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📢 [WEBINAR ANNOUNCEMENT]

How can computational tools advance our understanding of biological systems and medical research? 🧬💻

The Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics of the University of the Philippines Manila invites everyone to a 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 "𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗽𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵," with guest speaker 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗩. 𝗔𝗹𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘇𝗮, 𝗣𝗵𝗗, from the Functional Brain Imaging Lab, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Canada.

📅𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: October 23, 2026 (Friday)
⏰𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
💻𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: ONLINE via Zoom

🔗𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://up-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/EVOe0-crSAKOiCnUhUPlUQ or scan the QR code provided on the poster!

For inquiries, please contact John Paul Bustillo at [email protected].

𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄! 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄! 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄!

𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐲s 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬, 𝐔𝐏 𝐕𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐢𝐱 😊 . Hey Apphy Sophies! For the first time ever, we’re venturing beyond our orbit and launching a tutorial outside the world of Physics 🧬!

See you later for 𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒐 𝑨𝒄𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 🌱, a tutorial on BIOLOGY 110 hosted by yours truly ✨.

📍UP Manila Learning Resource Center
🕚 4:00-7:00 PM

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Co-presented by:
University of the Philippines Manila Learning Resource Center

In Partnership with:
UP Society of Computer Scientists
UP Mathematics Club

🎨: Christine Gadil
✍️: Sophia San Andres

𝐌𝐀𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐆-𝐆𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐀 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐘𝐀 💔

Alam mo bang walang exempted sa ghosting?

There exist tiny “𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒍𝒆𝒔," called 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙨, that pass through your body every second. These neutrinos don’t have any electric charge, and they primarily interact via the weak nuclear force. This allows them to travel through LARGE amounts of matter. In fact, a single neutrino can pass through the entire Earth! They almost never interact with matter, which lets them pass through without leaving a trace (like ghosts!)

Looking at them this way, neutrinos seem insignificant. So, why are physicists studying them? Neutrinos are created in the universe's most violent events (like exploding stars and supermassive black holes). Unlike light, which gets blocked by space dust or other particles that get bent by magnetic fields, they travel across billions of light-years in a perfectly straight line. Studying them lets scientists see directly into phenomena that ordinary telescopes aren’t able to see. But how do scientists catch something that's practically invisible?

𝐒𝐀 𝐘𝐄𝐋𝐎 𝐏𝐀𝐋𝐀 𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐀𝐆𝐎𝐓!

Physicist 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐬 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐳𝐞𝐧 helped pioneer the 𝙄𝙘𝙚𝘾𝙪𝙗𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙤 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, a large-scale detector buried beneath Antarctic ice, equipped with over 5,000 light sensors. Halzen and his team managed to turn a natural glacier into a particle trap! Why ice?

Antarctic ice is clear and protected from interference at the surface. When a neutrino occasionally interacts with matter in the ice, it can produce a fast-moving charged particle that emits a faint blue glow called Cherenkov radiation (the optical equivalent of a sonic boom). By detecting these flashes, IceCube's sensors can estimate the neutrino's energy and reconstruct the direction it came from, helping scientists trace its possible cosmic origins.

In 2013, IceCube announced the discovery of high-energy neutrinos from beyond Earth's atmosphere, opening a new window into the universe through neutrino astronomy. For his pioneering contributions to IceCube and the discovery of high-energy astrophysical neutrinos, Francis Halzen was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics. ⚛️

Turns out, even the universe's most elusive ghosters can't stay hidden forever! 👻

If you want to read more about neutrinos or IceCube, you can access these references:

[1] Nobel Prize in Physics 2026. (n.d.). NobelPrize.org. https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2026/press-release/
IceCube. (n.d.). IceCube. https://icecube.wisc.edu/science/icecube/

[2] Schirber, M. (2026, October 6). Nobel Prize: Neutrinos from Far, Far Away (Updated). Physics. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v19/138

[3] The puzzle of neutrinos, seventy years on – Home | CERN. (2026, July 20). https://home.cern/the-puzzle-of-neutrinos-seventy-years-on/





✍️: Christine Soriano
🎨: Nico Cariño

✨𝑨𝒑𝑷𝒉𝒚 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒔, 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒖𝒎-𝒇𝒖𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒏𝒐 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆!?👾⚛️

The second session for 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐏) 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 took place last Tuesday, September 29, as we dove into the bizarre world of 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝟏𝟒𝟎: 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 ⚛️💡. BS Applied Physics Juniors got to revisit the derivation of operators, work through bra-ket notation, and tackle some of the key ideas behind quantum mechanics 🤓📝.

Thank you very much for attending and making this tutorial a success, and see you on the next tutorials! 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐏 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 👽🛸🌌

Co-presented by:
University of the Philippines Manila Learning Resource Center

In Partnership with:
UP Society of Computer Scientists
UP Mathematics Club

🎨: Kyle Albano & Rhea Katrina Ngayawon
✍️: Sophia Andrea San Andres

✨𝑨𝒑𝑷𝒉𝒚 𝒔𝒐𝒑𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔 ‘𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒔, 𝒏𝒐 𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒆! 👾🧮

Last Monday, September 28, 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 (𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐏) 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 got things rolling with our first ever tutorial session for 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝟏𝟏𝟏: 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬📚⚡️! BS Applied Physics Sophies got down to business at turning 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙜𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖 concepts into total clarity 🤓📝 from vectors and vector spaces to matrices and more✨.

Thank you very much for attending and making this tutorial a success, and see you on the next tutorials! 𝕾𝖙𝖆𝖞 𝖙𝖚𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖊 𝐇𝐓𝐀𝐏 𝖚𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 👽🛸🌌

Co-presented by:
University of the Philippines Manila Learning Resource Center

In Partnership with:
UP Society of Computer Scientists
UP Mathematics Club

🎨: Kyle Albano & Rhea Katrina Ngayawon
✍️: Sophia Andrea San Andres

૮₍ ˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶ ₎ა ♡ 『 𝘎𝘖𝘖𝘋 𝘎𝘙𝘐𝘌𝘍! 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘛𝘌𝘈𝘔𝘚 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘏𝘌𝘙𝘌! ♡ 🐶🔗💌 』

The ⋆⁺₊⋆ 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶-𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ⋆⁺₊⋆ are officially complete! ⚡💛

Check out the final lineup below and see who you’ll be sharing your Physics journey with! 📚🫂

And we’re just getting started! 👀 Stay tuned for more SPARKLink events and activities coming your way 🐾✨.

『 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸.... 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘒-𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤 𝘣𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 🥳 』

𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 & 𝐋𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍! 💌






✍️: Kylie Cruz
🎨: Rhea Katrina Ngayawon

Today, we honor the people who shape the future, the ones who help us reach greater heights and help us grow to be individuals who use knowledge to make the world a better place!

As Christa McAuliffe once said, “I touch the future. I teach.” Thank you for being the hands that guide us toward a brighter tomorrow. Just like light passing through a prism, your guidance unveils the many possibilities each of us can become. We are grateful for your patience and dedication in nurturing our minds and inspiring us to keep reaching beyond what we know.

𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬’ 𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭!

UP Vector also expresses our utmost gratitude to our adviser, 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐟. 𝐄𝐳𝐞𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐥 𝐑𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨, for his constant support and guidance throughout our journey as an organization. We are very excited for the rest of the academic year and look forward to creating more opportunities to bring physics to the people with your continued support, Sir Zeke! ✨.






🎨: Princess Ericka Marasigan

【⏻】𝑵𝑬𝑿𝑻 𝑳𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑳 𝑼𝑷 𝑽𝑬𝑪𝑻𝑶𝑹 𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑮… ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

ＬＥＶＥＬ １６.２: ＢＥＧＩＮ ▶

☢️ 𝑊𝛥𝛤𝛱𝛪𝛱𝐺! 𝐷𝛪𝛻𝛥 ρᥲɾtɩᥴꙆᥱ⳽ ᑯᥱtᥱᥴtᥱᑯ…

𝘋𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯, 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯🌠–𝗨𝗣 𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿’𝘀 𝟭𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺 is gonna 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 😱 ‘coz they are bringing the heat 🔥and 𝟏𝟔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 ⚡️ as a new era of 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 begins! 𝘼𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝟯𝟲𝟬 ✨🪩

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭: Jerson Villaruel
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: Saliha Latiph
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬: Sophia San Andres
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬: Kane Opis
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐧-𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬: Prettyrich Sediaco
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲: Rhea Ngayawon
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞: Nathan Ty
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Ayessa Favila
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐞-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: Will Gino
𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Prinxyl Cortex
𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Jaren Aldaba
𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Carlo Eusebio
𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞: Crisleo Martinito






✍️: Sophia San Andres
🎨: Rhea Katrina Ngayawon
📸: Rigel Buenaventura, Christine Gadil

🎶APPHY na BIRTHDAY mo pa 🤯, APPHY na BIRTHDAY mo pa 🤩 🎶

UP Vector wishes you a very (H)Apphy Birthday, Pretty 🥰! As you enter another year of revolution around the sun ☀️, may your day be driven by an external force of ma(ximum) = F(un) 🥳, infinite joy ♾️🎁🎉and zero worries 🥹🫶🏻. Most importantly, may your wishes always be within your reach ✨and your dreams in motion 🫶🚀.

Keep shining like the star that you are, Pisisista ng Bayan, Pretty 🌠!