RISE Center

Progress to Innovation: RISE Center pioneers meeting with Innovations Laboratory Heads across the University

News & Announcements

On 9 November 2026, Engr. Melissa Boado, Innovation and Technology Transfer Officer (ITTO) of the Saint Louis University (SLU) Research Innovation and Sustainable Extension (RISE) Center, facilitated the pioneering meeting for the Innovation Laboratory Heads from different schools in the University.  The meeting took place in the afternoon at the Discussion Room #1 of the Msgr. Charles Vath Library, SLU main campus.

Technology Business Incubator

SLU RISE Center joins Global Pollinate Potluck 2026 in Makati, brings home lessons for the Technology Business Incubator

News & Announcements

The Research, Innovation, and Sustainable Extension (RISE) Center of Saint Louis University (SLU) took part in the Global Pollinate Potluck 2026, held on 05 to 07 October 2026 in Makati City. The university was represented by RISE Center Director Richel L. Lamadrid, DAES and Innovation and Technology Transfer Officer Engr. Melissa May Boado.

Sustainable Extension Clinic

Listening Before Prescribing: RISE Center Holds First Sustainable Extension Clinic with SAMCIS

News & Announcements

For the first time, a school invited the extension unit of the Research, Innovation, and Sustainable Extension (RISE) Center to orient its department heads on extension work at Saint Louis University (SLU). The request from the School of Accountancy, Management, Computing and Information Studies (SAMCIS) led to the Center’s first Sustainable Extension Clinic, a milestone in how extension is shared across the University.

SLU advances toward establishing an Institutional Biosafety Committee through DOST-NCBP Training

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Demonstrating a strong institutional commitment to biosecurity and biosafety standards, Saint Louis University (SLU) held a Biosafety Training and Workshop on 9-10 October 2026 at the Fr. Theophile Verbist Hall, SLU Sacred Heart Medical Center (SHMC). The two-day event marked a crucial foundational milestone toward establishing the university’s official Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), creating a localized governance body to oversee research compliance and campus biosecurity.

From Needs Assessment to Rapid Rural Appraisal: SLU ChEM Department Moves “FlowCheck” Water Mapping Program Forward in Brgy. Happy Hallow

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In line with its commitment to community-driven sustainable development, the Department of Chemical and Mining Engineering (ChEM) under the School of Engineering and Architecture at Saint Louis University (SLU) has moved forward with planning its extension program, “FlowCheck: GIS-Based Water Source Mapping and Stream Water Monitoring in Happy Hallow, Baguio City.”