Affectionately known as the 鈥淧andan Queen,鈥� Nonato pioneered researches in the genus pandanus species endemic to the country, and her seminal work led scientists here and abroad to conduct further studies on the matter. Her studies on pandanus began in the 1990s, as she was pursuing her doctorate in organic chemistry from the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her pioneering work has earned her the 2006 National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) Achievement Award for the Chemical Sciences, the , and the .

A prolific researcher and education leader both in and out of the University, Nonato has published research papers and book chapters both in international and local publications. She is a Regular Member of the National Research Council of the Philippines and is a Member of the Technical Committee for Chemistry of the Commission on Higher Education. She was the President of the Natural Products Society of the Philippines (2014-2020), the Philippine Federation of Chemistry Societies (2008-2012) and the Organic Chemistry Teachers鈥� Association (2000-2015). 

Nonato, a faculty member of the of the and of the , is UST鈥檚 first Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation, a post previously known as Assistant to the Rector for Research and Innovation. She was Dean of the College of Science from 2008-2012.

Nonato now joins fellow former Science dean and UST research head , as well as Graduate School faculty members Academician Mudgeekeewis Santos and Academician Veronica Chan. UST graduates who have been elevated to this rank include Nonato and Sevilla, as well as tropical medicine specialist Dr. Remigio Olveda (Education High School 1965, BS Pre-Med 1969) and historian Dr. Gregorio B. Zaide (PhD in History 1934).

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XDP is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, indigenous in the Panay Islands of the Philippines. This Advisory Board has been tasked to design, implement and monitor the First Multi-Center Natural History of XDP in the Philippines, which will be the groundwork for future clinical trials to ameliorate the symptoms of XDP.

Rosales, a neurologist from the聽, has published over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals and participated as a site principal investigator in a number of international, multicentre trials. His research interest spans dystonia and parkinsonism, neuromuscular disorders, pain, botulinum toxin science and therapy. He is an Academic Editor for Neurology and Psychiatry of Medicine Open Access Journal (USA) and editorial board member of various movement disorder journals, a book editor with three titles to his name, and chapter author in ISBN books. He has received various research and international publication awards from UST.

In 2016, he received the  for 2016 for the field of Neuroscience and Behavior, and in 2017, was the first Thomasian to be listed in the  list.

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In his welcome remarks, the Very Rev. Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P., PhD, Rector of UST, heaped praises on the media for their role as UST鈥檚 partners in reaching out to a wider audience. He thanked the media for the articles written, the shows broadcast, and the coverage provided to UST in all these years of partnership.

Thomasian expertise
Part of the event was the introduction to the press of the expanded Thomasian Speakers Bureau, comprised of UST professors / faculty members who specialize in different fields.

The Bureau, first launched in 2014, facilitates easy access for the media to get in touch with UST鈥檚 experts, especially when burning issues are being discussed and academic opinions are needed.

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Fr. Dagohoy, now also Angelicum鈥檚 Rector and Chief Executive Officer, explained that the integration was a mandate of the last two Provincial Chapters of the Dominican Province of the Philippines鈥�2012 and 2016. In the 2012 Acts, the integration was envisioned to mean 鈥渢he coordination of our apostolic priorities and sharing of our talents, expertise, and resources in the fulfillment of our apostolic endeavors.鈥� This was reinforced in the 2016 Acts, which mandated that the efforts to integrate 鈥渂e continued and intensified.鈥�

Angelicum College will now become 鈥溙交ň� 鈥� Angelicum College.鈥� Its board of trustees will now be largely composed of trustees from UST, but it will retain its administrative and financial independence.

UST will likewise provide support for Angelicum to continue developing and enhancing its pioneering educational model, which is learner-centered, self-paced, and home-based. The integration will likewise lead to the introduction of new programs that will complement the nature of Angelicum, Quezon City. Fr. Dagohoy stressed that the lessons to be learned along the way will guide UST the moment it reaches out to Angelicum, Jaro, Iloilo.

In a related development, Fr. Dagohoy announced that another form of integration is being undertaken between UST 鈥� Manila and Aquinas University of Legazpi, which is now processing its application for a change of name to 鈥淯ST 鈥� Legazpi鈥� with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In this integration, UST provides the supervision and expert assistance, through qualified faculty, for the degree programs in Pharmacy and Medical Technology.

Similar to the Angelicum integration, the old Aquinas University retains its administrative and fiscal independence, and retains its original Board of Trustees composition.

Tigers all
At the close of his speech, Fr. Dagohoy stressed that 鈥渦nity is not uniformity, but harmony.鈥� He asked: 鈥淎ngelican Thomasian? Or Thomasian Angelicans? It does not matter; both are Tigers, only living in different lairs.鈥�

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Landing a spot in the Top 10 is Carmela Dawn Linarez, who placed 7th, with a grade of 82.40%

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The UST Singers bagged the First Prize: Gold Superior with 97 points, the highest in the Elimination Round; the Best Interpretation of a 20th Century Piece for 鈥淟a Aporrumbeosis鈥� by Guido Lopez Gavilan; and 2017 GRAND PRIX.

The Austria leg of the trip was one of the three countries visited by the UST Singers for its 32nd International Tour, the other two being Germany and Switzerland. The tour began last June 7, 2017 and will end on July 14, 2017.

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The Conference is one of the regional preparatory conferences for the International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Paris, France in early 2018, which is being organized by UNESCO. Its main objective is to take stock of innovative QA policies and practices, identify gaps and challenges, and explore common agendas for future collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region. It was attended by government officials, QA practitioners and researchers from member states in the Asia-Pacific region, representatives from international and national professional bodies, international organizations and NGOs, and other higher education (HE) stakeholders. In the two-day Conference, country case study reports on QA in HE in Asia-Pacific region were collected, including that of the Philippines. Based on these reports, a regional synthesis report was drafted to be submitted to the UNESCO 2018 International Conference on QA in HE in Paris. This was the basis of the preliminary 鈥淪henzhen Statement鈥�, which will be further evaluated to formulate the final statement on quality and inclusive higher education in Asia and the Pacific.

With recommendation from the Vice-Rector for Academic Affairs,听 Dean Marcelo was invited by UNESCO to join the Philippine delegation to the Conference, which was headed by聽Dr. Mary Sylvette T. Gunigundo, the Chief of the Quality Assurance Division of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED). In her interactions with Conference organizers and participants, Dean Marcelo shared the experience of the Faculty of Engineering in shifting from teacher-centered to learner-centered approach in teaching-learning, and monitoring and measuring quality through Outcomes-Based QA. She also volunteered to showcase the good practices of UST in Institutional QA through exhibits in the Conference Gallery Walk. UST was the only Philippine university that was showcased in the Gallery Walk.

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A total of eighteen student theses were presented, three of which were from UST, and the Best Student Thesis was also from UST.

BEST STUDENT THESIS
Roller-compacted concrete as an alternative to Portland cement pavement as per DPWH standards
Reuben Sante T. Galanto, Rene Lorenzo S. Ignacio, Jr., Alyssa Marae A. Santiago, and Ray Walter E. Santos, under their adviser Engr. Rodelio A. Tiburcio.

Rapid pre-disaster seismic assessment of residential houses to increase disaster resilience in Metro Manila
Eldonn V. Garchitorena, Mayumi L. Kawano, Mark Lester F. Rapisura, Kristian G. Sanceja, and John Ranielle M. Tuazon, under their adviser Engr. Rodelio A. Tiburcio.

Performance of a structure with base isolation: The Philippine experience
Norman Audric C. Castro, Patrice Aubrey May B. Isip, Ram Christian E. Pascual, Lorenz Edward V. Tamayo, and Duizelle Rose Ann S. Tan, under their advisers Engr. Rodelio A. Tiburcio and Engr. Paul Marion J. Demapelis.

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