Thirteen distinguished UP Diliman (UPD) faculty were conferred the title Professor Emeritus by the UP Board of Regents at its 1376th meeting on Nov. 25. Five faculty came from the social sciences and law cluster (SS&L); the arts and letters cluster (A&L) and the science and technology cluster (S&T) each had three faculty members conferred […]

In solidarity with the United Nation’s (UN) declaration of the year 2022 as the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (Decade), the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLingg) held Paglulunsad at Paglalayag, a lecture presentation and website launch in celebration of DLingg’s centenary. This was also the department’s first face-to-face event since […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) Archaeological Studies Program (ASP) is now officially the UPD School of Archaeology (SA). The program’s elevation to a school was approved by the UP Board of Regents at its 1375th meeting on Nov. 10. The elevation means that it is now an independent academic UPD unit which is no longer attached […]

With the country’s re-emergence from the pandemic brought by COVID-19, it would be wise to focus on the role of human capital in digital transformation within the electronics industry itself, since the success of the electronics industry is crucial to economic recovery. UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo raised this point in his plenary […]

“Matagal ko nang nakasama ang mga kapwa mathematician mula sa Mindanao State University (MSU) gayon din ang mga physicists. Matagal na ang kooperasyon ng UP at MSU sa larangan ng agham at matematika. Pero nai-excite ako rito, dahil ito naman ay para sa Philippine studies,” Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo said. He was referring to the […]

Seven UP Diliman (UPD) faculty members were honored with the UP Alumni Association (UPAA) Distinguished Alumni Awards 2022 on Nov. 11, Friday, 6 p.m. at the Ang Bahay ng Alumni. The awardees were Josefino “Chino” J. Toledo, PhD (bachelor of music, 1979); Carlo A. Arcilla, PhD (BS geology, 1981); Arthur Luis P. Florentin (BS statistics, […]

The DOST-UP Sustaining Collaboration in an Advanced Learning Environment (UPSCALE) Innovation Hub was recognized as one of the AsiaStar 10×10 awardees at the 13th Apsara Conference on Nov. 10. The Alibaba Cloud-organized Apsara Conference, which began in 2009, witnesses the development of digital intelligence and technological innovation. UPSCALE was one of the awardees under the […]

In an interview with UPDate Online, UP Diliman (UPD) Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo said renewable energy is the key in making energy as affordable and accessible to as many people as possible. “When we talk of renewable energy, nandito rin iyong issue ng energy democracy, energy access, making energy really as affordable and as accessible […]

The Department of Broadcast Communication (DBC) of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Mass Communication (CMC) will hold a virtual conference marking 100 Years of Broadcasting in the Philippines (100 YBP) from Oct. 18 to 21. The conference highlights the DBC’s year-long campaign of revaluating Philippine broadcast media as an industry and institution. Broadcast media […]

Two UP Diliman (UPD) College of Science (CS) professors were among the 11 women who received this year’s The Outstanding Women in the Nation’s Service (TOWNS) award for their remarkable achievements in their respective fields. Pia D. Bagamasbad, PhD, of the UPD National Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (NIMBB) and Aletta Concepcion T. Yñiguez, […]