(Oct. 14) — “One hundred thirty years after its first publication, it is still very much alive today,” said Prof. Anna Marie Sibayan-Sarmiento, PhD from the UP Department of European Languages (DEL) as she gave the opening remarks to Dr. Axel Gasquet’s, talk on the latter’s French translation of Jose Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere on […]

(OCT. 11)— UP Diliman’s celebration of 2019 Science and Society Month kicked off on Oct. 4 with the simple opening program “Pasundayag” at the Palma Hall Lobby. With a theme “Habi: Kapilipinuhan sa Agham at Lipunan,” the opening program featured a mini exhibit of some of the collections from the College of Home Economics’ (CHE) […]

(OCT. 11)  ̶ Soka University officials turned-over to the UP System (UPS) and UP Diliman (UPD) officials replicas of eight framed photographs taken by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda. A Japanese peace advocate and Soka University founder, Ikeda was the donor of Balay Kalinaw where the actual photographs, ranging from 18 by 24 inches to 42 by […]

(OCT. 10)— Former UP College of Mass Communication dean Luis V. Teodoro is among the six journalists who will receive this year’s “Titus Brandsma Freedom of Press Award.”    Titus Brandsma Award (TBA) is a biennial recognition for outstanding media and communications practitioners given by the Order of Carmelites in the Philippines. The award was […]

(Oct. 8) — In the book “The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right,” it is said Fascism has been “used as a pejorative term of abuse directed at people who are conservative, right wing or authoritarian in the traditional sense” since the end of World War II. This is due to its negative […]

(OCT. 8)—To commemorate the 59th birth anniversary of Prof. Perry Ong, PhD, the Biodiversity Research Laboratory (BRL) of the UP Institute of Biology (UPIB) held a tree-planting activity at the IB-EDC BINHI Threatened Species Arboretum. Ong served as IB director from 2006 to 2012 and College of Science (CS) dean from Oct. 17, 2017 until […]

(OCT. 8)— Professor Emeritus Antonio Ocampo Mabesa passed away on Friday night, Oct. 4. He was 84. Popularly known as Tony Mabesa, he was dubbed as the “Lion of the Theater” by columnist Amadis Ma. Guerrero. He was a notable director, educator and actor having directed over 170 productions staged locally and internationally. He starred […]

(OCT. 4)—Former UP Institute for Small-Scale Industries (ISSI) Director and UP College of Engineering (COE) professor Nestor O. Rañeses passed away today, Oct. 4.  A former Assistant Vice President for Administration of the UP System, Rañeses has been with the University since 1977 as an associate professor of the Department of Industrial Engineering and Operations […]

(SEPT. 30)   ̶ The UP College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) recently launched the online version of the “Philippine Journal of Social Development (PJSD) Volume 12 2019”. “This issue is special because this is the first journal produced by CSWCD’s Doctor of Social Development (DSD) Program which is also celebrating its 10th anniversary,” […]

(SEPT. 27) ̶ Former UP School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SOLAIR) Dean Prof. Jose C. Gatchalian, PhD, passed away on Sept. 20, according to a Sept. 21 post of SOLAIR on its Facebook page. Gatchalian started his teaching career in SOLAIR in 1965 and became a dean in 1982 until 1988. He retired from […]