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DITECH sub-themes· Food and Health · Energy and Environment · Animation and Game Development· Education · Disaster and Risk Management

Ambassador Delia Albert and DLSU OIC President and Chancellor

Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC

0 8 A P R 2 0 1 520VOLUME 46NUMBERTHE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OFDE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

2401 (twen´te fôr´,o, wun) is a landmark number along Taft Avenue. It is the location ID of De La Salle University, home to outstanding faculty and students, and birthplace of luminaries in business, public service, education, the arts, and science. And 2401 is the name of the official newsletter of DLSU, featuring developments and stories of interest about the University.

F A C T S a n d F I G U R E S

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Ambassador Delia D. Albert turns over collection to DLSU

WITH A SHARED COMMITMENT TO

SUPPORT RESEARCH AND INNOVATION,

the De La Salle Water Research Center

(DLSWRC) and Shell companies in

the Philippines recently entered into a

Memorandum of Agreement through the

Shell Powering Progress Together (PPT)

Manila initiative.

The MOA signing last March 25 at the

Water Research Center gets boost from Shell

INSIDE:

see page 3

Ambassador Delia D. Albert turns over collection to DLSU

Computer Studies student wins BPI-DOST award for

software project

ASF members attend Research Writing Fellowship

La Salle holds sports clinic for public school

Photo shows, from left: Shell VP for Communications Mon del Rosario, Shell Country President Edgar Chua, DLSU OIC President and Chancellor Br. Dennis Magbanua FSC, and VCRI Dr. Raymond Tan.

THE LASALLIAN SOLIDARITY FOR PEACE FORUM HELD last March

20 on campus featured a talk by the founding president and

executive director of Teach Peace Build Peace Movement, a non-

profit organization that aims to make every Filipino child and youth

a peace builder.

Guest speaker Bai Rohaniza Sumndad is a Maranao Princess

and chair of the Young Moro Professionals Network. She is the

first Filipino to receive the DOHA International Center for Interfaith

Dialogue Best Individual Award because of her peace building and

interfaith work for children and youth.

She is also a recipient of the 2013 “Emerging Peace Champion”

Award from the N-Peace Network organized by United Nations

Development Program, highlighting women who empower

communities and who are exemplary peace builders.

Forum participants expressed their support for further peace

building projects at DLSU, such as the establishment of a

DLSU chapter of the Teach Peace Build Peace Movement. Deaf

students from De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, for their part,

performed through sign language, the idea that “peace is all about

compassion, regardless of the religion or culture we belong to.”

DLSU’s Center for Social Concern and Action, together with the

Lasallian Formation and Action Team, Political Science Society,

and DLS-CSB Center for Social Action, sponsored the event.

DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY HOSTED

the formal turnover of “Dynamic

Diplomacy: The Ambassador Delia

D. Albert Collection” last March 24 at

the 13th floor of the DLSU Libraries,

Henry Sy, Sr. Hall.

Amb. Albert donated books, papers,

gifts, awards, and keepsakes

gathered within four decades

of her career as an international

diplomat, which was highlighted by

her appointment as the first woman

Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs

of the Philippines and Asia.

“Through this collection, I wish to

motivate, encourage, and hopefully

inspire young Filipino students to

serve the country. I also hope to

widen the students’ understanding

of global issues as they impact on

the Philippines through a series

of dialogues with diplomats,”

Ambassador Albert shared.

SGV Group Founder Washington

SyCip, DLSU OIC President and

Chancellor Br. Dennis Magbanua

FSC, former UN Official Evelyn

Domingo-Barker, as well as

ambassadors from different

countries graced the event.

Bai Rohaniza SumndadPhoto credit: www.teachpeacebuildpeace.org

Maranao princess advocates peace at DLSU forum

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Right: Alron Jan Lam Photo by BPI Foundation

Villavicencio Board Room of the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall was led by

Shell companies in the Philippines Country Chairman Edgar Chua

and DLSU OIC President and Chancellor Br. Dennis Magbanua

FSC.

The partnership project aims to establish a center of excellence

on water research that can be utilized by public, private, and

civil society sectors for water resource efficiency research and

projects, both at the local and regional levels.

To signify its commitment to the partnership, Shell PPT Manila

presented a check of P8.5 million as seed fund for the project.

DLSWRC will use a multidisciplinary approach to addressing

critical issues using perspectives from both hard and soft

sciences. The center will provide a focal point around which

project teams may converge.

Teams may be formed from any of the eight De La Salle tertiary

institutions in the Philippines.

Water Research Center, from page 1

A STAR SCHOLAR AND SUMMA CUM LAUDE CANDIDATE of De La

Salle University’s College of Computer Studies clinched one of

the top 3 prizes awarded by the Bank of the Philippine Islands

Foundation (BPI) and the Department of Science and Technology

(DOST) during the 2015 BPI-DOST Science Awards held at The

Mind Museum in Taguig last March 12.

Alron Jan Lam, a Software Technology major, bagged the third

place for his project entitled, “Breadcrumb: An Indoor Simultaneous

Localization and Mapping System for Mobile Devices,” which could

enable users to have access to indoor positioning systems, much

like the Global Positioning System (GPS), for commercial spaces.

The other winners came from Ateneo de Davao University and

University of the Philippines Diliman.

Now on its 26th year, the BPI-DOST Science Awards has

recognized over 700 outstanding science awardees from its partner

universities nation-wide. It encourages promising young students

to reach higher levels of excellence in the fields of mathematics,

physics, chemistry, engineering, computer science, and biology.

The Best Project of the Year grand winner received P50,000

and a scholarship grant from DOST, the first runner up received

P30,000, and while P10,000 was awarded to the second runner-

up. In addition, all of the 29 science awardees, including the Best

Project of the Year winners, will receive P25,000 and a plaque of

recognition.

DLSU HELD A SPORTS CLINIC FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL VARSITY

PLAYERS of the F.G. Calderon National High School, with Green

Archers varsity players Arnold Van Opstal and Jason Perkins

leading the Lasallian community engagement.

The sports clinic was part of the “Adopt a Public School Program”

of the Lasallian Mission family to engage marginalized children

in collaborative activities with DLSU members. It was held last

March 27 at the F.G. Calderon National High School, with the

Lasallian Mission Community Engagement Committee facilitating

the event.

Participants of the activity included 30 students and teachers,

while approximately 500 students attended the sports orientation.

Van Opstal and Perkins taught basic basketball drills and

exercises and played with the participants. They also gave away

some gifts such as La Salle shirts and ID laces.

Event sponsor Jollibee provided food for the sports clinic

participants.

In a related development, the Lasallian Mission family noted that

its ongoing campaign, “Adopt a Child, Feed a Child Project”

with the F.G. Calderon National High School has contributed to

the zero dropout rate in the school, as reported by its school

administrators.

THE MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

DEPARTMENT HOSTED the lecture entitled, “Smart health data in

the era of health big data” held last March 23 at the seminar room

on the 5th floor of the Yuchengco Hall.

Prof. Raouf Naguib, director of the UK-based BIOCORE Research &

Consultancy International, discussed the nature and sources of big

data in digital health, and explored some of the various challenging

questions resulting from the need of its efficient exploitation.

“The results of such investigations in the medical and health

contexts should lead to a transformation from big data to a much

smarter health data focusing on the actionable value achieved by

human involvement in its creation, processing and consumption

phases for improving the human experience,” he noted.

In his abstract, he cited that a total of 2.5 quintillion terabytes of

data were generated every day in 2012 alone, and it is estimated

that as much data is now generated in just two days as was

created from the dawn of civilization until 2003.

He noted the potentials of managing big data for personalized

medicine and smart health strategies in the near future.

USAID-STRIDE VISITING PROFESSOR DR. OSCAR MANUEL UY

DELIVERED a series of lectures on the various applications of JMP

Statistical Software for data exploration, design of experiments,

and data analytics.

Uy is the Principal Professional Chemist and Statistician at the

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory and was

with DLSU for three weeks to assist faculty members and students

in improving research output quality.

In addition, Uy engaged in consultative meetings with 10

different research groups from DLSU colleges. The Energy

and Environmental Systems Research Group of the Center for

Engineering & Sustainable Development Research coordinated

the meetings, while the University Research Coordination Office

coordinated his lecture series.

He also assisted the Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation,

Dr. Raymond R. Tan, in developing long-term research strategies

for the University.

IN SUPPORT OF THE UNIVERSITY’S RESEARCH GOALS and

to encourage more research endeavors among members of

the Academic Service Faculty (ASF), the University Research

Coordination Office recently launched the ASF Research Writing

Fellowship.

The fellowship is designed to provide selected ASF fellows with an

opportunity to work with top researchers in the University through

a mentorship program. They will work with their assigned mentors

for three months, the duration of the fellowship.

The first workshop was held last March 16-17, with the first 13

fellows giving a brief talk on their working papers. They will present

their final, publishable manuscripts at the culminating activity

scheduled in May.

Computer Studies student wins BPI-DOST award for software project La Salle holds sports clinic for public school

Statistical Analysis lecture series seeks to improve research output

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DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY’S EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND

INTERNATIONALIZATION OFFICE (ERIO) RECENTLY CONDUCTED

the “Study in France–Universite de Catholique de Lille Forum” last

March 18 at the Henry Sy, Sr. Hall. The partnership between the

two universities was first penned in October 2005 under then

Brother President Armin Luistro.

The forum was intended to facilitate the exchange of students

and faculty, as well as strengthen collaborative and research ties

between the two institutions. In attendance were ERIO Executive

Director and University Fellow Dr. Alvin Culaba, School of

Economics Dean Dr. Lawrence Dacuycuy, College of Liberal Arts

Dean Dr. Julio Teehankee, Dean of Ramon V. del Rosario College

of Business Dr. Luisa Delayco, and College of Law faculty member

Atty. Jocelyn Cruz.

The guest speaker, Universite Catholique de Lille International

Relations Office Director Anne-Marie Michel, discussed the various

regular semester and upcoming summer programs offered by the

university to both undergraduate and graduate students.

Universite Catholique de Lille is France’s largest private university

and is located within the French city of Lille. The city of Lille

is situated between Paris and Brussels and is a convenient

destination for students who are planning to visit and study in

Europe.Photos, from left: Dr. Oscar Manuel Uy; faculty members explore the statistical software

Photo Credit: biocoreinternational.com

Green Archers Arnold Van Opstal and Jason Perkins serve as resource for the sports clinic.

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French partner presents student exchange programs

ASF members attend Research Writing Fellowship

UK-based expert gives talk on smart health data

---St. John Baptist de La Salle

Your goal for your pupils must be that your words become spirit and life for them.