The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Extension Building in Antique will undergo completion of its construction in 2025, according to the UPV Office of the Vice Chancellor for Planning and Development (OVCPD). 

The University Library received a new book titled “Antiviral & Immunomodulatory Philippine Medicinal Plants,” a new addition  to its growing academic collection. The book was generously donated to the University Library by Dr. Armando Victor M. Guidote, Jr., Institute Director of the Philippine Institute of Pure and Applied Chemistry, through Dr. Maria Cristina Dancel, a former faculty member of UPV Department of Chemistry. The book was personally handed to Ms. Analiza S. Galang-Linaugo, U.P. Visayas University Librarian.

“Candé,” Ilonggo filmmaker Prof. Kevin Piamonte’s first full-length feature, had its red carpet screening at SM City Iloilo, Iloilo City on Jan. 15, 2025. 

The Digital Innovation Center implemented the acquisition, deployment and test-run of the local area network with fiber backbone and structured cabling connecting various sites in UP Visayas Miagao campus which is part of the UPV priority projects for the UP Visayas Network Infrastructure approved by the UP Board of Regents on February 24, 2022 and funded through the UP System Administration.

The University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) is set to compete at the 2025 Iloilo City Schools Sports Council (ICSSC) Meet slated on Jan. 12-16, 2025. 

Nineteen Grade 12-STEM students from UP High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) were among the select groups chosen to present their research as Global Guests in the poster presentation category of Science Castle Osaka Kansai 2024, held on December 21, 2024 at Yamato University in Suita, Osaka, Japan. The students were accompanied by UPHSI faculty members Dr. Jonny B. Pornel, Dr. Reynold Tan, Prof. Joel B. Labos, and High School Principal Prof. Edelia T. Braga.