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UPOU Students Win Big as Co-Recipients in Gawad Pangulo
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UPOU Students Win Big as Co-Recipients in Gawad Pangulo

FICS News (RF)2025-06-23T06:58:20+00:00

Two teams with student innovators from the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) were recognized as co-recipients of the prestigious Gawad Pangulo sa Natatanging Inobasyon ng Mag-aaral 2025, a system-wide search for outstanding innovation projects across the UP constituent universities. The awarding ceremony was held at the Atencio-Libunao Hall, UP Diliman, celebrating creativity, collaboration, and impact-driven innovation. BAMS student Porsche Gutierrez and Dr. Dave Centeno receive their award during the Gawad Pangulo Ceremony, joined by UP President Angelo Jimenez, Dr. Roberto Figueroa Jr., and UP officials. Watch! Tap! Shop! One of the award-winning innovations, Watch! Tap! Shop! [...]

UPOU Students Win Big as Co-Recipients in Gawad PanguloFICS News (RF)2025-06-23T06:58:20+00:00

FICS Hosts Multimedia Artist Carlo Dimaano for Open Studio at Galeria Sinag
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FICS Hosts Multimedia Artist Carlo Dimaano for Open Studio at Galeria Sinag

FICS News (JR)2025-02-21T17:00:43+00:00

As part of the FICS Artist-in-Residence/Futurist-in-Residence Program, the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) invites both the UPOU community and the public to an open studio on Monday, 24 February 2025, featuring multimedia artist Carlo Dimaano. Dimaano, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) candidate from UP Diliman and FICS Artist-in-Residence, is using UPOU’s Galeria Sinag as a workspace in preparation for his thesis exhibition titled, Aglomerasyon: Mga Tunog at Imahe ng Ilusyon at Alyenasyon. Aglomerasyon is a multimedia project that will be exhibited in April 2025 at UP Diliman. It explores alienation, consumerism, and capitalism’s impact on people [...]

FICS Hosts Multimedia Artist Carlo Dimaano for Open Studio at Galeria SinagFICS News (JR)2025-02-21T17:00:43+00:00

bioSignals Culminates with Multimedia Exhibit
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bioSignals Culminates with Multimedia Exhibit

FICS News (JR)2024-10-18T11:12:49+00:00

Kangkong (Ipomoea aquatica) plants growing in different planting media using recycled containers. Plants transmitting biological signals around the world? Come and see for yourself as the bioSignals project culminates with their multimedia exhibit from 8 until 15 October 2024 at NO (@no.communityrunspace) in Diliman, Quezon City. Led by a distributed team of creative collaborators from the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU) Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS), TERRA BOMBA (Philippines), AwhiWorld (New Zealand), the United Kingdom, and international artscience collective Space Ecologies Art and Design (SEADS), this visionary project focuses on collecting, processing, and transmitting [...]

bioSignals Culminates with Multimedia ExhibitFICS News (JR)2024-10-18T11:12:49+00:00