A documentary on National Artist for Music Ramon Santos was recently screened at an international conference in Paris, France. The two-hour documentary “TINIG-TUNOG-AN: The Life and Work of Ramón Pagayon Santos” was screened on June 30, 8:30 p.m. (Philippine Standard Time) at the 12th European Association for Southeast Asian Studies (EuroSEAS) Conference. Created by Jean-David […]

The UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA) marked two wins in 2022 as two members of the CA faculty were awarded the Outstanding Professional of the Year by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC), and UPD was the top-performing school in the June 2022 Architecture Licensure Examination (ALE). Gerard Rey A. Lico, PhD, a professor […]

UP Diliman (UPD) once again held a face-to-face Chancellor’s International Reception (CIR) on June 22 at the Arts and Design West Hall of the UPD College of Fine Arts (CFA). The CIR was part of the Linggo ng Parangal 2022 and the first face-to-face international reception under Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo. Among those who attended […]

Five of the eight new National Artists (NA) have taught or were mentors at UP Diliman (UPD). Declared by the Office of the President of the Republic of the Philippines through Proclamation No. 1390 on June 10, they are: Gemino H. Abad (literature), Fides Cuyugan-Asensio (music), Ricardo Lee (film and broadcast arts), Agnes D. Locsin […]

His Excellency Marco Clemente, ambassador of Italy to the Philippines, paid Chancellor Fidel R. Nemenzo a courtesy call on March 18, 10 a.m., at the Quezon Hall Board of Regents Room. Clemente’s visit to the University aimed to foster cooperation between the Italian embassy and UP Diliman (UPD), with a possible organization of joint cultural […]

For the second day of the national conference “Bagumbayan: Stories of Place and Identity” (BAGUMBAYAN), 12 research papers were featured by UP scholars and national and international institutes of higher learning. Held on March 10 via Zoom and simultaneously livestreamed on the Facebook pages of the Folklore Studies Program (FSP) of the College of Social […]

The Philippine Federation of Professional Associations (PFPA) recently awarded Prof. Zenaida Dela Cruz Galingan of the UP Diliman College of Architecture (CA) with the PFPA Distinction Award 2022 in the academe/research and development category.  “This award came as a total surprise and I’m very grateful to my students, colleagues, and friends, and the support of […]

Sa pagbubukas ng kumperensiyang “Bagumbayan: Stories of Place and Identity,” (BAGUMBAYAN) inilahad ni Prop. Maria Bernadette L. Abrera, PhD, dekana ng Kolehiyo ng Agham Panlipunan at Pilosopiya (College of Social Sciences and Philosophy/CSSP), na ang Bagumbayan ay simbolo ng pinagbigkis na mga hangarin at layunin ng bayan na mabigyan identidad o pagkakakilanlan ang mga Pilipino. […]

Prof. Kristyl Obispado, PhD of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of History is the winner of the 2021 World History Association (WHA) Dissertation Prize for her dissertation “The Pacific sailors: Global workers at and on the edge of the Spanish empire (1580s-1640s).” According to its website (https://www.thewha.org/about/), the WHA, founded in 1982, is a professional […]

Two initiatives of the UP Department of Communication Research (Comm Res) won the gold and silver awards in the 57th Anvil Awards. Comm Res was awarded the Gold Anvil for its “Primer on Communication and Media Research,” while its “Gender in Ads Research and Communication Initiative” took home the Silver Anvil. The Anvil Awards, which […]