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INSIDE: UST, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine ink partnership for medical student exchange 3 Aguinaldo of RCNAS receives Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research 4 ME students win Best Presentation Award at confab on New Energy in Singapore 5 SC Associate Justice Hernando delivers 51st Arts and Letters St.Thomas More Lecture 5 RCCAH hosts Brown Bag discussion with visiting professor Dr. Thomas Mical of Auckland University of Technology 6 UST hosts 1st Assembly of Asian Architects in Academe 7 University Visitors 8 and more ... Princess of Thailand, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy cadets visit UST UST wins UAAP Season 81 general championships for junior, senior divisions UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., (right) presents a University gift, the Lumina Pandit coffee table book, to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. UST Institute of Physical Education and Athletics Director-Regent Rev. Fr. Jannel Abogado, O.P., (right) receives the general championship trophy for UAAP Season 81 fromNational University President Mr. Renato Carlos Ermita (left). [photo courtesy of ABS-CBN Sports] Princess of Thailand to page 2 UAAP to page 4 H er Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand visited the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on June 4, 2019. With 57 cadets from the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA) accompanying Her Royal Highness, the visit was part of the educational and cultural tour of the CRMA where Her Royal Highness is head of its History department. Upon arrival at the campus, Her Royal Highness was welcomed at the entrance of the Main Building by UST Vice Rector Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH, and Vice Rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Maribel G. Nonato, Ph.D. Also part of the reception line was Assumption College President Dr. Carmen Lourdes Valdés. After signing the University guest book, Her Royal Highness and the members of her delegation proceeded to the Office of the Rector where she had a brief meeting with the University Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P. Her Royal Highness received the coffee table books “400 @ 800” and “Lumina Pandit.” F or the third consecutive year, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) was proclaimed the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) overall champion in both the juniors and seniors divisions. The distinctions were awarded during the Season 81 closing ceremonies held on May 21, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

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INSIDE:UST, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine ink partnership for medical student exchange 3

Aguinaldo of RCNAS receives Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research 4

ME students win Best Presentation Award at confab on New Energy in Singapore 5

SC Associate Justice Hernando delivers 51st Arts and Letters St.Thomas More Lecture 5

RCCAH hosts Brown Bag discussion with visiting professor Dr. Thomas Mical of Auckland University of Technology 6

UST hosts 1st Assembly of Asian Architects in Academe 7

University Visitors 8

and more ...

Princess of Thailand, Chulachomklao RoyalMilitary Academy cadets visit UST

UST wins UAAP Season 81 general championships for junior, senior divisions

UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., (right) presents a University gift, the Lumina Pandit coffee table book, to Her Royal

Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.

UST Institute of Physical Education and Athletics Director-Regent Rev. Fr. Jannel Abogado, O.P., (right) receives the general championship trophy for UAAP Season 81 fromNational University President Mr. Renato Carlos Ermita (left). [photo courtesy of ABS-CBN Sports]

Princess of Thailand to page 2

UAAP to page 4

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of the Kingdom of Thailand visited the University of Santo Tomas (UST) on June 4, 2019. With 57 cadets from the

Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA) accompanying Her Royal Highness, the visit was part of the educational and cultural tour of the CRMA where Her Royal Highness is head of its History department.

Upon arrival at the campus, Her Royal Highness was welcomed at the entrance of the Main Building by UST Vice Rector Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., Vice Rector for Academic Affairs Prof. Cheryl R. Peralta, DrPH, and Vice Rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Maribel G. Nonato, Ph.D. Also part of the reception line was Assumption College President Dr. Carmen Lourdes Valdés.

After signing the University guest book, Her Royal Highness and the members of her delegation proceeded to the Office of the Rector where she had a brief meeting with the University Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P. Her Royal Highness received the coffee table books “400 @ 800” and “Lumina Pandit.”

For the third consecutive year, the University of Santo Tomas (UST) was proclaimed the University

Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) overall champion in both the juniors and seniors divisions. The distinctions were awarded during the Season 81 closing ceremonies held on May 21, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City.

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NEWS NEWS

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UST Museum Director Rev. Fr. Isidro D. Abaño, O.P., gave a tour of the Museum, explained its collection, and showed an exhibition specifically mounted for this delegation. The exhibition included artifacts from Thailand, and photographs of Her Royal Highness when she first visited UST in 1991.

Three lectures for Her Royal Highness and the cadets were delivered after the welcome remarks of the Father Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P. The first topic was a brief history of the University of Santo Tomas, given by Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., followed by a talk on “Security of the Philippines and the South China Sea” by UST Faculty of Civil Law mentor Atty. Enrique dela Cruz, Jr., while Assumption College President Dr. Carmen Lourdes Valdés spoke on “Women and Leadership.”

A formal luncheon program at the Ballroom of the Paredes Building followed the lectures. The UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe performed two Filipino folk dances, and the two-time Choir of the World – Luciano Pavarotti trophy awardee, the UST Singers, in turn, presented Filipino and English songs.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (center) with Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Philippines His Excellency Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng (rightmost) UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., (fourth from left) UST Vice Rector Rev. Fr. Richard G. Ang, O.P., (second from left), and UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr. Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P. (leftmost)

UST Museum Director Rev. Fr. Isidro Abaño, O.P. (with microphone, in white habit) presents items from the Museum’s collection to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, the delegation, and the cadets from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy.

Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

(seated) signs the University guest book as (standing, from left:) UST Vice Rector Rev. Fr.

Richard G. Ang, O.P., UST Secretary-General Rev. Fr.

Jesús M. Miranda, Jr., O.P., and Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Philippines

His Excellency Vasin Ruangprateepsaeng stand as

witnesses.

Princess of Thailand from page 1

UST, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine ink partnership for medical student exchange

The University of Santo Tomas (UST) inked a Memorandum of Understanding on June 25, 2019 at the Rector’s Hall for the exchange of medical students

for clinical rotation between the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery and Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine (KPUM).

UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., represented the University in the signing, while Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine was represented by its President Prof. Takenaka Hiroshi.

Neurology Department and International Academic Exchange Center Head Prof. Mizuno Toshiki stood as a witness for KPUM, while UST Office for International Relations and Programs (UST OIRP) Director Prof. Lilian J. Sison, Ph.D., served as a witness for the University.

Also present during the signing ceremony were: International Academic Exchange Center Administrative Staff Ms. Tsuchiya Chihiro, Executive Secretary to the Rector Prof. Augusto Antonio A. Aguila, Ph.D., UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (UST FMS) Dean Dr. Ma. Lourdes Maglinao, UST OIRP Associate Director Prof. Karen Santiago, Ph.D., UST FMS Director of Clinical Programs Dr. Piedad Rosales Natividad, and UST FMS Secretary Dr. Dexter Clifton Pe. UST Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna V. Fontanilla, Ph.D., served as Master of Ceremonies.

Following the signing, the members of the delegation from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine visited Hotel 1611, Domus Mariae International Hostel, and the UST Hospital. Prior to the visit to the UST Hospital, a luncheon meeting at the UST Faculty of Medicine and Surgery conference room was held, where they discussed a possible collaboration on the World Health Organization Project on “Health Care Promotion in the Aging Population.”

UST Rector Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., (third from left) represents the University of Santo Tomas in the signing of a

Memorandum of Understanding with Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, represented by its President Prof. Takenaka Hiroshi (second

from left). With them are the witnesses: UST Office of International Relations and Programs Director Prof. Lilian J. Sison, Ph.D. (leftmost) and

KPUM Neurology Department and International Academic Exchange Center Head Prof. Mizuno Toshiki (rightmost).

Prof. Takenaka Hiroshi (second from left) and Prof. Mizuno Toshiki (third from left) were welcomed by UST Office of Public Affairs Director Assoc. Prof. Giovanna V.

Fontanilla, Ph.D., (rightmost) and UST Office of International Relations and Programs Associate Director Prof. Karen Santiago, Ph.D., (leftmost).

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RESEARCH

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Dr. Aguinaldo

It is the third straight season that the University has dominated the seniors division, and its fifth straight time to win the juniors title.

The general championship trophy is awarded to the school with the highest total number of points in the 15 sports events — badminton, baseball, basketball, beach volleyball, chess, fencing, football, judo, softball, swimming, table tennis, taekwondo, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.

The University’s athletes bagged a total of 282 points, seven gold medals (men’s and women’s beach volleyball, men’s and women’s table tennis, women’s track and field, men’s and women’s judo), six silver medals (women’s volleyball, women’s fencing, women’s softball, and men’s, women’s, and co-ed Poomsae), and four bronze

medals (women’s basketball, men’s swimming, men’s tennis, and women’s football).

The current point system gives 15 points to the champion squad, 12 points to the runner-up, and 10 points to the second runner-up, while the following points are given in consequent order of finish after third place: 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1.

The overall championship was first awarded in UAAP Season 10. As of Season 81, the University of Santo Tomas now holds the distinction of having the most number of overall championships with 63 titles in total. The University has won 43 seniors’ division overall championships in the 72 seasons that the title has been awarded, and won 20 juniors’ division overall championships out of the 24 seasons since the latter title’s establishment.

UAAP from page 1

UAAP Season 81 MVP for women’s volleyball Cherry Ann “Sisi” Rondina (center) with UST Institute of Physical Education and Athletics Secretary Asst. Prof. Gilda Kamus (right) and Ateneo de Manila University Athletics Office Assistant Director Erica Dy (left) [photo courtesy of ABS-CBN Sports]

Aguinaldo of RCNAS receives Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research

To qualify for the award, the nominee must be a chemist who has conducted chemical research in the Philippines or must have contributed to chemical research through linkages with a Philippine researcher; the nominee must have made significant contributions to his/her field as evidenced by papers published in the last five years, and research mentorship as measured by the number of theses advisees and trainees supervised in the last five years; and he/she must be nominated by the department chair/head of institution/or by a regular member of any of the chemical societies under the PFCS.

Aguinaldo, who also teaches at the College of Science, now joins Vice Rector for Research and Innovation Prof. Maribel G. Nonato, Ph.D., who received the Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research in 2017.

Aguinaldo was the first faculty researcher from the University of Santo Tomas to have been conferred the National Academy of Science and Technology Outstanding Young Scientist Award in 1993. She received the National Research Council of the Philippines Achievement

Award for Chemical Sciences in 2011. A graduate of Chemistry for her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the University of Santo Tomas, Aguinaldo obtained her Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry degree from the University of the Philippines - Diliman in 1992. Among her research interests are the chemistry of natural products with anti-tubercular property, and anti-diabetic property and phytochemistry of Philippine plants.

The PFCS was organized in 1988 to serve as an umbrella organization for the four chemistry societies in the Philippines: Kapisanang Kimika ng Pilipinas, Integrated Chemists of the Philippines, Philippine Association of Chemistry Teachers, and Philippine Association of Chemistry Students. According to its official website, PFCS aims to be an effective agent for: the appreciation and popularization of chemistry; advocacy in national issues and concerns involving the chemical sciences; the promotion of excellence in chemical research; the improvement of competence in chemistry; and the protection of the interests of the chemistry profession.

Research Center for the Natural and Applied Sciences researcher Prof. Ma. Alicia M. Aguinaldo,

Ph.D., received the 2019 PFCS Shimadzu Achievement Award for Chemical Research. The recognition was given by the Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (PFCS) during the 34th Philippine Chemistry Congress held from May 28 to 30, 2019 at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City.

RESEARCHME students win Best Presentation Award at confab on

New Energy in Singapore

SC Associate Justice Hernando delivers 51st Arts and Letters

St. Thomas More Lecture

Four students in their fifth year level under the Mechanical Engineering program received the

Best Presentation Award for their paper “Energy Assessment, Evaluation, and Conservation of the Architecture, Fine Arts and Design Buildings in the Philippines,” during the 2nd International Conference on New Energy and Environmental Engineering held from May 3 to 5, 2019 at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Awarded were: John Vincent Dimaunahan, Ferdinand Endrick Macaspac, Madeleine Concepcion Macchetti, Maria Jose Pastor together with their adviser and co-author Engr. Jeffrey G. Mercado.

The study assessed the physical and electricity usage and to provide energy policies for energy saving. Their recommended strategies will result in 20 to 25 per cent reduction in electricity consumption. The Mechanical Engineering students initially submitted their paper for publication, but they were instead invited to present it during the conference, making them the only student group and the only participants from the Philippines.

The conference participants were engineers and IT professionals from all over the world. Among the keynote speakers were the deans of Nanyang Technological University, (Singapore), Okayama University of Science (Japan), National University of Singapore, and Universitas Gadjah Mada (Indonesia).

The UST Team, namely, Engr. Jeffrey G. Mercado (leftmost), Maria Jose U. Pastor (second

from left), John Vincent M. Dimaunahan (third from left),

Madeleine Concepcion M. Macchetti (fifth from left), and Ferdinand Endrick O.

Macaspac (rightmost), with session chair Universitas

Gadjah Mada Assoc. Prof. Ambar Pertiwiningrum (fourth

from left)

Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando of the Supreme Court of the Philippines delivers the St. Thomas More Lecture before students and faculty members of the UST Faculty of Arts and Letters.

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Supreme Court of the Philippines Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando called on students of

Faculty of Arts and Letters to think of some truths in their lives and be guided by truth and justice amid the country’s “broken” justice system, and hoped “to inspire one or two (students) to pursue ideals that will lift the discourse of this country to a higher level that we all deserve,” as he delivered this year’s 51st St. Thomas Moore lecture held recently at the Dr. Robert Sy Grand Ballroom, Blessed Buenaventura G. Paredes, O.P. Building.

St. Thomas More Lecture to page 6

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Faculty of Arts and Letters Dean Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, Ph.D., (left) and Asst. Dean Nancy N. Tabirara (right) award the Certificate of Appreciation and give volumes one and two of Lumina Pandit as tokens to St. Thomas More speaker Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando (center).

Faculty of Arts and Letters Dean Prof. Michael Anthony C. Vasco, Ph.D., in his opening remarks said that “Social, economic and political realities mirror society with searing truthfulness and that turning a blind eye to it destroys the symbiotic relationship between justice and truth… and that we should not also allow bad politics to come our way in making earnest effort to strike a balance between truth and justice.”

Speaking of truth, Hernando pointed out that he knows what is truth when he feels it, but “what you can feel can be very well defined by regulations, by law, by what your church or religion teaches you..” He also mentioned that his conception of truth is based on his upbringing, his schooling. Quoting a philosopher, he added “truth is the ultimate sum of what is, without truth, justice is only a perversion of what it should be. The world without truth does not exist, that the world exists at all is proof that truth is at it is.”

Discussing the theme “The Praxis of Justice and the Transformative Power of Truth,” Hernando, a professor of Civil and Commercial Law, said he can only guess what it is that needs to be transformed, “do we mean the power of truth to change how we act, how we feel about something, how we perceive people, places and events or are we referring to the justice system, or perhaps the pursuit of happiness or the corruption in

government?” Hernando further stressed that “the

role of truth should be central in our lives, when it is perverted, it spurs a change in attitude, action and our hearts and a change in perspective, it literally transforms us.” In an inspiring note, Hernando concluded that “the humility to acknowledge the truth should lead to a good and just result. That to me is better than transformation, it being faithful to the truth.”

An alumnus of the Faculty of Arts and Letters, Hernando graduated with a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Literature in 1986 and Bachelor of Laws in San Beda College of Law in 1990. He joined the Supreme Court of the Republic of the Philippines as its 180th member on October 10, 2018 and is expected to serve the High Court for the next 18 years.

The St. Thomas More Lecture is the most prestigious lecture-forum at the Faculty of Arts and Letters. Its distinguished roster of speakers include, among others, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, the late former senator Edgardo Angara, Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales, former Finance Secretary Jesus Estanislao, National Artists Bienvenido Lumbera and F. Sionil Jose, former Chief Justice Hilario Davide and veteran journalism and communication educator Crispin Maslog.

St. Thomas More Lecture from page 5

UST hosts 1st Assembly of Asian Architects in Academe

Delegates of the first Asian Architects in the Academe Assembly at the Arch of the Centuries

ARCASIA Committee of Architecture Education Chairman Ar. Gyanendra S. Shekhawat (seated, center), with ARCASIA country representatives, during the ACAE Roundtable meeting

The University of Santo Tomas College of Architecture in partnership with the United Architects of the Philippines, the accredited professional organization of architects of the

Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) hosted the 1st Asian Architects in the Academe Assembly, an international conference on architecture education held from May 30 to June 1, 2019 at the Dr. Robert C. Sy Grand Ballroom of the Buenaventura Garcia Paredes, O.P. Building, UST.

The three-day event gathered 200 local and foreign architects involved in the academe. Its main objective is to establish international collaboration and networking among Asian architects in promoting quality education in the region to serve as leverage in achieving a relevant, market-responsive quality of architecture education in the country. Asst. Professor Jonathan V. Manalad, a faculty member of the College of Architecture served as the Assembly Director in his capacity as the current Executive Director of the UAP Commission on Education.

The assembly theme “Today’s Architecture and Beyond” came in four strands: Pedagogy, Technology, Ecology, and Design. Keynote speakers for each of the strands were internationally-recognized experts particularly in the Asian region led by 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee Engr. Sonam Wangchuk from India. There were a total of 28 speakers including those that presented research papers from Malaysia, Indonesia, India, China and the Philippines.

Parallel to the conference was another highly significant event in the Asian architecture community. The ARCASIA Committee on Architecture Education (ACAE) Roundtable meeting which was convened by ARCASIA Committee of Architecture Education

Chairman Ar. Gyanendra S. Shekhawat, from the Indian Institute of Architects (IIA). The roundtable topic “Architecture Education and the Changing Realities” was the reference of the representatives from the 21-member ARCASIA countries for their respective country reports.

This international meet also explored possible collabora-tion programs among architecture schools in Asia through the Matching and Exchange Conference where inter-country col-laborations in the field of student exchange, faculty exchange, Asian pedagogy workshops among Asian architecture schools were formalized.

RCCAH hosts Brown Bag discussion with

visiting professor Dr. Thomas Mical of

Auckland University of Technology

The Research Center for Culture, Arts, and Humanities hosted a Brown Bag Discussion on May 21, 2019 with Dr. Thomas Mical, professor

of Architectural Studies in Auckland University of Technology. Dr. Mical was joined by RCCAH research fellows Ar. Cecilia Villanueva, Asst. Prof. Ma. Eloisa Sevilla-Perez, Ar. Ruth Marie Equipaje, Ar. Felicisimo Jr Tejuco, Mr. Raniel SM Reyes, Ph.D., and RCCAH Director Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, Ph.D.

The paper presentations included a wide array of research, with academic disciplines ranging from Philosophy, Literature, to Architecture Studies. Reyes, a faculty member of the UST Department of Philosophy, delivered a paper on “Becoming-Democratic as Becoming-Revolutionary” which looked into the role and effect of democracy and revolution in the present society. Equipaje, who teaches at the UST College of Architecture, presented her study on “Defining the Perception of Space and Acceptable Distances in the Context of the Filipinos: A Case Study of Social Spaces in the Urban Setting of the Philippines,” which focused on critiquing social hubs in urban public spaces of our local cities.

Perez, a faculty from the Department of Literature, presented her research on “Cultural Trauma in Southeast Asian Novels: History, Identity, Testimony,” which discussed experiences of trauma as shown in Southeast Asian literature. Tejuco, a faculty member of the UST College of Architecture, concluded the paper presentations with a discussion on his research “Enhancing the Cultural- Heritage Experience of the 100-year old UST Campus (Sampaloc, 1927) through a Tourism Master Plan,” which delved on the study of sustainable tourism for the UST campus.

RCCAH hosts Brown Bag to page 8

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Mical, whose research interests are in the field of Modern Architecture, Urbanism and Contemporary Theory in Architecture, Media and Continental Philosophy, and Qualitative Research Methods, exchanged views and commentaries with the paper presenters. At the end of the session, RCCAH Director Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, Ph.D., presented certificates to all participants.

UNIVERSITY VISITORS

University Visitors

Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya (WMCUS)

Visitors from Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya, Indonesia, with UST Graduate School Dean Prof. Marilu R. Madrunio, Ph.D., (fifth from left) assisted by Department of English faculty member Asst. Prof. Michelle Desierto (leftmost)

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(From left, seated): Ar. Cecilia Villanueva, Asst. Prof. Ma. Eloisa Sevilla-Perez, Visiting Prof. Dr. Thomas Mical, RCCAH Director Prof. Joyce L. Arriola, Ph.D., , Ar. Ruth Marie Equipaje, (standing:) Ar. Felicisimo Jr. Tejuco, and Mr. Raniel SM Reyes, Ph.D.,

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