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#GoingGlobal: VSU Meteorology department head joins prestigious global climate summer school in China
Photo courtesy of the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Fudan University
Visayas State University (VSU) is once again represented on the global stage, as Mr. Charlindo S. Torrion, Head of the Department of Meteorology, participated in the 2025 International Summer School Program on Climate Change and Related Risks held at Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
Read more ...VSU Meteorology faculty wins 2nd prize at Czech Conference on climate reasearch
Charlies S. Andan, a faculty member of the Department of Meteorology at the Visayas State University (VSU), placed 2nd in the First-Year PhD Student category at the Bažant Postgraduate Conference 2025 held last June 17, 2025 at the Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague.
Read more ...#GoingGlobal: First #ProudViscan to train at Harvard, now back at VSU to serve
Most people would opt to stay when we have made it to one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But for #ProudViscan Dr. Ea Kristine Clarisse Tulin-Escueta, a biotechnology faculty at Visayas State University (VSU), made a clear decision to return to Leyte and serve the country through science.
Read more ...Villaba town grants VSU access to old municipal building to expand education in the community
The Visayas State University (VSU) Villaba is set to grow its capacity to serve more students, following the official signing of a Contract of Usufruct with the Local Government Unit (LGU) of Villaba on July 14, 2025.
Read more ...#DiscoverWithVSU: VSU grad students help pinpoint lead-resistant sweetpotato in US study
A groundbreaking research led by young VSU scientists offers hope for a safer food in lead-affected soils.
In a significant step toward a safer food production, graduate students from Visayas State University (VSU) studying at Louisiana State University (LSU) have identified a sweetpotato cultivar that absorbs less lead from contaminated soils.
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