Private research university in Dumaguete, founded 1901 by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions.
A 73-year-old U.S.-based marine biologist, Kent Carpenter, was killed in a suspected home invasion in Sibulan, Negros Oriental, Philippines. Police say three masked men barged in, shot Carpenter in the head, and fled with a laptop, cash and a backpack. Carpenter's Filipina companion was injured; authorities are investigating motives and attackers. Carpenter had long taught at Silliman University and worked on Philippine marine biodiversity.