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Gripaldo book on Jacinto’s philosophy out

Philosophy faculty Dr. Rolando Gripaldo will launch his new book titled Liberty and Love: The Political and Ethical Philosophy of Emilio Jacinto on March 22, 10:30 a.m. at the Ariston Estrada Seminar Room. In the book’s foreword, written by Dr. William McBride, Philosophy Professor at Purdue University, USA, he said that Gripaldo’s “exposition and exploration of the thought of Emilio Jacinto, treating him as a philosophical thinker and not simply an active revolutionary, contribute significantly to an understanding of the emerging Filipino independence movement at the end of the 19th century.”

Gripaldo, current director of Research and Publication of the College of Liberal Arts, finished his PhD in Philippine Studies at the University of the Philippines. Specializing in Filipino philosophy, Gripaldo has published other books including Quezon-Winslow correspondence and other essays, and Filipino philosophy: Traditional approach (Part I), among other titles. The book is published by the DLSU Press.

Briones joins ASEF University Alumni Network Launch

Nikki Briones, faculty of the International Studies Department attended the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) University’s launching of an alumni network which will continue to establish exchanges between Asian and European young professionals. The Asia-Europe Foundation brought alumni from the two regions on February 28-March 2 to Brussels, Belgium for the event.

She was sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs four years ago to attend the First Asia-Europe Foundation University in Reutlingen University in Germany.
Briones was nominated and selected as member of the Protem Committee or the first steering committee of the network. Participants of the committee were presented at a formal dinner composed of dignitaries from the European Commission and the Asia-Europe Meeting countries.

COS faculty conduct training workshop for Philippine Coast Guard Personnel

Dr. JSR Carandang VI of the Biology Department, together with his ECOLLAB NO3 class, conducted a Rapid Water Quality Assessment of the mouth of Pasig River on February 18. The study site was in the vicinity of the Philippine Coast Guard Parola Base.
The activities were held in cooperation with DLSU-M’s Center for Natural Sciences and Environmental Research (CENSER) and the Marine Environmental Protection Command of the Philippine Coast Guard.

CENSER Director Dr. Eric Punzalan and Biology professor Elpidio Retes also gave lectures on how to conduct scientific studies in the field and in the laboratory.
Commodore Elpidio Padama, Commanding Officer-MEPCOM-PCG, welcomed the group from La Salle.