The UP Dragonboat Team (UPDT) bagged the gold in the 200-meter mixed 20-seater category of the 3rd Paoay Lake Dragon Boat Festival in Paoay, Ilocos Norte. UPDT’s time of 55.22 seconds bested the Dagun Pilipinas and Philippine Titans dragon boat clubs. The UPDT also took the silver in the 500-meter mixed 20-seater category. The event […]

Miguel D. Fortes, PhD, a noted marine scientist and retired professor at The Marine Science Institute (MSI) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS), passed away on April 30. Fortes was widely known for his research on mangroves and seagrasses. According to the MSI, inurnment was held on May 4. Fortes was the […]

Cynthia Neri Zayas, PhD was among four Filipinos honored during the 2023 spring conferment of Japanese decorations for contributions to building Japan-Philippines bilateral relationships and strategic partnerships. A noted anthropologist, Zayas is the former director of the UP Diliman Center for International Studies (CIS), having served from 2011 to 2017. She is currently a professorial lecturer […]

UP Diliman (UPD) accomplished a 100 percent passing rate at the April 2023 Registered Electrical Engineer Licensure Examination when all of its 24 first-time takers passed. One of the UPD examinees also landed in the top 10. Charles Vincent Arandia ranked ninth with a 90.15 percent rating. The examinations were held in the National Capital […]

For the second consecutive year, UP Diliman (UPD) emerged as the lone top-performing school in the April 2023 Electronics Engineer Licensure Examination. Three of the examinees landed in the top 10: John Vincent Portugal ranked fourth (87.2%), Moises Angelo Sanchez ranked eighth (86.7%), and Constantine Nicolai Tan ranked ninth (86.4%). According to data released by […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Confucius Institute (CI) recently entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to strengthen its ties with the City College of San Fernando Pampanga (CCSFP) and the City Government of San Fernando, Pampanga. The CI was among the higher education institutions (HEI) that signed an MOU with the CCSFP and the City […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) is 35 years old. On April 28, the day of its anniversary as a college, UPD Chancellor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II paid the CMC a visit and CMC Dean Fernando dlC. Paragas toured him around the college. Vistan expressed his support for the college. He […]