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First Filipino IBM Faculty Awards Winner

a facULty member of the DLSU coLLege of compUter StUDieS won in the IBM Faculty
Awards, an annual, worldwide competition which seeks to foster collaboration between researchers at leading universities and persons in IBM research, development and services. Winners of the program are each awarded a grant from IBM, to be utilized by the faculty to further their research on projects that have the potential to stimulate growth in disciplines that are strategic to IBM. Clement Ong of the Computer Technology Department is the first Philippine winner of the award. There are six awardees this year from Southeast Asia: one each from Singapore and Malaysia, three from Thailand, and one from the Philippines.

S P A I N S WEBOMETRICS RANKING OF WORLD UNIVERSITIES 1

UNIVERSITY OF PHILIPPINES World Rank: 918 RANK 982 1,690 2,363 673

The research efforts of DLSU are underscored in the July 2011 Webometrics Ranking of World Universities conducted by the Cybometrics Lab, a research group of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas. CSIC is the largest public research body in Spain. Spains Webometrics of university rankings offers a comprehensive approach in ranking higher educational institutions. Aside from research output, it also considers other indicators which reflect the global quality of education and academic prestige of universities. Webometrics primarily targets electronic access to scientific publications and to other academic material. Web indicators are very useful for ranking purposes as they are not based on the number of visits or page design, but on the global performance and visibility of the universities. Out of 12,000 universities evaluated, UP Diliman was rated 918th in the world. DLSUs world ranking was 2,096th while Ateneo was at 2,525th. Webometrics indicators: Size (S). Number of pages recovered from four engines: Google, Yahoo, Live Search and Exalead. For each engine, results are log-normalized to 1 for the highest value. Then for each domain, maximum and minimum results are excluded and every institution is assigned a rank according to the combined sum. Visibility (V). The total number of unique external links received (inlinks) by a site can be only confidently obtained from Yahoo Search. Results are log-normalized to 1 for the highest value and then combined to generate the rank. Rich Files (R). After evaluation of their relevance to academic and publication activities and considering the volume of the different file formats, the following were selected: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), Adobe PostScript (.ps), Microsoft Word (.doc) and Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt). These data were extracted using Google and merging the results for each filetype after log-normalizing in the same way as described before. Scholar (Sc). Google Scholar provides the number of papers and citations for each academic domain. These results from the Scholar database represent papers, reports and other academic items. The four ranks were combined according to a formula where each one has a different weight: Visibility (external inlinks) Size (web pages) Rich files Scholar 50% 20% 15% 15%

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DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY World Rank: 2,096 CRITERIA Visibility Size Rich files Scholar RANK 2,339 1,338 2,234 2,912

DLSU Students in Leaders Business Summit

after a rigoroUS Screening anD interview proceSS, three students from the
DLSU College of Business were chosen to participate in the 6th Aboitiz Future Leaders Business Summit (AFLBS) on August 19-20. Rachel Ann Chua (BS in Marketing Management), Joan Jao (BS in Applied Economics and Business Management), and Ma. Theresa Ortega (BS in Applied Economics and Marketing Management) were among the elite batch of college students selected to join the summit. AFLBS is an annual gathering of the top 90 carefully selected college students across the Philippines to learn about business and The summit provides the students with a renewed and refreshed outlook towards the country and poses a challenge to the Filipino youth to step out of their collegiate mindset, look into the future, and aspire to be one of the countrys
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leadership. It is Aboitizs way of affirming and inspiring a continued belief in the unique and outstanding capabilities of the Filipino among todays youth.

future leaders in whatever field they plan to pursue, business or otherwise. The summit features plenary discussions, games, and teambuilding exercises, simulating real work and business situations.

INSIDE: Research developments in higher education First Filipino IBM Faculty Awards Winner

DLSU launches Ramon V. del Rosario College of Business

ATENEO DE MANILA UNIVERSITY World Rank: 2,525 CRITERIA Visibility Size Rich files Scholar RANK 2,543 2,075 2,874 3,329

Breakthrough study on the Centennial Tree DLSU100 promotes efficient electric mobility
DLSU President and Chancellor Br. Jun Erguiza FSC, Board of Trustees Chair Francis Estrada, and Phinma President Ramon del Rosario, Jr. ASFC lead the unveiling of the RVR COB marker at St. La Salle Hall.

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De La SaLLe UniverSity haS renameD its College of Business to

Ramon V. de Rosario College of Business in honor of the Filipino business icon and La Salle alumnus.

A commemorative marker bearing the Colleges new name was unveiled on July 25 at the St. La Salle Hall of the Taft campus.

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Visiting Professor discusses US political environment
a LectUre on the 2012 US preSiDentiaL eLectionS waS heLD last July 19 at Yuchengco Hall
Rm.508 with special guest speaker, Prof. Benjamin Muego from Cleveland State University. The forum was sponsored by the Political Science Department. Muego discussed the recent events in the political scene of the United States, including his thoughts on President Obamas chances at winning the reelections. He said that several factors such as the present state of the economy and the unity of the Democrat voting block are strong determinants of the Presidents reelection. A professorial lecturer in Cleveland State University, Muego is also a Fellow of the Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and Society; a life-member of the Fulbright Association and President, as well as an active member of the American Political Science Association, Association for Asian Studies.
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Research developments in higher education

to heLp higher eDUcation inStitUtionS (heiS) in their reSearch program, De La
Salle Universitys Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Zonal Research Center (ZRC) hosted the National Conference on the State of Research in Philippine Higher Education Institutions last June 16 and 17 at the International Conference Center of the College of Saint Benilde. Plenary speakers during the conference included DLSU Board of Trustees member Dr. Maria Serena Diokno and Management and Organization Department Chair Dr. Benito Teehankee. Around 30 HEIs from different regions attended the conference. In her keynote speech, CHED Chairperson Dr. Patricia Licuanan recognized the important role of ZRCs. She said through the conference, CHED will be able to formulate the best strategy to help HEIs, which need the most interventions to improve their research capabilities and outputs. With the theme, Responding to the Issues and Challenges to Research in Higher Education Institutions, the conference showcased papers that provided a picture of the progress of research in Philippine HEIs.

a firSt-timer in SheLLS annUaL fUeL efficiency competition, the DLSU100 Eco

Car garnered 5th place in the plug-in category, prototype class of the Shell Eco-Marathon (SEM) Asia 2011 held last July 6 9 at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. DLSU100 is the only Philippine team that competed in the plug-in or all batteries group. One hundred teams from 13 Asian countries registered for the competition including 7 teams from Team Philippines. Only 59 teams were able to complete official runs due to the strict screening and safety requirements.

The competition is arranged according to design class: Urban Concept (approaching design of conventional cars) and Prototype (streamlined and futuristic designs). Each class is subdivided according to energy system: Combustion (using gasoline, diesel, ethanol, FAME, or GTL) and Electric Mobility (solar, hydrogen fuel cells, or plug-in). The DLSU delegation is sponsored by Pilipinas Shell, Globe Telecoms, the PHINMA Foundation, Hi-Top, Gerbag Industrial Technologies, and SKF Phils.

Breakthrough study on the Centennial Tree

UniverSity feLLow Dr. conSoLacion ragaSa of the coLLege of Science conDUcteD the first-ever reported
thorough study on the various parts of the DLSU Centennial Tree, also known as Bito-on. Ragasa studied several parts of the Bito-on tree, which carries the scientific name Barringtonia asiatica. She discovered valuable information such as anti-inflammatory and cytotoxicity characteristics which are significant in the defense against certain diseases such as cancer. Her analysis led to the development of five posters on various aspects of the tree. The topics of the five posters are as follows: Previous Studies on Barringtonia asiatica, Chemical Constituents of Barringtonia asiatica: leaves, fruits, seeds (published in the Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin - June 2011 issue), Chemical Constituents of Barringtonia asiatica: bark, root, flowers (acceptable for publication in Natural Product Research), Bioactivities of Compounds from Barringtonia asiatica (submitted for publication to the Philippine Agricultural Scientist), and Reported Bioactivities of Compounds from Barringtonia asiatica.

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The event was attended by the US Ambassador K. Harry Thomas, Del Rosario, from page 1 Del Rosario (BSC 38) founded Phinma, the first Filipino-managed investment company. He also brought Harvard Business School professors to the Philippines to teach management courses and was one of the founding trustees of the Asian Management Institute (AIM). He passed away in 2008 at age 90. The book Ramon V. del Rosario: the Making of an Entrepreneur authored by journalist Roel Landingin and published by Central Books was also launched at the Tower Club in Makati that day. In the books foreword, Ramon del Rosario, Jr., also a La Salle alumnus (AB-BSC 67), described his fathers greatest legacyhis work values, sense of service, and deep love of God, family, and country. DLSU was represented by College of Engineering Dean Dr. Pag-asa Gaspillo, Mechanical Engineering Chair Dr. Alvin Chua, Chemical Engineering Chair Dr. Joseph Auresenia, and Mechanical the diplomatic corps, members of congress, and renewable energy stakeholders, with President Benigno Aquino III as the guest of honor.
DLSU100 TEAM and sponsor Alex Hernandez (standing back row, fourth from left) with Shell Eco-Marathon staff in Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

PROJECT CARBON NEUTRAL (PCN)

by the Lasallian Institute for the Environment aims to make La Salle schools greener than ever by introducing projects that offset the amount of carbon emissions.

Renewable energy exhibit features student research

the mechanicaL engineering Department exhibiteD undergraduate research projects during the Grand

Engineering faculty members Engr. Aristotle Ubando and Engr. Martin Kalaw. President Aquino visited the DLSU booth and congratulated the University for its initiatives in renewable energy, especially on the solar car project.

the mark of a truly educated Lasallian in the tradition of academic excellence is service.
---Br. Narciso Erguiza FSC

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Launch of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP) held last June 14 at the Makati Shangri-La.