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NIGS Quarterly
Newsletter of the National Institute of Geological Sciences
Issue No. 8-9
October 2024 to March 2025

UP Geological Society
National Geology Congress (NGC) The University of the Philippines Geological Society (UP GeoSoc) successfully hosted the 2024 National...
UP Geological Society
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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UP Geology Majors' Society
Alternative Classroom Learning Experience (ACLE) On May 26, 2024, UP GeMS partook in the university-wide conduct of the Alternative...
UP Geology Majors' Society
Jun 30, 20243 min read
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Bridging Borders: NIGS Professors at the Taiwan-Philippines Summit
The Taiwan-Philippines Summit on Active Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Marine, and Environmental Disasters was hosted by the National Chung...
Mike Ausejo
Jun 24, 20241 min read
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NIGS graduate students embark on an international internship journey
In 2015, the Ministry of Education of Taiwan launched the Taiwan Experience Education Program (TEEP), which is a short-term internship...
Mike Ausejo
Jun 17, 20241 min read
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Two UP NIGS professors receive 2024 Hayag Award
Associate Professor Dr. Jillian Aira Gabo-Ratio and Professor Dr. Mario Aurelio of UP NIGS received the “2024 HAYAG: Pagpupugay sa...
NIGS Admin
Jun 13, 20241 min read
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Empowering Tomorrow's Experts: NIGS Graduate Students Participate in ISA Contractor Training Program
Ms. Elisha Jane M. Maglalang, Ms. Faye Anne De Leon, Ms. Chelsi Grace Mendoza, and Ms. Kristine Joy Motol, graduate students from the...
Eli Maglalang
Jun 1, 20241 min read
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NIGS URA participates at the 2024 ISROC Field School in St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Mr. Lyndon Nawanao Jr, a University Research Associate at NIGS and an MS Geology student, was one of the full-travel grant recipients who...
NIGS Research
May 31, 20241 min read
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Graduate and undergraduate students receive the UP Geology Merit Award
Conceptualized in 2001, the UP Geology Merit Award (UPGMA) is a cash award program for UP NIGS students who distinguish themselves in...
UP Iuvenis Orbis
May 31, 20241 min read
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Geol 273 (Advanced Mineral Deposits) fieldwork in Benguet and Zambales
MS Geology students enrolled in Geology 273 (Advanced Mineral Deposits) class conducted fieldwork in Benguet and Zambales last May 18-19...
Ma. Yna Rose Garcia
May 28, 20242 min read
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Embedded Systems, IoT, and Remote Monitoring and Control for Water Resource Applications
On May 14, 2024, Dr. James C. Peyton Jones delivered a talk for the 61st NIGS Lecture Series at the NIGS Seminar Room at 3:30 PM.
Bea Medina
May 14, 20241 min read
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Ongoing collaboration between UP-NIGS and GIGCAS
On the 6th of May 2024, researchers and faculty members from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences (GIGCAS)...
John Kenneth Badillo
May 10, 20242 min read
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Fieldwork with Dr. Tomoki Kase: Molluscs, otoliths, forams and all things paleontological!
Members of the Nannoworks Laboratory (Dr. Allan Gil Fernando, David Policarpio and John Paul Mondala), along with visiting paleontologist Dr
JP Mondala
May 7, 20243 min read
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Geol 135 (Earth History) class fieldwork in La Union and Pangasinan
Undergraduate students from the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) participated in a fieldwork expedition for their Geology...
Joeven Calvelo
May 7, 20241 min read
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IEC conducted in Sagada, Mountain Province
The DOST-funded research project titled “Project 1. Evolution of the Luzon Arc: From Igneous to Sedimentary Processes” under the program...
Mariz Alcancia
May 3, 20242 min read
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Undergraduate students receive the Dr. George C. Bacuta Thesis Grant
Three (3) undergraduate students are this year's recipients of the Dr. George C. Bacuta Undergraduate Thesis Grant. Cluster 1: SIPOY,...
NIGS Admin
Apr 23, 20241 min read
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UP NIGS UPGAA Geology Museum: Bringing Geoscience Closer to the People
The NIGS-UPGAA Geology Museum offers an alternative venue where geosciences can be taught outside the traditional four corners of a...
JP Mondala
Mar 31, 20242 min read
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UP Geological Society
During the first quarter of 2024, the University of the Philippines Geological Society (UP GeoSoc) undertook several activities which...
UP Geological Society
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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UP Geology Majors' Society
Applicants Batch 23A Apps’ Night Regarded as the highly anticipated event of the application process, the Apps’ Night is tasked solely to...
UP Geology Majors' Society
Mar 29, 20242 min read
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UP Cwm Zena’na
44th Anniversary of UP Cwm Zena'na For its 44th celebration, the members put together, Effloresce: Blooming in the Arms of Sisterhood as...
UP Cwm Zena'na
Mar 28, 20243 min read
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Charting new depths: NIGS professors and students embarked on Marine Geophysics Exchange Program
Dr. Carla B. Dimalanta and Dr. Leo T. Armada, accompanied by several graduate and undergraduate students from the Rushurgent Working...
Mike Ausejo
Mar 28, 20242 min read
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