On May 15, thirty-five students from De La Salle University School of Economics (DLSU-SOE) visited UPLB to observe classes and interact with the students and faculty of the Department of Economics (DE) and the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (DAAE). This activity is part of EconSwap, a one-day campus...
Of Keeping Values Intact, Nurturing Character, and Building Bridges
Dean Maria Angeles Catelo welcomed the initiative of the officers of three CEM academic organizations - the UPLB Agribusiness Society, the UPLB Economics Society, and the UPLB Agricultural and Applied Economics Circle - who recently paid her courtesy calls on separate occasions. She appreciated their coming forward, approaching her with...
CEM-World Bank Holds Philippines Economic Update Development Dialogues
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...