(JUN. 3) —Prof. Mitzi Marie Aguilar-Reyes, former director of the University Food Service (UFS), is UP College of Fine Arts’ (UPCFA) new dean effective Apr. 29.  The UP Board of Regents approved Aguilar-Reyes’s appointment at its 1344th meeting on Apr. 29 and will serve as dean until Apr. 28, 2022. Aguilar-Reyes earned both her Bachelor […]

(JUN. 3)  ̶ The Philippines is among the top 10 countries at risk from natural hazards, climate change and high vulnerability for the period 2009 to 2017, where the country placed second in 2014 and third for the years 2011 to 2013 and 2015 to 2017, respectively. These were the findings of the United Nations […]

(MAY 30)⎯Over 20 researches from the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) were featured in its first student research colloquium, held on May 20 at the University Library Lobby.  The morning session consisted of undergraduate students presenting research proposals while the afternoon session was devoted to graduate-level research.  Two classes were involved. LIS 271 […]

(MAY 30)–Seventy-one faculty members were named UP Scientists of various ranks under the Scientific Productivity System (SPS) in ceremonies at the School of Statistics Auditorium on May 28. The scientists were appointed for the period 2018 to 2020. Of the total appointees, 41 or 57.7 percent (7 Scientist III, 6 Scientist II and 28 Scientist […]

(MAY 29)—Three theatre experts from UP Diliman (UPD) were among the winners of the 11th PHILSTAGE Gawad Buhay Awards.  The Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group (PHILSTAGE) named UP College of Arts and Letters (CAL) faculty members John Carlo Pagunaling and Dexter M. Santos, and University Extension Specialist Barbara Tan-Tiongco as Gawad Buhay awardees in a […]

(MAY 22)—Prof. Edna Estifania A. Co, PhD is the new director of the UP Diliman Extension Program in Pampanga (UPDEPP). Her 3-year appointment was approved at the 1344th Board of Regents (BOR) Meeting on Apr. 29, 2019. The 10th UPDEPP director, Co will serve from Apr. 29 to Apr. 28, 2022. She succeeded Prof. Grace […]

(May 22)—The University of the Philippines Board of Regents (BOR) approved at its 1344th meeting on Apr. 29 the appointment of Prof. Jerome T. Buenviaje, PhD, as 16th dean of the UP Diliman (UPD) College of Education (CEd). Buenviaje, who succeeded Prof. Marie Therese Angeline P. Bustos, PhD., will serve as dean until Apr. 28, […]

(MAY 21)— Prof. Jose Y. Dalisay Jr., PhD, former vice president for public affairs, was appointed as professor emeritus by the UP Board of Regents (BOR) at its 1344th meeting on Apr. 29. Dalisay retired as a Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines, where he also chaired the English […]

(MAY 17)—The UP College of Architecture (CA) now has more space with the inauguration of a new classroom building and a new auditorium to improve its services and provide additional space for the college. The structure housing the classrooms is known as Building 3 to the students and has seven floors. Each of the first […]

(MAY 16)—“The field of planning has changed significantly through the years. Thus, the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) should adopt to the changes and align its programs so that it can respond to the needs of the present and future generations,” Prof. Hussein Sinsuat Lidasan, PhD said during his affirmation as the 8th […]