Prof. Marvin U. Herrera has been accepted in the 2010 International Doctoral Program in Engineering at Kyoto University, Japan, with a Japanese Government (MEXT) scholarship from October 2010 to September 2013. Prof. Herrera's doctoral research will be in the field of nanoscale science and technology under the broad area of materials science and engineering. He will specialize in nanoscale surface processing with the use of organic materials, focusing on the creation of erasable polyacetylene conductive tracks using a scanning probe tip. The research has direct applications in electronics.

The Chancellor has approved the recommendation of CAS Dean Raymundo to appoint Prof. Rolando G. Panopio as MST Program Coordinator effective June 16, 2010 - May 31, 2011.

The request for the refurbishment of the Mathematics Building MB-108 and MB-110 (including the adjoining room) as mini-lecture halls of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences and Physics was officially approved by UPLB Chancellor Luis Rey I. Velasco. The project which costs P838,096.75 will be used for the following: fabrication of tables, new ceiling, doors, windows, complete repainting of the rooms, installation of air-conditioning units, new white boards, curtains, state-of-the art sound system, motorized screen with remote control, new desktop computers, and LCD projectors.