(MAR. 4)—Sunday evenings at the UP Carillon Plaza are usually quiet, with only the sound of the nocturnal wildlife and the rhythmic thump of joggers’ feet pounding the pavement to be heard. However on Feb. 22 the sounds of music from the First Quarter Storm (FQS) filled the space for the annual Himigsikan concert. FQS […]

The UP Men’s Judo Team’s (UPMJT) hard training paid off as they ended the season with a podium finish after winning second place at the UAAP Season 82 Judo Championships held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay City from Feb. 29 to Mar. 1.

(MAR. 2)—In a simple ceremony at the Quezon Hall steps that coincided with UP Diliman’s (UPD) flag raising, the campus witnessed the changing of its guards as Prof. Fidel R. Nemenzo, DSc took his oath of office as the UPD’s 11th Chancellor on Mar. 2. He was sworn to office by UP President Danilo L. Concepcion […]

UP Diliman (UPD) honored its University Scholars (US) in the undergraduate and graduate levels and students who excelled in various fields at the “Parangal sa Mag-aaral 2020” on Feb. 26 at the University Theater.

The University of the Philippines Diliman is jubilant in announcing that the Board of Regents has selected a new chancellor, Dr. Fidel Nemenzo, a recognized scholar and academic leader.  Dr. Nemenzo will serve for three years, succeeding Dr. Michael Lim Tan, whose term ends on March 1, 2020. Dr. Nemenzo is currently the Vice Chancellor […]

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(Feb. 28)— Following the successful Pagbubukas ng Linggo ng Parangal at Pag-uulat on Feb. 21 at the University Theater, the UPD international community were feted in a dinner-program through the Chancellor’s International Reception (CIR) 2020 at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni. The venue was predominantly draped with UP colors and decked with local fabrics and […]

(FEB. 28) — Nine days before his term ends as UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor, Prof. Michael L. Tan, DVM, PhD reported his administration’s accomplishments to UPD at “Paglinang at Pagbunga,” the opening program of the Linggo ng Parangal 2020, Feb. 21 at the UP Theater. Tan’s report was not the conventional one, but of an […]

(FEB. 26)—“Tourism is a key driver of socio-economic progress,” said Prof. Leticia Susan Lagmay-Solis, PhD at her Affirmation Rites as the 8th Dean of the UP Asian Institute of Tourism (AIT). The UP Board of Regents (BOR) appointed Solis at its 1349th meeting on Nov. 28, 2019. Solis, who serves until Nov. 27, 2022, succeeded […]

(FEB. 13)— Neither wind, nor rain deterred the hundreds of people who braved the bad weather on the evening of Feb. 7 as UP Diliman (UPD) celebrated the 50th year of the First Quarter Storm (FQS) with a grand public concert entitled “Konsyerto ng Bayan sa ika-50 Taon.” The First Quarter Storm was a period […]