Saint Louis University (SLU) has carried on in its commitment to sustainability, food security, and environmental stewardship through its ongoing hydroponics initiative under project PEY-AS (Productive Ecological Yield in Agriculture towards Sustainability), marked most recently by the successful harvesting of hydroponic crops in December 2025.
As part of its ongoing advocacy for environmental stewardship and responsible waste management, the Air and Waste Management Association – Saint Louis University Student Chapter (AWMA-SLUSC) conducted a five-day E-Waste Collection Drive from 13 – 17 October 2025. The initiative aimed to raise awareness about the harmful effects of improper e-waste disposal, providing the Louisian community with a direct means of contributing to the cause, and ensuring the proper collection and disposal of electronic waste.
In partnership with the European Union in the Philippines (EU-PH) Green Economy Partnership, Saint Louis University (SLU) participated in the Local Government Units (LGUs) Project Workshop alongside other schools on 29 October 2025 held at SLU Msgr. Charles Vath Audio-Visual Room, SLU Main Campus.
With the theme “Teaching Tomorrow: Integrating Cognitive Diversity and Intelligent Technology for Language and Communication Classrooms,” the faculty members of the Languages and Communication (LangComm) Department of the Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts (STELA) gathered at the American Corner, Msgr. Charles Vath Library Building for the 1st Phase of their In-Service Training (INSET) held on 20 October 2025.
The Bachelor of Arts in Communication students of Saint Louis University’s (SLU) School of Teacher Education and Liberal Arts (STELA), through the Communication Society (ComSoc), joined the celebration of UNESCO’s Global Media and Information Literacy (MIL) Week 2025 through the first phase of Project Media and Information Literacy Advocacy Network (MILAN) held on 20-22 October 2025 at the Diego Silang Building, SLU main campus.
Saint Louis University (SLU), through the School of Accountancy, Management, Computing and Information Studies (SAMCIS), brought home top awards from the 19th Business Idea Development Awards (BIDA) organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) on 29 September 2025, in Taguig City.
Saint Louis University (SLU) has assessed the amount of food waste generated from food served within the university in all its four campuses and its hospital. In partial measurement, an approximate total of 35.0057 tons of waste (recyclable: 1.7799 tons, biodegradable: 6.0007 tons, non-biodegradable: 27.225) were collected from June to September 2025. This reduction displays a remarkable decrease from the previous number of 61.55 tons (recyclable: 3.2659, biodegradable: 9.7192, non-biodegradable: 48.5649) from the same comparative period last year, reflecting a decrease of about 43% revealing better management in administering campus food waste sustainability initiatives aimed at minimizing food and other biodegradable waste.
In a significant step toward empowering local cacao farmers and reshaping the landscape of chocolate production in the Cordillera, the Cacao Growers and Processors Tublay Association (CGaPTA) has officially received cutting-edge equipment from Saint Louis University (SLU) through a formal Equipment Transfer Agreement. This agreement, signed on 01 September 2025, marked an important milestone in the association’s journey toward innovation, sustainability, and market competitiveness.
Saint Louis University (SLU) and the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines-Cordillera Administrative Region (CEAP-CAR) celebrated a significant milestone in Catholic education with the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to adopt “Sol’n” (Solution), an educational video game, designed by SLU Information Technology students, to creatively teach the Mathematics concept, ‘fractions’.
The Department of Pharmacy of the Saint Louis University (SLU) School of Nursing, Allied Health, and Biological Sciences (SONAHBS) successfully hosted a two-day seminar on “Framing Research Problems and Gaps” on 27-28 August 2025, at the Rizal AVR, SLU Main Campus.