The University of the Philippines Mindanao was awarded the Mindanao Winner under the "Improving Access to Technology and Innovation" category of the 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners for creating the Innovation and Development Accelerators Consortium for Start-ups Davao (IDEAS Davao) in ceremonies held at the Malacañan Palace on July 10, 2024. Asst. Prof. Miguel Carlo S. Guillermo of the Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science (DMPCS), coordinator of the UP Mindanao Technology Transfer and Business Development Office (TTBDO), and IDEAS Davao project leader, received the award from President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

UP Mindanao created the Innovation and Development Accelerators Consortium for Start-ups Davao (IDEAS Davao) under the ReSEED program of the DOST-PCIEERD.

UP Mindanao created IDEAS Davao to help facilitate collaborative initiatives to improve incubation programs, mentoring, networking, fundraising, and media exposure for startups in the Davao Region. They helped incubate early-stage technology-based and socially relevant startups through comprehensive business training programs, market access, networking opportunities, intellectual property management, and legal counsel for their members. The IDEAS Davao Consortium consists of the Academe, Government, Private, Public, Media, and TBI Partners.

The 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners aims to honor institutions and organizations that championed and paved the way for the country's sustained economic growth with their programs to improve the business climate, access to finance, markets, technology and innovation, and management/labor capacities of micro, small, and medium enterprises.

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The Department of Architecture celebrates the accomplishments of its graduates, with two projects making the shortlist for the prestigious World Architecture Festival 2024. Ar. Leslie Tom Pagaduan (BSA 2007) and Ar. Gloryrose Dy-Metilla (BSA 2009) are the principal architects of their projects. These projects are among the eight from the Philippines to be recognized, and uniquely, they are the sole representatives from Davao City. The festival is scheduled to take place from November 6 to 8, 2024, at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

LT Pagaduan Design Studio
New Public Market and Terminal Complex, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur
Future Projects: Infrastructure Category
Principal Architect: Ar. Leslie Tom Pagaduan

"Armor: Stories" by UP Mindanao Assoc. Prof. John Bengan (Dep. of Humanities) has now been translated into the Albanian language by OMBRA GVG Publishing House, one of Albania's most well-known publishing houses. Its publications include a carefully selected variety of the most well-known classical and modern authors worldwide.

Prof.Bengan's "Armor" was a finalist in the recent 41st National Book Awards for short fiction in English and received the 23rd Madrigal Gonzalez Best First Book Award.

Image from Ateneo de Manila University Press