Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds much promise, provided that well-thought-out learning and teaching practices are in place. This was the key takeaway of Dragan Gašević’s keynote presentation at the 5th ASEAN University Network (AUN)-TEPL Symposium: Student Engagement and Technology-Enhanced Personalized Learning. AUN-TEPL is a thematic network within the AUN framework that aims to promote cooperation among […]

After being rescheduled twice due to inclement weather, Salindiwa, the first National Service Training Program (NSTP) UP Diliman (UPD) Faculty Symposium, finally pushed through. NSTP faculty and coordinators from UPD and other UP campuses, as well as students from UPD, gathered for the whole-day symposium last October 13. Officer-in-Charge Olivia Alma G. Sicam said the […]

UP Diliman (UPD), through the Ugnayan ng Pahinungod, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the ZamBaSulta (Zamboanga, Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi) higher education institutions (HEIs) on Oct. 15 at the Board of Regents Room in Quezon Hall. This will establish a comprehensive partnership for the advancement of scholarly work in research and […]

As event partner of the annual international gathering of the OpenStreetMap (OSM), the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Geography (DGeog) hosted the 2025 State of the Map (SotM) Conference (2025 SotM) for three consecutive days in UPD. In an email to UPDate Online, DGeog Chair Kristian Karlo Saguin wrote that the OSM is “a global, […]

The UP Diliman College of Music (CMu) launched its World Expert Lecture Series (WELS) this October with the theme MusiKapatiran: Music Education and Intercultural Understanding in Challenging Times. According to the CMu, WELS “brings globally recognized experts to UP to deepen scholarship, strengthen teacher practice, and foster intercultural understanding [and] spotlights intercultural perspectives, community-rooted approaches […]

Sa pagdiriwang ng ika-35 taon ng UP Patakarang Pangwika, kaalinsabay ng Paglulunsad at Paggawad 2025 ng Sentro ng Wikang Filipino-UP Diliman (SWF-UPD), binalangkas ni UPD Tsanselor Edgardo Carlo L. Vistan II ang limang hakbangin ng Opisina ng Tsanselor upang patuloy na itaguyod ang wikang Filipino sa UPD. “Una, palalawakin natin ang suporta para sa mga […]

On July 23, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued an advisory opinion on climate change, declaring that failure in doing appropriate measures to address climate change can be an internationally wrongful act. Below is an article by Marielle Justine C. Sumilong, assistant professor of speech communication at the UPD Department of Speech Communication and […]

A team of assessors from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations University Network (AUN) recently visited UP Diliman (UPD) to evaluate four of its programs for quality assurance. According to the AUN website, higher education institutions from some ASEAN countries collaborated in 1995 to “develop a regional identity and solidarity while promoting the fostering of […]

At the 1402nd meeting of the UP Board of Regents (BOR) on Aug. 28, appointments of four faculty members from UP Diliman (UPD) as deans were approved—three new and one re-appointment. Gwen Grecia-De Vera, associate professor at the UP College of Law (UP Law); Cynthia P. Saloma, PhD, professor at the National Institute of Molecular […]

Jose Ernie C. Lope, PhD, professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Institute of Mathematics (IM), is the new president of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS). A former SEAMS vice president, Lope will serve from 1 Jan. 2026 to 31 Dec. 2027. According to the SEAMS website, the organization was established in 1972 and aims […]