Archives: News

January 17, 2021

Christmas Party 2020: Christmas-kerade!

The laboratory celebrated the holidays by having an online gathering last December 19, 2020. Face masks were decorated following a paleontological theme and were shown off by members during the […]
January 17, 2021

Microfossils and Its Applications with Dr. Ric Jordan

Dr. Richard William Jordan from Yamagata University visited the University of the Philippines Diliman from March 7-14, 2020. The purpose of his stay was to teach a graduate course (Geology […]
October 29, 2020

NannoTalks: Oct. 30, 2020

There will be a new NannoTalks presentation by Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Outreach Coordinator and Filipinx paleontologist, Gabriel Santos on October 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM (Philippine Standard […]
October 12, 2020

NannoChats: Oct. 12, 2020

There will be a new NannoChats presentation to be presented by new NIGS faculty and laboratory member, Meyrick Tablizo. He will present the paper by Dominici and co-workers, published in […]
September 21, 2020

NannoChats: Sept. 28, 2020

On September 28, 2020, laboratory member Ma. Caezare Mae Cariño, presented a paper by Ramaswamy and Gaye (2006) on the carbonate and biogenic opal fluxes of foraminifers, coccolithophorids and diatoms […]
May 14, 2020

Thesis Proposal: Justin Jorge Padre

The thesis proposal defense of Mr. Justin Jorge R. Padre was held on May 21, 2020 and was part of the first colloquium held by NIGS via Zoom during the […]
February 27, 2020

2nd Alternative Learning Sessions on Geology at the NIGS Museum

From February 19 to 26, 2020, a week-long Alternative Learning Session in Geology was held for its second year at the UP NIGS-UPGAA Geology Museum. A total of 139 participants, […]
December 3, 2019

Thesis Defense: Catherine Lit

The Thesis Defense of Ms. Catherine C. Lit was held on Dec. 10, 2019 at the NIGS Audio-Visual Room (Rm. 230). Her thesis is on the Provenance analysis and characterization […]
November 22, 2019

Thesis Proposal: Ma. Caezare Cariño

The thesis proposal defense of Ms. Ma. Caezare Mae R. Cariño was held on Nov. 29, 2019 at the NIGS Multipurpose Room. Her proposal defense was part of the second […]
October 10, 2019

Philippine Museums at Plotting Points 2019

The UP NIGS – UPGAA Geology Museum joined Plotting Points 2019, a Philippine Museums Summit held on October 7-9, 2019 at the Yuchengco Museum, Makati. This year, the theme of the […]