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24/07/2026

For Avril: CDC Tribute

For Avril: A Celebration of a Life Filled with Joy, Gratitude, and LoveThe College of Development Communication invites ...
23/07/2026

For Avril: A Celebration of a Life Filled with Joy, Gratitude, and Love

The College of Development Communication invites colleagues, former students, friends, and loved ones to come together in honoring the life of our beloved Ma’am Avril.

Let us celebrate the joy she brought into our classrooms and workplaces, the gratitude she carried through life, and the love she so generously shared with the people around her.

📆 24 July, 2026 | 7:00 p.m.
📍 Heaven's Garden, Brgy. Anos, Los Baños, Laguna

May we gather as one community to remember her, share our stories, and celebrate a life that will forever remain part of CDC. 🤍

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For those who may not be able to join us in person but would like to share a story, memory, or message for Ma’am Avril, please leave it in the comments section of this post. We hope to read some of your messages during the program.

22/07/2026

The UPLB College of Development Communication mourns the passing of our dear colleague, Avril Adrianne De Guzman Madrid.

Ma’am Avril will always be remembered as an exceptional teacher and mentor, a science communicator par excellence, and a passionate advocate for cultivating a love of reading.

We will forever be grateful for her dedication to our field and for her meaningful contributions to CDC, the University, and the many communities she served.

Wake is at Room 1, Heaven’s Garden, Brgy. Anos, Los Baños, Laguna.

Details of the funeral will be announced once the arrangements have been finalized.

One of the causes we celebrate this July is World Population Day, we are invited to reflect on population issues and how...
16/07/2026

One of the causes we celebrate this July is World Population Day, we are invited to reflect on population issues and how they shape people, communities, and our shared future.




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Content developed by Elijah Loteriña as part of the DSC Internship Program.

If you are aspiring science communicator with stories and ideas to share, be part of our growing community of young science communicators—send us a message! 💙🧡

💡 Knowledge becomes truly valuable when it is intentionally managed, shared, and transformed into action.On July 7–8, 20...
10/07/2026

💡 Knowledge becomes truly valuable when it is intentionally managed, shared, and transformed into action.

On July 7–8, 2026, the CDC Department of Science Communication brought together 46 professionals from more than 28 institutions nationwide for the online training, “Knowledge Management: Basics for Effective Organizations.”

Representing the academe, government, NGOs and IOs, and the private sector, this dynamic and multi-sectoral cohort explored how organizations can build deliberate systems to protect institutional memory, strengthen collaboration, and make knowledge work for the goals of their organizations.

The two-day learning journey began with Asst. Prof. Garry Jay Montemayor, who unpacked the what, why, and how of Knowledge Management and emphasized the importance of intentionally managing both tacit and explicit knowledge for organizational learning and long-term growth.

Dr. Wini Dagli guided participants through KM System Design, highlighting the need to align people, organizational culture, processes, and enabling technologies to prevent valuable knowledge from becoming fragmented, siloed, or lost.

On the second day, Ms. Charlene Arkaina led the session on leveraging digital technologies and artificial intelligence for knowledge storage and retrieval. Participants explored how digital workspaces and AI-powered tools can support the organization, preservation, and responsible sharing and utilization of knowledge.

In an interactive session on Knowledge Sharing Methods, participants experienced Open Space Technology and World Café and discovered how conversations, shared reflection, and collaborative dialogue can strengthen learning organizations.

The program concluded with participants applying the KM Problem Identification Framework to real challenges in their respective institutions, developing practical and systematic solutions to improve coordination, preserve organizational memory, and improve their KM culture.

Beyond the frameworks and tools, the training was enriched by the participants’ questions, insights, and stories from their own workplaces.

Swipe through the photos, expert insights, and learner reflections from two days of shared learning and collaboration.

This training is part of the DSC ESTEEM Program, the Department’s continuing initiative to strengthen professional capacities in science communication, Knowledge Management, digital communication, and related fields.

And the learning journey continues: an Advanced Knowledge Management Course is already on the way.

Follow the CDC Department of Science Communication for updates and more learning opportunities designed for organizations and professionals across sectors. 💙🧡

🧒🌱 How do we talk about climate change with children?This study explores how Filipino kindergarten educators introduce e...
01/07/2026

🧒🌱 How do we talk about climate change with children?

This study explores how Filipino kindergarten educators introduce environmental and climate-related ideas to young learners across public and private school contexts.

Through a mini-ethnographic multiple-case study, the research shows how teachers become everyday environmental communicators, translating climate meanings through stories, routines, emotions, visuals, songs, and acts of care.

Caitlin’s study, the recipient of the CDC Best Undergraduate Research Award, reminds us that climate communication can begin in small, tender, and everyday ways, with teachers helping young learners make sense of a changing world.

🍽️ What do our feelings have to do with food waste?For his study, Earl examined how moral emotions and personal norms sh...
30/06/2026

🍽️ What do our feelings have to do with food waste?

For his study, Earl examined how moral emotions and personal norms shape food waste reduction behaviors among UPLB undergraduate students.

While food waste is often framed as an environmental problem in sustainability discussions, the study shows that students also understand it through emotional, moral, and cultural values shaped by the people and institutions around them.

The research reminds us that effective communication and behavior change begin with understanding how people already make sense of an issue, and the meanings they attach to it.

It's not simply to deliver messages, but to understand the people behind the behaviors we hope to change.

Have you ever thought about your SOGIE while a storm rattled your window, or when it was too hot to step outside?Vico li...
29/06/2026

Have you ever thought about your SOGIE while a storm rattled your window, or when it was too hot to step outside?

Vico listened to the stories of eight q***r Filipinos living in climate-vulnerable communities in Leyte, Ilocos Norte, Agusan del Norte, and South Cotabato for this study.

Their narratives show how the climate crisis is never experienced evenly. For q***r Filipinos, strong storms, brutal heat, and changing landscapes are made heavier by exclusion, discrimination, and invisibility in their own homes and communities.

Some could not return home during disasters because their families had shut them out. Some could not wear gender-affirming clothes in extreme heat. Some were not counted in disaster response systems at all.

And yet, amid ecological grief and loss, q***r joy endured. Through “luksong-dugo,” care, survival, and solidarity moved from one q***r body to another.

This Pride Month, the study reminds us: the systems that harm the planet and erase q***r people are connected. So are the struggles to protect them. 🌈

🌊 Held Up by High WatersThis study explores the flood communication needs of residents in Barangays Bayugo and Saluysoy ...
26/06/2026

🌊 Held Up by High Waters

This study explores the flood communication needs of residents in Barangays Bayugo and Saluysoy in Meycauayan City, Bulacan, where flooding is not just a weather event but a recurring community reality.

By looking into how communities receive, interpret, and respond to flood-related information, the research highlights the need for risk communication that is localized, actionable, participatory, and anticipatory.

For Kyleen, the delays in her thesis journey became a push to be more intentional in understanding the communication needs of flood-prone barangays in her hometown.

Communication systems in disaster-prone communities must do more than inform, it must help communities prepare, decide, and act.

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