. The event is UPP's way of launching its third installment of books, which completes the UPP collection of titles for 2007.
The following books are going to be launched.
Sawikaan 2006: Mga Salita ng Taon by Robert Añonuevo and Galileo Zafra
Mannahatta Mahal: Collected Expatriate Poems by Luis Cabalquinto
Mostly in Monsoon Weather by Marne Kilates
(Re)Making Society: The Politics of Language, Discourse, and Identity in the Philippines by Topsie Tupas
Forcing the Pace: The Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas: From Foundation to Armed Struggle by Ken Fuller
Best Filipino Stories: The NVM Gonzalez Awards 2000-2005 by Gemino Abad and Gregorio Brillantes
Cordillera in June by Ben Tapang
Sexuality and the Filipina by Lilia Quindoza-Santiago
Defiant Daughters by Rina Corpuz
Negotiating from the Margins: Dynamics of Women's Work in a Globalized Agricultural Economy by Nanette Dungo
The event is also UPP's way of welcoming its new Editorial Board and authors, who were finalists and winners of this year's Manila Critics Circle National Book Awards. The party starts at 6:00 p.m. and is open to the public.
UPP will have a booth at the Academic Oval to promote the special UPP collection for the UP Centennial.
The 10th International Conference on Molecular Systems Biology (ICMSB 2008) will be held at the National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education Development (NISMED), UP Diliman, from February 25 to 28, 2008.
The conference is in the tradition of nine previous workshop-style meetings that have focused on theoretical and methodological advances in biological systems analysis, their applications, and their support through novel software development.
The themes for ICMSB 2008 will address three timely subjects: Dynamical aspects of biological networks; Information infrastructure for systems biology; Systems biology, synthetic biology and genetic engineering.
The first one and a half days will offer tutorials on different aspects of modeling biological networks, to be given by experts such as Michael Savageau (UC Davis) and Eberhard Voit (Georgia Tech). A half-day workshop on "Towards the Systems Biology of Rice" will then be followed by the conference proper on February 27 to 28. Two evening poster sessions will ensure extensive networking opportunities, especially with young researchers.
For other information, visit the ICMSB 2008 website at <www.icmsb08.org>
To accommodate numerous requests, the following deadlines have been extended:
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NEW DEADLINE |
Submission of Extended Abstracts for Oral Presentation |
November 17, |
Submission of Posters |
November 24 |
Notification of Poster Acceptance |
December 17 |
Notification for Oral Presentation |
January 2 |
Conference participants are strongly encouraged to pre-register online at <http://www.icmsb08.org/reg/>
Students from ICMSB 2008 sponsoring organizations (UP, AdMU, ITTC, PCIB Shanghai, etc) are exempted from registration fees.
Fee exempt students are required to pre-register online.
A First Course in Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, a textbook designed for use by students in electrical engineering and related courses, is now available at popular bookstores.
The texbook provides the foundation essential to fully understanding and truly appreciating the more advanced concepts taught in higher engineering courses. Printed in full color, it contains introductory discussions on various electronic devices, explanations on device physics and their operating characteristics, a variety of examples in practical applications, exercises to develop students’ ability to make quick-hand calculations and helpful end-of-chapter problems.
The author of the textbook is the late Dr. Jose C. Araneta, a highly respected faculty member of the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD). The textbook is the culmination of his over 30 years of experience in teaching the subject. Araneta earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) in 1968 at UPD, both his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering and Master in Business Administration in 1973, also at UPD and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois in the USA in 1984. He presented papers to the Department of Energy in Maryland, to the American Ceramic Society and at the University of Wisconsin. He had yearly professorial chair lectures at the University of the Philippines. For a time, he also served as the resident technical consultant for INTEL, as the Philippine Coordinator for the Japan-Philippine Exchange Program for Scientists in the Field of Engineering, and as the Scholarship Committee Chairman of the NEC Foundation, Inc.
The textbook was designed with the Filipino user in mind, is comparable to foreign books on the same subject, but is definitely more affordable. Its publication was made possible through the assistance of the University’s Textbook Writing Grant.
The UPD Journals Online, a project of the Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development will be launched in the same event. This project aims to gather all the UPD journals in a single repository and provide a free online service with wider dissemination and visibility online. A brief presentation is prepared for all interested users.
The following are the available journals in the UPD Journals Online:
Social Science Diliman, a semi-annual journal on the social sciences and their applications published by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, is now accepting contributions for disciplinal and multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary articles. Reviews of books, exhibits, films, fora and other relevant events as well as proceedings of meetings and conference discussions among social scientists are also accepted.
Submissions my be written in English or Filipino and must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words in English. Contributors must fill in and sign the submission form (http://www.journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/socialsciencediliman or http://www.socialsciencediliman.upd.edu.ph) and send their contributions in the form of an attachment by email (rduo.ovcrd@up.edu.ph) addressed to: The Editor-in-Chief, Social Science Diliman, Research Dissemination and Utilization Office, Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Research and Development, Lower Ground Floor, Philvocs Bldg., C.P. Garcia Ave., U.P. Diliman, Quezon City 1101. For further inquiries please contact 436-8720, 927-2309, fax: 927-2568.
The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) will be conducting its 2nd APRU Chief Information Officers (CIO) Conference 2008 from April 16-19, 2008. To be hosted by the University of Indonesia, the conference brings together the CIO Network of key IT leaders and professionals seeking to facilitate understanding, experimentation and strategic partnerships among the IT community leaders of APRU member universities and the Pacific Rim.
The CIO 2008 Conference is scheduled to start in Jakarta, Indonesia. A full two-day program from April 17-18 will comprise keynotes, CIO briefings, presentations and IT site visits. There will be an optional team-building program on April 19 in Bali, Indonesia. The conference fees (excluding fees for the program extension) are US$250. Fees for the optional program inclusive of a return flight ticket to Bali and two night's accomodation (April 18-19) are approximately US$300. Interested parties may contact Mr. Junaidi of the University of Indonesia at Junaidi@ui.edu for more information.
Expect to see a lot less cigarette butts on campus as the UP administration finally implements a no smoking policy.
In an administrative order issued last September, the UP Office of the President declared that within 3 years the chancellors of UP Diliman, UP Los Banos, UP Visayas and UP Mindanao should "submit a viable smoking cessation plan that will implement a no smoking policy within the entire campus."
Citing RA 9211 or the Tobacco Regulation Act of 2003 which prohibits smoking, sale and advertising of tobacco in school premises, the administration directed that "all academic core zones, the Philippine General Hospital, all infirmaries, all business concessions and all buildings housing any office or classroom of the University of the Philippines shall immediately be smoke free."
The ban includes "entrances and exits of buildings, covered areas, parking lots, patios and gardens....student tambayans, faculty rooms and all offices."
Designated smoking areas should be located outside academic core zones and not be bigger than 10 square meters. Each building should also have only one smoking area where "provisions for sitting and conversing shall not be provided." A sales and advertising ban is also being implemented where "no activity of any nature sponsored by or advertising a tobacco product may use any space within any campus." Violators will be charged with simple misconduct for the first offense and grave misconduct for subsequent offenses.