Four of UP Diliman’s (UPD) faculty members and one student were given opportunities to learn more about their respective fields and enhance their skills abroad. Receiving fellowships and a scholarship from universities and organizations were Rommel B. Rodriguez, PhD, a professor at the UPD Departamento ng Filipino at Panitikan ng Pilipinas (DFPP); April J. Perez, […]

Edcel John A. Ibarra, an assistant professor at the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Political Science, is this year’s recipient of the Aileen San Pablo Baviera Prize by the Graduate Research and Development Network on Asian Security (GRADNAS) for his research paper Issue-Based Cooperation on Conflict Resolution in the South China Sea: Exploring Roles for […]

A delegation from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Engineering (COE) just finished the Visayas and Mindanao visits of its series of consultations with other higher education institutions (HEIs) about the shared challenges and opportunities they face in Philippine graduate engineering education. The latest of Exploratory Discussions on Collaborative Effort to Scale Up Graduate Engineering […]

The Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED) of the UP Diliman (UPD) National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) recently launched the book Post-Pandemic Policy for Food Security. The book is a two-volume compendium that focuses on policies needed for food security, especially in the context of the Philippines’ recovery from the onslaught […]

The Hinilawod Epic Chant Recordings (Hinilawod Recordings) were recently inscribed in the regional registry of the Memory of the World during the 10th Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific (MOWCAP) General Meeting in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Receiving the certificate of inscription were United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Philippine National […]

Somnambulance, the theme of Haraya 2024 was in full display at the projects, renderings, physical models, and theses exhibited at Building 1 of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA). The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne website defines somnambulance as sleepwalking “when a child partly wakes from their sleep and walks around, yet they are […]

Of the 80 faculty members appointed as UP Artists under the UP Arts Productivity System (APS), 60 are from UP Diliman (UPD). According to the UP Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs website, the APS “is aimed at encouraging outstanding productivity in the creative arts or in arts scholarship for national development. Deserving […]

The afternoon weather was warm and the heat index was high. At the UP Diliman College of Social Work and Community Development (CSWCD) Bulwagang Tandang Sora, the atmosphere was full of warmth because the college was celebrating a friend who supported the college for many years. Among those who came were former college deans, professors […]

An “important contribution to Philippine linguistics and language studies,” was how Maria Kristina S. Gallego, PhD, chair of the UP Diliman (UPD) Department of Linguistics (DLing) described the book Translation Studies in the Philippines: Navigating a Multilingual Archipelago (Translation Studies in the Philippines) at its launch. “The book is a big contribution to the fields […]

Industry and government experts recently came together and joined students from the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Architecture (CA) to discuss urban design and land-use issues in the Philippines, mainly in and around Metro Manila. Held at the CA Benito Sy Pow Auditorium, the Urban Design Forum 2024 featured presentations from the CA graduate and […]