The UPLB College of Economics and Management, in partnership with the World Bank Philippines, successfully holds the Philippines Economic Update Development Dialogues on Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Services, Building Climate Resiliency. The public forum was attended by more than 200 participants from various sectors. Ralph van Doorn and Ma....
UPLB Economics Students Host Insightful Online Webinar on AI Regulation
Marking an era of readiness for rapid technological advancements, the ECON 155 class from the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) Department of Economics hosted an enlightening online webinar on December 2, 2023. The event, titled “Out of the Matrix: Exploring the Need for AI Regulation,” fostered a rich...
“CEMxCEATxGS: It’s Giving!” raises Php135,000 for UPLB OVCSA LINGAP Program
The UPLB Graduate School (GS), the College of Economics and Management (CEM), and the College of Engineering and Agro-industrial Technology (CEAT) joined hands to present the 2023 GSxCEMxCEAT Christmas Carol under the banner, “It’s Giving!” The initiative was organized as part of the 2023 UPLB Christmas Celebration which had the...
BS ABME Student Presents KonekTaniman Ph in Scholar’s Entrepreneurship Training (SET) Finals by DOST-SEI
In a remarkable display of innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, Hazel Grace Ann Queaño, an Agribusiness Management student, joined forces with 80 scholars from the Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and CALABARZON for the culmination of Project SET (Scholar's Entrepreneurship...
DE Conducts Webinar on “Future of Work” in Honor of Assoc. Prof. Bello
Private companies speeding up digitalization in the workplace to provide better business solutions for clients participated in a webinar hosted by the UPLB Department of Economics (DE) on 20 November 2023. More than 140 students, graduates, and professionals in Economics and related fields took part in the Zoom-based webinar with...
UPLB-CEM and DOST-PCAARRD Conduct Benchmarking Activity in Vietnam
Last October 26 to 30, 2023, a team of researchers from the College of Economics and Management of UPLB conducted a benchmarking activity in Vietnam as part of the key activities of the DOST-PCAARRD-funded project titled, “Ex Ante Analysis of the PCAARRD Industry Strategic S&T Plans for Muscovy Duck for...
DE Concludes Internship Program for Midyear 2023
From July to August 2023, seventy-eight BS Economics students were deployed to twenty-two Host Training Establishments for face-to-face, hybrid, or online internships in Laguna, Metro Manila, and CAR. The Department of Economics started offering Undergraduate Internship (Econ 198) to junior BS Econ students in 2021. Now in its third round...
DE faculty members attend a Training in Agent-Based Modelling
Last July 24 to August 10, Asst. Prof. Luisito Abueg and Asst. Prof. Veronica Castillo attended a training in Japan hosted by the International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management (ICHARM). This was funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under the Project for Development of a Hybrid...
The HyDEPP-SATREPS conducts Workshop on Flood and Agricultural Damage Monitoring Technology for Supporting Rapid Recovery
The UPLB-Japan ODA project, "Development of Hybrid Water-Related Disaster Risk Assessment Technology for Sustainable Local Economic Development Policy - Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development” (HyDEPP-SATREPS) conducted a free workshop for government institutions and LGUs on Flood and Agricultural Damage Monitoring Technology for Supporting Rapid Recovery on June...
UPLB Department of Economics, REDREPP collaborates with AboitizPower on crafting an economics training program on the power sector
The UPLB Department of Economics (DE) energy economics committee and the Rural Economic Development and Renewable Energy Policy Program (REDREPP) of the College of Economics and Management (CEM), UPLB organized a training session with AboitizPower on the power sector. AboitizPower conducted Power 101, the company’s training course on the power sector. Power...