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(Dec. 27) —UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) professors Pedro “Edru” R. Abraham Jr., Glecy C. Atienza, Banaue Miclat-Janssen and Dexter M. Santos won in various categories at the 2017 Aliw Awards on Dec. 19. Atienza bagged the Best Production for Children award for “Mga Palaka Sa Balon” produced by Manila Tytana College; Miclat-Janssen […]

(DEC. 21)—It was a perfect day blessed with fair weather and a cool gentle breeze when UP Diliman (UPD) once again staged its most awaited Christmas event of the year, the UPD Lantern Parade. As early as 4 p.m. on Dec. 15, students, faculty, staff, residents and spectators converged at the Oblation Plaza and Academic […]

The UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP) has partnered with the UP Foundation Inc. and Citi Foundation to develop courses to enhance the capabilities of practitioners in micro and small enterprise development in Central Luzon. The Social Entrepreneurship and Financial Bridging Program seeks to equip micro entrepreneurs with the necessary skills to succeed in […]

“Pasyal”: UP Diliman Art Trail (“Pasyal 2017”), a monograph and map tandem featuring historical buildings, public art and open spaces at UP Diliman (UPD), is now available at the Office for Initiatives in Culture and the Arts (OICA). Pasyal 2017 is a handy tool for visitors who want to roam the campus and explore the […]

President Rodrigo Duterte is known for his colorful language and sometimes incendiary commentary, but is any of it truly harmful? Actually, it is. According to a 2017 study by Profs. Yvonne Chua, Maria Diosa Labiste and Maria Cristina Rara of the College of Mass Communication, 13 of the speeches Duterte made against the Catholic Church […]

If there are two words to describe Sandwich’s mini concert at the Pag-iilaw 2017 held in front of the Oblation Plaza on Nov. 24, it will be electrifyingly nostalgic, figuratively and literally. After all, Raimund Marasigan is a very familiar face in the rock concert scenes having been known not only as Sandwich’s frontman but […]

(DEC. 7) — The rain before the show started did not dampen the mood of performers, crew and spectators alike as “Session Avenue” puts the spotlight on homegrown UP Diliman talents last Dec. 1. The show which lasted about three and a half hours featured bands, duos, solo artists and spoken word artists.  Most of […]

The Office of International Linkages Diliman under the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (OILD-OVCAA) went on its first Cultural Exposure Field Trip last Nov. 26. International students from Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia were brought to Paete, Laguna and Angono, Rizal, the country’s wood carving capital and art capital, respectively, for them […]

(DEC. 1)—Holiday celebrations is now official in Diliman with Pag-iilaw 2017, the annual ceremony where all the Christmas lights on campus are lit up for the first time followed by a mini-concert. This year the theme is “Paaralan, Palaruan” inspired by “Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play Element in Culture,” a book written in […]