Dr. Roger Roque E. Bustamante of the Department of Animal Science, Visayas State University (VSU), bagged the Best Paper Award at the 2025 SUC-ACAP, Inc. Biennial Conference and General Assembly for his research on processing strategies to improve the tenderness and value-added uses of Darag Philippine native chicken.

The Visayas State University (VSU) has entered into a partnership with Verde Carbon Capture, Inc. (VCCI) to pioneer a large-scale project that targets methane reduction in rice production areas of Leyte and Bohol. 

Visayas State University (VSU) formally introduced the medical doctors who will serve as pioneer faculty members of its planned College of Medicine (VSU-COM). The oathtaking took place during the opening program of the 125th Philippine Civil Service Anniversary on September 8, 2025 (Monday).

Visayas State University (VSU) is scaling up opportunities for its students in Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine through its active partnership with Charoen Pokphand Foods (CPF) Philippine Corporation, a Thailand-based multinational with strong operations in the country.

Visayas State University, through its Faculty of Computing (VSU-FOC), is joining forces with the Mechatronics and Robotics Society of the Philippines (MRSP) to co-host the 7th International Conference on Automation, Mechatronics, and Robotics (ICAMEROB 2025). 

The Visayas State University-Faculty of Nursing (VSU-FON), together with its faculty members, FON Supreme Student Council (FON-SSC), and the Visayas State University Nightingale Society (ViSUNS), joined the 2025 Operation Bigay Lunas (OBL) medical mission in Baybay City on September 5, 2025.

The Annals of Tropical Research (ATR), one of the scientific journals of Visayas State University (VSU) has officially been indexed in Scopus, one of the most trusted global databases for peer-reviewed literature.